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. ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. 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. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |