Another villager from the northern Armenian border village of Verin Karmiraghbyur has been abducted by Azerbaijanis after wandering across the border into Azerbaijan on Friday.

Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian, as well as Armenian opposition leader Raffi Hovhanissian, on Friday addressed a summit of the European People’s Party in Dublin, Ireland.

Hundreds of mostly young people scuffled with riot police in Yerevan on Friday in continuing protests against a controversial reform of Armenia’s pension system initiated by the government.

On January 23, journalist Aram Abrahamyan had an interview with businessman and philanthropist, and founder of IDeA Charitable Foundation, Ruben Vardanian on Armenia’s Shant TV. The transcript of the Mediamax interview is below.

The crisis in Ukraine and its resulting negative economic impact on Russia could have spillover effects on Armenia, Economy Minister Vahram Avanesian admitted on Thursday.

Armenia is set to join the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan in 2014, the chairman of the Eurasian Economic Commission, Viktor Khristenko, said today.

Armenian national and Borussia Dortmund midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan was awarded the Zvezda Award for best player of the CIS and Baltic countries for 2013.

The Armenian National Committee of America is engaged in ongoing discussions with the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development regarding Armenian American concerns about the negative impact of high-profile U.S. advocacy for increasingly controversial pension reforms in Armenia.

An elderly Armenian man freed by Azerbaijan was tortured during his more than month-long captivity and needs to remain in hospital for the time being, doctors and his relatives said on Wednesday.

Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian made a statement at a high level meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Wednesday in which he reminded the Council about the several human rights crimes committed by Azerbaijan before and during the Karabakh War, including the pogroms in Sumgait, Baku, and Kirovabad.

Russian President Vladimir Putin believes it is time to start drawing up an agreement on Armenia’s accession to the Eurasian Economic Union, which should be formed in 2015, the Voice of Russia reports.

Alexander Kokorin and Dmitry Kombarov scored in the first half to lead Russia to a 2-0 victory over Armenia in a warm-up match ahead of the World Cup on Wednesday.

Ameria consulting company has recently studied the telecommunication industry in Armenia.

A citizen of Armenia who had been interned in Baku, Azerbaijan, returned to Armenia today under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).