Cyprus and Malta join the Eurozone

The Maltese daily is glad to see what it considers "the logical step after Malta became a member of the European Union nearly four years ago. ... There were some who thought Malta should have waited longer to make this important step. But the country's progress enabled it to meet with the established criteria within a rather short time and, here we are, with euro notes and coins in our hands. We have been preparing for this day, and the National Euro Changeover Committee, which was entrusted with the plans to make the transition as smooth as possible, did a good job. ... Those of us who have not yet started thinking in euros should do so. It would be wrong to continue trying to convert euros back into lira in our minds. The faster we learn to appreciate the value of the euro and 'forget' the lira, the faster we will get used to the new currency."

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