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Singer and actor Ricky Martin has confirmed that he and his partner, Jwan Yosef, are married. 

Speaking to E! News in the US, Martin said: "I'm a husband, but we're doing a heavy party in a couple of months, I'll let you know."

Anna Kournikova and Enrique Iglesias are first-time parents - she gave birth to twins over the weekend ... TMZ has learned, but the real miracle is ... no one had a clue she was pregnant!

Hailed as one of the greatest jazz saxophonists of the last four decades, an artist whose music embraces a diverse array of styles, from hip hop, funk, bebop and post-bop to the blues and melodies conjured from African and Asian scales, Chico Freeman is coming to Athens for a series of shows at the Half Note on December 15-18, along with double bassist Heiri Kanzig and drummer Michael Baker.

You could be forgiven for thinking that a typical night out in Athens involves, more or less, a dive into the delectable local cuisine, copious wine consumption, and impromptu merriment. This, after all, has been part of the benign stereotype for a while, one that is periodically rekindled as is the case with every cultural stereotype on this planet.

Choreographer Serge Aime Coulibaly from Burkina Faso has drawn inspiration from the life and music of the late Nigerian Afrobeat musician and political activist Fela Kuti in a production being presented at the Onassis Cultural Center. Titled "Kalakuta Republik," the work focuses on Kuti's imprisonment in the 1980s and the music that emerged from this experience.

The Greek Navy band was added the long list of those who played a cover of the huge hit pop song “Despacito” (Slowly). The hit song by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi and rapper Daddy Yankee, was the first music video to hit 4 billion views on Youtube. The Hellenic Navy band performed the song during celebrations of the “Votseia 2017” in Thessaloniki to the delight of the spectators.

The national anthem of Bulgaria is actually "Mila Rodino," but you wouldn't know that if you asked Siri.

Reddit user wandreylust caught this amazing error on Facebook and had to give it a try. As of this writing, if you ask Apple's voice assistant, "What is the national anthem of Bulgaria?", you'll get the result, "The national anthem of Bulgaria is Despacito."

The first edition of the International Autumn Jazz Fest in Pleven combines the jazz traditions with the technologies of the future, the Balkan melodic lines and rhythms with film and theatrical musical themes, tango and classics with European improvised music, reports Binar. 

Greek pop singer Elena Paparizou has returned with a brand new single for radio, following her summer smash hit “Haide”. Her new single, calld “An me Deis na Kleo” (If you see me cry), was first released in her summer EP “Summer Extended 2017” and stole the show at the 2017 MAD Video Music Awards.

The first international hip hop culture meeting in Turkey, the Free Flow Festival, will bring together living legends of the hip hop world with hip hop lovers at Istanbul's KüçükÇiftlik Park on Sept. 30.

The line-up consists of prominent Turkish and American MCs, dancers and graffiti artists who will showcase their talents.