New country in Euro zone from today

[September]

bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid= … refer=home

Slovakia, which becomes the 16th member of the euro region tonight, is counting on the currency to help shield it from the brunt of the global crisis that’s pummeling emerging markets.

(…)
While the Slovak koruna remained locked to the euro in preparation for the Jan. 1 changeover, the Polish zloty lost 24 percent, the Czech koruna dropped 11 percent and the Hungarian forint fell 13 percent in the second half. The Slovak currency will be converted at a rate of 30.126 against the euro, an 11 percent appreciation from a year ago.

Congratulations to Slovakia on new currency. It seems that they are doing economically very good and are well managed. If I remeber correctly they have 19% flat tax on personal income, captial gains and corporate. However I think the secret of their success was tasty and cheap beer

[Blue_Horseshoe]

Sky News, carried the story of the Slovak accession, which corresponds to the 10th anniversary of the creation of the Euro, by using the phrases “the still controversial single currency” and saying that is was nearing a miles stone of being “worth almost one of our British pounds”.

Blue Horseshoe

[yoganmahew]

How long before “one of our British pounds” is automatically prefaced with “near-worthless”!?

[sharper]

I was also amused by the Sky News coverage, particularly the stuff about the 10 year birthday celebrations being on hold while they wait for it to reach parity with the pound.

[El_Stuntman]

@September

However I think the secret of their success was tasty and cheap beer

I will volunteer to do a 4-year research project to corroborate this for you

[dolanbaker]

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7806936.stm

Most Britons ‘still oppose euro’

Opponents of the euro say the pound is a key part of British sovereignty
A BBC poll has found that 71% of people would vote against Britain joining the euro if it were put to a referendum.

The survey of 1,000 adults revealed that just 23% would vote “yes” to joining the European single currency, while 6% said they were unsure.

Only 15% said the recent fall in the value of the pound against the euro made them more likely to vote “yes”, while 69% said it made no difference.

At the current exchange rate, they are probably right!

[The_Unwelcome_Guest]

@dolanbaker

BBC NEWS | UK | Most Britons 'still oppose euro'

Most Britons ‘still oppose euro’

Opponents of the euro say the pound is a key part of British sovereignty
A BBC poll has found that 71% of people would vote against Britain joining the euro if it were put to a referendum.

The survey of 1,000 adults revealed that just 23% would vote “yes” to joining the European single currency, while 6% said they were unsure.

Only 15% said the recent fall in the value of the pound against the euro made them more likely to vote “yes”, while 69% said it made no difference.

At the current exchange rate, they are probably right!

Wait till they go on their holliers and then run this survey again!!! I’d say opinion would change markedly…

[dolanbaker]

@The Unwelcome Guest

@dolanbaker

BBC NEWS | UK | Most Britons 'still oppose euro'

Most Britons ‘still oppose euro’

Opponents of the euro say the pound is a key part of British sovereignty
A BBC poll has found that 71% of people would vote against Britain joining the euro if it were put to a referendum.

The survey of 1,000 adults revealed that just 23% would vote “yes” to joining the European single currency, while 6% said they were unsure.

Only 15% said the recent fall in the value of the pound against the euro made them more likely to vote “yes”, while 69% said it made no difference.

At the current exchange rate, they are probably right!

Wait till they go on their holliers and then run this survey again!!! I’d say opinion would change markedly…

Like, why didn’t we join earlier Bloody Brown…

[Calina]

@The Unwelcome Guest

@dolanbaker

BBC NEWS | UK | Most Britons 'still oppose euro'

Most Britons ‘still oppose euro’

Opponents of the euro say the pound is a key part of British sovereignty
A BBC poll has found that 71% of people would vote against Britain joining the euro if it were put to a referendum.

The survey of 1,000 adults revealed that just 23% would vote “yes” to joining the European single currency, while 6% said they were unsure.

Only 15% said the recent fall in the value of the pound against the euro made them more likely to vote “yes”, while 69% said it made no difference.

At the current exchange rate, they are probably right!

Wait till they go on their holliers and then run this survey again!!! I’d say opinion would change markedly…

Don’t they all go to Florida?

[The_Unwelcome_Guest]

@Calina

Don’t they all go to Florida?

I thought Spain was still the usual.

I was just talking to alot of English people or people using the pound over Christmas who were nicely shocked by the conversion rate, it’s gone on for a while, I remember an American friend moaning about the relative weakness of the dollar in 2006… I really should start ending these conversations by handing them a banana.

Actually an English guy was thinking that local tourism in the UK is likely to get a severe bounce this year.

[September]

Collapsing value of Polish zloty makes Jablonka village a Newry of East Poor translation provided by google:
74.125.79.113/translate_c?hl=en& … S1M469Lozg

[Hobbesian_World_View]

@September

Collapsing value of Polish zloty makes Jablonka village a Newry of East Poor translation provided by google:
74.125.79.113/translate_c?hl=en& … S1M469Lozg

Which Jablonka are you referring to?

@Wikipedia

Jablonka, Myjava in Slovakia
Jablonka, Głubczyce in Poland
Jablonka, Zambrow in Poland

[September]

maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=49.4 … 9&t=h&z=15

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jab%C5%82o … oivodeship