EU-Russia

"I believe in a big Europe, from Lisbon to Vladivostok," Igor Dodon told Euronews.

It's the biggest US deployment of soldiers to Europe in more than 25 years. But NATO insists its not about Russia.

But one thing is clear from yesterday's dramatic shakeup in Moscow - the Russian President has his sights set on the longterm.

The mass demonstrations in the country are calling for electoral reform.

While Serbia is in the middle of accession talks with the European Union, it's also deepening ties with Russia. That's raising eyebrows in Brussels.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has announced local elections in separatist-held parts in the east of the country. But his plans are being criticised because the vote will take place before Kyiv takes full control of the borders and before Russian-backed forces have withdrawn from the occupied areas.

Georgia wants to join the European Union.

Italy's deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini denied that his League Party took any money from Russia after allegations that a close aide held secret meetings in Moscow to seal the deal.

“The place of the Western Balkans is inside the European Union,” EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn said in his keynote speech on Thursday. But how serious is the EU in its commitment to continue the integration process? Euronews answers.

This week in State of the Union: another NGO boat in a Mediterranean standoff with Italy saw the EU Commission calling for migrants to be disembarked. A corruption report saw Hungary in the spotlight for refusing its publication, and we looked at how Brexit is affecting expats in Brussels.

Russian ambassador Vladimir Chizhov shared his thoughts with Euronews on the INF treaty suspension, US deployment of troops to Poland and the announcement of the four MH17 suspects. Read more about what he has to say.

Russia's parliament will today have the first reading of a bill considering the suspension of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty.

Moldova's new Prime Minister Maia Sandu says her country will seek stronger ties with the EU and she has vowed to fight corruption. Sandu took office last week after months of political deadlock with the Democratic Party, which refused to recognise her new coalition government.

Several countries in Central and Eastern Europe have increased spending on their militaries, largely due to growing perceptions of a threat from Russia, according to a report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

Russia's foreign minister said EU sanctions against Russia are outside the framework of international law, referring to stricter rules for Nord Stream 2

Euronews looks back at the biggest stories from across Europe this morning.

Azov sea: what options are there for Europe and US?

In this edition of the Brief we speak to analysts about how the international community can respond to Ukraine-Russia tensions, we look at how a legal case could reverse Brexit and ask the Vice-President of the Commission about EU policy on Hungary.