Europe

YEREVAN, February 27. /TASS/: Armenian President Armen Sarkissian decided on Saturday not to put his signature under Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s order to dismiss Chief of the General Staff Onik Gasparyan, who alongside the other military top brass, had demanded the prime minister’s resignation, the presidential press service said.

MOSCOW, February 27. /TASS/: Moscow believes that Head of the EU delegation to Moldova Peter Michalko’s criticism of the Moldovan Coordination Council for Television and Radio Broadcasts constitutes interference in the country’s domestic affairs, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The ministry noted that Michalko had criticized the council’s activities in a patronizing manner and called "for the creation of a legislative mechanism to protect Moldova from external disinformation."

MOSCOW, February 27. /TASS/: The coronavirus infection may become a seasonal disease in a year or two, Deputy Director for Clinical and Analytical Work at the Central Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology Natalya Pshenichnaya told TASS.

"Perhaps, it will happen in the next one to two years. COVID-19 has already started to show the signs of a seasonal illness. The rise in infections that was recorded in the fall of 2020 could be proof of that," she pointed out.

MOSCOW, February 27. /TASS/: Russia’s coronavirus cases grew by 11,534 in the past 24 hours, the total number of infected people has reached 4,234,720, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Saturday.

According to the crisis center, the growth rate in relative terms stands at 0.27%.

The lowest daily growth rates were registered in Tuva (0.03%), the Magadan Region, the Jewish Autonomous Region (0.05%), Adygea and Khakassia (0.08%).

HANOVER (Germany), Feb 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Abu Walaa, an Iraqi preacher accused of being the head of Daesh in Germany, was sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison.

LONDON (Reuters) -The new administration of U.S. President Joe Biden joins international talks on the global economy this week with other rich nations expecting a decisive break from the “America First” nationalism of Donald Trump.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will join Friday’s online meeting with her Group of Seven (G7) peers at which they are likely to renew promises to pursue huge stimulus programmes to aid the economic recovery from COVID-19.

KIEV, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Friday that a summit of the Nomandy Four leaders is needed to achieve progress in conflict resolution in Donbas, according to Interfax-Ukraine news agency.

"Despite all the efforts made at other levels, we understand that to take the next step, a decision is needed," Kuleba said during a press conference after talks with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian in Paris.

For his part, the French diplomat said that there was some progress at the 2019 Normandy Four summit in Paris.

BAKU, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev praised Chinese partners on Friday for upholding their COVID-19 vaccine supply commitments, as he expressed concern over what he believes is an apparent disparity in global vaccine distribution.

27 Feb 2021; MEMO: The Kremlin announced on Friday that it is closely monitoring the situation in Syria in the wake of the US airstrikes in the country and maintaining close contact with the Syrian authorities.

26 Feb 2021; MEMO: A UK-born woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Daesh should not be allowed to return to Britain to challenge the government taking away her citizenship because she poses a security risk, Britain's Supreme Court ruled today according to Reuters.