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Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Supporters of switching to the euro from the old currency, the lev, are praising the move as one of the greatest achievements since the 1989 transition from a Soviet-style economy to democracy and free markets.
—Veselin Toshkov, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 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
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Noun
Bulgaria dropped the lev and became the 21st state to adopt the euro.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Supporters of switching to the euro from the old currency, the lev, are praising the move as one of the greatest achievements since the 1989 transition from a Soviet-style economy to democracy and free markets.
—Veselin Toshkov, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 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
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“Lev.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lev. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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