Czech Republic likely to be last CE country to adopt euro

The Czech Republic is likely to be the last country in Central Europe to adopt the Euro, economists from the "Euro Team", a network of speakers on the Euro, said on Wednesday. The country is expected to join the eurozone in 2013 or 2014. The Czech government approved an updated strategy for Euro adoption in late August without setting any date. According to the Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek no date could be fixed without reforms of the pension and health care systems.