over every single country they'd introduce new euro had problems like these. we need to start thinking in euro 1st, instead of converting from coolness. for now, price hikes are the last thing, creations need given the countries double digit inflation rate, even before the new currency was introduced before we go, this lunar new year is uttering in the year of the rabbits. but what do you do if you own a pat rabbit and are hitting the road for holiday travel? well, you can take them to bunny style and hong kong. it's billed as a luxury rabbit resort. guess can hop around a large play area and even stay overnight. the business opened 7 months ago and is fully booked for the holiday. it keeps guests busy with regular exercise spa treatments and of course no back long. and he has a top, sorry at this hour with corona, ourselves over chinese tours have been traveling to places like egypt and thailand, but lunar new year revenues are expected to be far from the 250000000000 dollars that were spent before covered 19 on traffic that's a show for now for more check ou

-e happened in this hour and on euro news your time details in a few moments be with us subscribe tolosions heard by the residents of kyiv and the region, this is a fire at the object of critical infrastructure, the appropriate personnel are working on site the head of the regional military administration, oleksiy kuleba, reported earlier that the deputy commander of the ground forces, oleksandr pavlyuk, said loud noises were used by russian boat farms to dispel panic, as if an attack had begun from belarus, however, there are no attacks from the north on the border with belarus . of heavy artillery in the nikopol district, the russians directed 1.5 dozen shells at the manganetsk community, said the head of the regional military administration, valentin reznichenko was uninjured, the consequences of the attack are revealed, 55 strikes on the border of sumy oblast during the past day , the russians hit the region with rockets , used mines, shells and explosives from a drone in the osmansky community, a house and several yards of local residents were damaged. and power lines, the head

euro in croatia. how are people adapting to new currency? yeah hi kate, this is actually the 1st day that businesses are fully open since the holiday and since that day of introduction of the euro yesterday. so we're gonna see a lot more transactions taking place. we're to see a lot more of the currency entering into circulation. from a very practical standpoint that poses challenges here. the exchange rate is a very precisely fixed, which means that cashiers waitresses have to do a lot of math if someone's paying them and corner you can still pay and corner the old currency for the next $2.00 weeks or but you will get euro's back. that means a lot of fast math had a waitress tell me yesterday that it was just too much actually for her to do in her head. and she started giving back corners because she couldn't figure it out or, or do it fast enough. so there is a bit of excitement also some apprehension here. you know, the euro isn't brand new to croatia through travel through business that they are familiar with it, but now becomes at every

euro as its currency. emily brown reports. a new year, a new currency. y as it adopts the euro. this is the moment the country's finance minister pulls out the first euro bill from a cash machine. and croatia will become the 20th member of the eurozone after nearly a decade since hejoined the eu. the nation of four million people joins the schengen zone, which allows people to move freely around its member nations, but croatians have mixed feelings about the change. translation: it was always great for me to have kuna i when i came to croatia but the euro is easier — it's easier when you're in europe. translation: we can be emotionally attached - to the kuna because of history but one has to live realistically. it's always better to be with someone who is strong, translation: i love kuna and, as you can hear, we will have i as much as our pension allows. meanwhile, experts say adopting the euro will help protect croatia's economy at a time when inflation has been soaring globally since russia's invasion of ukraine. and it's hoped its entry into a borderle

exchange, lithuania imports about 70% of electricity, and heating costs lithuanians a month from 70 euros in newouses and up to 110 euros in old buildings green agenda in europe is coming to naught in germany eco activists and protest against the planned coal mining in the village of lucirt during a forced evacuation. they pelted the police with rocks and pyrotechnics from the guards. order used force. according to the resolution, the village must be completely liberated from the people living in it by the end of january, the growing inflation in poland ruins the factories and the production business suffers from job losses and high competition. at the same time, the authorities are not trying to help people, the opinion of the polish political scientist alexander indeed, valuable energy has grown uh, very uh for large production over 100%, and the consequences of many factories are closing very loudly. now last week it was about the fact that porcelain factories, which were placed, which produce in poland and porcelain is closing, this is the passport factory karolina ashistov in the south of p

as expected, on the other hand, and you can’t call trifling tariffs, heating costs from 70 euros per month. in news up to 110 euros for old buildings and the january increase in electricity tariffs there is no particular reason for joy either. a real energy crisis awaits europe this year, if the european authorities do not change their aggressive policy towards russia, the situation will only worsen such opinions, shared polish political scientist mateusz piskorski according to him, high inflation and a sharp rise in prices are observed in all european countries - this has already caused a slowdown in economic growth and a decline in the welfare of the population, an energy crisis, according to most experts, and in almost all european countries it will just feel 23 year 22 year. eh, and even here is the winter of 23 years. the first months of 23 years. this is still an opportunity to use reserves, for example, and gas, which are the borders, when to secure oneself in terms of energy resources. and the horror begins in the fall, if nothing changes in the international plan. in economic relations wi

he told the military personnel that he would ask parliament to approve a new budget of 400000000000 euros through 20. washington will designate a rush as a wagner paramilitary group as a significant transnational criminal organization. the move allows the treasury to impose additional sanctions on the bus, re army owned by putin alive if any p gorgine, the u. s. estimates at the $50000.00 wagner. personnel fighting great includes around $40000.00 convicts. one man has been killed and another is missing. after they were swept away by swollen river in southwest serbia, heavy rain falls on unseasonably warm, weather triggered floods across southeast in europe. mitrovica in kosovo, to be evacuated and in albania. fields were inundated and rhodes blocked south africa. president 0 rema poses holding emergency meetings to address the countries deepening energy crisis. authorities have been imposing rolling blackouts as the countries in battle. the power utility struggles to meet demand and the power cuts hitting the economy hard. t w's. christine bond reports from johannesburg. the, the generato

but as sweet as the apples might be, the new euro denominated prices leave a bitter taste for many customers. i am wont be down the realistically, everything became more expensive. i was just at a store now and the prices of everything had gone up in our nol bed. they would have, they would, they said they would, they had they said though, so i asked them was them? oh, milk eggs. i guess all of the braces her lead up really high with a start of the year of croatia became the 20th country to adopt the euro. it replaced the kuna at a ratio of 7 and a half to $1.00 price hikes were not supposed to happen. but analysts in the country have said that some shops have height prices by up to 50 percent. government inspectors said that they'd check $1000.00 stores and found unjustified price hikes at around a quarter of them issuing more than $240.00 fines. but some customers aren't panicking yet. mason that li. i think all i talk about price hikes is a bit overblown. of every single country they'd introduce the euro had problems like these. we need to start thinking in euro 1st, instead of converting

and croatia begins the new year with a new currency, switching from the kuna to the euro. hello and welcome to bbc world news. pope francis has addressed the thousands of people who gathered at st peter's square in the vatican, a day after the death of benedict xvi. the pope described his predecessor as a faithful servant of the gospel and the church. our religion editor aleem maqbool is at the vatican. we heard from pope francis a couple of times today, first at a mass for peace that was held in st peter's basilica behind me. he talked about entrusting our beloved pope emeritus benedict xvi, to the holy mother, to accompany him from this world to god. and then later, pope francis appeared at a balcony here at the vatican for what is his regular sunday lunchtime homily, where he started this week by asking people to join together, as you rightly say, to pray for the man he called a faithful servant to the gospel and to the church. extraordinary scenes, though. we saw thousands of people pour into the square from every side. vatican police told us a short while ago that they

because of some other non-state purpose of the officials will no longer be able to 500 million euros, a newnche of military aid to ukraine has already been approved in the head of european diplomacy, jose borel, told the european union that this will already be the seventh package of aid. in addition, they also agreed to allocate 45 million euros for the training of the ukrainian military in eu countries. according to foreign media, at a meeting of the council of foreign ministers of ukraine, the association also tried to persuade germany to facilitate the transfer of tanks to ukraine. leopard 2 combat leopards, the german concern rain metal can, if necessary, supply ukraine with a total of 139 leopard tanks of various models , the company's spokesman said almost three dozen leopard-2 will be ready for delivery already in april, the repair of another 22 will continue almost a year ago , you can count on them closer to the end of 2023, at the same time, the big concern could make available about 90 more leopards, let me remind you that the german defense minister said that their government w

already already training pilots on f. 16 so we should start with it, but probably without germany, the new euro will be more eastern, more scandinavian, more decisive, more really also determined and more modern, but probably without germany. paris has understood the message because my call has changed. it's his rhetorics last week. he said, now you crane must win, must have a week to read. but germany, you will never find these words from the chancellor. so as to how concerned are you that german foot dragging over this issue is undermining its reputation as a reliable partner, regardless of what the us defense secretary said in public today, the german reliability is already undermined in view of our eastern neighbors. and it's also a question of time we have on sunday, the french german summit that also france will find some p a words. but we could not and should not do this to, to rush up because this would be that again a wrong signal. but the responsible also of these wrong sickness is germany and it's not our lives and the target. ukraine is really becoming a sacrifice if we don't stand

instead the head of the military administration of the kyiv region , oleksiy kulebu, for 500 million euros, a new tranche of military aid to ukraine already approved in the european union, the head of european diplomacy, josep borel, noted. this will be the seventh aid package. additionally, they also agreed to allocate 45 million euros for the training of the ukrainian military in eu countries. 2 leopard tanks to ukraine, meanwhile, the german concert rheinmetall can, if necessary, supply ukraine with a total of 139 leopard tanks of various models - the company's spokesman said almost three dozen leopard 2 will be ready already before delivery in april, the repair of 22 will continue almost a year ago , they can only be counted on closer to 2023, at the same time, the concern could make available about 90 more leopards, i will remind you that the german minister of defense said that their government will soon make a decision on providing of these tanks in ukraine, meanwhile, poland promised to make an official request to berlin as soon as possible regarding the transfer of such tanks to kyiv. al

that supports ukraine in its efforts to be a part of the euro-atlantic society for 500 million euros, a newmilitary aid to ukraine was approved by the european union, noted the head of european diplomacy, jose borel, this will be the seventh aid package, they also agreed to allocate 45 million euros for the training of the ukrainian military in eu countries, according to information from foreign countries media at the meeting of the council of foreign ministers of the association also tried to persuade germany to facilitate the transfer of leopard-2 tanks to ukraine under the open sky in ivano-frankivsk , local activists together with the immigrants set up a place for sports, in addition to bars and parallel bars, other simulators were made of metal, now tens of young people are exercising in the fresh air , and our colleagues from the carpathians trained there, yes yes, i push, smoke to smoke, stuck in you there you need to do exercises for the muscles of the chest, back and arms so that the muscles work more effectively, new simulators allow you to pump up the whole body and for this it i

we earlier raised the issue with the head of the euro continent news on the analysis side, pier manual to mom. the comments of her christian, the president reflects the huge struggle of power between a member states, nations and or european bureaucracy. european union bureaucracy would like to or use each crises in europe, internal and external, to add more power and or to were, impose its own views on the european project. and some member states are resisting, especially your. now we're hungry for example, which is refusing over your interpretation of a rule of role of a european union or and do oh so it's approach on ukraine and no croatia is siding more weak hungary, these 2 countries. curation, hungary think a european union should better of the boat. are you europe as a cbd zation and not as an appendix of nate to in washington. jupiter objectives ah, modern barbarism. that is how turkeys described a protest by a controversial swedish danish political figure who publicly burn the koran on saturday in the name of democratic values. rasmus paladin sets fire to is lambs, holy book in

we raised earlier the issue with the head of the euro continent, news and analysis site pure a manual to the comments of her christian. the president reflects the huge struggle of power between a member states, nations and or european bureaucracy. european union bureaucracy would like to or use each crises in europe, internal and external, to add more power and or to were impose its own views on the european project. and some member states are resisting, especially you're now hungary, for example, which is refusing over your interpretation of a rule of law of european union or and or, or so it's approach on ukraine and no croix shaw is siding more with the hungary, these 2 countries corporation hungary think or european union should better of the boat. are you? europe as a cv does ish and, and not as an appendix of nate to on washington. jupiter got objectives. not while publicly playing, dine, the idea that bulgaria would provide any military assistance to ukraine. sophia's actual deeds may well have exceeded key as big as the expectations with its supplies of arms and fuel to ukrain

and croatia begins the new year with a new currency, switching from the kuna to the euro. hello and welcome to bbc news. it is good to have your company here. we begin with international news. pope francis has addressed worshippers in the vatican this morning. his address follows the death of his predecessor, benedict xvi. the former pope will be lying in state in st peter's basilica from monday to allow mourners to pay their respects until his funeral on thursday. pope francis celebrated mass for the solemnity of mary in the vatican, and afterwards he paid tribute to his predessecor in st peter's square. translation: the beginning . of the new year is for mary most holy, who we celebrate today as mother of god. at this time, let's invoke her intercession, especially for pope benedict xvi, who left this world yesterday morning. let us alljoin together with one heart and one soul in thanking god for the gift of this faithful servant of the gospel and of the church. we saw recently, on the television, his images and all of the activities and life of pope benedict. our religio

euro at a difficult time for the content. the european central bank is trying to curve inflation after years of providing stimulus packages to support growth, or cray sure is hoping it's new cars. he will bring economic stability as it baffles the $13.00 inflation rate. and despite not adopting the euro, when it 1st joined the ear in 2013, the currency is already widely used across the corporation economy. earlier we spoke to a divorce again aero a political analyst in croatia. he says this march remove is a good one for creations as the country solidifies its integration into the european union. by just putting this nationalistic group oriented people in gray show door that this good cause the problem decrease losing monitoring, so serenity. and that is not a good choice for creation, but really great is not a, using its monitors or anything for the last 25 years, at least. so it has a fixed exchange rate for euro. and now we're entering in a euro's own a very it has the opportunity for 3 good issues. one is substance substantial one because the interest rate will be lower and the credit ratings will be better. the 2nd reason is stack and go gratia use. most of it busine

euros. i can't pay my new bill.to close my business in the uk the railroad workers are going on strike on new year's eve . la in the ambulance system low salaries there are not enough places for patients and without waiting for doctors an additional 500 people die a week, but the money is allocated for another 75 million pounds sterling to get rid of dependence on nuclear fuel from russia records. high world prices for gas caused by putin's illegal invasion of ukraine has highlighted the need for more of its own renewable energy, as well as for the uk's nuclear industry to build more power plants and develop domestic fuel capacity. despite all the problems. in the eu itself, the head of the european commission. promises not to change the external political course of the european union in the new year during the first conversation with president zelensky, i conveyed to the ukrainian people my sincere support and best wishes for 2023 european union will support you. only how much will germany need this support led to

for now, it's the new euro. that is one of the main subjects of conversation. and prices will continue to be displayed in both currencies as the people navigate their way through the transition. many years also, i'm sorry we are losing the corner, but nobody as the people, i feel sorry because i think a country which has their own currency maintains its identity and historical values . not just an economic and political change, but for many here. the last of the small sense of creation identity, even if it comes with the benefits. stephanie decker, al jazeera, i grabbed brazil is in a 3rd day of national mourning for pele, widely known as the king of football. the late football legends wake will be held on monday at the club stadium in santos, where he 1st made his name. tens of thousands of people are expected to attend a funeral possession, carrying his coffins with the city on tuesday. john hallman has more from santos. were in the museum, dedicated pele in his home town, santo's, and you can really see here where it all started for him. this is a shoe shini

this is the news i live from dell ha, coming up the next 60 minutes, croatia, dobbs the euro and joins the used, borderless travel zone. we'll have a live report from zagreb. russia steps up the tax against ukraine's capital. the nation marks the new year north korea's leader promises an ex, potentially increase in the production of nuclear weapons. plus i'm john 100 in guyana. where despite an oil boom, the country is investing heavily in solar power. ah . but begin the news out in cray show of the nation has now adopted the euro as its official currency. it comes nearly 10 years after it joined the european union. it also becomes part of the shingles are meaning unrestricted, travel to all the member nations. stephanie becca has more now from zagreb. it's not just a new year. it's also a whole new currency. and here in crecia feelings are mixed or seems them every country who took on the euro, you, their standards of leaving went down. you, i think is going to be the same. and grey shells, danny, so sorry, i'm not happy because i think everything will be more expensive to be honest.

russia an argument and a fact kiev will receive the departure of another half a billion euros brussels approved a newackage in which new deliveries of heavy equipment of ukraine have entered the french caesar, swedish archers and german leopards. shooting at an american school in iowa criminals broke into an educational institution for troubled teenagers with weapons, as a result, two people died, three special services were detained, they are investigating the circumstances of the tragedy. the president of ukraine imposed sanctions against representatives of the russian orthodox church in the list of 22 people, including the adviser to the patriarch, archpriest nikolai balashov, the head of the synodal department for church relations with society and the media , volodymyr legoyda, and the head of the department for external church relations of the moscow patriarchate, metropolitan anthony, on january 17. spoke via video link to the participants of the un security council and spoke about the pressure on the canonical ukrainian orthodox church from the side of the kiev authorities ; the people's front

new currency. and here crecia feelings are mixed. seems every, every country who took on the euro standard of leaving the went down, i think, is going to be the same. and gratian danny, so i'm not happy because i think everything will be more expensive. to be honest. i don't really care about that much. i think it's probably a natural transition. and the plan is me, when it comes to business imports, exports. and the tourism crecia is hugely reliant on many say it's a benefit. more than half of our external trades done, the, the euro zone countries, and approximately 2 thirds of the tourist overnight stays a done by the tourists who are coming from the euro area. so for us, it's a huge, it's important for our tourism, for our economy. jeweler, mario not guy agrees, i think it will be easier to, to, to work and many levels and we don't lose money on conversions. the challenge in the short term, however, is that for the next 2 weeks, the local currency can still be used to buy, but the change must be in euro's. we will be a little exchange about the i will push more kind of payment

top year ahead it says a 3rd of the global economy could be hit by recession, a new era for croatia as a adopts the euro and enters the world's biggest passport, free travel, so on gun violence is still on the rise in the us. we look at why it's proving tough to bring in more controls. ah, louisa nazi new, the da silva has been sworn in as brazil's new president, thousands witness the no gratian. b veteran left wing politician, widely known as lulu, is the 3rd time he's held the nation's highest office, a post one after a closely fort election. i left america editor this year newman reports from presidio. ah, you sworn imprisonment, lucy? not to let the silva walked up the ramp of the presidential palace flanked by members of brazil's diverse society, including an indigenous leader, a black woman, a disabled man, a child, and a rubbish collector. it was a symbolic gesture. they shared the task of bestowing lunar the presidential sash, in lieu of outgoing president jade bulls. fernando, who refused to recognize his successor well that it was, i vow above 2, we will use the weapons that our adversary's fe

and croatia begins the new year with a new currency — switching from the kuna to the euro. ome to the programme. cities around the world have been welcoming in 2023 — with the latest new year celebrations taking place across the united states, canada, the caribbean and latin america. this is rio dejaneiro in brazil. crowds gathered on its copacabana beach — watching the spectacular fireworks display there. this year is in contrast to the previous two years, when celebrations were scaled back because of the pandemic. the bbc�*s louisa pilbeam looks back on how the world has been seeing in the new year. crowd: 5, 4, 3, 2,1. big ben bongs. times have changed and with covid restrictions lifted in most parts of the world, fireworks lit up skies with crowds able to watch below. in london, 100,000 people on the banks of the thames and a moment of royal reflection. i declare before you all, that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service. people came from around the globe, happy to watch the tradition in person again. amazing, i have goosebumps ever

euro. since the new year. now they are experiencing a price shock because the products on the shelves of their stores have risen in price by 70-80% in just a week. previously, warsaw has already been told that zagreb has spent with the transition to the euro. the main attribute of sovereignty and the ability to influence your financial market. 7 members continue to use their national currencies bulgaria hungary denmark poland romania czech republic and sweden a series of deaths of refugees at the borders terrifying circumstances, the tragedy was announced today by the state border committee near the border with latvia, the border squad discovered a group of people, judging by the appearance from africa, one of them had died by that time, as the refugees told the latvian security forces, they were delivered to the border ignoring. requests to help the man by foreigners also showed videos showing that on the latvian side the refugee was already in critical condition and could not move independently, despite the

gracious prime minister and the european commission president, paying for their coffee in euro's the 1st day of the new year, has come with 2 more, 1st, adopting the euro and joining the board of re shank and zone earlier at the board was lavinia, the 2 leaders had this to say, i proposed work in order to go if they are historical moments, special moments which should provide us with great honor. and when we witness the achievement of strategic goals of a state, this is such a day. the liver, the rather being able to cross internal borders without controls, is one important achievement. being able to pay cross borders using the same you. currency is another one. and i know by my own personal experience, that creations will always remember the 1st time they paid with europe. the 1st time they held the euro coin, mint it with your national, all blame the corner. but it's not that simple for many people. for the next few weeks, you can still pay in the old currency the kuna, but the change must now be given in euro's, and that's causing confusion. one north america, this buyer tells us she has 2 wallets.

in and border control or sun, the free movement of people and everything, yes, for now, it's the new euro, that is one of the main subjects of conversation. prices will continue to be displayed in both currencies as the people navigate their way to the transition. many also i'm sorry we are losing the corner, but nobody as the people, i feel sorry because i think a country which has their own currency maintains its identity and historical values . not just an economic and political change, but for many here. the last of the small sense of creation identity, even if it comes with the benefits. stephanie decor, algae, 0 is i grabbed from sidney to rio de janeiro. the world has been ringing in 2023. he has a quick look. some of those new year's celebrations ah for ah with ah ah.

for now, it's the new euro, that is one of the main subjects of conversation. prices will continue to be displayed in both currencies as the people navigate their way through the transition. many is also, i'm sorry, we are losing the corner, but nobody as the people, i feel sorry because i think a country which has their own current maintains its identity and historical values . not just an economic and political change, but for many here the loss of a small sense of croatian identity, even if it comes with benefits. stephanie decker al jazeera, as i grabbed my workers in almost every sector in france, i've gone on strike in 2022 major reforms are on the way and many homeless expect more. unrest in europe's 3rd biggest economy, a. some been jervey reports from pass. 02022 begun with strikes in french overseas territories, public sector employees in what lou protested against high prices and the rising cost of living. it exposed the underlying ethnic and racial tension preventing say, they're still treated like a colony. oh, when good 19th restrictions were lifted, people took to the s

for now, it's the new euro, that is one of the main subjects of conversation. and prices will continue to be displayed in both currencies as the people navigate their way through the transition. many as austell, i'm sorry we are losing the kona, but nobody as the people, i feel sorry because i think a country which has its own currency maintains its identity and historical values. not just an economic and political change, but for many here. the loss of a small sense of creation identity, even if it comes with benefits. stephanie decker, al jazeera zagreb. there's been a secondary protest in bolivia, santa cruz region, after the arrest of a right wing opposition leader police were out in force after friday, the bottom confrontation, the supporters of jail. governor lewis and under camacho, he was arrested on thursday and placed in pre trial detention. camacho denied accusations of leading a coon during protest in 2019 force, then president, even rogers from power. one claudio legend is a physical analyst. he says, support for camacho has grown beyond his strong

so, ukraine received the first three billion euros from the new program of macro-financial assistancehe european union is an extremely important story, that is, 3 billion euros of money has already gone. of course, this is only a part of what we need, so to speak. but the main thing is that this story is already working well, the office of the president sent oleksiy arrestovych out of office earlier, oleksiy arestovych wrote a statement of dismissal well, that’s it. in the arrester’s statement , by the way, it was stated that he was asking to be released on his own volition. well , it already happened that way and later the press secretary president serhiy nikiforov, in a comment to ukrainian truth, noted that the president's office granted the arrestee's request for dismissal from the position of freelance adviser , the chief of staff of the office of the president of ukraine, maria vytushok, signed the corresponding order on today on our broadcast, a people's deputy of ukraine said that according to the requests and answers we received from them, which people's deputies submitted to

for now, it's the new euro, that is one of the main subjects of conversation. prices will continue to be displayed in both currencies as the people navigate their way through the transition. many years also, i'm sorry we are losing the corner, but nobody as the people, i feel sorry because i think a country which has their own currency maintains its identity and historical values . not just an economic and political change, but for many here the loss of a small sense of croatian identity, even if it comes with benefits. let's go live now to stephanie decor, who's in the creation capital. so mixed reactions to this from the population that very much so i mean it's going to be an adjustment, i think for the next couple of weeks. so i think we will see challenges here for the next 2 weeks. basically, you can still buy in qu now, which is the local currency to show you what that looks like, but all the change is going to have to be in euro's so this is the 100 coon bill. it's around just over 13 euro's so. now this is going to be the official currency. so in terms of you heard that people

belongs to the 77 percent every weekend on the w ah, pro aisha is making a big change for the new year, adopting the euro. the government believes is a big opportunity for the country will speak to croatia, finance minister to find out why. also coming up turkey notches up recalled exports, but there's more make trouble beneath the surface, we'll have the analysis. and forget vanilla or strawberry customers in cape town or turning to some rather unique ice cream flavors to cool off this summer. at that time again dw business welcome croatia has kicked off the new year with 2 major moves towards integration into the european union as well. as adopting the euro, it's also joined the passport free shannon zone. for the next 2 weeks, croatians will be able to use their old kona bank notes alongside the euro. then it's a final good bye to the old currency. the moves are expected to provide a big boost to their countries tourism industry, which accounts for a 5th of its economic output and was badly hit by the pandemic. our reporters stephen beardsley spoke to the croatian finance minister miko primrose in zag