Turnout at NKR parliamentary elections exceeded 70%May 23, 2010 - 21:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 66919 out of 95303 people or 70.11% of the total number of voters have cast ballot at the parliamentary elections in the Arstakh Republic as of 9 pm. The highest turnout was registered in Hadrut (81.37%), which is followed by Mardakert (84.24%) and Martuni (80.24%). As a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent reported from NKR, Central Election Committee chairman Sergey Nasibyan said that the counting of votes has already started. “Preliminary results will be announced at midnight. Final results will be known in 24 hours,” the CEC chairman said. 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 | Police try to impede Armenian Church head’s access to war memorial Police tried to stop the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, from visiting a war memorial. Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north. “He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. |