Slovenia has become the 13th EU member state to introduce the euro, ditching its national currency on 1 January as the first of the 2004 bloc's newcomers.
Slovenia is the euro front-runner of the new member states - all legally obliged to adopt the single currency under their accession treaties to the EU, with its citizens hugely in favour of the move all throughout the preparations.
The ex-Yugoslav country will have dual circulation for the first two weeks during which time all S...
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