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Brazil, the world’s fifth largest country by land area, is preparing to use its abundant natural resources and major renewable energy sector to become the world’s largest producer of green hydrogen (H2V). However, with several challenges to overcome, its likely success is tough to predict, say local experts.…

Cape Verde’s Atlantic Technical University (Universidade Técnica do Atlântico – UTA) is next month (October 1) opening a new travel industry-focused institute, offering new degrees in tourism management and promotion and civil aviation management.

This new Higher Institute of Aeronautics and Tourism (Instituto Superior de Aeronáutica e Turismo – ISAT) will operate within the public university in premises on the island of Sal, one of the smallest of this archipelago country.…

Portuguese textile and garment industry executives have told Just Style how they can attract more international buyers and export sales at a tough time for the sector, through its sustainability, quality, innovations and proximity to main markets.
They were speaking at the 60+4 edition of Modtissimo, the oldest international textile fair in the Iberian Peninsula, in Matosinhos, northern Portugal, on September 12-13 (1).…

The Indian clothing and textile industry is gearing up to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) powered technologies and other high-tech innovative manufacturing processes to remain competitive, a major industry gathering in Delhi saw last week.

Gartex Texprocess India, a textile industry exhibition with 170 exhibitors and about 15,000 visitors, held from August 1 to 3, also highlighted innovations in sustainable fabrics, eco-friendly trims and high-performance accessories.…

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has spoken out against a proposed Austrian law that might undermine its ability to probe transnational and national crime, through preventing its teams from seizing data that might compromise offenders.

This proposed legal amendment from Austria’s justice ministry would reserve the power to seize data and data storage devices in Austria to Austrian law enforcement.…

The new president of the European Apparel and Textile Organisation (EURATEX), the Portuguese textile entrepreneur Mario Jorge Machado, wants to push for a more united European Union (EU) to fight unfair competition worldwide.
Machado was elected by his peers during the Euratex’s general assembly on June 14.…

While the global footwear market is always buoyed by the basic human need for shoes, the supply chain difficulties caused by Covid-19 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the recent wave of inflation, has challenged the industry, especially high-end brands.

With inflation abating, manufacturers and retailers are starting to relax, however, with market researchers bullish about the footwear industry’s medium-term prospects.…

Portuguese academic associations are warning that a majority of students are considering emigration after they complete their courses, because job opportunities on offer are to scant and poorly paid to secure a good living. 

Surveys by the Coimbra Academic Association of the University of Coimbra (founded in 1290) and the Porto Academic Federation (Federação Académica do Porto – FAP), a platform for all HE student associations in Portugal’s second city, released worrying data before the country’s March parliamentary elections.…

The USA’s Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) has released its long-awaited rule on enhancing and standardising climate-related disclosures by companies listed in the USA and those undergoing public offerings. The rule largely follows single materiality principles of measuring the impact of climate change on reporters, with filers having to report climate-related risks reasonably likely to have a material impact on business strategy, model, operations and finances.…

But even though the Lava Jato task force was officially disbanded in 2021, Pierpaolo Bottini, partner at São Paulo-based Bottini & Tamasauskas Advogados, and a former director of the Economic Criminal Law of the Brazilian Institute of Criminal Sciences, said this abuse of crypto has been highlighted in cases he is defending. …