Bulgaria has not yet joined the Euro zone, it joined the EU in January 2007.
Since 1 January 2007 Bulgaria has been a full member of the EU.
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It became an EU member on 1st January, 2007.
Romania and Bulgaria are both part of the EU, which means no visa is required. Free travel is all throughout the EU, meaning no visa is require to travel through any part of the EU if you are a citizen of the EU.
No. Bulgaria and Ireland are both part of EU.
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Romania and Bulgaria are non-euro, non-Schengen, EU countries. Turkey is not yet a member of the EU.
The question was before 5 years. To reply now, its difficult. The merits of Bulgaria is: Next year Bulgaria will have the rotating presidency role of the EU for 6 months. Bad is: its still not a member of the Schengen