Armenian sources say that a soldier of the self-declared Nagorno-Karabakh Republic was killed on Tuesday afternoon (11 October). The dead soldier was identified as 27 year old Sanasar Grigorian.

The three presidents addressed the 23rd World Energy Congress in Istanbul. Putin and Erdogan later signed the strategic Turkish Stream gas pipeline agreement

A new parliament is being formed following elections on Saturday, presenting to both government and opposition plenty of opportunities and challenges.

The final results in last Saturday's parliamentary elections in Georgia have been announced by the Central Elections Commission, after all votes have been counted. Georgian Dream has 48.65%, United National Movement has 27.13% and Patriots Alliance has 5%. No other party has passed the threshold.

In a statement following parliamentary elections in Georgia the EU said it looks forward "to working with the democratically elected new Parliament and Government to deepen our political and economic relations"

"This election is a victory for all Georgians, winners and losers", the Patriarch said.

In the wake of yesterday's parliamentary elections, Georgia's largest election monitoring NGO, the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), issued its own parallel vote tabulation (PVT), a count of the proportion, list vote performed in tandem with the official count by ISFED staff.

Commentary: For Georgia, the night of 8 to 9 October can be described as the return of the ghosts of the past, threatening to derail the country's significant, but still fragile, achievements in the process of democratic state-building

Georgian Dream have won the parliamentary elections in Georgia, winning with a wide-margin.

Three respected Georgian NGOs: GYLA, ISFED and TI Georgia, have given a positive assessment of the pre-election environment in a report issued on the eve of the parliamentary elections. They also noted some shortcomings.