Frequently Asked Questions

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Events open for media

Latvia’s changeover to the euro (EN, DE, ES, FR)

Official conversion rate and periods of lats-to-euro transition

Latvia’s approach to euro adoption

Fair Euro Introducer

Business Sector Is Getting Prepared for the Introduction of the Euro

Euro adoption in Latvia: challenges, public awareness and support, information activities

Main steps towards the euro area 2003 –2013

Joining the Euro Area and Benefits for Latvia

History and design of the Latvian euro coins

Economy of Latvia: 2008-2014

Quarterly Macroeconomic Developments Report, January 2014

Latvia’s presidency of the Council of the European Union

History of money in Latvia

Key officials and institutions online

Fact Sheets about Latvia and Europian Capital of Culture

Informative materials

Photo and video

Frequently Asked Questions

Official exchange rate, periods of changeover, Latvian euro coins and banknotes

Public opinion, Concerns of people

Prices after changover

Bank operations (changeover in cash and bank accounts, the changeover to the euro in payments and transactions, functions of Bank of Latvia)

Benefits and disadvantages of euro introduction, costs of euro introduction

Political views

The European single currency