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  • March 17, 2023 UPDATE

    March 17, 2023 UPDATE

    ECCC The European Cybersecurity Competence Centre (ECCC) will be
    inaugurated on May 9th, on Europe Day, in Bucharest, at the Polytechnic
    University, rector Mihnea Costoiu told Radio Romania. He also said this is the
    first European agency headquartered in Romania’s capital. The ECCC has a
    4.5-billion euro budget for investment. Bucharest could thus become a hotspot
    for global cybersecurity leaders, given that the EU lays great emphasis on
    digital economy and protecting companies and citizens in the online
    environment. The ECCC aims to increase Europe’s cybersecurity capacities and
    competitiveness, working together with a Network of National Coordination
    Centres (NCCs) to build a strong cybersecurity community.


    NATO Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has eventually agreed
    with Finland’s NATO accession, but not with Sweden’s as well. We have decided
    to initiate the ratification of Finland’s accession process to NATO in our
    parliament, he said after a meeting in Ankara on Friday with his Finnish
    counterpart, Sauli Niinisto. As far as Sweden is concerned, the Turkish
    official said talks would be carried on. Hungary, the only other country yet to
    approve Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO accession, announced it would back Finland
    at the vote on March 27. Turkey’s veto so far to the 2 countries joining the
    Alliance revolved around what Ankara called the harbouring of terrorists,
    i.e. militants from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), on their territories.


    WARRANT The International Criminal Court Friday issued a warrant for
    the arrest of Russia’s president Vladimir Putin in relation to war crimes
    committed in Ukraine since the start of the invasion in that country, France
    Presse reports. Putin is allegedly responsible for the war crime of
    unlawful deportation of population (children) and that of unlawful transfer of
    population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation,
    the ICC said, and emphasised that there are reasonable grounds to believe that
    Mr Putin bears individual criminal responsibility for the aforementioned crimes.
    A similar arrest warrant was issued against Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, Commissioner
    for Children’s Rights in Russia. For over a year, the ICC has been
    investigating possible war crimes or crimes against humanity committed during the
    Russian invasion of Ukraine, with Moscow repeatedly denying allegations of its
    forces committing atrocities in Ukraine.


    FILM The nominations for the Gopo Awards, a yearly event dedicated
    to Romanian cinema, have been made public. The film Metronome, directed by
    Alexandru Belc, got most nominations, alongside Immaculate and Men of
    Deeds, with 10 nominations each. The awards ceremony will be held on April 25
    in Bucharest. (AMP)