Which country's currency changed from the Lira to the Euro in January 2008?
History of the euro official currency. The euro is only used in the government-controlled areas of the Republic, the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (under UK jurisdiction, outside the EU) and in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus. The de facto Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus continues to use the new Turkish lira as its primary currency and the euro as its secondary currency. Malta replaced the Maltese lira with the euro on 1 January 2008. The aims were officially confirmed on 26 February 2007. On 16 May 2007, the Commissioner for Economic & Financial Affairs of the EU, Joaquín Almunia,
Revaluation of the Turkish Lira December 2019). The E-9 banknotes will refer to the currency as "lira" rather than "new lira", and will include a 200 lira denomination. Revaluation of the Turkish Lira The new Turkish lira () was the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2008 which was a transition period for the removal of six zeroes from the currency. The new lira was subdivided into 100 "new kurush" ("yeni kuruş"). The symbol was "YTL" and the ISO 4217 code was "TRY". Because of the chronic inflation