Each weekday at 7 pm CET we bring you a European story that goes beyond the headlines to find the real issues shaping the continent. Here's the best of our Uncovering Europe series from 2021.

A selection of the most outstanding photographs which marked 2021.

You will probably hear a lot about how Brexit has affected UK producers. But what about European exporters to Britain? Have they had to find new markets?

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Misinformation about #COVID, vaccines, elections and other major events have spread in 2021. Here are five of Euronews' best debunks from the last 12 months.

From COVID to Brexit and Kyiv to Berlin, here are the stories that helped shape Europe's 2021.

Weddington had been in poor health for some time and it was not immediately clear what caused her death.

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The July floods in Germany and Belgium unleashed damages of about €38 billion.

After a suicide bomber killed five people in a thwarted attack on a packed restaurant in Beni, in the east of the country, concerns grow of further attempts by extremists.

The Taliban-run government of Afghanistan shut down two election commissions and peace and parliamentarian affairs ministries, deeming them to be "unnecessary institutions".

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Pfizer's Paxlovid and Merck’s molnupiravir can be used by EU member states, the EMA recommended. However, they come with a catch: they have to be used as soon as possible.

PM Naftali Bennett said "this is our moment" as he announced a multi-million dollar plan to double the number of settlers in the occupied territory by the end of the decade.

In comments aired on Russian state TV Sunday, president Vladimir Putin said that Moscow will undertake "adequate military-technical measures" if NATO and other Western allies do not pull back from Ukraine and Eastern Europe in general.

Papoulias was also a long-time lawmaker and minister, whose socialist policies at home were in contrast with his support for and friendly relations with strongmen abroad.

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Militants connected to Al Qaeda and Islamic State have repeatedly attacked armies in the region, inflicting heavy casualties to the armies of Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali in recent weeks.

The 1984 Nobel Peace Prize winner, human rights activist, and the first Black Archbishop of Johannesburg was an uncompromising foe of the apartheid in South Africa.

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The monarch said she understood the pain of missing loved ones for the holidays, but also said that Christmas can still be the time for joy, especially for children.

A 19-year-old man armed with a weapon breached the premises, Thames Valley Police official said.

The volcano fell silent on December 13th after flaring for 85 days and 8 hours, making it La Palma's longest eruption on record.

The world's most powerful space telescope has blasted off into orbit, headed to an outpost 1.5 million kilometres from Earth.

A record number of cases, hospitalisations, and travel restrictions around the world have put a damper on Christmas celebrations for the second year in a row.

At least 79 Americans lost their lives overnight in the December 10 tornadoes.

Hundreds attended the service led by Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land.

More than 30 villagers, some of which are women and children, are said to have been rounded up and shot in another alleged crime against civilians by the Myanmar military.

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Thousands of flights had to be cancelled or delayed due to staff shortages and new entry requirements caused by the rapid spread of the Omicron variant.

Pope Francis asked for dialogues and peace during his "Urbi et Orbi address on Saturday, after an estimated 2,000 people attend midnight mass in St. Peter’s Basilica the night before.

Several sinkings in Greek waters along the Turkey-Italy route -- increasingly favoured by smugglers -- bring the death toll to at least 27.

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A coronavirus outbreak means Everton’s match at Burnley joins two other Boxing Day fixtures to be postponed.

Russia has hit tech giants Google and Meta with huge fines over their failure to delete content banned by local law.

The Orthodox cathedral of the Holy Trinity is still not ready for Christmas mass. But its story and the quest to bring it back is one of resilience.

The Prime Minister has rejected harsher virus restrictions in England over Christmas despite the UK setting a new record on Thursday of almost 120,000 cases in 24 hours.

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Here's a round-up of all the countries that have said they will not send senior officials to China for the Beijing 2022 Winter Games.

Hundreds of those targeted have links to the Gulen foundation, which is led by a Muslim cleric who Turkey accuses of being behind a coup attempt in 2016.

We take a look at how Christmas is marked in Italy, Spain, Iceland and the Czech Republic. It's anything but universal!

Talks to de-escalate tensions are set to take place in Geneva next year.

Beijing has denied the claim.

The USSR was formally dissolved on 26 December 1991.

The term "Fourth German Reich", added Kaczynski, "has nothing negative about it, as it is not the Third Reich but the First", i.e. the Holy Roman Empire.

It comes just a day after another migrant boat sank in the region, which the UN's refugee agency described as "the worst in the Aegean this year".

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Ralf Hoerstemeier was convicted in January of killing 16-year-old Nicole Schalla nearly three decades ago and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Here's a round-up of the COVID situation across Europe, where countries are tightening restrictions and trying to boost vaccinations amid a spike in cases.