  We report the detection of 1143 variable stars towards the Galactic bulge,
including 320 previously uncatalogued variables, using time-series photometry
extracted from data obtained with the VIMOS imager at the Very Large Telescope.
Observations of the Sagittarius Window Eclipsing Extrasolar Planet Search
(SWEEPS) field in the Galactic Bulge were taken over 2 years between March and
October at a cadence of $\sim$ 4 days, enabling the detection of variables with
periods up to $\sim$100 days. Many of these were already known, but we detected
a significant number of new variables, including 26 Cepheids, a further 18
Cepheid candidates, and many contact binaries. Here we publish the catalog of
the new variables, containing coordinates, mean magnitudes as well as periods
and classification; full light curves for these variables are also made
available electronically.
