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ECB chief Christine Lagarde (L), Croatia's Finance Minister Zdravko Maric, EU Commissioners Valdis Dombrovskis and Paolo Gentiloni in Brussels, July 12, 2022.

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Video. Croatia gets final approval to adopt the euro on 1 January 2023

Updated: 12/07/2022 - 18:02 GMT+2

The eastern European country will officially become the 20th member of the eurozone on 1 January 2023 — nearly a decade after first becoming a member of the European Union.

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