A military court in Baku held a preliminary hearing on October 13 into the case against Vagif Khachatrian, an ethnic Armenian from Karabakh accused of alleged genocide and the forced deportation of civilians.
The European Commission’s vice president for values and transparency, Vera Jourova, says Hungary must meet conditions on reforming its judiciary and ensuring the protection of fundamental rights to unblock EU funding.
Bulgaria's government survived a no-confidence vote on October 13 that was filed by three opposition parties over plans for a transition to cleaner energy and other policies in the energy sector.
RFE/RL photographer Serhiy Nuzhnenko was granted access to Ukrainian positions in the eastern city of Vuhledar. The town has been under near-constant attack from Russian forces since the beginning of the invasion.
A teacher was killed in a knife attack in a school in the northern French city of Arras on October 13 and the investigation was handed to the anti-terrorism prosecutor's office.