Arena Armeec

The legendary German rock band, Scorpions, marks their 50th anniversary with a new album and a world tour which includes the Bulgarian capital city, Sofia Music Enterprises has announced.

The concert is scheduled for July 17 at Arena Armeec hall in Sofia.

For the first time in history, Bulgaria hosts a tournament from the ATP World Tour.

The first edition of Garanti Koza Sofia Open began on Monday and will last until Sunday, with the Arena Armeec hall being the venue for the matches.

The draw took place on Saturday, qualifications followed on Saturday and Sunday and the matches from the first round began on Monday.

Bulgaria and Italy will co-host the 19th edition of the men's volleyball World Championship, which will take place in 2018.

This will be the first world championship co-hosted by two countries, with the semifinals and finals of the tournament to be played in Italy.

The decision was taken by the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) on Wednesday in Lausanne.

The tickets for the first ever ATP tournament to be held in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia will go on sale on Wednesday afternoon at 17:00 EET.

The prices of the tickets, which can be purchased in the network of Eventim (online at eventim.bg), range between BGN 10 and BGN 80.

Bulgaria is ready to allocate state budget funding for several sports events in 2016, including a tournament from the ATP World Tour 250 series in February, Sports Minister Krasen Kralev has said.

The highest ranking Bulgarian male tennis player Grigor Dimitrov arrived in Sofia late on Thursday evening.

Dimitrov is in his home country for participation in the exhibition match against Gael Monfils from France, which is scheduled to take place at the Arena Armeec hall in Sofia on Saturday.

Bulgaria will host the thirteenth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest at the Arena Armeec hall in Sofia on Saturday evening at 20:30 EET.

A total of seventeen countries will participate in this year's edition of the song contest, with Australia and Ireland making their debut.

The postponed Opening Ceremony of Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 will take place this Tuesday in Bulgaria's capital Sofia, after having been postponed over the Paris attacks of last week.

The event will be held at the Bulgarian National Palace of Culture (NDK) in Sofia at 19:30 (local time).

German composer Hans Zimmer is coming to Sofia on May 16 for what the organizers from Sofia Music Enterprises have described as a "half-rock, half-classical" concert.

Zimmer is bringing a symphony orchestra, a rock band an a choir for the show that is to take place at the Arena Armeec hall in Sofia.

The chair of Sofia's Municipal Election Commission has stepped down at the request of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, his GERB party has announced.