Speech by Gediminas Šimkus at the joint webinar “Investment in the Baltics: From pandemic to war” 2022-05-20 Joint Bank of Lithuania, Bank of Estonia, Bank of Latvia, and European Investment Bank Webinar “Investment in the Baltics: From pandemic to war” 20 May 2022 Welcome and opening remarks Good morning, dear Vice President Östros, Governor Müller, Governor Kazāks, dear colleagues and webinar viewers, A warm welcome to this joint webinar organised by the Bank of Lithuania, the Bank of Estonia, the Bank of Latvia, and the European Investment Bank (EIB).
 1 of 1  We are living in extraordinary times: just as the pandemic pressures started to ease, we got hit by another huge shock – the war in Ukraine. Let me stress that we stand in full solidarity with Ukraine.