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Which European countries do not use the euro?

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The number of EU countries that do not use the euro as their currency; the countries are Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.Click to see full answer. Keeping this in consideration, why do some EU countries not use the euro?Most EU nations that have avoided the eurozone do so to maintain economic independence. Here are a few reasons why many EU nations don’t use the euro. Read More...

Why The Godfather Part III has been unfairly demonised

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By Caryn JamesFeatures correspondent AlamyThe mafia trilogy ended with a closing chapter that has long been vilified. But as a new recut is released, 30 years on, Caryn James says it deserves to be re-evaluated. The final part of the Godfather trilogy is considered such an artistic disaster that you'd think Francis Ford Coppola had forgotten how to make a film in the 16 years that followed The Godfather Part II (1974). Read More...

Miss Universe Is Replaced - The Washington Post

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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 23 -- Miss Universe pageant officials have "fired" the reigning Miss Universe, Russia's Oxana Fedorova, and will replace her with Miss Panama, the runner-up, a spokeswoman for the pageant said today. Organizers of the pageant, which is co-owned by New York real estate mogul Donald Trump, scheduled a news conference for Tuesday in that city to announce the switch. The spokeswoman declined to elaborate on the reasons for the change but a source close to the matter said that the green-eyed Fedorova had failed to carry out the responsibilities of Miss Universe. Read More...