Here is the latest top stories from Press TV on October 19, 2021.

The gas-in procedure for the first string of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline has been completed, the Swiss-based operator of the project says.

Peter Marki-Zay, a conservative provincial mayor, looks set to challenge Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at an election next year after taking a lead in an opposition primary vote.

Protesters took to the streets in the French capital, Paris, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of a bloody crackdown on Algerian protesters.

Austrians have turned on the conservative People's Party (OVP), after party leader Sebastian Kurz quit as chancellor over corruption allegations, according to a poll.

The European Commission rejects recent accusations that Moscow is deliberately restricting gas flows to Europe and is manipulating the gas market to drive up costs, amid an ongoing energy crisis across the continent.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned of ‘centrifugal forces’ in the EU, calling for unity across the bloc.