Brussels, 23/07/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 23 July, the EU Council of Ministers approved Lithuania's accession to the eurozone on 1 January 2015 (see EUROPE 11110 and 11094).
The member states also adopted regulations setting the official litas/euro conversion rate: 3.45280 Lithuanian litas to the euro, which corresponds to the current central rate of the litas in the EU's exchange rate mechanism.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius said: “Adoption of the euro has...