BUCHAREST, Romania About 60,000 public workers launched a warning strike Tuesday (May 5th), demanding more money and fewer political appointees in the public sector. One of the most powerful unions in the sector, the Sed Lex Alliance, organised the stoppage.

TBILISI NATO began military exercises in Georgia on Wednesday in a move Russia said threatened stability in the region just nine months after a war between the former Soviet neighbours.

Georgian opposition may really block border checkpoints in case Mikheil Saakashvili fails to meet their demand. But the opposition does not yet take any step in that direction, Georgian political scientist and project manager of Development and Cooperation Centre Paata Zakereishvili told a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent.