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Bulgaria has embarked on a digitization journey by replacing traditional paper food vouchers with a plastic card, akin to a bank card, initiating this transformative move at the start of the year. This transition will involve a grace period until July, allowing issuance of both paper and electronic vouchers.

Middle East Technical University's (ODTÜ) students, together with a prize-winning Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, have built a specially designed "paper log house" to be used in the earthquake zone.

ODTÜ's Architecture Department's students created the "Emergency Design Studio" after the twin earthquakes jolted the country's east in early February.

The 20 BGN banknotes from 2005 will be removed from circulation from February 1 and will no longer be legal tender. After this date, banknotes with a nominal value of BGN 20, 2005 issue, will be exchanged at the cash desks of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) at nominal value without limit of quantity, without fee and without deadline for exchange.

In the lush green fields of Egypt's fertile Delta Valley, farmers and artisans are struggling to make a living as they keep alive the Pharaonic-era tradition of making papyrus.

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A senior handicraft teacher in northwestern Turkey discovered traditional methods of papermaking during a trip to North Macedonia four years ago. 

Fascinated by the process, Sevilay Güler began producing handmade paper when she returned to Edirne after spending a lot of time and research.

Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) is putting in circulation a new series of banknotes, which has a face value of BGN 5. The bill will be in circulation from September 4th as legal tender, the institution said.

Turkey's manufacturing industry used 62.6% of its capacity in May, the country's Central Bank said on May 22.

The capacity utilization rate (CUR) of the sector rose 1 percentage points on a monthly basis, the bank survey showed.

One of the most successful PR books at the moment "The Global PR Revolution" by Maxim Behar is now available in ebook format in Bulgarian language. The book can be purchased from the website of Helikon bookstore and in the next weeks it will be offered by some other online stores, as well.

BNB launches new BGN 50 banknote with modern protection. It will come into circulation from November 1. The banknote has new protections, images and is made of high quality paper, tinted in pale green with lacquered finish.

The European Central Bank (ECB) is releasing the last two banknotes from the "Europe" series - from 100 and 200 euros.

The banknotes started circulating on May 28th.