"Candidates campaigned freely in competitive Georgia run-off, though one side enjoyed undue advantage and negative character of campaign undermined process", international observers say

After a divisive and bruising presidential election campaign Georgians now need to assess where that leaves their democracy and their country's political fabric, argues Dennis Sammut in this op-ed for commonspace.eu

In the second round of presidential elections held on Wednesday, Zurabishvili got 59.55 of the votes cast. UNM Candidate, Grigol Vashadze secured 40.45%.

Exit polls released soon after polling closed at 20.00 say that Salome Zurabishvili won the election securing 55% of the votes cast. Counting is expected to go on throughout the night

Azerbaijani MPs are participating in the 52nd session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) taking place in the Armenian capital Yerevan from 27-29 November

The head of the Chechen Republic visited Azerbaijan to meet President Ilham Aliyev. No information on the purpose of the visit is available as yet

In a statement the European Union said, "We expect Russia to restore freedom of passage at the Kerch strait and urge all to act with utmost restraint to de-escalate the situation immediately"

Amid soaring popularity ratings the Armenian leader is back on the streets of Yerevan on Saturday, mobilising ahead of parliamentary elections on 9 December

At a time when Georgians are trying to cope with an unpleasant and highly polorised election campaign the nation can at least agree: Ajika is very good and very Georgian

The participation of the Acting Secretary General of the CSTO at a CIS meeting may signal new synergies between the two organisations