Economy of Bulgaria (574 euro) (December, 2017). The national currency is the lev (plural leva), pegged to the euro at a rate of 1.95583 leva for 1 euro. The lev is the strongest and most stable currency in Eastern Europe. The strongest sectors in the economy are energy, mining, metallurgy, machine building, agriculture and tourism. Primary industrial exports are clothing, iron and steel, machinery and refined fuels. The trading partners with largest contribution to the import/export are Germany, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Greece, Russia, France, Spain, Poland, Netherlands, China, Hungary and Belgium. Sofia is the capital and economic heart of Bulgaria and home to
Center for the Study of Democracy (Bulgaria) Center for the Study of Democracy (Bulgaria) This article is about the Center for the Study of Democracy in Bulgaria For the other institution by the same name, in the United States, see the Center for the Study of Democracy at St. Mary's College of Maryland, USA. Founded in late 1989, the Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) is an interdisciplinary public policy institute dedicated to the values of democracy and market economics, based in Bulgaria. The CSD is a non-partisan, independent organization fostering the reform process in Bulgaria through impact on policy and civil society, and is one