A polling in Moscow shows that President Vladimir Putin’s ratings have increased among Russians since the start of a military operation in Ukraine.

Belgian authorities are bracing themselves to prevent a convoy of cars, campervans and trucks protesting COVID-19 regulations from making their way to Brussels.

Belgian police face off with protesters marching against COVID-19 restrictions in Brussels.

Thousands march in Brussels to protest the Belgian federal government's COVID restrictions.

Russia says the West needs to respond to Moscow’s concerns about NATO’s activities near its borders.

The UK has threatened Russia with massive consequences and financial sanctions if Ukraine is invaded.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has scheduled a special meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) next week, as tensions boil between Moscow and the West over a range of issue, including Ukraine.

Germany is seeking to turn the European Union into a federalist "Fourth German Reich", says Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Poland’s deputy prime minister.

Police fired teargas and used water cannons to disperse protesters as demonstration over government-imposed COVID-19 restrictions turned violent in Brussels.

Uber drivers have blocked the main street leading from the European institutions to the center of Brussels on Thursday in anger about a court ruling which will see their activities halted from Friday evening.