On January 1st, the Latvian currency currency will officially be replaced by euro coins and many Latvians queued up Tuesday to be among the first to get their hands on the coins.
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Banks and post offices said euro starter packs containing a mixture of coins sold like hot cakes on Tuesday, the first day they were made available to the public.
Ilze Soncika, a bank manager in the central town of Cesis, told AFP that many clients had "wanted to buy several starter packs to give to friends and family as Christmas presents".
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Staff at the Marupe post office near the Riga airport said they sold out of the packs by the afternoon.
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The impact that the cultural context of drinking may have on the relationship between drinking and harm in several European countries has been examined
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Prices at shops and businesses have been displayed in both currencies since October.
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They may be suffering from one of the world's worst recessions but all the economic doom and gloom will not keep Latvians from having fun at a midsummer's night festival dating from pagan times.
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