By Denitsa Koseva in Sofia Croatia started using the euro on January 1, ten years after becoming a member of the European Union. As of January 1, Croatians will be using the local currency, the Croatian kuna, alongside the euro, for two weeks. After that period, only the European currency will be used. The kuna will be exchanged at a conversion rate of €1 to HRK7.5. Croatia’s Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said that 2022 was the “year of delivery” for Croatia as the country was accepted into both the eurozone and the Schengen border-free area with unanimous support from its EU partners and am…