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The lira (Turkish: Türk lirası; sign: ₺; ISO 4217 code: TRY; [2] abbreviation: TL) is the official currency of Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, as well as one of the three currencies used in Syrian Opposition under the country's interim government. [1] One lira is divided into one hundred kuruş.
Alternatively the slash may be omitted, or replaced by either a dot or a dash. A widely traded currency pair is the relation of the euro against the US dollar, designated as EUR/USD. The quotation EUR/USD 1.2500 means that one euro is exchanged for 1.2500 US dollars. Here, EUR is the base currency and USD is the quote currency (counter currency).
The European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM II) is a system introduced by the European Economic Community on 1 January 1999 alongside the introduction of a single currency, the euro (replacing ERM 1 and the euro's predecessor, the ECU) as part of the European Monetary System (EMS), to reduce exchange rate variability and achieve monetary stability in Europe.
The Euro Currency Index (ECX, also EURX or EXY) was launched on 13 January 2006 by the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) and calculated back to 2001. [5] In 2007, the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) based in Atlanta (USA) changed the name of the stock exchange in IntercontinentalExchange [6] The index was a ratio that compared the value of the euro by a currency basket of five currencies: US ...
Net EUR Net PPP in $ 2000 2005 2009 2014 2018 2000 2005 2009 2014 2018 2000 2005 2009 2014 2018 ... 750: 1,018: 1,325
The following list provides information relating to the minimum wages (gross) of countries in Europe. [1] [2]The calculations are based on the assumption of a 40-hour working week and a 52-week year, with the exceptions of France (35 hours), [3] Belgium (38 hours), [4] United Kingdom (38 hours), [3] Germany (38 hours), [5] Ireland (39 hours) [5] and Monaco (39 hours). [6]
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A major technological advance came in long-distance navigation, from the 8th century to the 12th century. Viking raids and the Crusader invasions of the Middle East led to the diffusion of and refinement of technology instrumental to overseas travel.