The meeting of the Board of Directors of the European Central Bank (ECB) will be held at the Bank of Greece on Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 October, hosted by the Governor of the Bank of Greece, Giannis Stournaras.

The Governors of the national central banks of the euro area countries and the six members of the Executive Committee of the ECB they will meet in the central building of the Bank of Greece and take their decisions on monetary policy.

After the end of the meeting, there will be a press conference during which the President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde, assisted by the Vice-President of the ECB Luis de Guindos and the Governor of the Bank of Greece Giannis Stournaras, it will explain monetary policy decisions.

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The Governing Council of the ECB meets in person at the headquarters of the ECB in Frankfurt or remotely, while once a year the meeting is hosted by a national central bank.

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This is the third consecutive hosting of the meeting of the Board of Directors of the European Central Bank (ECB) at the Bank of Greece, after in 2005 and 2008.