2015 Event The Greek parliament approves a euro bailout package that contains conditions rejected by voters during an earlier referendum; failed confidence in Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras by his Syriza party may now oblige him to call new elections 2015 Event The Swiss National Bank has uncapped the Swiss franc against the euro, resulting in a rise in its currency value from 1.20 to 1.04 francs/euro; the bank also reduced interest rates from -.25% to -.75%, increasing costs to investors who store deposits 2013 Event Microsoft is fined €561 million for not providing E.U. residents with an alternative web browser to Internet Explorer 2013 Event Plans for Euro 2020 are announced by the UEFA; the football championship is to be held in 13 cities in 13 different European countries 2013 Event The Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Juncker, loses his position as President of the Euro Group; he is unseated by Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Minister of Finance for the Netherlands 2012 Event European Union Finance Ministers agree to give the European Central BAnk new powers to supervise euro zone banks 2012 Event European Central Bank president, Mario Draghi, confirms the design overhaul of euro banknotes, beginning with the 5 euro note 2012 Event The Euro zone experiences the highest unemployment level in its history: 10.7 per cent 2012 Event Euro zone finance ministers agree on a second bailout for Greece 2011 Event The European Union approves a $110.8 billion (78 billion euro) bailout package for Portugal 2010 Event A loan of 22.5bn euro to the Republic of Ireland is approved by the International Monetary Fund 2010 Event At an auction in Dublin, a handwritten poem written by Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney sells for 4,800 euro 2010 Event Ireland presents its 15 billion euro austerity package to secure a financial bailout from European Union and the International Monetary Fund 2010 Event The European Union announces that on January 1, 2011, it will make Estonia the seventeenth member of the euro 2010 Event The European Union and International Monetary Fund present Greece with 120 billion Euro bailout package to help rid them of their sovereign debt 2010 Event Germany and the European Union deny planning a 20 - 25 billion euro financial aid plan for Greece 2009 Event Slovakia replaces its national currency, the Slovak koruna, with the Euro 2008 Event Cyprus replaces it's currency with the Euro 2008 Event Malta replaces it's currency with the Euro 2007 Event Slovenia begins using the Euro as it's currency 2002 Event The Euro becomes the official currency for most of Europe 1996 Death Kenneth M Stewart, euro MP for Merseyside West, dies at 71 1995 Event Jacques Santer succeeds Jacques Delors as chairman of Euro Committee 1929 Birthday Alexander Fenton, CEO, Euro Ethnological Research Center in Edinburgh 1925 Birthday Kenneth M Stewart, euro MP for Merseyside West
