Parliamentarian elections in Armenia: 5 parties overpassed 5-percent barrierMay 13, 2007 - 14:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - According to the latest information provided by the CEC of Armenia, five political forces, including Republican Party of Armenia, ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" extraparliamentary pro-governmental "Prosperous Armenia", as well as opposition parties "Orinats Yerkir" and extraparliamentary "Heritage" overpassed the 5-percent barrier in the parliamentarian elections of Armenia. United Labor Party is also close to the barrier. At 13:00 local time (12:00 Moscow time) the CEC published the following interim results of tabulation: Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) (leader Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan) - 428 120 "Prosperous Armenia" Party (leader - businessman, MP Gagik Tsarukyan)-189 580 ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" - 165 464 "Orinats Yerkir" Party (leader is ex-Speaker Arthur Baghdasaryan) - 87 752 "Heritage" Party (leader is ex-Foreign Minister Raffi Hovhannisyan) - 68 601 United Labor Party (leader - MP Gourgen Arsenian) - 54 688 Other political forces are still far away from the 5-percent barrier, IA Regnum reports. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. 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". Partner news | Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. “Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”. Armenia, Azerbaijan sign protocol on demarcation coordinates Armenia’s government took on May 15 another step towards handing over four border areas to Azerbaijan. Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for children |