Estonia parliament fails to elect new PresidentAugust 29, 2016 - 16:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Estonia's presidential election is heading into a second round Tuesday, August 30, after no candidate got the required two-thirds majority in a parliamentary vote, the Associated Press reports. Lawmakers are trying to pick a successor to President Toomas Hendrik Ilves whose second and final term expires in October. None of the three candidates received the 68 votes required to win in Monday's secret ballot in the 101-seat Parliament. Parliamentary Speaker Eiki Nestor got 40 votes, Former Education Minister Mailis Reps got 26 votes and former Chancellor of Justice Allar Joks received 25 votes. The other lawmakers abstained or were absent. A second, and a possibly third, round of voting will be held Tuesday. Estonia's ruling three-party coalition has been divided over who should become the next president, a mostly ceremonial post. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |