This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Bulgaria becomes the eurozone’s 21st member on Jan. 1 after years of meeting strict economic convergence criteria.

On New Year’s Day, Bulgaria will achieve its decades-old goal of joining the euro currency union and deepening ties with the more prosperous countries of Western Europe. Membership is expected to ...

The region can no longer rely on the US. So it needs its own satellite communications, air defences, a homegrown nuclear umbrella for Europe and more research spending. Issuing eurobonds would fund ...

The digital euro project is accelerating, with the ECB having completed its preparatory phase. If the timeline holds, the EU is expected to finalize legislation in 2026, launch pilots in 2027, and ...

European Stability Mechanism was set up to stem euro debt crisis ESM's chief says it could lend for defence spending Gramegna: Use 'full potential' of ESM European countries pushed to boost defence ...

Most Europeans expect the upcoming digital euro to be secure, easy to use, and free of charge, according to a new survey by the European Consumers Organization (BEUC). The poll gathered responses from ...

European Union countries have agreed to allocate $105.5 billion in aid to Ukraine for 2026 and 2027. EU governments had spent months debating whether to use 210 billion euros of frozen Russian assets.

It would safeguard monetary stability, fend off private payment monopolies, and stand as a potent symbol of European unity The digital euro project has a simple motivation: to ensure that people in a ...