Latvia blazes into eurozone

Mario Draghi (left), President of the European Central Bank (ECB), smiles as he hands over the Euro Star filled with Euro banknotes to Ilmars Rimsevics, President of the Bank of Latvia, during the "Euro Conference Latvia". Latvia has blazed a unique path in meeting tough rules for its January 1, 2014 eurozone entry, doing so while paying off a 7,5-billion-euro bailout that rescued it from near-bankruptcy amid the 2008-9 global crisis. PHOTO NAMPA/AFP