Bulgaria to use their own term for currency? Article Published: 14:14 10/11/2006 Article Classification: Marina du Golf Balchik
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Other EU member countries have also demanded to keep their versions of the term, but all requests have been denied. The denials “have brought doubts on Sofia's chances to succeed,” EU observer have stated.

Bulgaria’s State Administration Minister Nikolai Vassilev will discuss the issue with EU council officials on November 10 2006.

The European Central Bank (ECB) requires Sofia to unify its pronunciation of the common European currency with the other countries. The current EU rules state the word ‘euro’ must be identical for all members within the EU,

 Bulgaria have said that ‘evro’ was already part of the Bulgarian language made official by linguists as early as 1995. The same word was used in the EU accession treaty. Bulgarians have said that if the word “euro” was introduced to their language, it would be completely new and artificial.

The EU observer have said that the dispute involves different opinions on the correct “cyrilisation of the currency's name as the EU has to take into consideration the Bulgarian (Cyrillic) and Greek alphabets,”