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.

The Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region has launched a campaign, timed for the centennial of the Armenian Genocide, to honor Near East Relief, an organization that mobilized Americans and rescued hundreds of thousands of orphans and survivors of the Genocide.

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.

A Turkish court on Friday released a former informant accused of instigating the 2007 murder of Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, local media reported.

The Armenian Relief Society of Western US Javakhk Fund Committee will host its annual Javakhk Gala Dinner on Saturday, March 22, at the Armenian Society of Los Angeles hall.

Every April, Armenians around the world mobilize their communities to commemorate the Armenian Genocide.

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.

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Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ) was joined by U.S. House colleagues Judy Chu (D-CA), Gary Peters (D-MI) and Linda Sanchez (D-CA) in commemorating the 26th anniversary of the Azerbaijani pogroms against Armenians in Sumgait, spotlighting the Aliyev regime’s ongoing threats and violence against Armenia and Karabakh, in powerful statements issued earlier today, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

Great Britain’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan on Wednesday, drew comparisons between Nagorno-Karabakh and the movement by Scotland to secede from the United Kingdom, saying that the Karabakh status should be determined through a referendum, reported the Azeri press.

Turkish-Armenian linguist and writer Sevan Nisanyan, who was jailed on charges of illegal construction, is being forced to sleep on the floor in his cell and is being prevented from taking showers, activists have told Turkish media.

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.