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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9335
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/slovenia

Trouble-free changeover to euro

Brussels, 02/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Monday, 1 January 2007, Slovenia became the thirteenth EU Member State to adopt single currency. Two million Slovenians have thus joined the 314.6 million European citizens who have used the euro as legal tender for the past five years. “This is an important day for Slovenia”, European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Joaquin Almunia said. In a press release, he congratulated the Slovenian authorities for the smooth changeover and...