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Eurozone

region of EU countries using the Euro

10 dated entries naming Eurozone, drawn from 10 separate years between 1998 CE and 2023 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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20th century

  • 1998December 31 – In the Eurozone, the currency rates of this day are fixed permanently.source

21st century

  • 2002January 1 – The Euro is introduced as the official physical currency in the Eurozone countries. The first physical transactions are carried out on Réunion. The former currencies of all the countries that use the Euro cease to be legal tender on February 28.source
  • 2007January 1 – Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eurozone.source
  • 2010November 21 – Eurozone countries agree to a rescue package for the Republic of Ireland from the European Financial Stability Facility in response to the country's financial crisis.source
  • 2011January 1 – Estonia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the 17th Eurozone country.source
  • 2012February 21 – Greek government-debt crisis: Eurozone finance ministers reach an agreement on a second, €130-billion Greek bailout.source
  • 2014January 1 – Latvia adopts the euro as its currency and becomes the 18th member of the Eurozone.source
  • 2015January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes the 19th Eurozone country.source
  • 2020July 10 – The ECB accepts Bulgaria and Croatia into ERM II, a mandatory stage for countries wishing to adopt the euro. This is the currency union's first major expansion in half a decade.source
  • 2023January 1 – Croatia adopts the euro and joins the Schengen Area, becoming the 20th member state of the Eurozone and the 27th member of the Schengen Area. This is the first enlargement of the Eurozone since Lithuania's entry in 2015, and the first enlargement of the Schengen Area since Liechtenstein's entry in 2011.source

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