Elections for the Shengavit district head are scheduled for July 22. The residents knew who the next district head would be long before the elections.

The chair of the NKR Central Electoral Commission Sergey Nasibyan released the preliminary results on the NKR presidential elections.

70.235 out of 92 117 eligible voters participated at the NKR presidential election which is 76. 25% of the total voters.

At 20 p.m. the presidential elections in Nagorno-Karabakh will be concluded. Raya Nazaryan, NKR Central Electoral Commission’s (CEC) Secretary released the CEC information on the process of 2007 NKR presidential elections at 17:00 p.m.

Henrik Kochinyan, regional governor of Lori region will be tried. A criminal case was brought before Lori regional Court for abuses and thieving by Lori municipality and regional administration’s officials.

“I leave the post of the NKR president with the feeling that I have carried out my duties”, announced Arkady Ghukasyan, President of the NKR

The NKR presidential candidate Bako Sahakyan voted in number 4/1 polling station and afterward answered journalists’ questions.

“The second stage of presidential elections for the opposition’s united candidate is a variant which will show who has greater reputation and social demand”, announced Aram Sargsyan, head of the “Armenian Democratic Party.”

“Karabakh people are for objective elections and we believe in fair elections. The president of Nagorno-Karabakh can be the person elected by the NKR people only.

Sergey Nasibyan, chairman of the NKR Central Electoral Commission (CEC) announced that the elections took place, since more than 25% of the population participated in them.

“Vardan Malkhasyan’s statements at the court on 13 July were incorrectly quoted by the mass media, - announced Mushegh Shushyan, Malkahsayn’s defender,- Malkhasyan did not repent for his statement, he just expressed regret for the preliminary investigation body’s deception”

The 17 July article “Ombudsman’s attitude is also particular” reflected on Zhirayr Sefilyan's case, commander of a Shushi battalion. Sefilyan's lawyers stated that Human Rights Defender Armen Harutunyan made two different decisions on similar cases. The Ombudsman's office disseminated the following justification:

Today the citizens of Nagorno-Karabakh are electing the president of the Republic. The elections started at 08:00 a.m.. The presidential aspirants are Bako Sahakyan and Masis Mayilyan.

Five undisclosed cases were attached and sent to the RA Police Chief Investigative Department on top important cases. These scandalous cases are well known to our constant readers.

While the radical opposition is considering of bringing into life the idea of a united candidate, the candidate of the authorities has already started his campaign activities.

Zhirayr Sefilyan, commander of a Shushi battalion, is under arrest for 7 months without any legal motivation.

“ "The Republican Party of Armenia" does not have any challenges in the upcoming presidential elections, the party does not have a rival”, said Nikol Pushinyan , head of a political initiative, convinced Armen Ashotyan, representative of “The Republican Party of Armenia” that “the nation does not support his party”.

“Turkey will not recognize the results of the political elections in Nagorno-Karabakh, which are not legal from the point of view of international right”, stated the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The European Court of Human Rights has issued its first verdict against the Republic of Armenia this winter. Armen Mkrtchyan, member of the National Renaissance party has not yet received that decision.

We cannot solve new problems with old stereotypes, we need new ideas, new formats,” considers Hovhannes Hovhannessian, leader of the Armenian Liberal Progressive Party.

On July 16, 2007, First Instance Court of Kentron and Nork Marash Communities released the representatives of “Royal-Armenia” Company.

The Armenian Assembly yesterday expressed serious concerns over Azerbaijan's attempts to restrict basic rights and freedoms for minorities and called on Congress to urge Baku to thoroughly investigate the deliberate destruction of Armenian headstones in the medieval cemetery of Julfa in 2005.

On July 15, at 3:10 p.m., a balcony crumbled at Ayeratsia Street, Yerevan.

"As regards the "presidential elections" to be organised in Nagorno Karabakh on 19 July 2007, and having in mind that neither the "elections" nor their results are recognised by the international community, the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe reiterates its full support to the OSCE Minsk Group and its Co-Chairmen in their efforts towards a settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.