Preps, reax as Estonia set to join eurozone

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(30 Dec 2010) SHOTLIST Tallinn, Estonia - December 30, 2010 ++DAY SHOTS++ 1. Wide of Tallinn under snow 2. Various of anti-euro posters 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Vox pop, Raul Vall, Tallinn resident: "I think it's good because it helps to recover our community and I think it's better for Estonia also." 4. People standing by anti-euro poster reading (Estonian/English): "Estonia! Welcome to the Titanic" 5. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vox pop, Eugenia Morudenko, Tallinn resident: "We don't want to transfer to the euro because it will make it harder for people to live. People are not used to the euro and a lot of people do not want to transfer to the euro." 6. Poster reading (English): "Stop Euro" Tallinn, Estonia - December 30, 2010 ++NIGHT SHOT++ 7. Exterior of shop Tallinn, Estonia - December 30, 2010 ++INTERIOR SHOTS++ 8. Mid of automated teller machine (ATM) 9. Sign on ATM reading (english, Russian and Estonian) "closed" 10. Various of armed police taking euros to bank safe Tallinn, Estonia - December 30, 2010 ++NIGHT SHOTS++ 11. Armed police standing guard outside shop as euros are delivered Tallinn, Estonia - December 30, 2010 ++INTERIOR SHOTS++ 12. Police looking at bank safe 13. Salesperson handling Estonian kroons 14. Mid of supermarket checkout 15. Supermarket sign showing price in euros and Estonian kroons 16. Price sign next to goods 17. SOUNDBITE (English) Erkki Erilaid, shop manager: "We started this money exchange process already in June of this year. After that, in July, we changed our price tags. We are now both currencies prices - in kroons and in euros - so everybody, our clients recognise this new money. So we're getting used to it and now we know what the price is in euros and kroons." Tallinn, Estonia - December 30, 2010 ++NIGHT SHOTS++ 18. Various of police delivering euros to an ATM Vilnius, Lithuania - December 29, 2010 ++DAY SHOTS++ 19. Wide of city 20. People walking past Bank of Lithuania building Vilnius, Lithuania - December 29, 2010 ++INTERIOR SHOTS++ 21. Set-up shot of Raimundas Kuodys, Director of Economics Department, Bank of Lithuania 22. Euro coins on map of Baltic states 23. SOUNDBITE (English) Raimundas Kuodys, Director of Economics Department, Bank of Lithuania: "I think the main difference is the lack of fiscal culture here in Lithuania, and the very strong fiscal discipline in Estonia. And Lithuania had its chance back in 2006 but we missed it by a whisker, the inflation criterion was not met. But Estonia continued with its strong fiscal policies and despite the global slowdown recently they somehow managed to meet all the criteria and that's the main difference I think." 24. Wide interior of supermarket 25. Cashier pricing goods at checkout 26. Cashier handling Lithuanian litas 27. Wide of checkout STORYLINE Despite a difficult year for the euro, the tiny Baltic nation of Estonia will be joining the single currency club as the champagne corks pop at midnight on New Year's Eve. Estonia will become the eurozone's 17th member and instantly claim the mantle of the poorest as well as one of the smallest - representing just over one-tenth of a percent of the bloc's 12.5 (t) trillion (US dollar) economy. But Estonia's membership carries symbolic value, it is hoped, demonstrating that Europe's grandest financial project remains an appetising prospect despite the worst crisis in its 12-year history. Estonia is even vowing to lend a hand, no matter how small, to other members in need. In November, Ireland became the second eurozone country, after Greece, to require emergency support from its partners in the European Union and the International Monetary Fund to avoid effective bankruptcy. By European standards, Estonia is a poor country. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/b3ef8b0bfc9053e36b7f4cdde4e92ad9 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork