Bulgaria Schedule of Events - Oct 15 - Nov 12

* Thursday, October 15 - Sofia: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi pays an official visit to Sofia.

* Thursday, October 15 - Sofia: China's Vice President Xi Jinping to meet Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov and Prime Minister Boyko Borisov during his official visit to Sofia.

* Thursday, October 15 - Sofia: Bulgarian-Chinese business forum opens in Sofia.

* Thursday, October 15 - Sofia: Bulgarian investment promoting agency BAI to award an investment certificate to a wind farm project. (1100 GMT)

* Thursday, October 15 - Sofia: A national conference on energy and climate changes opens.

* Thursday, October 15 - Sofia: Sofia's municipal council holds regular meeting.

Tuesday, October 20 - Sofia: Statistics office NSI to release data on railroad transport performance through September.

Monday, October 19 - Sofia: Bulgaria's central bank to auction 35 million levs ($26.4 million/17.9 million euro) in five-year government treasury notes.

Wednesday, October 21 - Amsterdam: The Jacob Fleming Group organises a two-day The third Annual Collateral Management conference.

Friday, October 23 - Bulgaria's central bank to release data on the country's money supply for September. (0900 GMT)

Friday, October 23 - Central bank to release data on the September credit portfolio of Bulgarian commercial banks. (0900 GMT)

Friday, October 23 - Sofia: Bulgaria's central bank to release data on the country's gross foreign debt for end-August. (1100 GMT)

Tuesday, October 27 - Sofia: Bulgaria’s statistics office NSI to release data on the number of tourists in Bulgaria through September.

Wednesday, October 28 – Sofia: Bulgaria’s statistics office NSI to release October business sentiment index.

Thursday, October 29 - Sofia: Bulgarian statistics office NSI to release September producer prices data.

Friday, October 30 - Sofia: Deadline by which the Finance Ministry is to release budget balance data expires.

Tuesday, November 10 - Vienna: The Jacob Fleming Group organises a two-day Corporate Tax Forum Europe.

Thursday, November 12 - Vienna: The Jacob Fleming Group organises a two-day Financial Shared Services conference.