Bosnia Schedule of Events – Oct 3 - Nov 20

* Friday, October 3 – Banja Luka: Bosnia's Serb Republic government to sell Banja Luka-based department store Boska to a Serbian consortium comprising business group Delta Holding and clothing maker and retailer Zekstra. (0730 GMT)

* Friday, October 3 – Sofia (Bulgaria): Bosnia’s central bank governor, Kemal Kozaric, takes part in a meeting of Southeast Europe’s central bank governors. (news conference at 0930 GMT)

Sunday, October 5: Bosnia to hold local elections.

* Wednesday, October 7 – Sarajevo: Microsoft Bosnia and local firm KimTec to hold a joint news conference on the agreed cooperation between the two companies for the distribution of Microsoft products in Bosnia. (0900 GMT)

Tuesday, October 7 - Sarajevo: The Crans Montana Forum opens. (to Oct 10)

Wednesday, October 8 – Banja Luka: Bosnian wholesaler and operator of outdoor markets Tznica to hold a shareholders’ meeting. (1300 GMT)

Wednesday, October 8 - Banja Luka: The international automotive industry fair SAM 2008 opens. (to October 13)

Wednesday, October 8 - Doboj: The 12th international small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) fair Dobojexpo 2008 opens. (to October 11)

Wednesday, October 8 - Chisinau (Moldova): The 11th Central European Initiative Economic Forum Opens. (to October 9)

Friday, October 10 – Ugljevik: Bosnian brown coal mine and power plant company Ugljevik to hold a shareholders’ meeting. (1000 GMT)

* Wednesday, October 15 – Doboj: The 12th SMEs and entrepreneurship fair Dobojexpo 2008 opens. (to October 18)

* Wednesday, October 15 – Sofia (Bulgaria): The 2nd Southeast Europe Financial Services Forum, organised by SeeNews, opens.

Friday, October 17 – Banja Luka: The Serb Republic’s airport operator, Aerodromi Republike Srpske, to hold a shareholders’ meeting. (1000 GMT)

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)

* 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)

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.