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Switzerland

Swiss festival alerts police after 28 Burundian artists ‘vanish’

A Swiss festival has called the police after 28 Burundian artists, who were scheduled to perform at the event this month, gradually disappeared without a trace.

23/08/2018

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Watch: Kites fill the sky at Sri Lankan festival

As many as 3,000 kite enthusiasts flocked to see kites of all shapes and sizes take to the skies

20/08/2018

Hungary

Watch: Meet the revellers at Budapest's Sziget Festival

Thousands of young people from around the world have been gathering in Sziget for one of Europe's biggest music festivals.

17/08/2018

Switzerland

Watch: Spectacular firework show lights up Geneva sky

As many as 400,000 spectators watched the 45-minute show, known as one of the best firework displays in the world.

13/08/2018

United Kingdom

A closed book? Literary festival hits out over UK’s visa rules

Foreign invitees to the world’s biggest literary festival have been ‘humiliated’ in trying to get clearance from British authorities to attend, it’s been claimed.

11/08/2018

World News

Cities around the world celebrate International Beer Day

Breweries and beer lovers all over the world are celebrating International Beer Day today. The annual event takes place the first Friday of August, and is 10 years old this year. Meanwhile, Germany is struggling to produce enough beer to meet demand.

03/08/2018

Cyprus

Unique Cyprus drama festival takes audience back to ancient Greece

Ancient Greek dramas performed in authentic setting of Cypriot amphitheatres

03/08/2018

Spain

Watch: Spanish town hosts annual Festival of Near-Death Experiences

A small Spanish village known as Santa Marta de Ribarteme near the border with Portugal hosted its annual Festival of Near-Death Experiences on Sunday.

30/07/2018

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Watch: Russia redhead festival

Under the slogan "Let's Make Life Brighter", people have been turning Nizhny Tagil red and orange to celebrate the beauty of being red-haired.

24/07/2018

Italy

Italian landscape stuns as thousands of flowers bloom

Thousands of flowers bloom in the valley of Castelluccio in the province of Umbria, Italy.

24/07/2018

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Redhead Festival in Russia celebrates all things red

Nizhny Tagil saw its third Redhead Festival last Saturday. The festival celebrates the beauty of red hair, vintage cars and pets.

24/07/2018

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Annual World Santa Claus Congress kicks off in Denmark

Hundreds of Santas, pixies, and elves gathered in amusement park Bakken near Copenhagen on Monday to celebrate the 61st annual World Santa Claus Congress.

24/07/2018

Cult

Beiteddine Art Festival in Lebanon is a real treat

The annual summer event takes place in the large 200-year-old Beiteddine Palace in the Chouf Mountains in the southeast of Beirut. The Spanish flamenco dance group performed dance adaptations of Federico Garcia Lorca's "Blood Wedding"

24/07/2018

Cult

Summer festivals 2018

Three European festivals to visit this year are the Globaltica World Cultures Festival in Poland, the Salzburg Festival in Austria and the Boom festival in Portugal highlighting diverse music and drama from around the world

23/07/2018

Poland

Poland's post-apocalyptic "Old Town" festival

It stages a live one hundred hour long action game where particpants role play, many of them clearly inspired by the cult dystopian film Mad Max.

18/07/2018

France

Cannes Lions Festival - the growing trend of corporate social responsibility

Big advertisers, influencers, and business executives give their views on good corporate citizenship

22/06/2018

Cult

Greek National Opera presents 'Nabucco'

One of Verdi's most popular operas will open on Friday at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus as part of the Athens Epidaurus Festival.

31/05/2018

Senegal

Dakar throws windows on Contemporary African Art wide open for the world

16th edition of Africa's original contemporary arts festival bigger and better than ever, with more than 75 artists exhibiting from 33 countries.

08/05/2018

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Euronews' highlights and lowlights of the week across the globe.

04/05/2018

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Mexicans light up at marijuana festival

Hundreds gathered in Mexico City and thousands turned out in a Santiago plaza on Friday (April 20) to join international celebrations of marijuana.

24/04/2018