After the southern, Greek speaking part of Cyprus became a member of the European Union in 2004, it adopted the Euro as its currency on January 1, 2008, replacing the previously used Cypriot Pound ; whilst the northern area continued to use the Turkish Lira and on January 1, 2008 the New Turkish Lira.

After being named England's captain in 1996 and Newcastle's captain in 1999, he retired from international football following Euro 2000, having amassed 63 appearances and 30 goals for his country.

After Euro 96, Manchester United again sought to sign Shearer, and entered the battle for his signature.

After their Euro tour and the Cannes beach performance the band returned to the USA.

After two narrow failures to qualify for the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000, McCarthy took the nation to the 2002 World Cup held in Korea and Japan.

After missing selection for UEFA Euro 2004, in the second group stage match of the 2006 World Cup against Poland Neuville, who had replaced Lukas Podolski, buried a desperate injury-time cross from fellow substitute David Odonkor, beating goalkeeper Artur Boruc on the way to a 1 – 0 victory.

After William Hague ruled out Britain joining the euro under a Conservative government, former cabinet minister Ian Gilmour said he would vote for the PECP, and four former Conservative MPs-Julian Critchley, Nicholas Scott, David Knox, Robert Hicks-and four former MEPs-Margaret Daly, Adam Fergusson, Madron Seligman and Anthony Simpson-wrote in a letter to The Times that " We would have wished that William Hague's party had put forward a manifesto more like that of the Pro Euro Conservative Party.

After being eliminated in the first round of Euro 1984, Franz Beckenbauer returned to the national team to replace Derwall as coach.

After Euro 2004, new national team coach Marco van Basten appointed Edgar Davids as captain of the team.

After a long lay-off from international duty, Heskey was recalled to the England squad for UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers in September 2007.

After Klaas-Jan Huntelaar was unavailable for Euro 2008 qualifiers against Bulgaria and Belarus due to injury, Van Nistelrooy refused Van Basten's request to take his place on the roster.

After he left the Hungary post, Matthäus was vocally critical of the Hungarian Football Federation, accusing it in November 2007 of " not contributing, but exploiting Hungarian football " and citing that " it's not coincidental that the Hungarian bid to host Euro 2012 didn't receive any votes ".

After he was sentenced to 8 months of probation, 8000 Euro fine and one year ban from candidating in any election for defalcation of public funds, he resigned in 2008 from the political field.

After the successes of the Euro 2004 and the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Portugal was seen as a major contender to win the Euro 2008, but their qualification wasn't easy.

After graduation, he worked in New York City as a stockbroker in the World Trade Center starting as a trainee in Euro Brokers Inc and working his way up the chain of command.

After becoming world champion in 1998, Thuram was an integral part of France's triumph at Euro 2000, which led to the team being ranked by FIFA as number one from 2001 – 2002.

After being sent off in a match against Norway in an Euro 1992 qualifier, Bergomi spent years without getting a callback to the Azzurri, but received a surprise recall for the 1998 World Cup, at nearly 35, after playing 28 times in the league and leading the Nerazzurri to the UEFA Cup – his third and last.

After racing in various similar European series like the Euro Formula 3000, he caught the attention of Minardi, for whom he tested in 2003 ; the biggest struggle of his career, however, was finding enough sponsorship to compete for Minardi in 2004.

After a narrow 1 – 0 win against Wales at Wembley Capello claimed that several England players were " mentally fragile " and suggested he intended to reinvent his squad once Euro 2012 qualification had been sealed.

After representing his country at every level from the under-16s upwards, and winning the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship ( then Under-18 ) in 1994, Quim made his senior debut in August 1999 in a 4 – 0 victory against Andorra, after which he was Portugal's third-choice keeper at UEFA Euro 2000, enjoying a short cameo as a substitute in the 3 – 0 win against Germany in the group stage's final round, before establishing himself as number one in the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign.

After only 2 wins in Sušić's 6 first matches in charge of the national team, including an important 2: 0 loss to France in the qualification for Euro 2012, Sušić came under a lot of criticism from several journalists and columnists who called for his head.

After Sweden's group stage exit from Euro 2008 ( in which he played as a second-half substitute against Russia in Innsbruck ), Allbäck announced that he would retire from the national team.

After appearing significantly during the qualifying stages for Euro 2008, he was surprisingly left out of the nation's final squad, although younger brother, left back Jorge Ribeiro, would make the final cut.

After three seasons at Benfica, in which he scored over 60 goals in over 100 appearances, Euro 2000 exploits earned Gomes a € 17 million move to ACF Fiorentina.

* Life After Death: A History of the Afterlife in Western Religion by Alan F. Segal, Doubleday, 2004

After three years of consistent use across different platforms, the BBC began to drop the BBCi brand gradually ; on 6 May 2004, the BBC website was renamed bbc. co. uk, after the main URL used to access the site.

* After Matthew Hayden had eclipsed his Test record for highest individual score 375 by five runs in 2003, he reclaimed the record scoring 400 not out in 2004 against England.

After many buffetings and, finally, after the catastrophic results of the June European Parliament election, 2004 Špidla resigned after a revolt in his own party and the government was reshuffled on the same basis.

After major refurbishment work was carried out in 2004, the ground's capacity has increased gradually from 22, 000 to its current capacity of 25, 700.

After his death, the Looney Tunes cartoon Daffy Duck for President, based on the book that Jones had written and using Jones ' style for the characters, originally scheduled to be released in 2000, was released in 2004 as part of disc 3 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 DVD set.

After the overwhelming popularity of Pokémon in India and Pakistan, Cartoon Network started to air Digimon in 2004.

After winning the 2003 World Series, the Marlins entered 2004 with high hopes and a retooled roster.

After a disappointing back to back seasons of 83-79 records ( 2004 and 2005 ) which were expected to be seasons of contention by the Marlins along with failed attempts to get state financing for a new ballpark, the team began a controversial dumping of players for prospects.

After that the National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing Executive Committee was established by presidential directive in 2004 to advise and coordinate federal departments and agencies on matters concerning the GPS and related systems.

After being delayed several times, legislative elections were held in April 2004.

After the sale of the Tommy Boy Records ' master tapes to Warner Bros. Records, Everlast signed with Island / Def Jam, and released the solo LP White Trash Beautiful in 2004.

After the Deluge: New Perspectives on the Intellectual and Cultural History of Postwar France ( 2004 ) 426 pp. ISBN 978-0-7391-0792-8.

After two fairly successful seasons without a playoff appearance, the Astros were early favorites to win the 2004 NL pennant.

After being booed at the 2004 All-Star Game held in Houston, manager Jimy Williams was fired and replaced by Phil Garner, a star on the division-winning 1986 Astros.

After the Fall: Essays in Russian and Soviet Historiography ( Bloomington: Slavica Publishers, 2004 )

After a second round of negotiations in 2004, the TLDs < tt > eu </ tt >, < tt >

After the referendum, Repše's government started to fall apart and he eventually resigned in January 2004.

After the National Bank of Moldova increased considerably its purchases on the foreign exchange market, the leu stabilized in November – December 2004 at 12. 00-12. 50 to the US dollar.

After meeting with management several times, in September 2004, Sixx announced that he and Neil had returned to the studio and had begun recording new material.

After Clinton's autobiography My Life appeared in 2004, Lewinsky said in an interview with the British tabloid Daily Mail:

After the 2004 season, with Mark Attanasio now in control of the franchise, the Brewers were finally able to spend some money on free agents.

After earlier unsuccessful attempts, the Walt Disney Company bought the Muppets in 2004.

After winning consecutive championships with Benetton in 1994 / 5, Schumacher moved to Ferrari in 1996 and won another five consecutive drivers ' titles with them from 2000 to 2004.

After a lengthy court fight, in 2004 the families of the Munich victims reached a settlement of € 3 million with the German government.