Bulgaria adopted euro on New Year’s Day, joining 350M people in Europe already using main currency in EU bloc, plus eurozone ...

A new euro banknote design has reignited a long-running controversy between France and Poland over the legacy of the Nobel Prize-winning scientist Marie Curie (née Skłodowska). Born in Warsaw in 1867, ...

This leaves only six countries in the 27-member EU still using their own currencies: The Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, ...

The European Central Bank unveiled its new 10-euro banknotes on Monday, sturdier and less susceptible to counterfeiting, that will come into circulation from late September. The ECB is gradually ...

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Bulgaria officially adopted the euro as its currency on 1 January 2026, becoming the 21st member of the eurozone and marking ...

From barter to coins to banknotes to cards, the payment systems Europeans have relied on have never stopped evolving. Throughout history, innovations have made these systems increasingly sophisticated ...

The European Commission is calling for financial services specialists to weigh in on the potential rollout of a digital euro. In a Tuesday notice, the European Commission’s Directorate‑General for ...

As Bulgaria prepares to enter the eurozone on January 1, 2026, attention is increasingly turning to the security of euro banknotes and coins. Financial authorities stress that while the euro is among ...

Since the beginning of this year, when Croatia introduced the euro, more counterfeit banknotes have been found than in the whole of last year. Counterfeit money/Photo: EPA-EFE/MARIO CRUZ From the ...

A few months ago, a selection of rare Euro banknotes sold for thousands of pounds at auction. According to the auction where they sold in May this year, the banknotes were distributed by the European ...