Lithuania hopes for euro entry deal

Article reports that Lithuania would like to join the euro if the European Central Bank were prepared to relax the entry criteria, Andrius Kubilius, the Baltic state's Prime Minister, said on the 7 April 2009.

ESO: Background information: ECB rejects euro short cuts in east Europe http://www.europeansources.info/record/ecb-rejects-euro-short-cuts-in-east-europe/

Lithuania: Government: Introduction of the euro in Lithuania http://www.euro.lt/en/news/introduction-of-the-euro-in-lithuania/

Lithuania: Bank of Lithuania: Euro adoption http://www.lb.lt/euro

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