Euro zone

  • European Union

EU gives final approval to Lithuania’s euro bid

The European Union’s (EU) General Affairs Council on Wednesday approved Lithuania’s entry to the euro zone in January 2015, which…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Šadžius: businesses that round prices down will thrive in euro transition

With the European Union (EU) expected to issue its final approval today for the adoption of the euro in Lithuania,…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Countdown timer above Bank of Lithuania headquarters to count days until euro

After the EU General Affairs Council adopts the final decision on the adoption of the euro in Lithuania, a countdown…

10 years ago
  • Society

Measures taken to prepare handicapped Lithuanians for euro changeover

The Bank of Lithuania has initiated meetings with representatives of organisations representing people with disabilities (the blind and the deaf),…

10 years ago
  • Politics

President Grybauskaitė: Euro introduction will curb financial populism

The introduction of the euro in Lithuania will bring not only economic benefits, but also will help curb financial populism…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Smooth transition to euro will boost consumer confidence, political analyst says

Smooth switch-over to the euro in Lithuania next year would increase consumer confidence in the common European currency, says Ramūnas…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuania’s small business owners want more flexibility during euro switch-over

Association of Lithuanian Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Crafts (LPPARA) says that small businesses should be allowed to give change…

10 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Seven months with new currency, Latvians are still getting used to the euro

On 1 January this year, Latvians switched from lats and santimus, that had been the national currency for the last…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Police to guard post offices during euro transition in Lithuania

Lietuvos Paštas (Lithuanian Post) and the police signed an agreement on Friday on cooperation during the adoption of the euro,…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuanian banks are preparing for peak days of euro changeover

Commercial banks in Lithuania on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Good Practice during the Preparation for the Adoption…

10 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Latvia’s Dombrovskis: euro in Lithuania is good news for all three Baltic States

"Euro in Lithuania is good news for the Baltic States – it will once again prove accomplishments of the Baltic…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuanian court rules against euro referendum

Efforts to hold a referendum on Lithuania’s switchover to the euro and to preserve the current national currency, the litas,…

10 years ago
  • European Union

Lithuanian MEP votes against euro introduction in Lithuania

Leaders of Lithuania's two ruling parties – Rolandas Paksas of the Order and Justice Party and Valdemar Tomaševski of the…

10 years ago
  • European Union

European Parliament greenlights Lithuania’s euro adoption

The European Parliament on Wednesday endorsed Lithuania’s accession to the euro zone in 2015 with 545 votes in favour, 116…

10 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Iceland’s Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson: Euro is a currency in search of a state

DELFI observer Ramūnas Bogdanas interviews former foreign minister of Iceland Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson who was the strongest supporter of Lithuania's…

10 years ago
  • European Union

EU leaders endorse Lithuania’s euro zone membership

The European Council said on Friday that Lithuania is ready to adopt the euro in 2015. [...]

10 years ago
  • European Union

Euro area’s ministers of finance waiting for Lithuania to join euro bloc

Euro area finance ministers, whose recommendations on Lithuania’s accession to the euro zone were finally endorsed by the European Union’s…

10 years ago