Macedonia Schedule of Events – Dec 16 – Apr 14

* Wednesday, December 16 – Skopje: Macedonian central bank holds regular repo auction.

* Wednesday, December 16 – Skopje: Macedonia’s Economy Minister Fatmir Besimi and Kosovo’s Finance Minister Ahmet Shala to sign cooperation agreement between the two countries.

* Wednesday, December 16 – Skopje: Macedonian Parliament holds session.

* Wednesday, December 16 – Skopje: IT group Asseco South Eastern Europe (ASEE) holds press conference on the acquisition of Macedonian software provider Pexim.

* Wednesday, December 16 – Skopje: Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister for EU Integration Vasko Naumovski and EU special representative for Macedonia Erwan Fouere sign agreements on utilization of EU's Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) funds.

Monday, December 21 - Ohrid (Macedonia): Ohridska Banka holds shareholders’ meeting.

Friday, December 25 - Prilep (Macedonia): Macedonian food company Vitaminka holds shareholders’ meeting.

* Tuesday, December 29 – Skopje: Macedonian Chambers of Commerce holds annual assembly.

Tuesday, December 29 – Skopje: Trade company Tehnometal-Vardar holds shareholders’ meeting.

Friday, January 1: New Year's Day; public and market holiday.

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