50% voters cast ballots in Armenia’s elections as of 5 pmFebruary 18, 2013 - 18:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - As of 5 pm, 1 259 374 (49,81%) voters cast ballots in the February 18 presidential elections in Armenia. According to a member of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Armen Smbatyan, 366 620 (44,45%) voters cast ballots in Yerevan. In Armenia’s provinces, the votes were cast as follows: Aragatsotn - 62 655 (54,82%,) Ararat - 125 195 (58,76%,) Armavir - 101 533 (45,20%,) Gehgarkunik - 107 691 (57,74%,) Lori - 125 923 (52,94%,) Kotayk - 110 153 (47,37%,) Shirak - 111 286 (48,54%,) Syunik – 61 771 (56,27%,) Vayots Dzor - 24 732 (52,35 %,) Tavush - 61 825 (56,99%.) Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Greek-Armenian organizations support "Tavush for Motherland" Greek-Armenian organizations have expressed support for the campaign led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan. |