  Present status of the possible black hole microlensing events and the present
understanding of high frequency quasi-periodic oscillations in systems
containing black hole candidates (BHCs) are briefly discussed. The growing
evidence for the presence of the event horizons around some compact objects is
reviewed. Finally, the news from four individual objects (SS 433, GX 339-4, CI
Cam and Cyg X-3) are presented and the updated list of BHCs, containing 49
objects is given.
