LATVIA

LATVIA

• Was accepted into the EU on May 1st, 2004
• Uses the Euro €, January 1st, 2014
• Old currency was lats

LATVIA

• Christianity main religion
• Shares location with Lithuania, sea port access
• 2.025 million people
• limestone for cement, gypsum, Clay, dolomite
• Amber And fish from the Baltic Sea

BENEFITS

• Reduced transaction and exchange rate cost
• ^from switching to the Euro
• Broader opportunities to implement foreign policies
• The EU now has a slightly larger trading block

LATVIA'S FLAG

• Symbolizes the readiness of the Latvians to give
• the blood from their hearts for freedom and to
• defend their liberty.