Dainius Vilčinskas, managing director of ILTE looks at financing challenges for new power projects due to combination of low electricity prices, conservative banks, lack of stock market development … therefore important role of #EBRD and other IFIs

Gatis Junghans, member of the management board at Augstsprieguma tikls says: all 3 Baltic states have ambition in the next five years to become self sufficient, turn this into a net exporting region; speaks of major investments needed

Riina Käi of Elering AS tells #EBRDam: the 15 year project became urgent in 2022 after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But "this is only a beginning, we are developing new markets”

Positives are defence, infrastructure and private consumption, with potential for reforms to also drive growth

EBRD chief economist Beata Javorcik told bneIntelliNews it’s “a story of the external environment affecting our countries of operations, in particular developments on the trade front”. Main impacts coming via Germany and China.

Croatian Finance Minister Marko Primorac at the #EBRDam: “Croatia is an exceptionally stable, small, open economy with modern infrastructure and a favourable energy mix.”

opposition Democrat leader claimed a "merciless" violation of election rules