Amidst protests against restrictions on the hijab in schools, demonstrations took place outside educational institutions in Baku and other parts of Azerbaijan.

Ramzan Kadyrov, the Head of Chechnya, was awarded the "Honorary Railway Worker" badge during a ceremony in Grozny on October 12. The event marked the naming of the city's railway station after the republic's former president, Akhmat-Khadzhi Kadyrov.

Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze and Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili, representing the ruling Georgian Dream party, have made new anti-European statements.

Armenia has become the first country in the world to authorize the use of two experimental anti-cancer drugs developed by the American company Agenus. The combination therapy is intended for adult patients with a specific form of colon or rectal cancer who have not responded to standard treatment and do not have active liver metastases. The company announced this on October 8.