November 20 (SeeNews) - Following is a schedule of corporate, economic and political events taking place in or related to Romania through January 7. New or amended entries are marked (*).
* Tuesday, November 20 - Bucharest: Coface and ING Commercial Finance hold joint seminar on business financing. (0730 GMT)
* Tuesday, November 20 - Bucharest: Raiffeisen Capital&Investment and Romanian Finance and Economy Minister Varujan Vosganian hold a joint news conference on the upcoming initial public offering of state-owned gas transmission company Transgaz. (0800 GMT)
* Tuesday, November 20 - Bucharest: Energy in Central and Eastern Europe conference opens. (to November 22)
* Tuesday, November 20 - Bucharest: The Romanian arm of global direct-selling company Amway Corporation holds a news conference. (0900 GMT)
Tuesday, November 20 - Bucharest: Romanian house appliances manufacturer Arctic holds a press conference, to present nine-month financial results. (0900 GMT)
Tuesday, November 20 - Sofia (Bulgaria): The 10th CEI Summit Economic Forum jointly organised by the Central European Initiative and Bulgaria Economic Forum opens. (to November 21)
* Thursday, November 22 - Bucharest: Tobacco company Philip Morris Romania holds a news conference on the 10th anniversay of the launch of its operations.
* Friday, November 23 - Sinaia Resort: The Potential for Biofuel Production in Romania conference opens.
Friday, November 23 - Bucharest: The central bank is expected to release October money supply data.
Friday, November 23 - Bucharest: Romanian car importers and producers association APIA is expected to release October car sales data.
Saturday, November 24 - Bucharest: The Romanian Brokers' Association holds a seminar on 'All About Derivatives Trading'. (to November 25)
Sunday, November 25 - Romania holds elections for members of the European Parliament and a nationwide referendum concerning electoral reform.
* Monday, November 26 - Bucharest: Romanian state-owned gas transmission company Transgaz holds an initial public offering of 10% of its shares on the Bucharest Stock Exchange. (to December 7)
Wednesday, November 28 - Bucharest: The National Statistics Institute is expected to release business sentiment data for the three months to January 2008.
Wednesday, November 28 - London: The Emerging Markets Private Equity Forum, organised by Emerging Markets Private Equity organisation opens. (to Nov 29) http://www.peimedia.com/Product.aspx?cID=5496&pID=168330
Friday, November 30 - Bucharest: The National Statistics Institute is expected to release nine-month gross domestic product data.
Monday, December 3 - Bucharest: Central bank to release November foreign exchange reserves data.
Tuesday, December 4 - Bucharest: The National Statistics Institute to release October producer price index data.
Tuesday, December 4 - Bucharest: The National Statistics Institute to release Romania's tourist numbers for October.
Wednesday, December 5 - Bucharest: The National Statistics Institute to release October average net salary data. (rescheduled from December 4)
Wednesday, December 5 - Bucharest: The National Statistics Institute to release January-October retail sales data. (rescheduled from December 4)
Wednesday, December 5 - Bucharest: The National Statistics Institute to release October construction works figures. (rescheduled from December 4)
Wednesday, December 5 - Bucharest: The National Statistics Institute to release industrial output and industrial sales figures for October.
Wednesday, December 5 - Bucharest: The National Statistics Institute to release October energy output data.
Wednesday, December 5 - Bucharest: The National Statistics Institute to release data on building permits issued in October.
Wednesday, December 5 - Munich (Germany): The 2007 European Mid Market Private Equity Summit, hosted by Private Equity International, opens. (to Dec 6) http://www.peimedia.com/midmarket07/\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
* Friday, December 7 - Bucharest: The initial public offering (IPO) of 10% of Romanian state-owned gas transmission company Transgaz on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) closes.
December 10 - Bucharest: The national employment agency ANOFM to release November unemployment data.
Monday, December 10 - Bucharest: The National Statistics Institute to release October merchandise trade data. (0800 GMT)
Tuesday, December 11 - Bucharest: The National Statistics Institute to release November consumer price inflation data. (0800 GMT)
Monday, December 17 - Bucharest: The central bank is expected to release January-October current account balance, foreign debt data.
Monday, January 7 - Bucharest: Central bank board holds monetary policy meeting.