Bulgaria Schedule of Events - Oct 21 - Nov 12

* Wednesday, October 21 - Sofia: Bulgaria hosts annual meeting of defence ministers in southeast Europe, Southeast Europe Defense Ministerial (SEDM).

* Wednesday, October 21 - Luxembourg (Luxembourg): Bulgaria's Environment Minister Nona Karadzhova takes part in the EU environment summit.

* Wednesday, October 21 - Sofia: Bulgaria's government holds regular meeting.

* Wednesday, October21 - Sofia: Bulgaria's parliament holds regular meeting.

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)

Sunday, October 25 – Seoul (South Korea): Bulgaria’s President Georgi Parvanov starts a three-day official visit to South Korea.

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: A news conference on franchising market in Bulgaria, ahead of the Franchising Expo 2009 exhibition, takes place. (0800 GMT)

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.

Monday, November 2 - Sofia: Franchising Expo 2009 exhibition opens. (until Nov 3)

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.