Foreign policy & security

Turkish officials inspect work on Kars–Gyumri railway

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Ismail Demirtaş, head of the Akyaka district of Turkey's Kars province, and Fuat Arslan, chairman of the Kars council, visited a section of the railway on the Armenia-Turkey border. According to Turkish media, they were briefed on the progress of the work by a representative of the construction company. It is noted that reopening the railway and the border crossing, which has been closed for years, will contribute to the development of trade and transport in Akyaka.

Coverage timeline

First to report: 24news.am10:55Opposition

Pro-government 4 / 6 First: Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes), 1 h 13 min later
Balanced 9 / 12 First: Ararat News, 1 h 14 min later
Opposition 12 / 20 First: 24news.am, 10:55

Foreign outlets: 2, first: Sputnik Armenia, 12:00

Timeline as a list
  1. 24news.am (Opposition)
  2. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  3. Tert.am (Opposition)
  4. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  5. Yerevan.Today (Opposition)
  6. Oragir.news (Opposition)
  7. News.am (Opposition)
  8. Politik.am (Opposition)
  9. Iravunk (Opposition)
  10. Sputnik Armenia (Foreign)
  11. Livenews.am (Opposition)
  12. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  13. Civic.am (Pro-government)
  14. Ararat News (Balanced)
  15. Aravot (Balanced)
  16. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  17. Infocom (Balanced)
  18. Alphanews.am (Opposition)
  19. 1in.am (Balanced)
  20. Azatutyun (RFE/RL) (Balanced)
  21. CivilNet (Balanced)
  22. APA (Foreign)
  23. Radar Armenia (Balanced)
  24. Hraparak (Opposition)
  25. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  26. Factor (Balanced)
  27. Armenpress (Pro-government)

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