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Balkan country Bulgaria has become the latest member of euro area, officially joining at midnigt on New Year’s Day, twenty years after its accession to the European Union. The Bulgarian Lev, the national currency in use since…

Tens of thousands protested across Bulgaria against the 2026 budget bill and alleged government corruption. In Sofia, clashes erupted outside the National Assembly as demonstrators threw stones and firecrackers, prompting police to…

Thousands of supporters of the far-right Vizrajdane (Rebirth) Party protested the government's plans to use the euro next year in front of a building belonging to the European Commission in Bulgaria's capital Sofia. After throwing red…

Istanbul police seized €3.6 million in counterfeit Euros during raids in the Fatih and Zeytinburnu districts. Acting on intelligence about fake currency production, police uncovered 3,000 counterfeit 100-Euro banknotes without watermarks,…