Mainly representatives of the Georgian Dream and the opposition United National Movement competed in the parliamentary runoff in Georgia.

The first round of parliamentary elections took place in Georgia on 8 October. A mixed, proportional-and-majority election system applies in Georgia.

On 8 October parliamentary elections will be held in Georgia. A new element in the Georgian context is the appearance of slogans favouring rapprochement with Russia.

Whatever the solution to the crisis over the occupied police station, internal chaos in Armenia is likely to deteriorate in the coming weeks.

The Four-Day War in Nagorno-Karabakh had a significant impact on the situation in Armenia. The country was shocked out of the political malaise.

Governed by an authoritarian regime Kazakhstan has been making efforts to modernise and has been searching for new development models free of Soviet legacy.

The visa issue has had a great impact on the attitude of the public and the elites in Georgia towards the EU and the West.

The Aktobe attacks are yet another sign of intensifying internal tension in Kazakhstan, generated by the deteriorating standard of living.

The prisoners’ release was forced by the economic and social crisis which has been plaguing Azerbaijan.

CASA 1000 was one of the projects initiated after the intervention in Afghanistan as part of the US geopolitical strategy in the region.