Three European countries at once – Switzerland, Austria and Luxembourg – announced a softening of the banking secrecy regime. The governments of these states proposed that interested countries…
As of January 1, 2009, Slovakia officially switched to the euro, becoming the 16th country to adopt the single European currency.
Moscow has been named the most expensive city in Europe for foreigners according to a study by British analytical company ECA International. In second place among European cities is Copenhagen, and…
On the financial map of the world, you can find "quiet havens" that are least affected by storms. As Itogi notes, these states can be conditionally divided into four types. The first includes…
It's good to be an Icelander: wherever you go, you meet relatives. The entire population descends from a few hundred families of Viking settlers. This allows specialists to easily trace the genetic…
Moscow has been named the most expensive city for adherents of a luxurious lifestyle. This conclusion was reached by Forbes magazine, which compared prices for luxury items in eight financial…
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which unites 30 developed countries, named the states with the highest taxes. They turned out to be Denmark and Sweden, according to…
Inflation in Latvia may fall to 3% in 2011, and the euro may be introduced in the country in 2012-2013. This was stated by the head of the Central Bank of Latvia, Ilmars Rimsevics.
Poland intends to switch to the euro by 2011. This was reported by AFP citing a statement by the country's Prime Minister Donald Tusk. According to the Prime Minister, achieving this goal will be…
Tourists heading to Slovakia are trying to figure out which currency is more profitable to use. And although prices in crowns and euros were officially supposed to appear in the country on Sunday…
Slovakia has started the next stage of the transition to the common European currency. From August 24, prices for all goods must be indicated in korunas and euros.
European finance ministers agreed to introduce the euro in Slovakia from January 1, 2009, reports AFP. The conversion rate for the country to the common European currency was also set at €1 for…