Bulgaria adopts euro, 20 years after joining EU
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The country of nearly 6.7 million people was one of the poorest when it first became a member of the European Union in 2007.
The euro launched on 1 January 1999 as an electronic currency for 11 founding nations including Germany, France and Italy, with physical notes entering circulation in 2002. Ten more countries joined since,
FRANKFURT – European Union officials gave the green light Wednesday for Bulgaria to become the 21st member of the euro currency union,, a key EU project aimed at deepening the ties between member countries. The Balkan country of 6.4 million people is to ...
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