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Foreign policy & security

Pashinyan: Armenian border guards to take over control of borders

First reported by 1in.am: 10:35

Updated 19:20, 12 sources

Foreign policy & security. Photo: Pandukht / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped
Photo: Pandukht / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on November 2, at a joint session of the National Assembly's standing committees, that the government will gradually hand over full control of Armenia's borders to the Armenian Border Guard Service, which is to undergo reforms. According to him, this is necessary for visa liberalization with the EU. Pashinyan also noted that the biometric passport system was launched on November 1.

Coverage timeline

Who reported first and how the others caught up. Each bar shows how many of that side's outlets covered the story.

First to report: 1in.am · 10:35 · Balanced

Pro-government 3 / 6 First: Civic.am, 55 min later
Balanced 4 / 13 First: 1in.am, 10:35
Opposition 5 / 20 First: 24news.am, 5 min later
Timeline as a list
  1. 1in.am (Balanced)
  2. Radar Armenia (Balanced)
  3. 24news.am (Opposition)
  4. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  5. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  6. News.am (Opposition)
  7. Hraparak (Opposition)
  8. Ararat News (Balanced)
  9. Civic.am (Pro-government)
  10. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  11. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  12. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)

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