On 17 October, the defence ministers of Estonia and the United Kingdom signed a bilateral Defence Roadmap, outlining steps to further enhance the British military presence in Estonia. From July 2025, ...
On 19 October, during his official visit to Turkey, Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Istanbul. During a press conference, the two leaders outlined ...
On 20 October, Turkish Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen died in Pennsylvania aged 83. He was an imam and the founder of an organisation which is commonly referred to as the Gülen Movement, whereas in ...
On 20 October, Moldova held a presidential election along with a referendum on whether to enshrine the country’s EU integration in its constitution. Maia Sandu, the incumbent president and de facto ...
Russia continued the missile attacks on Odesa’s port infrastructure. As a result, three more cargo ships were damaged. On 9 ...
In the parliamentary election held on 13 October, six parties surpassed the 5% electoral threshold. The Social Democratic party (LSDP) emerged as the winning party, securing 19.36% of the vote, which ...
On 10 October, the Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) enacted a law amending Ukraine’s tax code during the period of martial law, which raises taxes for individuals and sole proprietors, while also ...
On 16 October, during his address to the Verkhovna Rada, President Volodymyr Zelensky unveiled the principles of the so-called Victory Plan, which aims to persuade the West to increase military and ...
On 9 October, Ukraine’s leading news portal, Ukrayinska Pravda (UP), reported that it had been under continued pressure from the Office of the President of Ukraine (OPU). UP issued a statement ...
The Russians are continuing their offensive operations towards Kurakhove. They seized more villages to the north and east of ...