query: where is the euro used?

title: Denmark and the euro

text: holding a euro referendum within their four-year legislative term. There has been some speculation that the result of a Danish referendum would affect the Swedish debate on the euro. The euro can be used in some locations in Denmark, usually in places catering to tourists, such as museums, airports and shops with large numbers of international visitors. However, change is usually given in kroner. Double krone-euro prices are used on all ferries going between Denmark and Germany. If Denmark were to adopt the euro, the monetary policy would be transferred from the Danmarks Nationalbank to the ESCB. In theory this

title: Euro banknotes

text: particular country may have been printed in another country. The printers used to print euro banknotes include commercial printers as well as national printers, some of which have been privatised, some previously produced national notes before the adoption of the euro. There is one former or current national printer in each of the countries which issue euro notes, with the exception of Germany, where the former East German and West German printers now produce euro notes. There are also two printers identified in France, F. C. Oberthur, a private printer, and the Bank of France printing works, and also two

title: Language and the euro

text: is "snt", although Finnish merchants generally use a decimal notation (for example "0,35 €"). Slang terms: In Helsinki slang, a common nickname for euro is "ege". In Tampere slang "Eero", a common male name, may be used for euro. In French, the singular is "un euro" (masculine). The official plural is the same as the regular plural "euros". The Académie française, which is regarded as an authority for the French language in France, stated this clearly, following French legislation in this regard. In France, the word "centime" is far more common than "cent" and is recommended by the Académie française.

title: Language and the euro

text: it is actually written on the euro notes in Greek as . Also, the spelling (resulting in a plural ) on the notes could have confused other Europeans, who might read it as a string of Latin letters: "eypo". A plural form "evra", as if from a regular declinable neuter noun in "-o", is sometimes used in a jocular way. For the cent, the terms used in Greece are , plural ("leptó", plural "leptá"), a name used for small denominations of various ancient and modern Greek currencies, including the drachma (which the euro replaced). The word means 'minute' (literally "thin"),

title: Language and the euro

text: plural). This pronunciation is rejected by official authorities, such as the Swedish Language Council, and not used in television news. In Sweden there are no widespread slang terms since the euro is a foreign currency. In Finland, the euro is the official currency, and Swedish is an official language alongside Finnish. The same spelling as in Sweden is used (officially Swedish in Finland is spelt as in Sweden). The pronunciation, however, is , which has some similarities to Finnish pronunciation. The abbreviation is like 3,14 €, same as for Finnish. Among Swedish-speaking as well as Finnish-speaking people in Helsinki, a

title: Language and the euro

text: grammatical cases in accordance with an agreement between Slovenia and the European Union. In normative Slovene language usage ‘evro’ spelling should only be used, except as noted. In the Spanish language, the official plural is the same as its regular plural "euros". For the cent, the word "céntimo" (plural "céntimos") can be used. The fraction of the peseta was also called "céntimo", but no céntimo coins had been issued since 1980, and had since been demonetised. The word "euro" is pronounced in Spanish, and "céntimo" or . Slang terms: the euro is often referred to as "pavo", meaning "turkey" in

title: Language and the euro

text: has the regular final unstressed -"o" pronunciation, as , and is more widespread in the north of the country, while the former is more common in the south. "Euro", "cêntimo" and "centavo" are masculine nouns in Portuguese, and as such, "the cents" are translated as "os cêntimos" and "those euros" as "aqueles euros". In Brazil the pronunciation is (generally in Rio de Janeiro and further north, as in Portugal, and in São Paulo and further south and west as well as the places where southern Brazilians settled) and fractional values are called "centavos de euro" (cents of euro) to differentiate

title: Kosovo and the euro

text: with sufficient Deutsche Marks. The Yugoslav (and later Serbian dinar) continued to be widely used in Northern Kosovo and Serb enclaves throughout Kosovo. Like Germany, Kosovo switched to the euro on 1 January 2002. The Deutsche Mark remained legal tender in Kosovo until 9 March 2002. The change to the euro was achieved in cooperation with the European Central Bank, and several national banks in the Eurozone. By December 2001, about 100 million euro in cash was frontloaded to the Banking and Payments Authority of Kosovo. Kosovo does not mint any coins of its own. Kosovo is a potential candidate

title: Euro sign

text: but the cent sign "¢" also appears. Other abbreviations include "ct" (particularly in Germany and Lithuania), "cent." in Spain and Italy, "snt" (Finland) and Λ (the capital letter "lambda" for λεπτό, "lepto", in Greece). Euro sign The euro sign (€) is the currency sign used for the euro, the official currency of the European Union (EU) and other non-EU countries (Kosovo and Montenegro). The design was presented to the public by the European Commission on 12 December 1996. The international three-letter code (according to ISO standard ISO 4217) for the euro is EUR. In Unicode it is encoded at .

title: Euro

text: of the ECB capital key, calculated using national share of European Union (EU) population and national share of EU GDP, equally weighted. The euro is divided into 100 cents (sometimes referred to as "euro cents", especially when distinguishing them from other currencies, and referred to as such on the common side of all cent coins). In Community legislative acts the plural forms of "euro" and "cent" are spelled without the "s", notwithstanding normal English usage. Otherwise, normal English plurals are sometimes used, with many local variations such as "centime" in France. All circulating coins have a "common side" showing the

title: Finnish euro coins

text: for all Finnish euro coins, per denomination, per year (the numbers are represented in millions). <nowiki>*</nowiki> No coins were minted that year for that denomination <nowiki>**</nowiki> Data not available yet <nowiki>€2 CC</nowiki> €2 commemorative coins Finland has a collection of euro commemorative coins, mainly in silver and gold, although other materials are used. Their face values range from 5 euro to 100 euro. This is mainly done as a legacy of old national practice of minting gold and silver coins. These coins are not intended to be used as means of payment, so generally they do not circulate. In June

title: Austrian euro coins

text: denomination, per year. Each year the Austrian Mint issues a limited edition of its Euro coins in proof quality. Austria has a large collection of euro commemorative coins, mainly in Silver and Gold, but they also use other materials (like Niobium for example). Their face value range from 5 euro to 100 euro. This is mainly done as a legacy of old national practice of minting Gold and Silver coins. These coins are not really intended to be used as means of payment, so generally they do not circulate. Here are some samples: Austrian euro coins Austrian euro coins have

title: Euro calculator

text: outside the eurozone to help staff with conversions at airports or railway stations where the euro has a strong presence. Euro calculator A euro calculator is a very popular type of calculator in European countries (see eurozone) that adopted the euro as their official monetary unit. It functions like any other normal calculator, but it also includes a special function which allows one to convert a value expressed in the previously official unit (the peseta in Spain, for example) to the new value in euros, or vice versa. Its use became very popular within the population and commerce of these

title: Euro Shopper

text: products hit £150m. From April 2013 to 2014, Both ICA Sweden and Ahold are currently phasing out Euro Shopper branded products replacing them with their own brands, ICA Basic in Sweden and AH Basic in all countries where they have stores. In Finland the Euro Shopper Energy Drink has become famous, earning the acronym ES. Most off-licences Euro Shopper Euro Shopper is a discount brand of everyday commodities developed and marketed by AMS Sourcing B.V.. It was introduced to the market in 1996 and branded products have been sold by some of the AMS members in different countries in Europe

title: International status and usage of the euro

text: considering making the euro a third official currency of the country to go along with the US dollar and the Balboa. In various countries the euro is accepted by some merchants albeit not being official currency there. Additionally sometimes it is used for pricing purposes even if the actual payments are made in the official currency (e.g., for real estate). The Swedish town of Höganäs has, since 1 January 2009, generally allowed shop payments in euros alongside the Swedish krona. Widespread usage, though unofficial, is also present in towns such as Haparanda, on the border with Finland. The euro is

title: 100 euro note

text: possible in order to know details about its spread, like from where and to where they travel in general, follow it up, like where a ticket has been seen in particular, and generate statistics and rankings, for example, in which countries there are more tickets. EuroBillTracker has registered over 176 million notes as of May 2018, worth more than €3.257 billion. 100 euro note The one hundred euro note (€100) is one of the higher value euro banknotes and has been used since the introduction of the euro (in its cash form) in 2002. The note is used daily by

title: Language and the euro

text: abbreviated "10 €", where the "€" symbol takes the role of the word "euroa" (never *"€10" or *"10€"). The colon notation ("€:a") must not be used with the partitive of "euro" when the number is in the nominative. In general, colon notation should be avoided and, for example, one should write "euron" or "euroa" instead of "€:n" or "€:a". Plurals (e.g., "kymmenet eurot" "tens of euros") exist, but they are not used with singular numbers (e.g., "kymmenen euroa" "ten euro"). "Sentti" is problematic in that its primary meaning in colloquial language is "centimeter". Thus, the officially recommended abbreviation of "sentti"

title: Language and the euro

text: 'Europe'), a masculine noun with its plural "ewros". For cent, "cent" is used, a masculine noun with the plural "centys". In Croatian the euro and cent are called "euro" and "cent" (occasionally the word "eurocent" is used instead of "cent" to distinguish the euro denomination versus its foreign counterparts). Plural forms are, like in many Slavic languages, somewhat complex. The general plural form of euro is "euri", but the paucal or identically written (but not identically pronounced) genitive plural "eura" is used with all numbers, thus "27 eura". The numbers ending in 1 (e.g. 21 or 101) take the nominative

title: Andorra and the euro

text: facto" used the EU's euro (the currency of the Eurozone states) as it had historically used the French franc and Spanish peseta. When those two currencies were replaced by the euro in 2002, the euro replaced the franc and peseta as the sole circulating currency in Andorra. Unlike the three other European microstates outside of the EU, Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican City, which adopted the euro when it was introduced, Andorra did not conclude a monetary agreement with the EU but rather used it unilaterally. These agreements gave the three microstates the right to issue their own euro

title: Language and the euro

text: often ignored and non-declined "euro" is used for every value ("22 euro"), even though this form is grammatically incorrect. In Czech "euro" is of neuter gender and inflected as "město", while "cent" is masculine and inflected as "hrad". The word "euro" is included in the 2002 version of "Retskrivningsordbogen", the authoritative source for the Danish language (according to Danish law). Two plurals are given, "euro" when referring to an amount, and "euroer" when referring to coins. Both "cent" and "eurocent" are mentioned; the plural and singular forms are identical. Danish words of Greek origin containing the sequence "eu" are traditionally

title: Euro NCAP

text: example, had its bonnet and headlamp fixture changed to meet the latest pedestrian safety requirements. Testing is not mandatory, with vehicle models either being independently chosen by Euro NCAP or sponsored by the manufacturers. In Europe, new cars are certified as legal for sale under the Whole Vehicle Type Approval regimen that differs from Euro NCAP. According to Euro NCAP, "The frontal and side impact crash tests used by Euro NCAP are based on those used in European legislation. However, much higher performance requirements are used by Euro NCAP. The frontal impact speed used by Euro NCAP is 64 km/h

title: Language and the euro

text: the same as the unit of measurement of time or of angle. The term , plural ("evroleptó", plural "evroleptá") is sometimes used when a speaker wants to be completely specific that they are referring to money and not time. Some colloquial names for currency are also in use for the euro. One and two euro coins are respectively called ("frago") and ("difrago") from the French "franc". A 5 euro banknote is also colloquially called ("taliro") from the Germanic root "thaler" via the Italian "talero". A 10 euro banknote is called ("dekariko"), a 20 euro banknote is called ("eikosariko") or ("eikosari"),

title: Language and the euro

text: Both "euro" and "cent" in Croatian are of masculine gender. Pronunciation follows the rules of Croatian. "Euro" is pronounced , while "cent" is pronounced . In Czech, the words "euro" and "cent" are spelt the same as in English and pronounced per Czech phonology , . Occasionally the word "eurocent" is used instead of "cent" to distinguish the euro denomination versus its foreign counterparts. The spelling differs from the Czech word for Europe ("Evropa"); however "euro-" has become a standard prefix for all things relating to the EU ("Evropská unie"). The Czech declension uses different form of plural for various

title: Croatia and the euro

text: said at the government session that "some occasional announcements when Croatia will introduce the euro shouldn't be taken seriously. We'll try to make it as soon as possible, but I distance myself from any dates and ask that you don't comment on it. When the country is ready, it will enter the euro area. The criteria are very clear." In November 2017, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said that Croatia is aiming to join ERM-2 by 2020 and to introduce the Euro by 2025. Croatia and the euro Croatia's currency, the kuna, has used the euro (and prior to that one

title: Language and the euro

text: and a 50 euro banknote is called ("penintariko"), derivatives of the words for ten, twenty and fifty. 10 lepta of a drachma were called ("dekara"), but since lepta of the drachma were out of circulation long before the euro, this word is now considered too old-fashioned and only used in old expressions and thus it is not used for the 10 eurocent coin. Nevertheless, all Greeks understand the word to stand for 10 cents of any currency and thus use it for non-euro currencies like the dime of the US dollar. The same is true for the 5-cent coin which

title: Euro

text: Euro The euro (sign: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of 19 of member states of the European Union, as well as some of the territories of the EU. This group of states is known as the eurozone or euro area. It is the second largest and second most traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the United States dollar. The euro is subdivided into 100 cents. The currency is also officially used by the institutions of the European Union and its territories, four other European countries, as well as unilaterally by two others, and is consequently used

title: Language and the euro

text: euro-cent is sometimes used in countries (such as Australia, Canada, and the United States) which also have "cent" as a currency subdivision, to distinguish them from their local coin. This usage, though unofficial, is mirrored on the coins themselves, which have the words "EURO" and "CENT" displayed on the common side. In Faroese (and Icelandic) the euro is called evra, a feminine noun derived from the Faroese name of Europe, "Evropa"; this makes Faroese (with Icelandic) one of only two European languages in which the word for the euro is feminine. The plural is formed regularly: evrur. The cents are

title: Romania and the euro

text: law requires that the coat of arms of the country be used on coin designs. In Romanian, the currency is called "euro" , and its subunit "eurocent" . Romania and the euro Romania is required by its EU accession agreement to replace the current national currency, the Romanian leu, with the euro, as soon as Romania fulfills all of the six nominal euro convergence criteria. The leu is not yet part of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM II), of which minimum two years of stable membership is one of the six nominal convergence criteria to comply with to qualify

title: Language and the euro

text: them from Brazilian real "centavos". In Romanian the euro and cent are called "euro" and "cent" (plural "" ). The official plural of "euro" is also "euro", and this official form was readily adopted by speakers. The "eu" construct is not a diphthong, thus the pronunciation is . When speaking in a familiar–vernacular setting, some speakers would make the informal plural "euroi" (not seen as academic, and not used officially; its stylistic value–connotation is less than "bucks" for US dollars or "quid" for GBP in English and "much lower" than the almost everyday use of "piasse" (piastre, with the cent

title: Euro

text: not eуро ("euro") in all official documents. In the Greek script the term ευρώ (evró) is used; the Greek "cent" coins are denominated in λεπτό/ά (leptó/á). Official practice for English-language EU legislation is to use the words euro and cent as both singular and plural, although the European Commission's Directorate-General for Translation states that the plural forms "euros" and "cents" should be used in English. Euro The euro (sign: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of 19 of member states of the European Union, as well as some of the territories of the EU. This group of states is

title: Language and the euro

text: numerals: for 2, 3 and 4, it is plain nominative "eura" and "centy", while for numbers above 5, genitive (a vestige of partitive) "eur" and "centů" is used. For compound numerals, there are two variants: either genitive plural is used ("21 eur", "22 eur") or the form is determined by the unit part of the numeral ("21 euro", "22 eura"). The partitive genitive is used only when the whole numeral phrase is in nominative or accusative phrases, otherwise the expected case is used: "sedm eur" (7 euros-genitive), but "se sedmi eury" (with seven-instrumental euro-instrumental). Moreover, these otherwise common declensions are

title: Maltese euro coins

text: Maltese euro coins Maltese euro coins feature three separate designs for the three series of coins. Malta has been a member of the European Union since 1 May 2004, and is a member of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union. Malta adopted the euro as its official currency on 1 January 2008, replacing the Maltese lira. For a period of one month until 31 January, there was a dual circulation for Malta where the Euro and Maltese lira were used alongside each other. In 2008, the Monnaie de Paris (Paris Mint) was chosen to mint the coins;

title: Language and the euro

text: common slang term is "ege". In Welsh, euro and cent are called "ewro" (masculine) and "sent" (feminine). The plural forms are respectively "ewros" and "sentiau" , although in the Welsh language, numerals are always followed by the singular form of nouns, thus: "pum ewro" (€5), "deg sent" (€0.10). Informally, the more Anglicised may be used, written either the Welsh way, "iwro", or as in English, "euro." The second of these it should be noted the native word "euro" ("to gild") already exists. Note too that in Welsh the abbreviation "c" stands for "ceiniog" (penny). In Albanian, the euro is referred

title: Language and the euro

text: pronounced with [œʊ̯], e.g. "Zeus, terapeut, eutanasi, Europa". However, in the word "Europa", a newer pronunciation with [eʊ̯] has gained ground in recent years, but this has not influenced the way "euro" is commonly pronounced. Plural: In Dutch, most abstract units of measurement are not pluralised, including the former Dutch guilder ("gulden" in Dutch) and Belgian franc (called "frank" in Dutch), and now the euro. An amount such as €5 is pronounced "5 euro". This coincides with EU legislation stating that "euro" and "cent" should be used as both singular and plural. In Dutch, the words are however pluralised as

title: Language and the euro

text: often called sent which is a neuter word and has the same form in the nominative plural. The Finnish pronunciation for "euro" is . In Finnish, the form "sentti" is used for the cent – the letter 'c' is generally not used in Finnish, and nativized Finnish words cannot end in consonant combinations like '-nt', therefore an extra vowel 'i' is added. "euro" and "sentti" are declined like many other existing words ending in "-o" and "-i", and "sentti" displays consonant gradation (genitive "euron", "sentin"). With numerals, the partitive singulars "euroa" and "senttiä" are used, e.g., "10 euroa". This is

title: Language and the euro

text: Bulgarian Европа , meaning "Europe"); the plural varies in spoken language – евро, евра , еврота – but the most widespread form is евро – without inflection in plural. The word for euro, though, has a normal form with the postpositive definite article – еврото (the euro). The word for eurocent is евроцент and most probably that, or only цент , will be used in future when the European currency is accepted in Bulgaria. In contrast to euro, the word for "cent" has a full inflection both in the definite and the plural form: евроцент (basic form), евроцентът (full definite

title: Bulgaria and the euro

text: евро, евра , еврота – but the most widespread form is евро – without inflection in plural. The word for euro, though, has a normal form with the postpositive definite article – еврото ([ˈɛvroto], the euro). The word for eurocent is евроцент and most probably that, or only цент , will be used in future when the European currency is accepted in Bulgaria. In contrast to euro, the word for "cent" has a full inflection both in the definite and the plural form: евроцент (basic form), евроцентът (full definite article – postpositive), евроцентове (plural), 2 евроцента (numerative form – after

title: 20 euro note

text: 20 euro note The twenty euro note (€20) is the third-lowest value euro banknote and has been used since the introduction of the euro (in its cash form) in 2002. The note is used in the 23 countries which have it as their sole currency (with 22 legally adopting it); with a population of about 343 million. In August 2018, there were approximately 3,845,000,000 twenty euro banknotes in circulation around the eurozone. It is the second most widely circulated denomination, accounting for over 17% of the total banknotes. Estimates suggest that the average life of a twenty euro banknote is

title: 10 euro note

text: 10 euro note The ten euro note (€10) is the second-lowest value euro banknote and has been used since the introduction of the euro (in its cash form) in 2002. The note is used in the 23 countries which have it as their sole currency (with 22 legally adopting it); with a population of about 343 million. In August 2018, there were approximately 2,500,000,000 ten euro banknotes in circulation around the eurozone. It is the fourth most widely circulated denomination, accounting for over 11% of the total banknotes. Estimates suggest that the average life of a ten euro banknote is

title: 5 euro note

text: 5 euro note The five euro note (€5) is the lowest value euro banknote and has been used since the introduction of the euro (in its cash form) in 2002. The note is used in the 25 countries which have it as their sole currency (with 23 legally adopting it); with a population of about 343 million. In August 2018, there were approximately 1,871,000,000 five euro banknotes in circulation around the eurozone. It is the fifth most widely circulated denomination, accounting for over 8% of the total banknotes. Estimates suggest that the average life of a five euro banknote is

title: Sweden and the euro

text: 1 January 2009. From that date, all residents can use either kronor or euro in restaurants and shops, as well as in payments of rent and bills. Dual pricing is used at many places and ATMs dispense either currency without additional charge (the latter is law all over Sweden). Around 60 percent of stores in the town are reported to have signed up to the scheme and local banks have developed guidelines to accept euro deposits. This decision was approved and agreed by municipality of Höganäs. Höganäs has developed a special euro logo for the city. It is not a

title: History of the euro

text: support the euro in 2001. Later in 2000, Denmark held a referendum on whether to abandon their opt-out from the euro. The referendum resulted in a decision to retain the krone, and also set back plans for a referendum in the UK as a result. The procedure used to fix the irrevocable conversion rate of 340.750 between the Greek drachma and the euro was different, since the euro by then was already two years old. While the conversion rates for the initial eleven currencies were determined only hours before the euro was introduced as a virtual currency, the conversion rate

title: Euro sign

text: in the Unicode character set with the character name EURO SIGN and the code position U+20AC (decimal 8364) as well as in updated versions of the traditional Latin character set encodings. In HTML, the € entity can also be used. An implicit character encoding, along with the fact that the code position of the euro sign is different in common encoding schemes, led to many problems displaying the euro sign in computer applications. While displaying the euro sign is no problem as long as only one system is used (provided an up-to-date font with the proper glyph is available), mixed

title: Euro sign

text: before the figure, unspaced, as used by publications such as the "Financial Times" and "The Economist". When written out, "euro" is placed after the value in lower case; the plural is used for two or more units, and euro cents are indicated with a point, not a comma, e.g., "1.50 euro", "14 euros". No official recommendation is made with regard to the use of a cent sign, and usage differs between and within member states. Sums are often expressed as decimals of the euro (for example €0.05, €–.05, or 0,05 €, rather than 5c). The most common abbreviation is "c",

title: 50 euro note

text: 50 euro note The fifty euro note (€50) is one of the middle value euro banknotes and has been used since the introduction of the euro (in its cash form) in 2002. The note is used by some 343 million Europeans and in the 23 countries which have the euro as their sole currency (with 22 legally adopting it). In August 2018, there were about 10,030,000,000 fifty euro banknotes in circulation in the eurozone. It is by far the most widely circulated denomination, accounting for over 46% of the total banknotes. Estimates suggest that the average life of a fifty

title: Language and the euro

text: currency's name in Hebrew arose. The official name of the currency established by the Academy of the Hebrew Language and the Bank of Israel is derived from An unofficial spelling and pronunciation , derived from the English pronunciation of the currency's name, is also used. Although in Hebrew currency names are usually declined for singular and plural, both forms of the Euro name are used for the singular and plural alike. In Hindi, the euro is spelt as यूरो (Yūro), while cent is written as सेंट (seṇṭ). Both the words are not pluralised. Europe is known as यूरोप (Yūrop) in

title: Language and the euro

text: European currency. Of other national Slavic languages using the Cyrillic alphabet, Macedonian, Russian and Serbian also use the spelling евро. Ukrainian uses євро and Belarusian uses еўра/эўра. In Catalan the official plural is the same as its regular plural "euros". The standard pronunciation of "euro" is . For the cent, the word "cèntim" (, plural "cèntims") is used, since historically this term has been used as the hundredth part of a currency unit. The fraction of the peseta was also called "cèntim", but it was withdrawn from circulation decades ago. In the Cornish language, euro is written "ewro" (like "Ewrop"

title: Language and the euro

text: "euro's" and "centen" when referring to individual coins. The euro is divided into 100 "cent", as was the guilder. The Belgian franc was divided into 100 "centiemen". The word "eurocent" is sometimes used to distinguish it from the cents of other currencies, such as the "dollarcent", but originally mainly to differentiate it from what used to be 0.01 guilder, also called "cent". Pronunciation: The word "euro" is phonemically. This can be pronounced the same phonetically, but commonly also as , , and others depending on the dialect and speaker (see Dutch phonology). Slang terms: In the Netherlands, slang terms that

title: 2 euro coin

text: 2 euro coin The 2 euro coin (€2) is the highest value euro coin and has been used since the introduction of the euro (in its cash form) in 2002. The coin is used in 22 countries (with 20 legally adopting it) with a collective population of about 341 million. The coin is made of two alloys: the inner part of nickel brass, the outer part of copper-nickel. All coins have a common reverse side and country-specific national sides. The coin has been used since 2002, with the present common side design dating from 2007. The €2 coin is the

title: 200 euro note

text: 200 euro note The two hundred euro note (€200) is the second-highest value euro banknote and has been used since the introduction of the euro (in its cash form) in 2002. The note is used in the 23 countries which have the euro as their sole currency (with 22 legally adopting it); with a population of about 343 million. In August 2018, there were about 251,000,000 €200 banknotes in circulation around the eurozone. It is the least widely circulated denomination, accounting for 1.2% of the total banknotes. It is the second-largest note, measuring 153 × 82 mm, and has a

title: 100 euro note

text: 100 euro note The one hundred euro note (€100) is one of the higher value euro banknotes and has been used since the introduction of the euro (in its cash form) in 2002. The note is used daily by some 343 million Europeans and in the 23 countries which have it as their sole currency (with 22 legally adopting it). In August 2018, there were approximately 2,725,000,000 hundred euro banknotes in circulation in the eurozone. It is the third most widely circulated denomination, accounting for over 12% of the total banknotes. It is the third largest note measuring × and

title: Bulgaria and the euro

text: numerals). However, the word stotinki (стотинки), singular stotinka (стотинка), the name of the subunit of the current Bulgarian currency, could be used in place of cent, as it has become a synonym of the word "coins" in colloquial Bulgarian; just like "cent" (from Latin centum), its etymology is from a word meaning hundred – "sto" (сто). Stotinki is used widely in the Bulgarian diaspora in Europe to refer to subunits of currencies other than the Bulgarian lev. Bulgaria and the euro Bulgaria committed to switching its currency, the lev, to the euro upon its joining the European Union in 2007,

title: Language and the euro

text: (Mark and Schilling) which had well established nicknames for individual coins and notes, there are few widely used nicknames for Euros, but the two Euro coin is sometimes called "Zwickel" like the old two Mark piece and the 50 cent piece is sometimes ironically referred to as "a rapper" alluding to 50 Cent. In German Usenet culture, the name "Fragezeichen" (question mark) was occasionally used in reference to initial problems with display of the euro sign, which was often rendered as a question mark. The term was most often written using the mock currency code FRZ. This technical trouble has

title: History of the euro

text: official currency. The euro is only used in the government-controlled areas of the Republic, the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (under UK jurisdiction, outside the EU) and in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus. The de facto Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus continues to use the new Turkish lira as its primary currency and the euro as its secondary currency. Malta replaced the Maltese lira with the euro on 1 January 2008. The aims were officially confirmed on 26 February 2007. On 16 May 2007, the Commissioner for Economic & Financial Affairs of the EU, Joaquín Almunia,

title: Language and the euro

text: cents (as well as any other amounts ending in 2, 3 or 4, except for the ones ending in 12, 13, 14 – e.g. 54 центи but 12 центів) and центів for the rest – 88 центів. Sometimes євроцент () is used to distinguish eurocents from American cents. Language and the euro Several linguistic issues have arisen in relation to the spelling of the words euro and cent in the many languages of the member states of the European Union, as well as in relation to grammar and the formation of plurals. In official documents, the name "euro" must be

title: Language and the euro

text: but the euro is popularly used, particularly by individuals wanting to convert their savings into a more stable currency. "Euro" has colloquially been pronounced in the English fashion since its inception. In response to criticism of the widespread English pronunciation of "euro", the Turkish Language Association officially introduced "avro" into Turkish ("av" being the first syllable of the Turkish word for Europe, "Avrupa") in 1998. A concerted campaign by the Turkish Language Association has begun to blossom in recent years, with most sections of the Turkish media now using the new word. It has yet to enter widespread colloquial use,

title: United Kingdom and the euro

text: United Kingdom and the euro The United Kingdom has never sought to adopt the euro as its official currency for the duration of its membership of the European Union (EU), and secured an opt-out at the euro's creation via the Maastricht Treaty in 1992. Polls have shown that the majority of British people have been against adopting the euro, and in a June 2016 referendum the UK voted to withdraw from the EU which would virtually eliminate the chance of any future adoption. Despite never being a member of the euro, the currency is used in the UK's Cypriot territories

title: United Kingdom and the euro

text: the EU. If the UK withdraws from the EU, euro adoption would become practically impossible. Even if government and or public opinion were to change, the EU's position is that new third countries would only adopt the euro through membership of the EU. Withdrawal may also negatively impact London's position as a hub for euro clearing. The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia on the island of Cyprus introduced the euro at the same time as the Republic of Cyprus, on 1 January 2008. Previously, they used the Cypriot Pound. Since the independence of Cyprus, treaties dictate that British

title: Where Is the Line

text: the cancellation of the single, the video was used as part of a video installation project by Friðriksdóttir. "Where Is the Line" features a contribution by beatboxer Rahzel. According to Björk, she e-mailed "Where Is the Line" to British musician Mark Bell, who a year later replied with a little idea for it. She wanted to make an arrangement like the one for "Brennið þið Vitar", an Icelandic choir piece. After she did it, the song "started to scream for a vocal only version. We tried very hard very long and when finally Rahzel came and sang a beat that

title: Croatia and the euro

text: Croatia and the euro Croatia's currency, the kuna, has used the euro (and prior to that one of the euro's major predecessors, the German mark or Deutschmark) as its main reference since its creation in 1994, and a long-held policy of the Croatian National Bank has been to keep the kuna's exchange rate with the euro within a relatively stable range. Croatia's EU membership obliges it to eventually join the eurozone, as such the country plans to join the European Monetary System, the pathway to euro adoption. Prior to Croatian entry to the EU on 1 July 2013, Boris Vujčić,

title: Euro sign

text: Euro sign The euro sign (€) is the currency sign used for the euro, the official currency of the European Union (EU) and other non-EU countries (Kosovo and Montenegro). The design was presented to the public by the European Commission on 12 December 1996. The international three-letter code (according to ISO standard ISO 4217) for the euro is EUR. In Unicode it is encoded at . In English, the sign precedes the value (for instance, €10, not 10 €, unlike most other European languages). In some style guides, but not others, the euro sign is unspaced. The first letter of

title: Sweden and the euro

text: on its own decision. Olli Rehn, the EU commissioner for economic affairs has said that this is up to Swedish people to decide. Despite this, the euro can be used to pay for goods and services in some places in Sweden. (See below.) Sweden meets three of five conditions for joining the euro as of May 2018. The table below gives further details: On 5 May 1873 Denmark with Sweden fixed their currencies against gold and formed the Scandinavian Monetary Union. Prior to this date Sweden used Swedish riksdaler. In 1875 Norway joined this union. An equal valued krona of

title: Euro-orphan

text: Euro-orphans in the EU is estimated to be between 0.5-1 million, more Euro-orphans live outside the EU, e.g. in Ukraine. Łukasz Krzyżanowski has coined a similar term, "old euro-orphans", describing elderly parents left behind by migrants. Euro-orphan Euro-orphan or EU orphan is a neologism used metaphorically to describe a "social orphan" in the European Union whose parents have migrated to another member state, typically for economic reasons. The child is left behind, often in the care of older relatives. The expression itself is a misnomer, since it is meant to describe temporary child abandonment, rather than the death of both

title: 2 euro coin

text: topic of proposing themes for €2 commemorative coins. It is not mentioned how the €2 commemorative coins that are in circulation today came about. The coins were minted in several of the participating countries, many using blanks produced at the Birmingham Mint in Birmingham, England. A problem has arisen in differentiation of coins made using similar blanks and minting techniques. 2 euro coin The 2 euro coin (€2) is the highest value euro coin and has been used since the introduction of the euro (in its cash form) in 2002. The coin is used in 22 countries (with 20 legally

title: Stadler Euro

text: Stadler Euro The Stadler Euro (known as the Vossloh Euro until 2015) is a class of diesel-electric locomotives built by Stadler Rail for the European market. It is available in two basic variants, the four-axle Euro 3000, and the six-axle Euro 4000. At the beginning of the 2000s numerous private train operators emerged in mainland Europe, as open-access freight operation was already granted in some European countries before complete liberalization in 2012. These mainly used second-hand diesel locomotives formerly in use with the state railways of the respective country, or new medium-powered diesel locomotives like the EMD Class 66 or

title: 1 euro coin

text: 1 euro coin The 1-euro coin (€1) is a euro coin with a value of one euro (€1). It is made of two alloys: the inner part of cupronickel, the outer part of nickel brass. All coins have a common reverse side and country-specific national sides. The coin has been used since 2002, with the present common side design dating from 2007. As of July 2015, there were approximately 6.7 billion one-euro coins in circulation, constituting 26.4% of all circulated euro coins by value and 5.9% by quantity. The coin dates from 2002, when euro coins and banknotes were introduced

title: Euro

text: with future members of the EU, the enlargement of the eurozone is set to continue. Outside the EU, the euro is also the sole currency of Montenegro and Kosovo and several European microstates (Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican City) as well as in five overseas territories of EU members that are not themselves part of the EU (Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, the French Southern and Antarctic Lands and Akrotiri and Dhekelia). Together this direct usage of the euro outside the EU affects nearly 3 million people. The euro has been used as a trading

title: Language and the euro

text: is declinable, being "eurocent" or simply "cent" () in singular nominative and "eurocenty" or "centy" () in plural nominative or "eurocentów" or "centów" () in plural genitive. In Portuguese, "euro" has a Portuguese word-ending and thus is used in the singular, with "euros" the plural form. "Cent", which does not conform to Portuguese word-forming rules, is commonly converted to "cêntimo" (singular) and "cêntimos" (plural). The term "cêntimo" might have been adopted to distinguish it from the fractional value of the "Portuguese escudo", which was called "centavo". Pronunciation of "euro" in Portuguese is still not standardized: either or . The latter

title: United Kingdom and the euro

text: territories in Cyprus will have the same currency as the Republic of Cyprus. These are the only places under British control where the euro is legal tender. They do not issue separate euro coins. Following the British vote to withdraw from the EU in June 2016, Ioannis Kasoulidis, Foreign Minister of Cyprus, announced that Cyprus wished to have EU citizen privileges remain for these areas if the UK ceases to be a member. The currency of Gibraltar is the Gibraltar pound, issued by the Government of Gibraltar. Unofficially, most retail outlets in Gibraltar also accept the euro, though some payphones

title: Euro

text: denomination or value, and a map in the background. Due to the linguistic plurality in the European Union, the Latin alphabet version of "euro" is used (as opposed to the less common Greek or Cyrillic) and Arabic numerals (other text is used on national sides in national languages, but other text on the common side is avoided). For the denominations except the 1-, 2- and 5-cent coins, the map only showed the 15 member states which were members when the euro was introduced. Beginning in 2007 or 2008 (depending on the country) the old map is being replaced by a

title: 1 euro coin

text: until 2007; and the famous Monegasque coin from 2007 without mint marks. 1 euro coin The 1-euro coin (€1) is a euro coin with a value of one euro (€1). It is made of two alloys: the inner part of cupronickel, the outer part of nickel brass. All coins have a common reverse side and country-specific national sides. The coin has been used since 2002, with the present common side design dating from 2007. As of July 2015, there were approximately 6.7 billion one-euro coins in circulation, constituting 26.4% of all circulated euro coins by value and 5.9% by quantity.

title: Language and the euro

text: Union legislation, the spelling of the words for the currency is prescribed for each language; in the English-language version of European Union legislation the forms "euro" and "cent" are used invariantly in the singular and plural, even though this departs from usual English practice for currencies. In Asturian, there has been a controversy about the spelling of the word. The official academic dictionary uses the spelling "euru", respecting the Asturian tendency to write nouns with a final "-u". However, considering that the international use is "euro" and that there is a tendency in Asturian to write some short forms with

title: Language and the euro

text: the original Slovak currency. In Slovene the euro and cent are called "evro" and "cent" (, ), the dual form is "2 evra/centa" (, or ) and the plural forms are "3/4 evri/centi" (, or ), "5+ evrov/centov" (, or ), the same declension case being used for all higher numerals up to 100, then beginning again ("101 evro/cent", "102 evra/centa", "103 evri/centi", "104 evri/centi", "105 evrov/centov" etc.). "Evro" is spelt with "v" according to standard Slovene orthography, and matches the word "Evropa" (Europe). In laws and regulations, though, the word ‘evro’ is replaced with the word ‘euro’ in all

title: Language and the euro

text: other Irish word has a soft "c"), lenition and eclipsis are usually not applied. In Italian the word "euro" is used, as both singular and plural. Its standard pronunciation is , although native northern Italians use instead. The plural form "euri" is uncommon, but not incorrect. The issue of whether the correct plural form would be "euri" or "euro" remained open for a long time, predating the actual introduction of the currency. The Accademia della Crusca assigned to Severina Parodi, lexicographer, and to Luca Serianni, language historian, the task to give a response. They deliberated in favour of "euri" in

title: Language and the euro

text: "(des) Euros" or, alternatively, "des Euro." Pronunciation: The beginning of the word "Euro" is pronounced in German with the diphthong , which sounds similar to the 'oi' in the English word "oil". The spelling of the word "Cent" is not well adapted to German spelling conventions because these strive to avoid ambiguous letter-sound correspondences. Initial letter C is often used in loanwords and corresponds to various pronunciations depending on the language of origin (e.g. [s] in "Centime", in "Cello", in "Celsius" and [k] in "Café"). Most of these words are therefore eventually spelt phonetically (e.g. "Kaffee", "Tschechien" (Czech Republic), "Zentimeter").

title: Bulgaria and the euro

text: 2005, the Bulgarian National Bank issued a commemorative coin with a face value of 1.95583 leva, giving it a nominal value of exactly 1 euro. The Madara Rider was one of the favourites to become the symbol of Bulgaria to be used on the national side of the country's euro coins. Other eminent pretenders for the title 'Symbol of Bulgaria' were the ancient tradition of the nestinars (Bulgarian fire-dancers), Cyrillic, the Rila Monastery and the Tsarevets medieval fortress near Veliko Turnovo. , debates about the design of the future Bulgarian Euro coins were held all over the country. They continued

title: Language and the euro

text: Language and the euro Several linguistic issues have arisen in relation to the spelling of the words euro and cent in the many languages of the member states of the European Union, as well as in relation to grammar and the formation of plurals. In official documents, the name "euro" must be used for the nominative singular in all languages, though different alphabets are taken into account and plural forms and declensions are accepted. In documents other than EU legal texts, including national legislation, other spellings are accepted according to the various grammatical rules of the respective language. For European

title: Bulgaria and the euro

text: until 29 June when a vote decided the symbol to be used on all coins. Bulgarians voted in post offices, gas stations and schools. Finally, on 29 June 2008 it was announced that 25.44% of the Bulgarian voters had chosen the Madara Horseman to be depicted on future euro coins. The Maastricht Treaty originally required that all members of the European Union join the euro once certain economic criteria are met. In November 2007 the Finance Minister Plamen Oresharski stated that his goal was to comply with all five convergence criteria by 2009 and adopt the euro in 2012. Besides

title: Language and the euro

text: singular, the exception being numbers ending in 11 (e.g. 11 or 111). The examples are: "21 euro", "101 euro", "11 eura", and "111 eura" respectively. The general plural form of cent is "centi" and it is used with most numbers. The numbers ending in 1, except for those ending in 11, take the nominative singular "cent", while those ending in 2, 3 and 4 except 12, 13 or 14 take the paucal "centa". The examples are: "1 cent", "4 centa", "7 centi", "10 centi", "11 centi", "12 centi", "22 centa", "27 centi", "31 cent", "101 cent", "102 centa", "111 centi".

title: 200 euro note

text: involved in any cash operations. There are several communities of people in Europe, in particular EuroBillTracker, who, as a hobby, track the euro banknotes that pass through their hands, recording where they travel. The aim is to record as many notes as possible to know details about their spread, i.e. where the notes travel, and generate statistics and rankings: for example, in which countries there are more tickets. EuroBillTracker has registered over 180 million notes as of September 2018, worth more than €3.317 billion. 200 euro note The two hundred euro note (€200) is the second-highest value euro banknote and

title: 20 euro note

text: keeps track of the euro banknotes that pass through their hands, to keep track and know where they travel or have travelled. The aim is to record as many notes as possible to know details about its spread, like from where and to where they travel in general, follow it up, like where a ticket has been seen in particular, and generate statistics and rankings, for example, in which countries there are more tickets. EuroBillTracker has registered over 155 million notes as of May 2016, worth more than €2.897 billion. 20 euro note The twenty euro note (€20) is the

title: 10 euro note

text: it keeps track of the euro banknotes that pass through their hands, to keep track and know where they travel or have travelled. The aim is to record as many notes as possible to know details about its spread, like from where and to where they travel in general, follow it up, like where a ticket has been seen in particular, and generate statistics and rankings, for example, in which countries there are more tickets. EuroBillTracker has registered over 155 million notes as of May 2016, worth more than €2.897 billion. 10 euro note The ten euro note (€10) is

title: 5 euro note

text: pass through their hands, to keep track and know where they travel or have travelled. The aim is to record as many notes as possible to know details about its spread, like from where and to where they travel in general, follow it up, like where a ticket has been seen in particular, and generate statistics and rankings, for example, in which countries there are more tickets. EuroBillTracker has registered over 155 million notes as of May 2016, worth more than €2.897 billion. 5 euro note The five euro note (€5) is the lowest value euro banknote and has been

title: 500 euro note

text: 500 euro note The five hundred euro note (€500) is the highest-value euro banknote and was produced between the introduction of the euro (in its cash form) in 2002 until 2014. As of 2018, the banknote is still under circulation. It was one of the highest-value circulating banknotes in the world, worth around 620 USD, 3,914 CNY, 66,413 JPY, 584 CHF or 440 GBP. The note is used in the 23 countries which have the euro as their sole currency (with 22 legally adopting it), with a population of about 343 million. Initially, the high denomination notes were introduced very

title: Denmark and the euro

text: would limit the ability of Denmark to conduct an independent monetary policy. However, a study of the history of the Danish monetary policy shows that, "while Denmark does not share a single currency, its central bank has always tracked changes made by the ESCB". However, whilst outside the euro, Denmark does not have any representation in the ESCB direction. This motivated the support for an adoption of the euro by former Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen: "De facto, Denmark participates in the euro zone but without having a seat at the table where decisions are made, and that's a political

title: Poland and the euro

text: from 41% in April 2010. Surveys in the first half of 2012 indicated that 60% of Poles were opposed to adopting the common currency. Public support for the euro continued to fall, reaching record lows in the CBOS polls from July 2012, where only 25% of those polled supported a switch to the euro. However, polls conducted by "TNS Polska" throughout 2012–2015 have consistently shown support for eventually adopting the euro, though that support depends on the target date (as revealed by the detailed data in the table below). The eurobarometer poll does not take adoption timing issues into concern,

title: Euro NCAP

text: can only be meaningfully compared between cars of the same type and size. The following "structural categories" are used: In each category, cars within 150 kg of one another are considered comparable. Euro NCAP Advanced is a reward system launched in 2010 for advanced safety technologies, complementing Euro NCAP’s existing star rating scheme. Euro NCAP rewards and recognizes car manufacturers who make available new safety technologies which demonstrate a scientifically proven safety benefit for consumers and society. By rewarding technologies, Euro NCAP provides an incentive to manufacturers to accelerate the standard fitment of important safety equipment across their model ranges.

title: Maltese euro coins

text: Their face value range from 10 euro to 50 euro. This is mainly done as a legacy of old national practice of minting gold and silver coins. These coins are not intended to be used as means of payment, so they do not circulate. Maltese euro coins Maltese euro coins feature three separate designs for the three series of coins. Malta has been a member of the European Union since 1 May 2004, and is a member of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union. Malta adopted the euro as its official currency on 1 January 2008, replacing

title: Euro

text: national currencies had to be carried out using the process of triangulation via the euro. The "definitive" values of one euro in terms of the exchange rates at which the currency entered the euro are shown on the right. The rates were determined by the Council of the European Union, based on a recommendation from the European Commission based on the market rates on 31 December 1998. They were set so that one European Currency Unit (ECU) would equal one euro. The European Currency Unit was an accounting unit used by the EU, based on the currencies of the member

title: Euro

text: states; it was not a currency in its own right. They could not be set earlier, because the ECU depended on the closing exchange rate of the non-euro currencies (principally the pound sterling) that day. The procedure used to fix the conversion rate between the Greek drachma and the euro was different, since the euro by then was already two years old. While the conversion rates for the initial eleven currencies were determined only hours before the euro was introduced, the conversion rate for the Greek drachma was fixed several months beforehand. The currency was introduced in non-physical form (traveller's

title: Euro

text: currency in Cuba since 1998, and Syria since 2006. There are also various currencies pegged to the euro (see below). In 2009, Zimbabwe abandoned its local currency and used major currencies instead, including the euro and the United States dollar. Since its introduction, the euro has been the second most widely held international reserve currency after the U.S. dollar. The share of the euro as a reserve currency increased from 18% in 1999 to 27% in 2008. Over this period, the share held in U.S. dollar fell from 71% to 64% and that held in Yen fell from 6.4% to

title: Language and the euro

text: were previously applied to guilder coinage and banknotes are sometimes applied to euro currency. Examples in the Netherlands include "stuiver" for 5 cents, "dubbeltje" for 10 cents. However, the word "kwartje" (quarter), previously used for a guilder coin worth ƒ0.25, did not survive the introduction of the euro, which lacks a coin worth €0.25. Another popular slang term is the plural form "euri" () (or even the double plural "euries" ()), a deliberate hypercorrect form referring to the plural of Dutch words of Latin or Italian origin. In Belgium, some Flemings refer to the 1-, 2- and 5-cent coins as

title: Euro Hockey Tour

text: games were not played until the 2003–04 season. Before that, place order was determined by the tournament standings. The seasons 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2006–07 used a format where the first-placed and second-placed teams played a home-and-home two-game series for the EHT gold and silver medals, while the third-placed and fourth-placed teams played two games for the bronze. In 2005–06, the championship was determined by a single game played at the home of the first-place team. Since 2007–08, no EHT finals have been played. Only four European teams compete in EHT: Euro Hockey Tour The Euro Hockey Tour (EHT) is an

title: Belgian euro coins

text: table shows the mintage quantity for all Belgian euro coins, per denomination, per year. Each year the Royal Belgian Mint issues a limited edition of its euro coins in proof quality. Belgium has a good collection of euro commemorative coins, solely in silver and gold. Their face values range from 10 euros to 100 euros. This is mainly done as a legacy of old national practice of minting gold and silver coins. These coins are not really intended to be used as means of payment, so generally they do not circulate. Belgian euro coins Belgian euro coins feature only a

title: Poland and the euro

text: year of the government's term, at the same time commented: "Before answering the question which target date should be set for the euro changeover, we must ask another: What is the situation of the eurozone and where are they going? If the eurozone will strengthen, then Poland should fulfil all the criteria for inclusion, which would in any case be good for the economy." The PM hereby referred to the earlier political decision of first letting the "National Coordination Committee for Euro Changeover" complete its update of the changeover plan, which await a prior establishment of the banking union, before

title: Sweden and the euro

text: which states that the directive also applies to krona-based transactions. This means, for example, that euros can be withdrawn without fees from Swedish banks at any ATM in the eurozone, and that krona- and euro-based transfers to bank accounts in the European Economic Area can be done over the internet without a sending fee. The receiving banks can still sometimes charge a fee for receiving the payment, though, although the same EU directive typically makes this impossible for euro-based transfers to eurozone countries. This is different from, for example, Denmark where banks are required to set the price for international

title: 5 euro note

text: used on the banknotes as a result of Bulgaria joining the European Union in 2007. Therefore, the new series of Euro banknotes will include "ЕВРО", which is the Bulgarian spelling for EURO as well as the abbreviation "ЕЦБ" (short for "Европейска централна банка" in Bulgarian). The European Central Bank will, in due time, announce when banknotes from the first series lose legal tender status. The five euro note is the smallest at with a grey colour scheme. All bank notes depict bridges, arches or doorways in a different historical European style; the five euro note shows the Classical era (up

title: 10 euro note

text: about 1.5 years before it is replaced due to wear. It is the second-smallest note measuring 127x67 mm with a pink colour scheme. The ten euro banknotes depict bridges and arches/doorways in Romanesque architecture (between the 11th and 12th centuries). The ten euro note contains several complex security features such as watermarks, invisible ink, holograms and microprinting that document its authenticity. The euro was founded on 1 January 1999, when it became the currency of over 300 million people in Europe. For the first three years of its existence it was an invisible currency, only used in accountancy. Euro cash

title: Language and the euro

text: (유럽). They are all based on the English pronunciation. Living Latin enthusiasts use "euro" (indeclinable) or "euro", -"onis" (pl. "eurones"); sometimes also "eurum", "-i" (pl. "eura"), "euronummus", "-i" (pl. "euronummi") or even "euronus", "-i" (pl. "euroni"). The Manx word for "euro" is either "oarey" (plural: "oaraghyn"), based on "Yn Oarpey" ("Europe"), or "euro", from English. "Cent" is either "kent" (plural: "kentyn") or "sent". In Norwegian there could be a problem concerning the spelling, since euro is masculine and would normally take a plural -er ending in Bokmål and -ar in Nynorsk. But since words for foreign currencies (like "dollar" and

title: Bulgaria and the euro

text: that adoption of the euro would be postponed until after the Eurozone crisis had stabilized. Bulgarian euro coins have not yet been designed, but their motif has been chosen to be the Madara Rider. Bulgaria euro coins will replace the lev once the convergence criteria are fulfilled. As the current lev was fixed to the Deutsche Mark at par, the lev's peg effectively switched to the euro, at the rate of 1.95583 leva = 1 euro, which is the Deutsche Mark's fixed exchange rate to euro. On the occasion of the signing of the EU accession treaty on 25 April