The National Bank of Slovakia – Národná banka Slovenska, announced today that it will exchange Bulgarian levs for euros during the first two months after Bulgaria's accession to the Eurozone.
Anyone in Slovakia will be able to exchange levs for euros between January 1 and February 28, 2026, and the exchange will take place at the National Bank of Slovakia's office in Košice, at the address “Slovak Unity” 14 (Slovenskej jednoty 14), the central bank announced in a social media post.
This is standard practice when a country joins the Eurozone, and is offered by all central banks in the Eurozone, the Slovak institution clarified.
BTA reminds that from January 1 to March 2, 2026, all central banks of Eurozone countries will exchange Bulgarian levs for euros free of charge at a fixed exchange rate. The exchange limit is 2,000 levs per day, according to the European Central Bank's website.
The introduction of the euro as the official currency in Slovakia in 2009 was an important step in attracting foreign investment and eliminating uncertainty about currency fluctuations, said Michal Horvath, the chief economist of the National Bank of Slovakia, in an interview with BTA published earlier this week.