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The European Parliament and the European Council approve Bulgaria's request to adopt the euro, which will replace the lev as Bulgaria's official currency on 1 January 2026.
2025-07-8

Thousands protest in Sofia and other major Bulgarian cities against government plans to adopt the euro, demanding a referendum on the new currency, ahead of expected approval to enter the eurozone.
2025-05-31

Croatia changes its national currency from the kuna to the euro to become 20th member state of the Eurozone, and joins the European passport-free zone, the Schengen Area.
2023-01-1

The European Union formally accepts Croatia as the 20th member of the Eurozone. Croatia will adopt the bloc's currency on January 1, 2023.
2022-07-12

The Bulgarian government approves adopting the euro as the country's currency on January 1, 2024, replacing the lev.
2022-05-27

The Croatian Parliament votes 117–13 to officially replace the kuna with the euro on 1 January.
2022-05-13

Bulgarian customs agents seize 191 kg of heroin in transit for Belgium and the Netherlands at the border with Turkey. The drugs, with a street value of €6 million, were hidden under tile glue and detected by a sniffer dog.
2018-05-25

The Parliament of Finland holds a debate on whether or not to abandon the Euro as its currency following a petition that garnered enough signatures to force the issue into parliament. This comes as Finland as dealing with a weakening economy but the petition is unlikely to lead to the country leaving the Eurozone.
2016-04-28

Latvia officially adopts the Euro as its currency and becomes the 18th member of the Eurozone.
2014-01-1

British Labour MP and former foreign secretary Jack Straw says the eurozone "will collapse" and that the euro will succumb to a "slow death".
2011-06-20