Sun, Nov 22 2009
Zimen Dvorets has been used in the past to stage concerts by Faithless and Manu Chao

DJs Pete Tong and Tiesto to play at Summertime Dance Explosion Solar in Bulgaria's Sunny Beach.
Metropolis, one of the originals on the Bulgarian electronic music scene, is celebrating its 12th birthday on April 19 with a bash at which British DJ Carl Cox will spin. The party will be held at the Zimen Dvorets na Sporta (Winter Palace of Sport) in Studentski Grad in Sofia. This will be Cox's third visit to Bulgaria, his most recent being in December 2004, when the nine-hour show for 5000 fans, with Bulgarian band Gravity Co as the warm-up act, was considered Metropolis' best party ever.
Techno fans expecting to be taken up Vitosha Mountain for what Standart newspaper billed as "the most extravagant techno music party ever organized in Bulgaria" were disappointed last Saturday night. Instead of a free cable car to Aleko lift station, high on the mountain, they were herded into a car park at Simeonovo, the base of the lift.
The European Commission is taking Bulgaria to court for delays in providing Sofia with adequate waste disposal facilities.
James Warlick is the spouse of Mary Warlick, director of the office of Russian affairs at the US state department, who has been nominated to serve as ambassador to Serbia
Bulgaria’s Health Ministry announced on November 20 2009 that the flu epidemic declared two weeks earlier is at an end as rates of infection decline. The announcement coincides with reports of two deaths from A (H1N1) flu in Bulgaria.
Acting on allegations by Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria leader Ivan Kostov, prosecutors and Government officials are to probe deals by which Movement for Rights and Freedoms leader Ahmed Dogan acquired various properties.
Prosecutors allege that a deal agreed by the former defence minister caused losses of 12.9 million leva.