Euro adoption

  • Economy

Rise in services prices in Lithuania not due to euro, finance minister insists

An increase in services prices in Lithuania last year was due to growing wages rather than to euro adoption, Finance…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Counterfeit euros made outside Lithuania, interior minister says

After Lithuania joined the euro area on 1 January 2015, about 20 counterfeit euro notes have been discovered in the…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuania hopes for foreign investment surge after euro adoption

Lithuania has this year joined the other Baltic countries in adopting the euro. Entering the common European currency can give…

10 years ago
  • Economy

ECB: Lithuania successfully completes euro changeover

The period of dual circulation of litas and euro cash in Lithuania ended on 15 January. [...]

10 years ago
  • Economy

Bank of Lithuania: Euros account for 60 percent of cash in circulation

Two weeks after the adoption of the euro, the single European currency now accounts for more than one-half, or some…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Euro will give Lithuania security and stability, Tusk says

Euro area membership will give Lithuania more stability and security, European Council President Donald Tusk said in Vilnius on Wednesday.…

10 years ago
  • Economy

EC report: Euro changeover in Lithuania reaching final stage

Lithuania adopted the euro on 1 January 2015, thus becoming the 19th member of the euro area. With the dual…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Ten times fewer millionaires in Lithuania after euro adoption

After Lithuania adopted the euro, the number of millionaires - i.e., people with assets of over one million - in…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Euros exceed litas in cash circulation in Lithuania

The amount of euro cash in circulation in Lithuania has already exceeded the amount of litas cash in the market,…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Finance minister says Lithuania needs euro

Lithuania has become the eurozone's 19th member, but only half of Lithuanians are in favour of the new currency. That…

10 years ago
  • Culture

Almost 50,000 visit Euro Exhibition in Vilnius

In over slightly more than two months, 46,000 visitors from all over Lithuania visited the Euro Exhibition, which was open…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuanians’ support for euro rose to 60 percent

The society's support for the euro in Lithuania rose 7 percentage points in December from November to reach 60 percent,…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Eurobarometer survey traces Lithuanians’ transition from litas to euro

The latest Eurobarometer survey shows that Lithuania's transition to the euro has been proceeding successfully and smoothly. No major violations…

10 years ago
  • European Union

Angela Merkel congratulates Lithuania on joining euro zone

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has congratulated Lithuania on becoming the 19th member of the euro area and says the accession…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Euros account for one third of cash in Lithuania

Euros already account for nearly a third of all cash money in circulation in Lithuania, says Vitas Vasiliauskas, governor of…

10 years ago
  • Society

First counterfeit notes discovered in Lithuania within less than a week in euro zone

Although Lithuania has been using the euro for less than a week, the police have already reported euro forgery cases.…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuanian retail chains risk fines for giving change in old currency after euro adoption

Over the first four days after Lithuania's euro adoption, approximately 160 consumers file complaints with the State Consumer Rights Protection…

10 years ago
  • Society

Fraudsters trying to exploit Lithuania’s currency transition

Lithuania's State Tax Inspectorate (VMI) has said that fraudsters pretending to work for the VMI have started visiting residents' houses,…

10 years ago
  • European Union

Eurogroup president congratulates Lithuania on joining euro zone

Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem has congratulated Lithuania on joining the euro area. [...]

10 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuanian central bank chief: Euro changeover going smoothly

The governor of the central Bank of Lithuania says there have been no major difficulties in the process of changeover…

10 years ago