2014-09-18
Invitation for journalists: a high-level international conference, dedicated to the euro adoption, will take place in Vilnius; the Bank of Lithuania will be presented with the symbolic Euro Star
On Thursday, September 25, at the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Society in Vilnius, a high-level international conference will take place, where European and Lithuanian leaders, responsible for financial policy, as well as heads of business and international financial institutions, will assess Lithuania’s road to the euro and the country’s future role in the Eurosystem. Prior to this event, Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank (ECB) will present Vitas Vasiliauskas, Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania with the symbolic Euro Star.
Vitas Vasiliauskas, Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania will begin and say the welcome address at the conference “Euro Conference Lithuania: Single Market, Single Currency, Common Future”, organised by the Bank of Lithuania and its partners. At the conference, presentations will be read and insights shared on relevant issues in economics and finance by Algirdas Butkevičius, Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank, Jyrki Katainen, Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, Rimantas Šadžius, Minister of Finance, Ilmārs Rimšēvičs, Governor of the Bank of Latvia, upper-level heads from the European Parliament, International Monetary Fund and other guests.
The conference will take place in the Great Hall of the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Society (Aušros Vartų 5, Vilnius). The event will begin at 10 a.m. A live broadcast of the event is planned; media representatives who wish to participate in the conference are invited to arrive at 9:30 a.m.
In the Small Hall of the Philharmonic Society, at 11 a.m., a half-hour long press conference for the President of the ECB, Vice-President of the European Commission, Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania and the Minister of Finance is planned (working language — English). A live broadcast of the event is planned.
The Euro Star handover ceremony will take place at the Bank of Lithuania on Thursday, 25 September, at 8:45 a.m. Media representatives who wish to record the Euro Star handover are asked to register by e-mail: tl.bl@aidem. A live broadcast is planned, so journalists are asked to arrive at the Bank of Lithuania, Gedimino 6, Vilnius by 8:30 a.m.
Important! We recommend that operators and photographers arrive at the Euro handover ceremony, because participants at the event will not have an opportunity to ask questions. Media representatives are invited to register and present their questions at the press conference that will take place at the National Philharmonic Society.