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Bulgaria to join euro area on 1 January 2026

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265 points toomuchtodo | 3 comments | 09 Jul 25 00:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.814s | source
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blahedo ◴[09 Jul 25 04:27 UTC] No.44506352[source]▶
Random observation: I remember seeing the second round of euro bills and momentarily thinking, "EBPO? cool, but why did they add Cyrillic to the design?"

It was specifically for Bulgaria, the only EU country to use the Cyrillic alphabet. Eurozone membership was a distant thought at that point, but they knew they'd be in eventually. Now's the time!

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1. darkhorn ◴[09 Jul 25 04:54 UTC] No.44506442[source]▶
Because they wrote ΕΥΡΩ specifically only for Greece, the only country to use Greek alphabet.
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2. Gare ◴[09 Jul 25 05:07 UTC] No.44506482[source]▶
Technically, 2 EU countries: Greece and Cyprus.
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3. darkhorn ◴[09 Jul 25 05:11 UTC] No.44506503[source]▶
Right but back then Cyprus was not an EU member.