Euro: the ten-year itch
The European single currency was launched on 1 January 1999. By 2002, 304 million Europeans were jiggling the same coins around in their wallets. Today, sixteen countries use the euro, including Slovakia. It’s got more stable on the markets and stands strong against the dollar and pound, but its users struggle to see the advantage what with the rising cost of life
A decade of the euro - in cartoons
As the single currency celebrates ten years, cartoonists from Italy, Spain, Slovenia and France paint their visions of a euro which seems distant from its users
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Economic crisis in Britain: don't mention the euro
On 1 December, EU commission president José Manuel Barroso told French radio that the ‘people who matter in Britain' were ‘closer’ to joining the euro - maybe they should?
