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Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 5 June 2025
Bulgaria joined the European Union in 2007 and committed at the time to also join the euro zone and relinquish the Bulgarian lev as its official currency.
—Sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 4 June 2025
Oscar, a former board member at Sofia’s Alexandrovska Medical Centre, was accused of draining 178,000 lev. — about $100,000 — from Bulgaria’s National Health Fund through fraudulent reports of non-existent hospitalizations, examinations and treatments.
—David I. Klein, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Feb. 2022
Some two-thirds of lev loans have been collected into these syndication vehicles.
—Larry Light, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2019
With that, the lev became a clone of the deutsche mark.
—Steve H. Hanke, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2018
The lev had collapsed, and the monthly inflation rate had soared to 242%.
—Steve H. Hanke, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2018
Inflation was crushed immediately, lev interest rates plunged, a hard budget constraint was put on Bulgaria’s fisc, and the economy boomed.
—Steve H. Hanke, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2018
Its national currency, the lev, is already pegged to the euro, public debt is well below the euro-area average and the EU cap, and the nation runs a budget surplus.
—Bloomberg.com, 29 Mar. 2018
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The European Commission and European Central Bank’s approval for Bulgaria to become the 21st country to join the common currency marks a significant step for the Balkan nation, which joined the EU in 2007 and has pegged its lev currency to the euro since 1999.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 5 June 2025
Bulgaria joined the European Union in 2007 and committed at the time to also join the euro zone and relinquish the Bulgarian lev as its official currency.
—Sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 4 June 2025
Oscar, a former board member at Sofia’s Alexandrovska Medical Centre, was accused of draining 178,000 lev. — about $100,000 — from Bulgaria’s National Health Fund through fraudulent reports of non-existent hospitalizations, examinations and treatments.
—David I. Klein, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Feb. 2022
Some two-thirds of lev loans have been collected into these syndication vehicles.
—Larry Light, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2019
With that, the lev became a clone of the deutsche mark.
—Steve H. Hanke, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2018
The lev had collapsed, and the monthly inflation rate had soared to 242%.
—Steve H. Hanke, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2018
Inflation was crushed immediately, lev interest rates plunged, a hard budget constraint was put on Bulgaria’s fisc, and the economy boomed.
—Steve H. Hanke, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2018
Its national currency, the lev, is already pegged to the euro, public debt is well below the euro-area average and the EU cap, and the nation runs a budget surplus.
—Bloomberg.com, 29 Mar. 2018
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“Lev.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lev. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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