Singing

Members of Aretha Franklin's family felt the eulogy for the Queen of Soul delivered by a pastor at her funeral last week was "offensive and distasteful", they said on Sept. 3.

Selena Gomez's great, Justin Bieber-free summer has included multiple yacht outings, Disneyland trips, and a vacation to Italy. It's winding down now with one last trip abroad to Greece and Bulgaria. Gomez herself has not posted about her time there, keeping it private.

The 18th edition of the Golden Stag festival debuted Wednesday night, in Brasov, 50 years since the first show of the event, with a Gala dedicated to the Stag's winners.

Greek singer Despina Vandi will take the sttage as part of the 7th International Clarinet Festival in Istanbul. The world's best-selling Greek artist, Vandi will be on stage at the Harbiye Cemil Topuzlu Opemn Air Theater on Sept 17.

Sofia. The Special Prosecutor's Office has filed an indictment against the former mayor of Sofia's district of Mladost, Desislava Ivancheva, her deputy Bilyana Hristova, and former deputy mayor Petko Dyulgerov for large scale bribery, extortion and abuse of power, said the Prosecutor's Office. 

Two Greek servicemen who had been detained in Turkey since early March for accidentally crossing the border in bad weather have been released from jail pending trial, Anadolu agency reported on Tuesday evening.

According to Anadolu, a court examined the request for their release and ruled there are no reasons to keep them behind bars.

SOFIA (Bulgaria), August 9 (SeeNews) - S&P Global Ratings said on Thursday that it has raised its long-term issuer credit rating on Bulgaria's National Electricity Company, NEK, to 'B+' from 'B' with stable outlook.

Thirty years ago an all-female folk choir set up in Bulgaria became the darling of Western audiences with its tradition-steeped a cappella singing, before the fall of communism threatened its survival.

Popular singer Alkistis Protopsalti will perform songs by a number of both renowned and lesser-known Greek composers that have marked her lengthy stage career at the Aliki Vougiouklaki Theater on Sunday, July 22.

The concert, which is titled "Under the Stars" and forms part of her tour around Greece this summer, starts at 9 p.m. and admission costs 10 euros.

I attended an event organized by the Indonesian Embassy in Athens last Sunday afternoon. It was held at the Zirineio Municipal Sports Center in the northern suburb of Kifissia and was attended by dozens of Indonesian families, representing almost the entire community that lives in the Attica area.