Latvia has announced that it will stick to the national spelling of the single European currency, the "eiro", fuelling a year-long quarrel with the European Central Bank (ECB) over euro spelling mainstreaming.
At a cabinet meeting in Riga on Tuesday (3 January), Latvian ministers unanimously voted against EU linguistic conformity and for sticking to the "ei" spelling of the euro, set to replace the Latvian lat in 2008.
Ministers also said they would defend the decision before ...
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