Serbia Schedule of Events - Dec 22 - Apr 14

* Tuesday, December 22 – Stockholm: Serbia’s President Boris Tadic submits Serbia’s EU membership application to Sweden, which holds the bloc's presidency.

* Tuesday, December 22 – Belgrade: Serbia’s associations for business cooperation with Russia and Belarus hold a joint session on doing business in The Commonwealth of Independent States. Serbia’s Chamber of Commerce President Milos Bugarin and Russia’s Ambassador to Belgrade, Alexander Konuzin, open the session. (1000 GMT)

* Tuesday, December 22 – Belgrade: Serbia’s Trade and Services Ministry and the country’s statistics office hold a joint news conference on Serbia’s business climate, trends and corporate expectations. (1100 GMT)

* Tuesday, December 22 – Leskovac: An 80 million euro southern arm of the country's eastern regional waterworks system opens. (1100 GMT)

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

Saturday, January 2: New Year's Day; public and market holiday.

Wednesday, January 6: Serbia celebrates Orthodox Christmas Eve; public holiday.

Thursday, January 7: Serbia celebrates Orthodox Christmas; public and market holiday.

Thursday, February 11 – Belgrade: Sixth Brand Fair International takes place. (to February 13)

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