First day of Lithuania in the euro area

The transition to 2015 has also changed life. The country became the 19th state to adopt the European currency.

For Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius first Lithuanian to have removed a 10 euro a distributor of Vilnius, the euro is "guarantor of economic and political security of the country".

A strategic choice to anchor a little country in the European camp when Russia flexed its military strength in the region.

Exit the Litas, the currency change was quickly adopted by the Lithuanian "since the borders have disappeared, the world has become global, so I think this is the best time to have the euro. If we closed in on ourselves, the litas would be good for patriotism, but then with such a global world, it was better to adopt the euro. "

First Soviet republic to have declared independence in 1990, Lithuania was the last of the three Baltic countries to adopt the European currency. Vilnius hopes to benefit to increase its trade and reduce its financing costs.