Bulgaria Schedule of Events - Dec 2 - Apr 14

* Wednesday, December 2 – Sofia: Bulgaria's parliament is expected to approve on second and final reading the draft budget for next year.

* Wednesday, December 2 – Sofia: International seminar “Financing for cogeneration projects”, organized by Cogen-Bulgaria will take place in the Energy Efficiency Agency.

* Wednesday, December 2 – Sofia: Bulgaria’s Regional Development Minister Rosen Plevneliev will present “New trends in the development of the regional policy in Bulgaria – large infrastructure projects” in the University of National and World Economy.

Wednesday, December 2 - Sofia: The local office of international law firm Wolf Theiss hosts a business breakfast on public-private partnership opportunities in Bulgaria. (0830 GMT)

Wednesday, December 2 - Sofia: Bulgarian agricultural group BG Agro starts trading on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange.

Wednesday, December 2 – Sofia: Annual award of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Tuesday, December 8 – Sofia: Private Equity in Bulgaria: The Year Ahead annual forum, organised by New Balkans Law Office, opens in Sofia. (0730 GMT) (http://www.bulgariaprivateequity.com/)

Thursday, December 10 - Sofia: The statistics office NSI releases preliminary data on the country's third-quarter gross domestic product.

Thursday, December 10 - Sofia: The statistics office NSI releases data on October industrial sales and industrial output.

Thursday, December 14 - Sofia: The statistics office NSI releases data on November consumer prices.

* Tuesday, December 15 – Sofia: Central bank to release October current account data. (1000 GMT)

* Wednesday, December 23 – Sofia: Central bank to release October money supply data. (1000 GMT)

* Wednesday, December 23 – Sofia: Central bank to release end-October gross foreign debt figures. (1200 GMT)

Monday, December 28 - Sofia: The statistics office NSI releases data on December business sentiment.

Wednesday, December 30 - Sofia: The statistics office NSI releases data on November producer prices.

Wednesday, December 30 - Sofia: Deadline by which the Finance Ministry should release data on the country's consolidated budget through November.

Wednesday, April 14 – Sofia (Bulgaria): The sixth international congress and exhibition for southeast Europe, Energy Efficiency Renewable Energy Sources, organised by Via Expo, opens. (to April 16) (www.viaexpo.com/images/stories/documents/ee_congress/leaflet_eng.pdf)