Central European Bank’s experts have estimated the prerequisites for the introduction of the euro also in Bulgaria. The Bank’s report is expected on May 7th with the prerequisites for its particular introduction in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Sweden, 10 years after the start of the monetary union. Though, the idea of an unified European currency have emerged in the 1970s.

The German car market is facing its worse downturn, the nation's auto industry association warned Wednesday as the deepening sense of economic gloom in the country leads to a shakeout in the industry and the prospects of big job cuts.
A comedy starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon as a couple trying to avoid their families at Christmas debuted in first place over the weekend at North American box offices, according to preliminary studio estimates issued Sunday.