 41 19.07.12 - Presidential elections in Artsakh                                             50% voter turnout posted at NKR presidential poll as of 2 pm  July 19, 2012 - 17:36 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - According to Artsakh Central Election Committee, as of 2 pm local time, 49.93% or 49468 voters out of 98909 cast ballots at NKR presidential elections. 44.31% or 16230 voters cast ballots in Stepanakert, 59.86% or 6969 voters in Askeran province, 61.80% or 5346 voted in Hadrut province; 56.43% or 7457 voters in Martakert province, 43.43% or 7464 voters in Martuni province, 63.31% or 1132 voters in Shahumyan province, 53.17% or 1921 voters in Shushi province, 44.04% or 2673 voters in Kashatagh province, 100.0% or 276 voters in Yerevan. The three candidates running for presidency are: current leader Bako Sahakyan; NKR MP, ex-deputy defense minister Vitaly Balasanyan; Armenian State Agrarian University’s Stepanakert Subsidiary pro-rector Arkady Soghomonyan. Partner news  Top stories “There was a great deal of new and interesting research presented during the conference,” said ANC of Illinois activist Greg Bedian. The Turkish government aggressively pushed for Turkey's inclusion in Investment Partnership between the U.S. and EU. Possible ways to advance the peaceful settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict were in the focus of the discussion. A meeting between Edward Nalbandian and Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mammadyarov will be held on the sidelines of the event.   Partner news |  Latest news Brad Pitt’s “World War Z” to open Moscow Film Fest  The fest will feature retrospectives of films by Bernardo Bertolucci and Costa Gavras, as well as a program devoted to Dutch cinema.Wrekin Hill picks up John Malkovich’s “Siberian Education” Based on the novel by Nicolai Lilin, the film is set in the ghetto of Soviet Russia and follows 2 boys who are members of a gang of exiled Siberians.Germans blame Merkel’s stance in eurozone crisis for Eurovision debacle Chancellor Angela Merkel is loathed in parts of Europe for her insisting on painful austerity measures in Greece, Spain and Italy.China’s PM visits India to settle boundary row, boost ties China says Li Keqiang choice of India for his first trip abroad shows the importance Beijing attaches to improving relations with New Delhi. |
