Singing

The Ukrainian Security Council has banned Russian singer Yulia Samoylova, set to represent Russia at the 2017 Eurovision song contest, from entering the country for three years.

The decision to bar the Russian singer, who has used a wheelchair since her childhood, from entering the Eurovision host country was announced on Wednesday by a Security Council spokeswoman.

The Francophone Film Festival returns to Athens and Thessaloniki for an 18th year, featuring movies from three continents.

Foo Fighters will be one of the headliners at Glastonbury this year, they revealed on Feb. 24 while playing a secret gig not far from the legendary British festival.

Britney Spears showed off her impressive yoga skills on Instagram on Friday.
The 35-year-old pop star shared a video with her 15.2m followers of her engaging in some tricky moves.
The blonde beauty wore a pair of very minuscule white shorts and a bright pink sports bra as she flaunted her sculpted body.

To quote the lyrics of the popular 1979 song by superstar Ajda Pekkan: "What about afterward? What will I do after you? They years will pass mercilessly." Later on, Pekkan sings that "there will always be tomorrows after todays." 

These words should be kept in mind these days in Turkey. 

A concrete threat has forced the Desislava Radeva, the First Lady of Bulgaria to be placed under personal guard from the National Service for Protection (NSO), the institution says.

In a statement, the NSO has noted that members of the Bulgarian President's family can use protection in case a specific threat has been established, including in cases of terrorism.

BELGRADE - I am happy I will have the opportunity to present Trilogy, my new album, to the Belgrade audience, says world-famous Serbian blues guitarist Ana Popovic, who will perform at Mikser on January 14.

The Athens Concert Hall is hosting an opera gala featuring popular arias and duets penned by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi on Friday, December 30. Taking part in the gala are soprano Cellia Costea, baritone Dimitri Platanias and the Athens State Orchestra conducted by Miltos Logiadis.

Andrea Bocelli, 58, the golden-voiced Italian tenor who overcame blindness and other hardships to become one of the world’s foremost singers, was the source of inspiration for a movie by one of Britain’s leading film directors, Michael Radford.

Israeli singer-songwriter and musician Asaf Avidan goes on stage at the Gazarte venue in Athens on Saturday, November 26 and Sunday, November 27. The artist is known for his own mix of blues and electro-folk. The gig starts at 9.30 p.m. on Saturday and at 9 p.m. on Sunday Admission ranges from 26 to 48 euros.