Municipal elections in Georgia see Georgian Dream consolidating power in most urban centres. Kakha Kaladze won the elction for Mayor of Tbilisi with a convincing margin according to exit polls.

In this op-ed Dennis Sammut discusses two competing narratives emerging in Brussels and Ankara. Often blurred and episodical, they need to be challenged where necessary

A lot of attention is focused on the election for Mayor of Tbilisi where prominent Georgian Dream candidate Kakha Kaladze is competing for the post with several opposition candidates

Tigran Khachatryan, who was 19 years old, served with the Armenian forces of the self-declared Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.

Several persons were injured in a village in Georgia's Marneuli District on Thursday evening (20 October) when unidentified persons opened fire on a candidate of the ruling Georgian Dream party and his companions, who were canvassing ahead of Saturday's Municipal Elections.

The Ambassador of the European Union Janos Herman noted during today’s presentation of the report that the EU welcomes this report, and said that "its findings and recommendations should further guide our common work”.

The military heads in a joint document highlighted the three countries' readiness for peaceful resolution of conflicts, and support for each other's territorial integrity.

Richard Giragosian, Director of the Regional Studies Centre in Yerevan, said the meeting was part of a broader effort undertaken by a recently formed "Working Group" comprised of Armenian and Azerbaijani members committed to "developing a ‘next generation' of ideas and measures that may impact positively the process of resolving the Karabakh conflict."

President Serzh Sargsyan of Armenia and President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan during a constructive meeting agreed to take measures to intensify the negotiation process and to take additional steps to reduce tensions on the Line of Contact.

On Saturday, the Armenian capital marked its birthday with city wide celebrations