Bulgaria Nears Final Step for Eurozone Membership

Bulgaria is on track to meet the final requirement for eurozone membership, with expectations to fulfill the price stability criterion by the end of 2024. This development was announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Lyudmila Petkova at the opening of the 10th-anniversary international scientific conference "Digital Transformation and Economic Recovery in the Post-Crisis Period," marking the start of the "Euro Week" at the University of National and World Economy (UNWE).

Petkova emphasized that once this criterion is met, Bulgaria will formally request extraordinary convergence reports from the European Commission and the European Central Bank....