The likelihood of large-scale violence following the US presidential elections is unprecedentedly high.

The elections in Moldova are over. Maia Sandu has emerged victorious with a convincing lead over her competitor, Alexander Stoianoglo. But this victory will bear consequences.

On Sunday, 3 November, Moldova will return to the polls for the presidential runoff between pro-Western Maia Sandu and Alexandr Stoianoglo, nominated by the pro-Russian Socialist Party.

On 26 October, Georgian citizens voted for a new parliament. The Central Election Commission announced a victory for the ruling party, Georgian Dream, which has raised many questions both domestically and internationally.

On 30 October, the European Commission published its annual enlargement report, a comprehensive document assessing the situation in all candidate countries.

Romanian by passport. Gagauz by ethnicity. Moldovan by career and a second passport. A prosecutor by profession. He is the presidential candidate for Moldova’s pro-Russian Socialist Party.

The mood in Poland was subdued to mark the resounding victory a year ago of the Donald Tusk-led coalition over Poland’s ruling right-wing populist Law and Justice (PiS) party.

The first objective in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Victory Plan for Ukraine is an official invitation to join NATO. Ukraine aims to receive it within the next few months, before the end of Joe Biden's presidency, while actual accession to the Alliance would happen after the war.

On 27 October, Bulgaria held snap elections, the seventh attempt in the last three years to elect a parliament. So far, none of these attempts have resulted in a stable, preferably pro-European coalition.

The government is set to change soon in Lithuania, a close ally of Ukraine. The ruling Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats set to move into opposition.

The Georgian Central Election Commission announced a solid victory for the ruling Georgian Dream party, though it fell short of a constitutional majority.

It became known this week that Slovakia's Ministry of the Interior has reached a settlement with former Czech Prime Minister and pro-Russian politician Andrej Babiš.

Austria is going through an unusual situation. The pro-Russian far-right party that won the parliamentary elections did not receive the mandate to form the government.

The employment rate of Ukrainian refugees in Germany has nearly doubled, rising from 16% in the summer of 2022 to 30% by last spring.

On 20 October, a historic vote took place in Moldova. We have have published an article about the ambiguity and threats posed by the results, as well as a report on the regions forming the core of Kremlin support in Moldova.