The first day of this year is the first day of Lithuania with the euro. It is an unavoidable fact, although probably everyone is already tired of hearing the word euro. I must admit: it is certainly much better that the euro is not in everyone’s lips but in everyone’s pockets. Soon enough the currency change fever will go down and we will be less concerned with the pros and cons of having the euro than with having as many euros as we can. […]
The Lithuanian Gay League, an LGBT rights NGO, has had an idea to keep some of the 10-litas notes and make them into souvenirs for their partners. […]
The adoption of the euro in Lithuania was smooth and successful, regardless of interruptions on the last day of 2014, Vitas Vasiliauskas, governor of the central Bank of Lithuania, said on Thursday. […]
After starting to use the new currency, the euro, on Thursday, Lithuanians say they will have to remember maths at the beginning of the year to calculate the prices of goods. They will be able to pay in litas until mid-January, but will receive all change in the common currency of the European Union (EU). […]
Many Lithuanians once sceptical of the euro are now ready to embrace it. Lithuania this night will become the 19th member of the euro zone. […]
By joining the euro zone, Lithuania is becoming part of an area of stability, security and prosperity, says European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Pierre Moscovici. […]
What kind of a country bids farewell to its currency for the third time over less than 25 years? […]
On Wednesday, Lithuania is bidding farewell to its national currency, the litas, and welcoming the common European Union (EU) currency, the euro, which will be adopted on 1 January 2015. […]
As Lithuania is to become the 19th member of the euro zone on 1 January, Lithuanian Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius admits that he has not yet got accustomed to the euro and price tags in two currencies still puzzle him. […]
The fall session just completed by the Lithuanian parliament is historic, as it adopted a package of laws ensuring Lithuania‘s accession to the euro area, Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė says. […]
With just slightly more than two weeks to go before Lithuania adopts the euro, different opinion polls show different results for how people feel about the new currency. […]
Current average annual inflation in Lithuania is at its lowest since 2010, according to financial experts, a situation that is particularly favourable to the currency changeover. […]
Lithuania’s preparations for the adoption of the euro next year seem overall well on track, the European Commission (EC) has said, calling on Lithuania’s authorities to address the remaining concerns related to euro introduction and to increase consumers’ confidence so as to ensure smooth euro changeover. […]
Starting in January, 330 post offices across the country will exchange cash litas to euros free of charge for a period of 60 days. To handle the extra workload, Lithuania Post will hire 75 employees throughout the country, the company said. […]
The second shipment of euro banknotes was delivered to Lithuania on Wednesday. […]
Lithuania, which is rated at Baa1 on Moody’s rating and at A- by both Standard and Poor’s and Fitch, has sent a request for proposals for a new Eurobond issue, according to Reuters sources. […]
The European Union (EU) and the euro area may help Lithuania shield itself from Russia’s economic sanctions or outweigh those measures, president of the European Central Bank (ECB) believes. […]
The Lithuanians have slightly warmed up towards the euro, which the country will adopt next year, a recent Eurobarometer survey shows. […]
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