63% voter turnout recorded at Artsakh presidential poll as of 5 pm July 19, 2012 - 18:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - According to Artsakh Central Election Committee, as of 5 pm local time, 63.24% or 62765 voters out of 98909 cast ballots at NKR presidential elections. 57.79% or 21168 voters cast ballots in Stepanakert, 71.95% or 8377 voters in Askeran province, 73.90% or 6392 voted in Hadrut province; 67.87% or 8968 voters in Martakert province, 57.60% or 9899 voters in Martuni province, 78.75% or 1408 voters in Shahumyan province, 65.10% or 2352 voters in Shushi province, 62.65% or 3803 voters in Kashatagh province, 86.71% or 398 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. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Border residents overnight on highway to protest Armenia’s Residents of Kirants continue to express outrage over the government’s decision to cede land to Azerbaijan. Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. |