The euro area’s latest member Bulgaria will hold a snap election in the coming months, its eighth in five years as the Balkan nation fails to break an extended cycle of political deadlock.

Bulgaria’s euro adoption is fueling the world’s best stock rally in early 2026 with investors confident that joining the currency bloc will lead the economy to deeper European integration.

Bulgaria’s euro adoption is fueling the world’s best stock rally in early 2026 with investors confident that joining the currency bloc will lead the economy to deeper European integration.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Bulgaria joining the euro area on Thursday is a testament to Europe’s ability to collaborate and defy international headwinds.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Bulgaria joining the euro area on Thursday is a testament to Europe’s ability to collaborate and defy international headwinds.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Bulgaria joining the euro area on Thursday is a testament to Europe’s ability to collaborate and defy international headwinds.

The country joins the single currency with a lame duck government, another election looming and almost half of people wanting to keep the lev.

The country joins the single currency with a lame duck government, another election looming and almost half of people wanting to keep the lev.

European Union member states are discussing a raft of new measures against the shadow fleet to further clamp down on Russia’s circumvention of oil sanctions, according to Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal.

Leaders of eight easternmost European Union nations called on the bloc to treat the defense of its border regions as a priority in the face of an aggressive Russia and to unleash funding.

Bulgaria faces a fresh wave of political turmoil after street protests over rampant corruption led to the resignation of the prime minister just weeks before the country joins the euro.

Bulgaria faces a fresh wave of political turmoil after street protests over rampant corruption led to the resignation of the prime minister just weeks before the country joins the euro.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov stepped down after a wave of protests, deepening political chaos just weeks before the Balkan country joins the euro area.

A wave of street protests against ruling class graft is destabilizing Bulgaria just weeks before the Balkan nation is set to join the euro.

An oil tanker that was struck by Ukrainian drones near Turkey last week had to be rescued in bad weather about a mile off the coast of Bulgaria, the Balkan nation’s maritime authority said.

Bulgarian police detained 71 people overnight after brief but violent clashes following the country’s biggest protests in more than a decade.

Bulgarian protesters clashed with the police in the biggest rally in more than a decade that took place only a month before the Balkan country is set to join the euro area.

The seizure of oil refineries in Bulgaria and potentially Serbia shows how Putin’s influence has waned in the region since he invaded Ukraine.