They entered the eurozone and assessed the price response. The comparison with Poland is surprising.

• The introduction of the euro in January 2015 significantly strengthened the Lithuanian economy, helping it survive crises and increasing the country's attractiveness to investors.
• Despite concerns about price increases, the increases did not exceed the pace of wage growth, and over the decade prices rose by about 50 percent, which was comparable to Poland.
• Of the countries that joined the EU in 2004, almost all of them introduced the euro, except Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary.

The introduction of the euro in January 2015 proved to be a significant boost for Lithuania. Indres Genyte-Pikciene, chief economist at Siauliu Bankas, noted in an interview with the Lithuanian news agency Elta that the common currency helped the country weather various crises.

The introduction of the euro also increased Lithuania's attractiveness to foreign investors, she emphasized.

Critics of euro adoption often fear price increases, but in Lithuania's case, price increases haven't outpaced wage growth. Price increases have averaged 50 percent over the past decade.

In Poland, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Hungary, price indices also grew at a similar rate. In Poland, the price increase was comparable to Lithuania, in Romania and the Czech Republic it reached 53%, and in Hungary it reached 68%, she emphasized, as quoted by TVN24.

Among the countries that joined the European Union in 2004, the following entered the eurozone:

• Cyprus,
• Estonia,
• Malta,
• Lithuania,
• Latvia,
• Slovakia,
• Slovenia.

The following currencies remained with their current ones: