Bulgaria Schedule of Events - Dec 20 - Jan 26

* Saturday, December 20 – Sofia: Bulgaria’s EU Integration Minister Gergana Grancharova and Alpha Research, Bulgarian agency for marketing and social-political surveys, to present results of a national survey on the second year of Bulgaria’s European Union membership (0900 GMT).

* Saturday, December 20 – Sofia: Bulgaria’s state-run power utility NEK holds a news conference on company’s 2008 performance. (1300 GMT).

Saturday, December 20 - Working day, to make up for December 31, Wednesday, which is a market and public holiday.

* Monday, December 22 – Sofia: Hewlett-Packard (HP) Bulgaria holds news conference (0930 GMT).

Tuesday, December 23 - Sofia: Last trading day of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange for 2008.

Tuesday, December 23 - Sofia: Bulgaria's central bank to release November money supply data (1000 GMT).

Tuesday, December 23 - Sofia: Bulgaria's central bank to release November commercial banks credit portfolio.

Tuesday, December 23 - Sofia: Bulgaria’s central bank to issue end-October gross foreign debt data (1200 GMT).

Wednesday, December 24 - Public and market holiday.

Thursday, December 25 - Christmas Day, public and market holiday.

Friday, December 26 - Second day of Christmas, public and market holiday.

Monday, December 29 - National Statistics Institute to release November producer prices data.

Monday, December 29 - National Statistics Institute to release business sentiment data.

Wednesday, December 31 - Market and public holiday.

Wednesday, December 31 - Deadline by which the Finance Ministry is to release 11-month budget balance data expires.

Wednesday, December 31 - Deadline by which the Finance Ministry is to release end-November public debt data.

Thursday, January 1 - New Year's Day. Public and market holiday.

Friday, January 2 - Public and market holiday.

Monday, January 5 - Sofia: First trading day of Bulgarian Stock Exchange BSE for 2009.

Saturday, January 10 - Working day to make up for January 2, Friday, which is a market and public holiday.

Monday, January 26 - Sofia: Bulgaria's central bank to auction 30 million levs in 10-year Treasury notes.