How Bulgaria’s Blind Community Prepares to Navigate the Euro Transition

With just over five months remaining until Bulgaria adopts the euro, a pressing question arises: how will the roughly 9,000 visually impaired people in the country adapt to the new currency? So far, preparations to help blind individuals familiarize themselves with euro banknotes and coins have not started, BNR reports.

Dobri, a visually impaired man, prefers shopping online because it is the easiest option for him. Yet, he acknowledges that sooner or later, physical interaction with the new currency will be unavoidable....