GREEKS ALSO VOTE FOR NEW PARLIAMENT TODAY

Greeks began voting at precisely 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT, 12 a.m. EDT) in their most critical — and uncertain — election in decades, with voters set to punish the two main parties that are being held responsible for the country's dire economic straits, says the AP.

Thirty-two parties vie for the votes of nearly 10 million registered voters, many of whom, according to recent polls, were undecided on the eve of the election. Abstention, once projected to reach historic highs but seen rising in recent opinion surveys, will be crucial to the final outcome. In the last national election, in October 2009, just over 70 percent of the registered voters went to the polls, the source reports.

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Headlines for May 06, 2012

INFORMATION CENTER OF CENTRAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION LAUNCHED IN YEREVAN
Today, in the morning, . A bit later the CEC chairman Tigran Mukuchyan is to announce information about the process of the elections. Today, on the NA Election Day, the RA Central Electoral Commission ...
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS START IN ARMENIA
Parliamentary elections have started in Armenia. All polling stations have opened at 8:00 am. There are 1982 polling stations in 41 constituencies in the territory of Armenia. 2.484.003 registered voters ...
BAN ON TAKING PHOTOGRAPH OF BALLOT
Head of Central Election Commission Tigran Mukuchyan answered to Armenian National Congress (HAK) parties' alliance request to clarify if it's "lawful to take a photograph of the cast ballot in the voting ...
ACCUMULATIONS IN 27/18 ELECTORAL DISTRICT
Today, at 8:00 sharp the Jrvezh electoral district of Kotayk region opened. Head of the commission Anahit Shahbazyan informed that the preliminary works are completed, all the 7 members of the commission ...
FRANCE ELECTS NEW HEAD OF STATE
France holds a presidential runoff election nationwide Sunday. Here is how it works and what's at stake. French citizens are choosing a president in direct elections. France held the first round of voting ...
GREEKS ALSO VOTE FOR NEW PARLIAMENT TODAY
Greeks began voting at precisely 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT, 12 a.m. EDT) in their most critical — and uncertain — election in decades, with voters set to punish the two main parties that ...
ALL POLLING STATIONS OPEN EXCEPT THOSE IN PRISONS
All the polling stations are open in Armenia since morning except those seven polling stations in the penitentiaries, CEC President Tigran Mukuchyan said. Totally there are some 1792 polling stations ...
HIGH TURNOUT AT POLLING STATION 7/16: HAK PROXY HAS ‘CERTAIN DOUBTS'
Polling station 7/16 was opened in time, at 8:00 am, for the parliamentary elections. Around 45 voters have cast their votes in the polling station as of 8:30. 1874 registered voters may cast their votes ...
CITIZENS IN N12/18, 12/19 POLLING STATIONS ARE ACTIVE: EVERYTHING IS ALL RIGHT
It's rather active in N12/19, 12/18 polling stations; citizens take part in elections actively doing their civic duty. The head of the commission of N12/18 polling station Liova Davtyan told Panorama.am ...
SHAKE THE INKPOT BEFORE USING IT
The citizens inform that the ink used for the temporary seals disappears untimely and causes problems. Attention! .
ACHAPNYAK POLLING STATION: STAMP IN PASSPORTS DISAPPEARED AFTER 10 MINUTES, WAS REPLACED
A high turnout is registered at Achapnyak united polling stations 6/34 and 6/35. Prosperous Armenia Party's proxy Gor Mkrtchyan said that stamp in passports disappears 10 minutes after voting. To prove ...
218 ELECTION COMMISSION MEMBERS MISSING DUTY
218 members of election commission of 1982 polling stations failed to carry out their duties. CEC chairman Tigran Mukuchyan said the absent members of staff have been replaced by other members. Mr Mukuchyan ...
SERBIA HOLDS ELECTIONS FOR NEW PRESIDENT, PARLIAMENT AND MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
Serbia, where 7.1 million people live and which is situated in southeast Europe, is holding presidential, parliamentary and municipal elections Sunday. Whoever wins could affect Serbia's future relations ...
6500 AIR HOURS: NCTR WORKED WITHOUT REST
National Commission on TV and Radio NCTR has monitored around 6500 air hours of 45 TV channels and 20 radio channels during the whole election campaign. "Our staff has worked without weekends," Grigor ...
VAHAN HOVHANNISYAN CASTS HIS BALLOT FOR…
"I've voted for my party and for the elimination of corruption, power for Armenia in the international arena, for the return of immigrants," Vahan Hovhannisyan, who leads the ARF proportional list, said ...
CEC CHAIRMAN MAKES SPECIAL STATEMENT
As the panorama.am correspondent informs from the CEC, head of the Central Electoral Commission, Tigran Mukuchyan makes a special statement at the moment.
MANVEL GRIGORYAN CASTS HIS VOTE
General Manvel Grigoryan has just cast his vote at Etchmiadzin polling station 19/10. He refused to answer journalists' questions. After Manvel Grigoryan had left the polling station, a warning was ...
HAK REPRESENTATIVE SAYS PROCESS UNDER STRONG CONTROL
Elections in the 9/15 polling station are processing normally, no infringements or appeal have been recorded so far, head of election commission said. Speaking to Panorama.am reporter Goharik Osipyan ...
GOHAR VEZIRYAN: LYOVA KHACHATRYAN BUYS VOTES FOR AMD 10000
Gohar Veziryan, a majority candidate in constituency No. 12, posts notes on her Facebook account reporting violations of the electoral process. "Gohar Veziryan contacted the Prosecutor's Office hotline ...
POLICE RESPOND TO VEZIRYAN'S STATEMENT
Erebuni police department accepted and registered Gohar Veziryan's statement that PAP candidate Lyova Khachatryan is buying votes, police said. Police are investigating the vote buying claim, the source ...
ARAM SARGSYAN: I VOTED FOR FAIR ARMENIA
Head of "Democratic Party of Armenia" Aram G Sargsyan says he has voted for fair Armenia. After casting his ballot in 9/15 polling station Mr Sargsyan told the reporters he wishes Armenian people power ...
ARMENIAN PRESIDENT SAYS HE VOTED FOR ADVANCEMENT IN ARMENIA
Armenian President, head of the Republican Party of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan cast his ballot in 9/11 polling station. President was accompanied by his spouse and daughter. "I've voted for the advancement ...
QUESTIONABLE INK TESTED IN CEC: BOTH STIRRED AND UNSTIRRED INK DISAPPEAR SIMULTANEOUSLY
Only a short while ago, CEC Chairman Tigran Mukuchyan made a statement saying that the problem with stamp ink has been eliminated. "We received reports of the problem at about 8:15 am. We discussed the ...
H. HOVHANNISYAN: NEWS BLOWN UP
Rumors spread among mass media claim that people are being counted in constituency No. 5 before entering the polling stations. Speaking to Panorama.am head of Liberal Party of Armenia Hovhannes Hovhannisyan ...
N10/21 POLL STATION ELECTION CONTINUES IN FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE: "IT'S YOUR CHOICE" NGO
At poll station N10/21 Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan is expected to make his vote. Till that time the Panorama.am correspondent tried to interview the head of commission Tigran Poghosyan who assessed ...
AS OF 11:00, 15.08 PERCENT OF VOTERS CAST THEIR VOTES
As of 11:00, 380 417 voters or 15.08 percent cast their votes for the electoral lists and parliamentary candidates, CEC member Laura Galstyan said at the CEC information center. 119 220 voters or 14.65 ...
S. AVETISYAN: NO EXCEPTIONAL CASES NOTICED
According to the disseminated information by the media, there have been clashes in poll stations in Gyumri. The present MP Sukias Avetisyan told panorama.am that he goes around in the poll stations ...
KARBI MAYOR INTERFERES WITH WORK OF ELECTORAL COMMISSION, BAKHSHYAN REPORTS TO HOTLINE
Heritage Party's parliamentary candidate Anahit Bakhshyan called the hotline of Prosecutor General's Office at 9:47 am to say that mayor of Karbi village is interfering with the work of the local electoral ...
MAYOR OF NERKIN GETASHEN NOT BUYING VOTES - PROXY
Media reports say mayor of Nerkin Getashen Karo Gevorgyan is buying votes at the entrance of polling station 24/15. "Nothing of the kind takes place. I just don't understand who has noticed such thing. ...
HAK PROXY DENIES RUMORS SAYING VOSKETAP MOST PEACEFUL PLACE IN ARMENIA
Some mass media and social network rumors claim that PAP and RPA representatives clashed in Vosketap village, Ararat region. Speaking to Panorama.am the head of Vosketap village Sargis Abrahamyan denied ...
NO BALLOT STUFFING AT POLLING STATION 8/03, SITUATION UNDER CONTROL
"We have not received such information. The situation is under control. Accumulation of people in the polling station was reported to police," Hakob Nazaryan, head of PAP election office located in constituency ...
POLICE DESCRIBES NEWS ON MISSING ARF VOTERS MISINFORMATION
The names of people who were sought to vote for Dashnaktsutyun or "Heritage" Party in the city of Gavar are missing from the voters' list. Police commented on the news covered by one e-media outlet describing ...
VOTING BULLETINS NOT STOLEN FROM 6/26, 6/04, 6/18, 6/15 POLLING STATIONS
Rumors claiming voting bulletins were stolen from constituency No. 6 (6/26, 6/04, 6/18, 6/15 polling stations) have been checked by the police. Police press service says the information is not true. It ...
POLLING STATION 12/07 CALM - COMMISSION CHAIRMAN
Vanik Alexanyan, member of Heritage Party, chairman of Shengavit polling station commission 12/07, told Arthur Avtandilyan, head of the Heritage election monitoring group, that voters are brought to the ...
HAK, ARF AND RPA PROXIES SHARE SAME OPINION
Election process in the polling station 10/29 is peaceful, no violations have been recorded, no complaints are received so far, HAK, ARF and RPA proxies told Panorama.am. Head of election commission of ...
MAYOR OF ZOLAKAR VILLAGE ON DISINFORMATION ABOUT FIGHT
"No incidents occurred in Zolakar, the elections continue by their normal way," said Armen Sargsyan, Mayor of Zolakar village of Gegharqunik region to panorama.am. He denied the information as if the ...
AS OF 14:00, 35.54 PERCENT OF VOTERS CAST THEIR BALLOTS
As of 14:00, 896 568 voters or 35,54 percent cast their ballots for the electoral lists and parliamentary candidates, CEC member Silva Markosyan said at the CEC information center. 270 609 voters or 33,25 ...
HERITAGE'S REPORT OF COLORED PEN DISTRIBUTION NOT TRUE - POLICE
Police investigated Heritage Party's report about distribution of colored pens at Hrazdan constituency No. 26 and found out that the report is not true, police said. Those who have more detailed information ...
RPA HEAD OF ARTASHAT HEADQUARTERS NOT INFORMED ABOUT OPEN VOTE CASTING
Open vote casting is believed to have been recorded in 17/4 and 17/5 polling stations. Panorama.am contacted with the head of RPA headquarters in the city of Artashat Gagik Beniaminyan, who said he did ...
RPA NOT BUYING VOTES - ELECTION OFFICIAL
"RPA election office works within the law. We are not buying votes," Hakob Avoyan, head of majority parliamentary candidate Karen Saribekyan's election office (constituency No. 31, Vanadzor), told a Panorama.am ...
WHY JOINT ELECTION MONITORING HEADQUARTERS IS NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING?
According to General Prosecutor's Office Armen Matevosyan was arrested because of distributing election bribe in N4/27 poll station in favor of PAP. This information, however, was something new for joint ...
IDITORD SUFFERS DDOS ATTACK
Iditord.org website that covered infringements occurring during the parliamentary elections, is currently unavailable because it suffered DDoS attack.
MOHAMMAD RAISI APPOINTED NEW IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA
Iran appoints new Ambassador to Armenia. Iranian official news agency IRNA said Mohammad Raisi has been appointed new Ambassador to Armenia. Former Iranian Ambassador had farewell meetings with Parliament ...
CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS LAUNCHED INTO VOTE BUYING CASES - TRUZYAN
Prosecutor General's Office has launched criminal proceedings into vote buying cases in constituency No. 12 where PAP candidate Lyova Khachatryan reportedly bought votes and in Arabkir where PAP was reported ...
OMBUDSMAN'S OFFICE RECEIVED 151 ALARMS
Human rights defenders (HRD) office received on May 6 151 phone alarms as of 16.00 Yerevan time. Ombudsman's office told panorama.am that depending on the type of alarm, measures have been undertaken. ...
MANUSHAK PETROSYAN'S PROXY TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
Hovhannes Grigoryan, the proxy of the ANC candidate Manushak Petrosyan in N13/09 poll station, felt bad and was hospitalized, Manushak Petrosyan informed in the interview with panorama.am. She said Hovhannisyan ...
ICES OBSERVER MISSION: ELECTION PROCEEDS NORMALLY
The election proceeds peacefully with no gross violations recorded, said head of the mission of observers of the International Center for Electoral Systems (ICES) Alexander Tsinker, according to mission's ...
U.S. AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA MONITORING IN DIFFERENT POLLING STATIONS
U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern is holding monitoring now visiting different polling stations, embassy spokeswoman said. Speaking to Panorama.am Taguhi Jahukyan said that the Ambassador is an ...
NO ATMOSPHERE OF FEAR IN EREBUNI - HEAD OF RPA ELECTION OFFICE
HAK's candidate Manushak Petrosyan (constituency No. 13) had told Panorama.am that there is an atmosphere of fear, arbitrariness and vote buying takes place in constituency No. 13 of Erebuni district. ...
A. SARGSYAN SAYD LAW ENFORCEMENT BODIES MUST FIX VOTE BUYING
"Army is the most active voter, particularly in Syunik. The voting process is assessed normally, people have got used to the new technique - votes are bought," head of Democratic Party of Armenia Aram ...
LEVON TER-PETROSYAN: "PAP SHOULD BE PUNISHED IF IT IS GUILTY"
"Those who violate the law should be punished, I am for it, but you also should keep watching the Republicans to be punished as well," said the ANC leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan at the joint election monitoring ...
NO VIOLATIONS NOTED, COMMUNIST PARTY SAYS
"No violations have been recorded in the electoral process," First Secretary of Armenian Communist Party's Central Committee Ruben Tovmasyan told Panorama.am. "We have received no negative reports so ...
AS OF 17:00, 51.53 PERCENT OF VOTERS CAST THEIR BALLOTS
As of 17:00, 1 300117 voters or 51.53 percent cast their ballots for the electoral lists and parliamentary candidates, CEC secretary Armen Smbatyan said at the CEC information center. 390 170 voters or ...
GALUST SAHAKYAN CAME TO CEC TO SEE JOURNALISTS
RPA Deputy Chairman Galust Sahakyan visited CEC "to see journalists," Sahakyan told them. "Election proceeds normally with no too much tension," he told reporters. Regarding violations, RPA's ...
CEC CHAIRMAN: VOTER TURNOUT NORMAL
The election turnout is normal, CEC Chairman Tigran Mukuchyan told Panorama.am. "It is natural because voters can cast their votes both for the electoral lists and parliamentary candidates," Mr. Mukuchyan ...
IDITORD WEBSITE RESTORED AFTER HACK ATTACK
iDitord website has been restored to normal operation. We had informed earlier that hackers had brought down the website with cyber attack. We will provide further details later.
AS OF 18:40, 95-96 PERCENT OF PRISONERS CAST THEIR VOTES
As of 18:40, 95-96 percent of 1073 registered prisoners cast their votes at the parliamentary election, Deputy Minister of Justice Aram Orbelyan told reporters at CEC information center. According to ...
EXIT POLL: AS OF 18:00, RPA RECEIVES 44.44 PERCENT OF VOTE, PAP 28.81 PERCENT
According to preliminary exit poll data, as of 18:00, RPA received 44.44 percent of the vote, PAP 28.81 percent, HAK 6.33 percent, OYP 6.16 percent, Heritage 5.92 percent, ARF 5.18 percent. The rest of ...
BLIND CITIZEN PREVENTED FROM VOTING
Voter Arman Harutyunyan was sent to CEC from poll station N9/4, for getting a notification that her mother is allowed to make a vote instead of him, as he is blind. He told about it to the journalists. ...
7 AMBULANCE CALLS REGISTERED; 2 PEOPLE WERE HOSPITALIZED
Health Ministry spokeswoman Shushan Hunanyan told Panorama.am that seven ambulance calls have been registered during the day. Two citizens were hospitalized, while the rest were cured and removed to home. ...
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OVER, PRELIMINARY RESULTS TO BE RELEASED AT MIDNIGHT
The parliamentary elections are over in Armenia. All 1982 polling stations were officially closed at 8:00 pm. 8 parties ran for the Armenian National Assembly of the 5th convocation - Republican Party, ...
ELECTIONS ENDED
1982 poll stations formed in 915 communities have been closed. The Parliamentary elections ended at 20:00. Nine political forces were taking part in elections and 138 MP candidates in majority electoral ...
‘NO INCIDENT REGISTERED IN 37/2 POLLING STATION IN GORIS'
"Some people that were believed to be relatives of the head of region arrived in 37/2 polling station in Goris, took the voting bulletins, made some notes there and dropped into the voting boxes," to ...
TIGRAN MUKUCHYAN: 62.26 PERCENT CAST VOTES TODAY
1 559 627 voters or 62.26 percent cast their votes for the parliamentary candidates in proportional election system, CEC Chairman Tigran Mukuchyan said. 484 531 voters or 59.53 percent cast their votes ...
US AMBASSADOR HEFFERN. «GOOD SIGN FOR ARMENIA'S DEMOCRACY»
US Ambassador to Armenia, John Heffern, who has been accredited as an international observer to Armenian Parliamentary elections, has done worthy and interesting twits to his official microblog on Twitter ...
G SAHAKYAN SAYS HAK COORDINATOR COMMITS CRIMINALLY PUNITIVE ACT
RPA Vice Chairman Galust Sahakyan filed a complaint in Central Election Commission. Speaking to Panorama.am Mr Sahakyan said he filed a complaint against HAK coordinator Levon Zurabyan's anti-propaganda ...
SERZH SARGSYAN ARRIVED AT RPA HEADQUARTERS
A short while ago RPA leader, President of the Republic of Armenia where RPA senior statesmen - PM Tigran Sargsyan, Parliament Speaker Samvel Nikoyan, RPA head of headquarters Hovik Abrahamyan, Mayor ...
POLICE RECEIVES 26 INFORMATION TILL 21PM
On May 6, as of 8:00am till 21:00pm 29 information was received by the Hot Line of the RA Police concerning the NA MPs' election process. The data were about the accumulations of people around the poll ...
GRANDSON VOTED INSTEAD OF HIS GRANNY
In 11/36 poll station the proxies of the Armenian National Congress have noticed how grandson has signed instead of his granny, than has voted instead of her saying that his grandmother does not see quite ...
CEC: 1 572 518 VOTERS CAST THEIR VOTES
CEC periodically releases information received from polling stations. According to the latest available information, 1 572 518 voters or 62.33 percent cast their votes for the electoral lists. 483 692 ...
FINAL EXIT POLL RESULTS: RPA RECEIVES 43.3 PERCENT OF VOTE, PAP 29.3 PERCENT
Gallup International conducted exit poll during the parliamentary election of Armenia on May 6. Some 22 410 voters participated in the exit poll. 53.65 percent of respondents answered the question: "What ...
ELECTION RESULTS FROM 9 POLLING STATIONS: 74.55 PERCENT VOTED FOR RPA
Central Election Commission has started to sum up the election results. CEC official website says results from 9 polling stations are ready so far. According to the voting results 14.96 percent voted ...
ELECTION RESULTS FROM 18 POLLING STATIONS: RPA, PAP AND ARF DOMINATE
Election results from 18 polling stations have been summed up so far. According to it PAP received 340 votes (20.54 percent), Heritage Party - 28 votes (1.69 percent), HAK - 35 votes (2.11 percent), ARF ...