From today euro is the currency for 333 million

As from today 333 million people are using the euro as their currency. Today Latvia joined the euro zone.

Last evening in her New Year's address to the nation German Chancellor spoke of how privileged we are in Europe to live in peace.

She noted that  it is 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War, 75 years since the beginning of World War ll and 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Frau Merkel noted the importance of the European idea in assuring peace.