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# Estonia’s euro advice for Latvia (video interview with President Ilves)

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By  [Estonian World](https://estonianworld.com/author/estonianworld/)
  ·  April 28, 2013  · [Business](https://estonianworld.com/category/business/)
 · 1 minute of reading

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#### **Latvia hopes to become the 18th EU member state to join the eurozone. Estonia became the 17th in 2011. The Financial Times’ Nordic and Baltic correspondent Richard Milne spoke to the President of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, about Estonia’s experience in the eurozone and his advice to Latvia.**

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