The European Central Bank on New Year’s Eve is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the introduction of euro notes and coins as member countries wrestle with the pandemic’s impact on the economy and ...

At the Galeria Kaufhof on Berlin’s historic Alexanderplatz, preparations are well under way for the Jan. 1 conversion to the new euro currency. Prices are displayed in both euros and deutsche marks, ...

The Greek currency, the drachma, had been around at least since the seventh century B.C. But this week, it was goodbye drachma. Adios, also, to the Spanish peseta, German mark, French franc and ...

Research due to be presented at this year's European Congress on Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)* shows that European banknotes are more easily contaminated by microbes than ...

Euro coins and notes won't hit the streets until Jan. 1, 2002, but there's one man who already uses the new currency whenever he can. Wim Duisenberg, president of the European Central Bank, earns his ...

Among the many urgent dossiers on Belgium's agenda as it celebrates its takeover of the EU presidency is that of steering the eurozone towards changeover day next January. There are less than six ...