December 18 (SeeNews) - Following is a schedule of corporate, economic and political events taking place in, or related to, Bulgaria through January 30. New or amended entries are marked (*).
* Tuesday, December 18 - Belgrade: Second day of Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ivailo Kalfin's two-day visit to Belgrade.
* Tuesday, December 18 - Sofia: Parliament holds an extraordinary session, to adopt 2008 state budget.
Tuesday, December 18 - Sofia: Bulgaria to announce the criteria in the choice of investors willing to build a new power plant at the coal mining and energy complex Maritsa East.
Wednesday, December 19 - Sofia: National Statistics Institute to release gross domestic product (GDP) data for the third quarter of 2007.
Thursday, December 20 - Sofia: Bulgarian diversified holding company Severcoop Gamza to auction 93.13% of local shoe producer Record, seeking at least 2.29 million levs ($1.7 million/1.2 million euro) from the sale. (to Dec 21)
Friday, December 21 - Sofia: Bulgarian Stock Exchange closes for trading for 10 days for Christmas and New Year holidays
Friday, December 21 - Pavlikeni: Bulgarian packaging and paper maker Unipack holds a shareholder’s meeting to vote on a proposed 10-for-1 share split.
* Saturday, December 22 – Athens: Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ivailo Kalfin visits Greece at the invitation of his Greek counterpart Dora Bakoyannis, to take part in a trilateral meeting with the participation of Romanian Foreign Minister Adrian Cioroianu to discuss cooperation.
Tuesday, December 25 - Christmas Day, public and market holiday.
Wednesday, December 26 - Second day of Christmas, public and market holiday.Thursday, December 27 - Sofia: Central bank to release end-October gross foreign debt data. (1200 GMT).
Thursday, December 27 - Peshtera - Bulgarian blue-chip veterinary drug maker Biovet holds a shareholders’ meeting to vote on a proposed sale of a cogeneration unit to electricity company Turbo Energy for 13.3 million euro ($19.5 million) (0830 GMT).
Thursday, December 27 - Sofia: Bulgaria’s central bank issues end-November M1 money supply figures, which include cash in circulation and demand deposits (1000 GMT).
Thursday, December 27 - Sofia: Bulgaria’s central bank issues data on the credit portfolio of the Bulgarian commercial banks at end-October (1000 GMT).
Thursday, December 27 - Sofia: National Statistics Institute to release December business sentiment index.
Friday, December 28 - Sofia: National Statistics Institute to release November producer price index.
Monday, December 31 - Sofia: Finance Ministry scheduled to release November budget revenue and spending data.
Monday, December 31 - Market and public holiday.
Tuesday, January 1 - New Year's Day. Public and market holiday.
Wednesday, January 2 - Sofia: Bulgarian Stock Exchanges resumes trading after Christmas/New Year break.
Friday, January 4 - Sofia: Deadline for filing offers in a tender for expansion of the underground railway in Bulgaria's capital Sofia.
Wednesday, January 9 - Sofia: Deadline for filing binding offers in a tender for 70% of maritime shipping company Navibulgar. German-led consortium KG Maritime Shipping is the sole bidder for the stake.
Friday, January 25 - Sofia: Bulgarian spirit drinks cap manufacturer Herti to hold an initial public offering (IPO) for up to 7.0 million euro.
* Sunday, January 30 – Sofia: Bulgarian Internet services provider Web Media Group holds a shareholders’ meeting to vote on a proposed buy of trademark and company know-how of local newspaper Topsport for 795,950 levs ($585,170/405,220 euro) (0900 GMT).