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Cities from London to Moscow will be awash with parades, flyovers and memorials this week as the world marks the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day — the day Nazi Germany surrendered to Allied forces

Victory in Europe Day is remembered in the public imagination as a singular event marking the end of World War II in Europe — a moment of sheer emotional release filled with dancing, bonfires and service personnel hanging off lampposts to survey the crowds

In a forest near Berlin, the remains of 107 fallen Wehrmacht soldiers were ceremoniously interred last week. High school students placed white gerbera daisies on small black coffins, and then German soldiers lowered them respectfully into a large, freshly dug grave as a military band played a solemn tune.

A German organization is painstakingly searching for fallen German soldiers in order to identify them and rebury them, 80 years after World War II

Merz must secure 316 votes in the 630-seat strong lower chamber of German parliament in order to become chancellor.

Euronews takes a closer look at how average full-time adjusted salaries vary across Europe, both in nominal terms and in purchasing power standards.

Exclusive: Poll before 80th anniversary of VE Day finds tensions with Russia seen as most probable cause

Military armistice ending second world war was signed in this nondescript Reims schoolhouse before VE Day

Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz is set to be sworn in as chancellor on Tuesday with a mission to revive the ailing economy and boost the diplomatic standing of the EU's most populous country.

A newly excavated horse cemetery in Germany dates to Roman times.

CDU party leader Friedrich Merz, set to be sworn in as Germany's new chancellor, pledged that the three parties would "vigorously get to work."