Henrikh Mkhitaryan, captain of the Armenian national football team and midfielder of London’s Arsenal has answered some blitz questions in an interview soon after being transferred from Manchester United.

Lt. General Levon Mnatsakanyan, the defense minister and commander of the military of Artsakh held a press conference on January 24 in the country’s Army Information Center. The press conference was dedicated to the year results of the military for 2017.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan, the Armenian football superstar who was recently transferred from Manchester United to Arsenal, will get more than 200,000 pounds a week in the London club, Daily Star reported.

The share of food in the consumer basket in Armenia is 41%, in Georgia 30%, Russia – 31% and Turkey 22%. Based on this the increase in prices of food greatly affects the overall figure of inflation in Armenia than in other countries of the region, President of the Central Bank Artur Javadyan said during the parliamentary hearings on the possibilities to mitigate price increase.

In order to carry out an effective social policy in Armenia it’s necessary to ensure a sustainable economic growth, for which an important precondition is to attract private investments, Finance minister Vardan Aramyan told reporters.

Armenia’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan, the midfielder of Manchester United, has been officially transferred to London’s Arsenal.

President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan on January 19 introduced Armen Sargsyan who is the candidate of the Republican Party of Armenia for the position of the country’s President. Taking into account the fact that the President of the country will be elected not by the people, but the parliament, Armen Sargsyan almost has no chances to lose the election.

During the period from January 14 to 20 the Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasefire regime about 150 times by firing more than 1800 shots at the Armenian positions in the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact.

World famous French-Armenian singer Charles Aznavour commented on the death of world-famous rock legend Johnny Hallyday, stating that he was very upset about that.

Ben Rhodes and Samantha Power, key foreign policy advisers to former US President Barack Obama, have apologized for not recognizing what has happened to Armenians in the Ottoman Empire 100 years ago as genocide – a topic that would deteriorate the American-Turkish relations, Politico reports.