Surveys put Tadic and Nikolic neck-and-neck in presidential race, with their parties also running close in parliamentary elections.

Vladimir Marushenko gave high assessment of the process of May 6 parliamentary elections in Armenia as well as respective legislation.

According to the poll, 43.3% of the votes went to RPA, 29.3% to Prosperous Armenia Party, 6.4% to ANC.

Central Election Commission released the results of internet voting for 195 out 238 voters entitled to online ballot.

Hollande got about 52% of votes in run-off, according to early projections, against 48% for centre-right incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy.

Armen Rustamyan: constitutional court refused to release the list of voters, citing violation of secret ballot principle behind the decision.

Tsarukyan was unaware of reports on several Prosperous Armenia reps retained over distribution of electoral bribe.

According to Central Election Commission-provided data, 61% or 1.559.527 voters out of 2.484.003 cast ballots at elections.

According to Spartak Seyranyan, the rumors above were spread in response to information on violations committed by RPA.

Levon Ter-Petrossian called the recent balloon blast during Republican Party of Armenia-organized concert a tragedy.

Gallup International Association released preliminary results of an Exit-poll held among over 19000 voters at parliamentary elections.

If current voting rates are maintained, the turnout may hit 1.6 mln people by end of elections, Armen Rustamyan said.

Gagik Tsarukyan said that he would speak about May 6 elections only after the voting results are summed up.

As of 5 p.m., 1 330 117 people or 51.53% of the total number of voters have participated in the parliamentary elections.

Vanishing ink trick was pre-arranged mass forgery that aimed to ensure repeated voting, Levon Zurabyan said.

A report commissioned by the Turkish president found negligence by Turkish state officials in the killing of Hrant Dink.

Levon Ter-Petrossian highly assessed the activities of the inter-party headquarters set up to tackle election forgery.

According to Central Electoral Committee, 390170 people have voted in Yerevan by 5 pm on May 6, 2012.

“Abdulvahed informed his family in a very short and controlled call that he had been arrested,” his wife said.

A Belgian Foreign Ministry spokesman confirmed the two men were being held over suspected involvement in “terrorist” activity.

Prosperous Armenia is an alternative to the ruling RPA, Prosperous Armenia’s number 2 Vartan Oskanian said.

Some 9.5 million Italians are voting for mayors and council members in 1,024 towns, including several key urban centers.

Rallies are another legal method of struggle, leader of the ANC opposition bloc Levon Ter-Petrossian told journalists.

According to Levon Ter-Petrossian, RPA always treated Prosperous Armenia as a ‘junior’ but now the latter demands equality.

“Committee head entered the polling booths where voters stood,” ANC candidate Nikol Pashinyan’s proxy Sipan Pashinyan said.

Vehicles are the main culprits when it comes to carbon monoxide and nitrogen-oxide emissions and suspended particulate matter.

Coordinator of OSCE observer mission Francois-Xavier de Donnea saw no violations in 6 polling stations he visited so far.

Other opposition figures, including former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, estimated some 20,000 protesters.

Toprak said security forces found 20 kilograms of high-power aluminum-nitrate explosives placed on a road.

Leader of Free Democrats party Khachatur Kokobelyan voted for a new Armenia and the future of the Armenian people.