Brussels, 10/01/2014 (Agence Europe) - In Riga on Friday 10 January, the president of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, and the president of the European Commission, José Manuel Durão Barroso, welcomed the smooth changeover to the euro in Latvia, which on 1 January 2014 became 18th country to join the eurozone (see EUROPE 10990).
Welcoming the determination of the Latvian government to make a success of the changeover, the two politicians stressed the economic and political...