Author: Dabaghian Diana

Arsenal ended Manchester United’s 25-match unbeaten run in the Premier League and kept up their hopes of securing a place in the top four, the BBC reports.

After a largely uneventful first half, Granit Xhaka opened the scoring with a deflected shot from distance, which looped over goalkeeper David de Gea.

And they doubled their lead three minutes later when Danny Welbeck headed home against his former club after a pinpoint cross from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Jose Mourinho introduced Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard to try to rescue the game, but they failed to bring the visitors to life.

The result means Arsenal remain in sixth place but are two points off United in fifth and six points off Manchester City in fourth, with a game in hand over both teams.

“Shocked” Borussia Dortmund players will “pull together” when they face Monaco, 24 hours after their team bus was damaged by explosions in Germany.

Defender Marc Bartra fractured his wrist in the incident, which led to Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final first leg being postponed.

The match has been rescheduled for Wednesday, with a 17:45 BST kick-off.

“In such a crisis situation, all of Borussia will pull together,” said chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke, the reports.

“The team and coaches were shocked. Now we must channel it in some way.”

Dortmund said Bartra had an operation on Tuesday after “breaking the radial bone in his arm and getting bits of debris lodged in his hand”.

The 26-year-old, who has played 12 times for Spain, joined Dortmund from Barcelona in June last year.

Captain Marcel Schmelzer said: “We’re all in shock and our thoughts are with Marc. We hope that he will make a speedy recovery.”

The bus was damaged at 18:15 BST on Tuesday – 90 minutes before kick-off – when it was about six miles from the Westfalenstadion in Dortmund.

Police said there were three explosions in the vicinity of the coach. They called it “a targeted attack” and found a letter at the scene, but did not disclose its contents.

They are preparing for a “large deployment” at the rescheduled game.

UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin will participate in the groundbreaking ceremony of a football academy in Vagharshapat, Armenia, on April 12. President Serzh Sargsyan will be present at the event.

The UEFA President will later visit the Football Academy and will hold a briefing with reporters after the tour.

Professors Andrés Serralta and Marcelo Desena by the Faculty of Humanities and Education of the University of Montevideo, have published their educational research book “Teaching Armenian Genocide. Theory, Methodology and Didactics,” the University’s official website informs.

According to the source, the work was presented by national authorities in the area of education and human rights, before a public that brought together personalities from national and international human rights organizations as well as social organizations, community entities, educators and national cultural referents.

This work complements a previous work of historical research, “Armenian Genocide 1915 -1923. Antecedents, perpetration and consequences, “which dealt with general aspects of the Armenian Genocide and its international recognition.

The Belarusian Belavia Airline will resume Minsk-Yerevan-Minsk direct flights from May 2017.

The General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia has provided the air company with a license to operate regular flights.

In the summer navigation period Belavia plans to operate flights twice a week on Wednesdays and Sundays.

The last flight along the route was carried out on February 4, 2016.

France is ready to host a meeting between the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan if they reach an agreement, French Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Stéphane Visconti said after talks with Artsakh President Bako Sahakyan in Stepanakert, reports.

On his first visit to Nagorno Karabakh, Mr. Visconti said he’s delighted with the beauty of Stepanakert. “It was a pleasant surprise to me,” he said.

Speaking about negotiations, the Co-Chair said “the process continues and there is a rich dialogue between the parties.”

“It’s not visible to everyone. We cannot disclose details, as the negotiations are confidential. It does not mean, however, that nothing is being done. To continue the talks, it’s first necessary to exclude ceasefire violations at the line of contact. The parties have to make concessions to move forward,” Stéphane Visconti told reporters.

A Ural vehicle of the Defense Ministry crashed into a Volkswagen Golf on Sotk-Karvachar highway.

Ten soldiers were injured as a result of the accident, two of them seriously, Defense Ministry Spokesman Artsrun Hovhannisyan told Tert.am.

Hovhannisyan refrained from further comments on the servicemen’s health condition, but said they will be transported to Yerevan.

The Armenian “Taron-Avia” air company will start operating regular and  non-regular flights from Gyumri’s Shirak Airport from April, 2017, Press Service of the General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia reports.

The launching of flights will contribute to the creation of new jobs and intensification of economic development and tourism in the region.

Armenia has chosen the song for Eurovision 2017.

Late last year the Public TV Company of Armenia (AMPTV) announced an open competition for submissions for Artsvik’s entry for the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. More than 300 composers and songwriters from all over the world submitted their work but only 10 songs were shortlisted. After a careful consideration, AMPTV’s creative team, together with Artsvik, have made their choice – Fly With Me, Eurovision’s official website reports. 

Fly With Me was composed by Lilith and Levon Navasardyan, who are known to Eurovision fans for Aram MP3’s Not Alone from the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, Mika’s Love (Junior Eurovision 2015) and Iveta Mukuchyan’s LoveWave from last year. Lyrics were written by Avet Barseghyan and David Tserunyan.