Events for students in Europe

City rivals Spartak and CSKA meet twice annually in Russia's most hotly contested football derby.

It's not often that you're encouraged to lie through your teeth, but for the annual Biggest Liar in the World Competition, the more far-fetched your fibs are, the better. The event is held at the Bridge Inn in Holmrook.

Barcelona's International Festival of Contemporary Art, or BAC!, incorporates various media, from murals to installations, contributed by galleries all over the world.

Gounod's Roméo et Juliette returns to the Royal Opera Covent Garden in Nicolas Joël's wonderful production, not seen here since the 1990s. Daniel Oren conducts tenor Piotr Beczala as Roméo, with Nino Machaidze and María Alejandres sharing Juliette.

Mirano holds a human-scale Gioco dell'Oca (Snakes and Ladders game), except that the snakes in Italy are in fact geese. Six teams representing the town's neighbourhoods fight it out over multiple obstacles, including climbing up ladders and jumping over geese.

Each year Richterswil on Lake Zürich goes back to its organic roots. The Räbechilbi Richterswil, Europe's largest turnip festival, celebrates the humble vegetable with a fair dedicated to the Brassica rapa and a huge illuminated parade.

Inspired by the 1969 film, the Italian Job is an annual sponsored Mini Cooper rally from Italy to Britain. Each two-man team is required to raise £1500, and the event has made over £2 million for children's charities.

The London Games Festival presents gaming and interactive entertainment for die-hard fans keen to test out the latest releases before they hit the shops and casual players. Talks, fairs, game shows and workshops take place at venues around the capital.

The social event for British apiarists and honey enthusiasts, the National Honey Show is a competitive exhibition of fine honey and other hive products, including waxes, candles, crafts and confectionery. Honey-loving visitors zoom to St George's College in Weybridge.

One of the best small festivals in the world, Wexford Festival Opera presents an annual trio of brand new productions. It attracts top quality artists and enthusiastic audiences from around the world, who love its unique atmosphere.

First held in 1978 and arranged by the Norwich branch of CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale), the week-long Norwich Beer Festival returns to St Andrew's & Blackfriars' Halls, celebrating more than 200 British cask-conditioned real ales and bottled brews.

Colchester's creepy past is explored with The Horrible History of Colchester. Leading subjects through the town's dank and dreary streets and to Colchester's 1000-year-old castle, storytellers spill the gruesome secrets of Colchester's spooky past and troubled history.

Eindhoven Marathon is said to rank among the top ten races in the world. A popular event, it starts and finishes in the city centre in the town hall square (Stadhuisplein), and attracts around 17,000 participants and 160,000 spectators annually.

Inspired by finding a wild boar preserved by salt in the Pyrenean foothills, two 11th-century huntsmen founded Salies-de-Béarn. The Salt Festival, which commemorates the town's heritage, is its biggest annual event.

Glasgow's Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum hosts a major retrospective of The Glasgow Boys group. Featuring over 100 paintings, this exhibition celebrates the acclaimed young painters working in the city at the end of the 19th century.

If it flies, you'll find it at Saint-Hilaire du Touvet's Coupe d'Icare. Hang-gliders and paragliders soar skywards, intrepid free-fallers in wing-suits plummet earthwards from helicopters, multicoloured kites dip and sway, and hot-air balloons rise gracefully into the early-morning air.

"Emphasizing Commonalities or Differences: New Perspectives on European-Latin American Relations" - the seminar will explore the current relationship between Europe and Latin America, considering the political, economic and social dimensions of their interaction.

Held on Óbudai Island, Budapest's Sziget Festival draws hundreds of thousands of revellers for a week of great music, camping and partying. Dance and rock acts dominate the main stages but jazz and world music also fill the festival programme.

Polé Polé means "take it easy" in Swahili, and that's what this exotic summer music festival is all about. The first half of the tropical festival takes place in Ghent in July and the second half in Zeebrugge in August.

Polscy modern-metalowcy z Chain Reaction ruszają w trasę, aby promować swój najnowszy krążek zatytułowany "Cutthroat Melodies". We wrześniu w ramach Baltic Tour odwiedzą trzy kraje: Litwę, Łotwę oraz Estonię, dając w nich łącznie 8 koncertów. Nie będzie to jednak pierwsza wyprawa warszawiaków w te rejony. W zeszłym roku Chain Reaction zawitało na Łotwę, grając tam dwa koncerty. W tym roku natomiast, zdążyli już zaliczyć jeden z największych w tym kraju festiwali - FonoFest.