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Illegal club in Studentski Grad faces demolition

Tue, Dec 23 2008 12:58 CET byNick Iliev 293 Views

Night club Amnesia in Sofia's Studentski Grad (Student Town), which became notorious after student Stoyan Baltov was beaten to death outside the club, will have to be torn down, Bulgarian media reported.
After an inspection by National Construction Control Directorate (NCCD), it appears the club was built illegally.

According to one set of documents there was a permission for the construction for a church and green zones. According to yet another set of documents, the only permission for that particular site was the construction of mobile pavilions. However,  inspectors found that instead a permanent construction had been illegally erected.

The general sentiment on the streets of Sudentski Grad is that inspectors should visit the neighbourhood more often and make more meticulous searches, local media said. They have only scraped the tip of the iceberg.

On the same day that the chief architect of Studentski Grad, Teodor Kolarski, was sacked from his position, December 19, it turnes out he granted permission for the construction of night club Amnesia, as his signature appears on the appraisal form.

The prosecution has announced it would start pre-trial proceding against Kolarski and former regional mayor of Studentski Grad, Ventsislav Dudolevski.

Inspections by the NCCD showed that most clubs in the burrough have been built with permits for kiosks, Bulgarian daily Standart said.

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