December 6 (SeeNews) - Following is a schedule of corporate, economic and political events taking place in, or related to, Bulgaria through January 9. New or amended entries are marked (*).
* Thursday, December 6 - Sofia: Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev and Finance Minister Plamen Oresharski to hold a news conference on the spending of up to 900 million leva of the 2007 executive budget surplus.
* Thursday, December 6 - Sofia: French Agriculture Minister Michel Barnier arrives in Bulgaria at the invitation of his counterpart Nihat Kabil.
* Thursday, December 6 - Sofia: Bulgarian Transport Minister Petar Mutafchiev and Deputy Chairman of the Deutsche Bahn (DB) Management Board Otto Wiesheu to open a new electrotechnical workshop, as part of a modernization programme of Bulgarian railway operator BDZ.
* Thursday, December 6 - Sofia: Cabinet holds regular meeting (0800 GMT).
Thursday, December 6 - Sofia: Bulgarian brewery Lomsko Pivo holds an auction for the sale of 900,000 company shares.
Wednesday, December 5 - Sofia: Printing and advertising company Billboard launches an initial public offering (IPO) (to Dec 7).
Wednesday, December 5 - Munich: The 2007 European Mid Market Private Equity Summit, hosted by Private Equity International, opens. (to December 6) http://www.peimedia.com/midmarket07/
Monday, December 10 - Sofia: National Statistics Institute to release October industrial sales and industrial output data.
Monday, December 10 - Sofia: Finance Ministry to release end-November public debt data.
Wednesday, December 12 -Sofia: National Statistics Institute to release November consumer price inflation data.
Wednesday, December 12 -Sofia: Central bank to release end-October current account data. (1000 GMT).
Wednesday, December 12 - Sofia: Grain company Zarneni Hrani Bulgaria, majority owned by blue-chip industrial group Chimimport, launches IPO (to Dec 14).
Wednesday, December 12 - Peshtera: Bulgarian veterinary drug maker Biovet to hold a shareholders’ meeting to vote on a proposed sale of its cogeneration unit, using waste gases from its production cycle, to electricity company Turbo Energy for 13.3 million euro ($19.5 million).
Saturday, December 15 - Sofia: Shareholders in Bulgarian computer systems integrator Specialized Business Systems to vote on a proposed 50-to-1 share split.
* Wednesday, December 19 - Sofia: National Statistics Institute to release gross domestic product (GDP) data for the third quarter of 2007.
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.
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 - 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.
Tuesday, January 1 - New Year Day. Public and market holiday.
Wednesday, January 2 - Sofia: Bulgarian Stock Exchanges resumes trading after Christmas/New Year break.
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.