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UKRAINE STEPS UP FIGHT AGAINST COMMERCIAL CRIME, BUT CONCERNS REMAIN
While Ukraine battles an invading Russian enemy currently occupying approximately 18% of Ukrainian territory (1), it is also focused on its battle with the ‘enemy within’, namely elevated levels of corruption and other commercial crime.
Since the Revolution of Dignity in 2014, Ukraine’s pro-Western authorities have worked tirelessly to align themselves with European Union (EU) anti-corruption and anti-fraud efforts, notably establishing the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) in 2014, which prepares corruption cases for prosecution by a Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office.…
AUSTRALIA PLANS MASSIVE RENEWABLE ENERGY HUB IN PILBARA REGION
Australia is set to establish one of the world’s largest renewable energy production centres, capitalising on the vast solar and wind resources of the remote Pilbara region of the state of Western Australia. The private initiative, currently led by BP, represents a significant step in the nation’s push toward renewable energy and its current goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, encouraged by the country’s centre-left Labor government.…
UKRAINE STEPS UP FIGHT AGAINST COMMERCIAL CRIME, BUT CONCERNS REMAIN
Ukrainian authorities, with the support of their European counterparts, are working to rid Ukraine of its former corrupt past – they are having mixed success. Dylan Carter reports.
While Ukraine battles an invading Russian enemy currently occupying approximately 18% of Ukrainian territory (1), it is also focused on its battle with the ‘enemy within’, namely elevated levels of corruption and other commercial crime.…
USA AND EU PILE ON RUSSIA SANCTIONS UPON SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF INVASION
The USA, the European Union (EU) and the UK have released hundreds of new sanctions against Russians, Russian entities and associates overseas, one day ahead of the second anniversary of their country’s major invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
With the UK ministry of defence in December estimating that 320,000 Russian combatants have been wounded or killed in the invasion, the British government announced 50 new sanctions targeting individuals and businesses.…
BALKANS STATES STRUGGLE TO REFORM AML/CFT WITHOUT BIG STICK OF EU MEMBERSHIP
Balkans countries once part of Yugoslavia, still outside the European Union (EU) face a tough task upgrading their AML/CFT systems to appropriate international and EU standards. The record of three countries – Serbia, North Macedonia and Bosnia & Herzegovina – shows how remaining outside the EU and its AML legislation, places complete political responsibility on their national governments for difficult AML/CFT reforms, which they can be slow to undertake.…
PLEA FOR ACTION AS CHINESE IMPORTS PUSH EU SOLAR INDUSTRY TO BRINK OF COLLAPSE
The European Union’s (EU) solar panel manufacturing industry is under intense pressure from a glut of cheap Chinese imports. It is calling for urgent action to prop up the domestic EU supply chain to prevent bankruptcies and relocation of panel makers to southeast Asia and the United States.…
NAVIGATING TURBULENCE: CHALLENGES AND INNOVATIONS IN BULGARIA’S DAIRY INDUSTRY POST-PANDEMIC AND BEYOND
The Bulgarian dairy market and industry is struggling to survive and grow after the Covid-19 pandemic hit sales, followed by steep inflation and economic disruption caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But innovative companies are building a future by developing quality and new dairy products, making the most of Bulgaria’s special yoghurt and cheese traditions.…
EUROPEAN TEXTILE MANUFACTURERS CALL FOR COMPETITIVENESS TEST TO KEEP INDUSTRY CREATIVE
European textile companies increasingly overburdened by regulation say each new piece of European Union (EU) regulation they face should be assessed on the grounds of how it helps industry succeed in an increasingly competitive market. They say more should be done to boost a sector that employs 1.3 million workers in 192,000 companies and provides more than EUR67 billion’s worth of exports to the 27-country bloc, according to the European Apparel and Textile Confederation (Euratex).…
EU ROUND UP – QATARGATE SCANDAL FALLOUT PUSHES ANTI-GRAFT REFORMS AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
The Qatargate scandal continues to encourage the European Parliament and other European Union (EU) institutions to tighten protections against graft and inappropriate influence, especially from non-EU governments.
Its key suspect Greek MEP Eva Kaili has been under house arrest since May and has (as of July) yet to revisit the parliament, where she remains a full member.…
MONTENEGRO AML/CFT PROGRESS UNDER SCRUTINY BY MONEYVAL AS NEW PRESIDENT TAKES OFFICE
The AML/CFT system and laws of Montenegro is also under scrutiny by FATF-style regional body Moneyval, which launched a fifth round of mutual evaluation process of this small Balkan country last March. The country, which only became independent in 2006, although with a long pre-WW1 history of autonomy and formal independence, has a population of just 620,000.…