Even in countries outside the euro area, like Hungary and Poland, businesses and individuals often borrowed in euros.

VOA: special.2009.03.06

My house is outside of their military area, and my wife and children are safe there.

VOA: special.2011.05.28

Reporter Caty Weaver talked to shoppers in the Tysons Corner area of Northern Virginia, outside Washington.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

They lived in the poor area of Lod, just outside Tel Aviv.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

Police largely abandoned the main rally area, but officers continued to staff road blockades outside of the city.

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

The attackers struck just outside the Green Zone, the heavily fortified area that houses many government buildings.

VOA: standard.2009.10.25

After police allowed a convoy of vehicles to leave the downtown area, officers rounded up scores of lawyers at a toll booth outside of the city, stuffing them into waiting buses.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12