October 8, 2024 UPDATE
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Newsroom, 08.10.2024, 20:00
Commemoration – The Chamber of Deputies in Bucharest hosted an event, on Tuesday, to commemorate the victims of the terrorist attack of 7th October 2023 in Israel. Representatives of the embassies accredited in Bucharest, senior officials, diplomats, victims and survivors of the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023 attended the event. The participants strongly condemned the aggression of the Hamas group against the State of Israel and launched a call for the release of the hostages from the Gaza Strip. The ambassador of the State of Israel in Bucharest, Lior Ben Dor, declared that the terrorist attack of October 7 represents the greatest tragedy after the Holocaust. The representatives of the State of Israel thanked the Romanian authorities for the gestures of solidarity and friendship shown without reservations. On Monday, one year after the Hamas attacks against the State of Israel, the Romanian government reiterated its firm condemnation, as well as the appeals for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages still held captive by the terrorist organization.
Law – The Chamber of Deputies in Bucharest on Tuesday passed a bill stipulating that causing or facilitating prostitution or obtaining a profit from prostitution by minors is punishable with 7 to 15 years in prison or 10 to 20 in case of persons with previous convictions for crimes against sexual freedom and integrity, child pornography, people trafficking, child trafficking and pimping. The bill amends and supplements the Criminal Code in respect of the criminalization of people trafficking and pimping. The crime of exploitation will also include obliging a person to commit acts covered by criminal law.
Tennis – The Romanian-Spanish pair Monica Niculescu/Cristina Bucşa qualified, on Tuesday, in the round of 16 of the doubles of the WTA 1,000 tennis tournament in Wuhan (China), which has total prizes worth over 3.2 million dollars. The two athletes defeated the pair Demi Schuurs (Netherlands)/Luisa Stefani (Brazil) 6-0, 3-6, 10-4. Niculescu and her partner born in Chişinău, in the Republic of Moldova, champions this year in Strasbourg, will play, in the round of 16, against the pair Ana Danilina (Kazakhstan)/Irina Hromaceva (Russia).
Nobel – John Hopfield, from the United States, and Canadian Geoffrey Hinton won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in the field of machine learning using artificial neural networks. According to a press release from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, “This technology was originally inspired by the structure of the brain. In an artificial neural network, the brain’s neurons are represented by nodes that have different values. These nodes influence each other through connections that can be likened to synapses and which can be made stronger or weaker. The network is trained, for example by developing stronger connections between nodes with simultaneously high values.”
Heritage – Top heritage experts and European and Romanian high-ranking officials gathered in Bucharest to discuss public policy priorities for the protection of cultural heritage at EU level as part of the European Cultural Heritage Summit held between the 6th and the 8th of October. The event was organized by the Europa Nostra network under the patronage of the Romanian president and with the support of the European Commission, the Ministry of Culture and Bucharest City Hall. Researchers, decision makers, artists, historians and leading figures from civil society and the community of European heritage met on Tuesday for an event entitled “European Heritage Policy Agora – Upholding Quality Principles in Heritage Conservation”. Talks focused on the concept of quality in the restoration and preservation of cultural heritage, as well as the priorities for the future agenda of the European Commission. The participants analyzed the links between the EU’s major policies, such as the Green Deal and New European Bauhaus, and the key documents on the preservation of heritage, such as the European Quality Principles and the Davos Baukultur Quality System.
