Labour unions on Monday (May 17th) rejected a government plan that envisions cutting salaries in the public sector by 25%, and pensions by 15%. During a meeting with government officials and business representatives, unions called for a compromise, warning that without one, about 40,000 workers will stage a general strike …

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Azerbaijan on Monday and discussed bilateral cooperation with Azerbaijani leaders, Xinhua informed. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who had a meeting with Erdogan in Baku, expressed satisfaction with the current state of cooperation between the two countries.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday signed a series of important accords with Ukraine’s new leadership as he paid his first official visit to Kiev. The accords, including one on using a Russian satellite navigation system in Ukraine, were signed after the third meeting of the Ukrainian-Russian interstate commission in …