On April 23, the Deputy Governors of Eesti Pank MÄRTEN ROSS and REIN MINKA are presenting commemorative plaques on the historic department buildings of Eesti Pank in Rakvere, Paide, Võru and Valga. In addition, the Deputy Governors are shedding light on the central bank's new economic forecast and giving an overview on the outlooks of adopting the euro.
On Thursday morning, Deputy Governor Märten Ross presented the commemorative plaque on the central bank's historic building in Rakvere at Turuplats 2 and held a lecture at the Rakvere City Government to the members of the Council and the personnel of the City Government, beginning at 10:00.
Deputy Governor Ross will be holding a one-hour public lecture at Paide Town Hall, starting at 15:30. After the lecture, Märten Ross will be presenting the commemorative plaque on the historic department building at Keskväljak 14.
Deputy Governor of Eesti Pank Rein Minka will be giving a speech at the Võru City Government; the presentation, starting at 12:00, is aimed at the personnel of the City Government, the members of the Council and entrepreneurs. Deputy Governor Minka will be presenting the commemorative plaque on the historic department building of Võru at the address Tartu Street 25 at 13:15.
In Valga, Rein Minka will hold a public lecture in the local culture and leisure centre, starting at 15:00. After the lecture he will be presenting the commemorative plaque of the central bank's historic building in Valga at the address Aia 18.
The public lectures of the Deputy Governors are open to anyone with a wish to obtain an overview of the economic forecast published by Eesti Pank on Wednesday and mull over topics regarding the Estonian economy.
In May this year, 90 years will have passed from the establishment of Eesti Pank and to celebrate this event Eesti Pank has placed commemorative plaques on its former affiliate offices all over Estonia. The Republic of Estonia was established in 1918 and the central bank was founded in 1919. It began operating On May 3, 90 years ago.
After the foundation of the Republic of Estonia, Eesti Pank had altogether 12 offices and in April and May this year, the members of the Executive Board of Eesti Pank will be opening the commemorative plaques of former department buildings in nine cities: Tartu, Valga, Võru, Viljandi, Paide, Pärnu, Haapsalu, Kuressaare and Rakvere. The Narva office was destroyed in the war and the office in Petseri now remains over the state border. The plaque on Eesti Panks main building in Tallinn where it is located also today was attached in 2007.
