Brussels, 17/05/2001 (Agence Europe) - Russia and the European Union agreed on Wednesday to examine the possibility of using the euro in their trade and economic relations. This political agreement is taken up in a joint declaration between the EU and Russia in the framework of their half-yearly summit. According to Reijo Kemppinen, a European Commission spokesman, "the initiative comes from Commission President Romano Prodi, and had been prepared over a few weeks". A high-level working...