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Headlines for May 31, 2009

YEREVAN HOLDS ELECTIONS TO CITY COUNCIL
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Yerevan holds elections to the city council today. Polling stations opened at 8 am (GMT+4) and close at 8 pm (GMT+4). Residents of the Armenian capital will elect parties which will share 65 mandates ...
PROSPEROUS ARMENIA CANDIDATE HOPES FOR FAIR ELECTION
Mayor nominee from Prosperous Armenia Party, Healthcare Minister Harutyun Kushkyan performed his civil duty at 10/29 polling station this morning. “I hope, we will hold a fair and transparent election ...
ARMENIAN PRESIDENT CASTS HIS BALLOT
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan with his spouse and daughter attended polling station 9/10 this morning. The President was in good mood but did not respond to journalists’ questions, alleging silence ...
ORINATS YERKIR WANTS MAYOR TO HONESTLY PERFORM DUTIES
Secretary of the Armenian Security Council, Orinats Yerkir party leader Arthur Baghadsaryan voted today at 10/28 polling station. “Orinats Yerkir wants the Mayor to honestly perform duties. If the elections ...
SOUTH OSSETIA HOLDS PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
today. Four political parties – Communist Party, Unity Republic Party, Fydybasta (Fatherland) party and People’s Party - run for 34-seat parliament. The Central Electoral Committee has registered 53 436 ...
FREE SOCIETY INSTITUTE SENT 500 OBSERVERS TO POLLING STATIONS
No violations have been fixed in the polling station 9/10, where the Armenian President voted a couple of hours ago. Over 300 people (15% of the total number of electors) have already voted. “Activity ...
RUSSIA OFFERS BAKU TO BUILD NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
Russia is going to offer Baku to build a nuclear power plant in Azerbaijan. “Russia has broad experience in implementation of atomic energy projects abroad,” said Vyacheslav Sinyugin, RF Deputy Energy ...
LEVON TER-PETROSYAN TO MAKE COMMENTS TOMORROW
Former President of Armenia, leader of the Armenian National Congress Levon Ter-Petrosyan, arrived at the polling station 9/10 with his spouse, daughter-in-law and grandchildren at 1 pm. He told journalists ...
TURKEY CONFIRMS TWO CASES OF H1N1 FLU
Turkey’s Health Ministry has confirmed the first two incidences of H1N1 flu . The dangerous strain is known to have been detected Turks who have recently returned from New York, United States. The infected ...
ACTING MAYOR PLEDGES HONEST ACTIVITIES
Acting Mayor of Yerevan Gagik Beglaryan cast his ballot in a polling station situated in School 39 today. “These elections are extremely important for each resident of Yerevan. I have big expectations, ...
U.S. CANCELS JIHAD CONFERENCE
A Nashville hotel is citing safety concerns for turning away a conference booked for this weekend that featured a controversial Dutch politician and filmmaker who has criticized Islam in Europe. A group ...
NATO EXERCISES IN GEORGIA COMING TO AN END
A month of NATO exercises in Georgia are coming to an end. About 700 soldiers from 13 countries have taken part in the NATO exercises in Georgia, which culminate on Sunday with a field day of maneuvers. ...
TIGRAN SARGSYAN: I VOTE FOR STABILITY
A country which is capable to maintain stability will be capable to overcome the financial crisis, Armenian Prime Minister said. “We need a new tradition, when the defeated side can have the courage ...
29.36% TURNOUT FIXED AS OF 2 PM
29.36% turnout was fixed in the election to the city council as of 2 pm. 226 487 out of 771 477 voters have attended polling stations. The republic’s top leaders have already voted.
BEATEN JOURNALIST REFUSED TO GIVE POLICE TESTIMONY
According to the statement released by Armenian National Congress (ANC), Parliament MP Levon Sargsyan has today broken into polling station 9/1 and ordered his bodyguards to remove from there journalists ...
CONSCRIPTS DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN YEREVAN COUNCIL VOTING
As reported by RA Defense Ministry’s Spokesman Seyran Shahsouvaryan, no lists were drawn up for servicemen’s participation in voting, and no conscript quit his post for that purpose. According to Mr. ...
DECEASED GEVORG TADEPOSYAN IS REPORTED TO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN VOTING
According to a release disseminated by the Armenian National Congress (ANC), deceased Gevork Tadevosyan voted in polling station 12/21 at around 1:30 p.m. Opposition activists also claim that great number ...
ELECTION COMMISSION MEMBER MKHITAR NAZARYAN WAS NOT BEATEN IN MALATIA
Today, at 10:00 a.m., candidate Vahagn Khachatryan called Malatia Police Department, reporting on commission member Mkhitar Nazaryan’s being beaten in polling station № 7/18. During police interrogation, ...
YEREVAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS COMPLETED
Yerevan Council elections are over. As of 05:00 p.m, 321 thousand 403 people or 41.66% of voters participated in voting, RA CEC reports. Below we present voting participation rate in different districts: ...
52,85% OF VOTERS PARTICIPATED IN YEREVAN COUNCIL VOTING
407 thousand 745 voters have participated in Yerevan Council elections. The total number of voters in Yerevan is 771,477. There were 6 political parties and 1 political bloc running for elections for ...
ANC CONFIDENTS OF ITS CANDIDATE'S VICTORY
The Armenian National Congress is confident of its candidate's victory. "Despite all kind of violations, we are confident that the ballot papers in the boxes are enough to secure our victory. But it ...
ARMENIA, ALONG WITH USA AND ISRAEL IS ONE OF THE MOST HOSTILE STATES TOWARDS TURKEY
, says public opinion poll, conducted by Bahcesehir University (Istanbul). According to poll results, 64% of Turkish citizens would be reluctant to be neighbors with Jews and 52% won’t wish Christians ...
NAGORNO KARABAKH REFUTES INFORMATION ABOUT “TWO SERVICEMEN GOING ACROSS TO THE AZERI SIDE”
Defense army of NKR does not have information about capture of two Armenian soldiers by armed services of Azerbaijan, Senor Hasratyan, lieutenant colonel and head of the press office department of the ...
RPA LEADING AS OF 00:00 A.M. ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY DATA OF RA CEC
According to the first and initial data of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Armenia, as of 00:00 a.m. the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) is leading. 16803 ballot papers have been processed ...
ANC CLAIMS OF NUMEROUS VIOLATIONS THEY MANAGED TO PREVENT
“ Flagrant violations happening right now during the process of vote counting proves only, that even after such wide-scale falsifications authorities are still not confident, that the question is ultimately ...
BY 3 O’CLOCK GENERAL PICTURE OF ELECTION OUTCOME REMAINS UNCHANGED
CEC continues receiving information on election results. As of 3:00 a.m., Republican tops the list with a total number of 156450 votes. Prosperous Armenia (156450 votes) and Armenian National Congress ...