The UK has been struggling with supply chain issues due to a shortage of lorry drivers blamed on COVID-19, Brexit, and an ageing workforce.

Both the SPD and the Union bloc are hoping to get into a coalition with the Greens and Free Democrats.

Three parties will likely be needed to form a coalition after the German parliamentary elections. Here are five takeaways from election night.

San Marino residents on Sunday voted overwhelmingly to legalise abortion.

Germans voted for members of parliament in an tight election race that will determine who succeeds Angela Merkel.

The 28-year-old teacher was found dead in Kidbrooke in southeast London earlier this month.

The Federal Election Commission said on Twitter that the vote "is valid".

The ruling parties won 37 seats altogether, gaining two from the last election.

There will be a rematch. “Oh, 100% ... 110%,” Joshua said.

A row over vehicle license plates is escalating tensions between Serbia and its former province of Kosovo in the Balkans

The election is too close to call with both top parties — Merkel's centre-right Union bloc and centre-left Social Democrats — hoping to strike a power-sharing deal with the Greens and Free Democrats.

The home nation held their own on the second day, with some fantastic sacrifice techniques all throughout the preliminaries. But all eyes were on Slovenian Andreja Leski and Georgian Tato Grigalashvili who both won gold.

The Islamic extremist group Al-Shabab rammed a vehicle laden with explosives into a checkpoint near the Presidential Palace in Mogadishu.

In the Republic of San Marino, nestled on the Apennine mountains inside Italy, campaigning is underway ahead of a referendum on September 26, which will ask its 33,000 citizens if they want to legalise abortion.

Lava from the volcano, which began erupting a week ago, has destroyed 420 buildings.

Climate change and Europe are among the issues voters seem to be most keen for the next government to focus on.

Meet the women fighting for abortion rights in one of Europe's smallest states

Concern is growing about China's behaviour in the Indo-Pacific region, in particular its repeated flying of warplanes close to Taiwan.

Germany has the second-worst political representation for minorities in Europe, with just 14 out of over 700 federal lawmakers of Turkish background.

COVID, an ageing workforce and an exodus of foreign workers following Brexit have all been cited as reasons for a shortage of lorry drivers.

It's not just Germany's new parliament that's being decided on Sunday. In Berlin, locals will vote in a referendum on whether to expropriate so-called "mega-landlords".

Finland is the most expensive place to buy alcohol in the EU. No wonder Finns head to the Baltics in search of cheaper booze.

The German Greens have increased their support significantly since the 2017 elections but they're still polling below the two traditional centre-right and centre-left German political parties.

Sunday's vote will set the direction of the country after 16 years under Angela Merkel, whose party is scrambling to avoid defeat by its centre-left rivals after a rollercoaster campaign.

Germany's is really the only election in town this weekend. But, if you fancy going against the mainstream, here's everything you need to know about Iceland's parliamentary poll.

As the page turns for a new post-Merkel chapter in Germany, we explain all you need to know about the country's general election on Sunday.

How much do you know about those in the race to succeed Angela Merkel?

Puigdemont has been in exile in Belgium since 2017. Spain wants to put him on trial for his role in the 2017 Catalan independence referendum.

'The proposals would put players’ health and wellbeing at risk', the 247 clubs said in a statement.

'It's just putting a lot of pressure on every farmer and we haven’t got the money to try and react to it", one of them told Euronews.

The court described him as an 'incorrigible and calculating criminal.'

The Berlin protest was part a worldwide climate strike that included around 1,400 events in 80 countries organised by the Fridays for Future movement.

Hundreds of victims of the November 13th, 2015 terror attack on Paris are now beginning to testify at the biggest trial in French history. Many of these victims are now fighting for change to care and help systems in the aftermath of attacks. What ha...

The Insulate Britain group has called on authorities to insulate all British homes by 2025 to cut emissions and save power.

The problem has affected at least Heathrow, Manchester and Edinburgh.

Fatmir Mediu has denied any wrongdoing related to the 2008 deadly explosion at a munitions factory in Gerdec, which killed 26 people.

Seven people were arrested on Thursday after clashing with police officers in the Swiss capital.

There is no real motivation beyond faith alone for Europe to stick rigidly to its current fiscal rules, says MEP Philippe Lamberts

Thousands of migrants, mostly from the Middle East, have crossed or attempted to cross the EU border from Belarus in recent months.

Goran Buldioski, the director of the Open Society Initiative for Europe, says that political parties need to pay attention to the state of democracy in Germany.

The Cumbre Vieja volcano erupted on Sunday with lava swallowing up 350 houses so far.

Russia has the highest COVID-19 death toll in Europe.

German voters want to see more than lip service paid to the problem of global warming.

German voters are going to the polls in a pivotal election on Sunday.

The "Marriage For All" was approved by 64.1% of voters and should come into force on July 1, 2022.

US Homeland Security said nearly 2,000 Haitians have been rapidly expelled on flights since Sunday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will leave her position after 16 years, so how will a change of personality affect the existing close ties between Germany and France? Euronews spoke to two experts to find out more.

We take a look at the regions that historically back Germany's main political parties ahead of the 2021 federal elections.

BP has temporarily closed some of its UK petrol stations due to a shortage of lorry drivers as the country struggles to keep supermarket shelves stocked.

They are the Czech Republic's oldest surviving political party. Is that record in danger?