The European Central Bank is redesigning euro banknotes to feature figures like Leonardo da Vinci, Maria Callas, and Ludwig ...

The first notes and coins were issued with great fanfare on January 1, 2002, when the euro became legal tender for all transactions in Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece ...

The European Central Bank is redesigning euro banknotes, focusing on cultural figures like Beethoven or natural motifs such ...

The Council currently meets fortnightly. Euro notes and coins to come into circulation as legal tender alongside national currencies. Withdrawal of national notes and coins will begin. Public ...

The Greek one-euro coin can rightly claim that it has roots planted deep in history with a story longer than two millennia.

The selection of Maria Callas is "a great honour for our country and a source of pride for all Greeks as members of the ...

Millions of Europeans are looking forward to a date in exactly six months time -January 1, 2002 - with excitement because notes and coins of the single European currency will then come into ...

The ECB is planning a major redesign of euro banknotes, with new themes and historical figures under consideration. Austria could have a prominent place in the final selection.