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Financier Plamen Danailov, a municipal councilor from the "There Is Such a People" party, recently discussed Bulgaria's potential adoption of the euro
Bulgaria will likely assume the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU half a year earlier than initially scheduled.
The change in schedule is due to the outcome of the referendum on UK's membership to the EU held in June, in which 51.9 % of British voters supported Brexit.
According to the initial schedule, Bulgaria had to assume the rotational presidency in the second half of 2018 in a trio with the UK and Estonia.
However with the outcome of the referendum and the expected withdrawal of the UK from the EU, its place in the trio will most likely be replaced by Finland.
According to former spokesperson of the Bulgarian foreign ministry Vesela Cherneva, These six months will be much more intense as Bulgaria will have to mediate in the taking of difficult decisions concerning the fate of the EU, private bTV station quoted her as saying on Friday.
Immediately after the outcome of the referendum, Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva said that Brexit raised questions about Bulgaria's chairmanship, including the prospect of the country having to assume the presidency earlier than initially scheduled.
Bulgaria's Minister of Defense Todor Tagarev admitted the possibility that an explosive device might have been planted on board the crashed plane in which Yevgeny Prigozhin was traveling
The European Commission has announced that it is preparing criminal proceedings against Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Malta, and Portugal for incorrect application of the rules on the exchange of data on criminal records and the establishment of the relevant
The European Commission has started an evaluation of the Plan for Reconstruction and Development of Bulgaria, said the spokesman of the European Commission Eric Mamer. The document was submitted to the Commission on 15 October.
58% of Bulgarians do not support the introduction of the euro as the official currency in the country. This shows a study prepared by Trend agency specifically for the financial forum NEXT DIFI 2021, organized by b2b Media for the fifth year. The data dur
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