Bosnia Schedule of Events – Oct 20 - Jan 9

* Monday, October 20 - Sarajevo: Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal visits Bosnia.

Monday, October 20 - Sarajevo: Bosnia’s biggest cigarette factory, Fabrika Duhana Sarajevo (FDS), to hold a shareholders’ meeting. (1000 GMT)

Monday, October 20 - Sarajevo: Bosnian cement factory Fabrika Cementa Lukavac, majority-owned by Austria’s ALAS International, to hold a shareholders’ meeting. (0600 GMT)

* Monday, October 20 – Brussels (Belgium): South East Europe’s Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) to open a Liaison Office for the EU and Euro-Atlantic institutions in Brussels.

Wednesday, October 22 - Banja Luka: The Serb Republic’s railway company, Zeljeznice Republike Srpske (RS), to hold a shareholders’ meeting. (0900 GMT)

Thursday, October 23 - Sarajevo: Bosnian commercial bank Postbank BH to hold a shareholders’ meeting. (0900 GMT)

Sunday, October 26: Bosnia switches from daylight saving time to standard time, adjusting clocks one hour back to GMT+1. (at 0100 GMT)

Wednesday, October 29 - Brcko: The 7th international business fair Brcko 2008 opens. (to November 2)

Thursday, October 30 - Sarajevo: Bosnian power transmission posts producer Energoinvest TDS to hold a shareholders’ meeting. (1100 GMT)

Friday, October 31 - Sarajevo: Bosnia’s biggest telco, state-controlled BH Telecom, continues its shareholders’ meeting begun on September 29. (0900 GMT)

Monday, November 3 - Gacko: Bosnian coal mine and power plant complex Gacko to hold a shareholders’ meeting. (1100 GMT)

Thursday, November 13 - Zagreb (Croatia): The first regional economic forum of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) member countries opens. (to September 15)

Thursday, November 20 - Sarajevo: Bosnia’s Peace Implementation Council (PIC), which comprises representatives of all countries and international organisations involved in the peace process in Bosnia, to hold a two-day session.

Friday, November 21: Day of the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement that ended the 1992-95 war in Bosnia; public and market holiday in the Serb Republic.

Tuesday, November 25: Statehood Day; public and market holiday in the Muslim-Croat Federation.

Tuesday, December 2 - Sofia (Bulgaria): The 2nd southeast Europe Financial Services Forum, organised by SeeNews, opens.

Monday, December 8: Bosnian Muslims celebrate Kurban Bajram (Eid al-Adha); public and market holiday in the Muslim-dominated parts of Bosnia. (to December 9)

Wednesday, December 24: Bosnian Croats celebrate Catholic Christmas Eve; public holiday in the Croat-dominated parts of Bosnia.

Thursday, December 25: Bosnian Croats celebrate Catholic Christmas; public holiday in the Croat-dominated parts of Bosnia (to December 26) and market holiday in the Muslim-Croat Federation.

Thursday, January 1: New Year’s Day; public and market holiday.

Friday, January 2: New Year’s Day; public and market holiday.

Tuesday, January 6: Bosnian Serbs celebrate Orthodox Christmas Eve; public holiday in the Serb Republic.

Wednesday, January 7: Bosnian Serbs celebrate Orthodox Christmas; public and market holiday in the Serb Republic. (to January 8)

Friday, January 9: Republic’s Day; public and market holiday in the Serb Republic.