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Re:Bulgaria to join euro area on 1 January 2026 by aopwiejfpoieajf on Tuesday July 08, 2025 @10:28PM (#44505820)
Surely they were not pegged for decades given that the Euro was introduced in 1998 and they transitioned fully in 2002?
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Re:Bulgaria to join euro area on 1 January 2026 by blahedo on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @12:14AM (#44506291)
It was pegged originally to the Deutschmark. If you look up a currency table the historic DEM has the exact same conversion rate as the lev will have.
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