Finance Ministers Give Final Nod to Slovenia's Euro Bid

Brussels, 11 July - EU finance ministers ushered Slovenia into the eurozone on Tuesday by giving it the final green light for the adoption of the single European currency on 1 January 2007, diplomatic sources said.

Brussels, Belgium Slovenian Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk (left) and his Finnish counterpart Eero Heinalouma (right) at a regular meeting of EU finance ministers which gave the final green light for the adoption of the euro in Slovenia in 2007. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Slovenian Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk (left) and his Finnish counterpart Eero Heinalouma (right) at a regular meeting of EU finance ministers which gave the final green light for the adoption of the euro in Slovenia in 2007.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium Slovenian Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk (right) and his French counterpart Thierry Breton (left) at a regular meeting of EU finance ministers which gave the final green light for the adoption of the euro in Slovenia. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Slovenian Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk (right) and his French counterpart Thierry Breton (left) at a regular meeting of EU finance ministers which gave the final green light for the adoption of the euro in Slovenia.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

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