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Which countries will start using the euro in 2026?

This leaves only six countries in the 27-member EU still using their own currencies: The Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, ...

Euro at 27: A currency that keeps expanding, but the resistance hasn’t disappeared

The euro launched on 1 January 1999 as an electronic currency for 11 founding nations including Germany, France and Italy, ...
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The ‘troublesome’ ECU: the ancestor of the single currency

Cartoon by the French cartoonist Plantu, from March 1979, showing the new ECU as a guide and lifeboat for the nine participating countries (Source: Plantu. Le douanier se fait la malle, 20 ans de ...
Novinite

Why Bulgarian and Greek Euro Coins Use Stotinki and Lepta instead of Cents

Since the adoption of the euro in Bulgaria, a seemingly small linguistic detail has sparked notable public debate: why Bulgarian euro coins are marked with “stotinki” rather than “cents”. Bulgaria is ...
Investopedia

What Was the European Monetary System (EMS)?

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. The European Monetary System (EMS) was ...