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5 euro note from the new Europa series written in Latin (EURO) and Greek (ΕΥΡΩ) alphabets, but also in the Cyrillic (ЕВРО) alphabet, as a result of Bulgaria joining the European Union in 2007. With this accession, Cyrillic became the third official alphabet of the EU, after the Latin and Greek alphabets. [7]
When it joined the European Union in 2007, Bulgaria committed to switching its currency, the lev, to the euro, as stated in the 2005 EU accession treaty.The transition will occur once the country meets all the euro convergence criteria; at the moment, Bulgaria does not fulfill only one single criterion – price stability (i.e. inflation).
[183] [184] Bulgaria signed the European Union Treaty of Accession on 25 April 2005, [185] and became a full member of the European Union on 1 January 2007. [113] In addition, it has a tripartite economic and diplomatic collaboration with Romania and Greece, [186] good ties with China [187] and Vietnam [188] and a historical relationship with ...
Both countries are members of the European Union, NATO and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. [158] [156] [182] Denmark: 17 April 1931 [183] See Bulgaria–Denmark relations. Bulgaria has an embassy in Copenhagen. Denmark has an embassy in Sofia. Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO. [158] [156 ...
Bulgaria held the presidency of the Council of the European Union during the first half of 2018. [1] [2] The presidency was the second of three presidencies making up a presidency trio, which began with the presidency of Estonia, and was followed by that of Austria. [3] It was the first time Bulgaria had held the presidency. [4]
According to the EU treaties, membership of the European Union is open to "any European State which respects the values referred to in Article 2 and is committed to promoting them" (TEU Article 49). Those Article 2 values are "respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the ...
The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are party to the EU's founding treaties, and thereby subject to the privileges and obligations of membership. They have agreed by the treaties to share their own sovereignty through the institutions of the European Union in certain aspects of government.
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. [9] [10] [11] The union has a total area of 4,233,255 km 2 (1,634,469 sq mi) and an estimated total population of over 449 million.