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As the Nordic paint and coatings sector moves towards increasing sustainability, reducing its carbon and other emissions, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), the region’s market is facing significant challenges. Inflation of prices for finished products is dampening demand – annual inflation in Sweden in December was 12.3%; Norway 5.9%; Denmark 7.7%; and Finland 9.1%.…

If proof were needed that the European Union (EU) was genuinely concerned about the boom in energy prices sparked by Russia’s bloody invasion of Ukraine, it is surely a decision made by the EU Council of Ministers on September 30 to back an EU energy tax law, for implementation on December 1 (2022).…

Luxury knitwear and lingerie producers in the European Union (EU) have been banned from selling and supplying goods worth more than EUR300-a-piece to Russia, as the country’s military continues its invasion of Ukraine. The sanctions, imposed by the EU Council of Ministers bans even indirect sales via third parties to individual Russian consumers, traders and companies.…

The Australian coating and paint market withstood the Covid-19 pandemic downturn comparatively well, despite prolonged lockdowns of major cities, with industrial paint sales and private renovation projects boosting the market. Across the Tasman Sea, New Zealand’s even stricter Covid-19 lockdown regulations have hampered growth, however companies have used downtime to innovate.…

When the can manufacturing sector looks at the Czech Republic, it focuses especially on beer. The country, trading on its tasty classic lagers, is a brewing giant. In 2020 the overall production of beer in Czech Republic was 20.1 million hectolitres, of which 5 million hectolitres was exported, said the Czech Beer and Malt Association (its most recent figures).…

Greece is making an organised and coordinated attempt towards internationalising its academic institutions, boosting the global reputation of its higher education sector.

A key element of this strategy is the government’s Study in Greece (SiG) project (1), which encourages foreign students and academics to work in Greece, highlighting non-Greek language courses (especially English-language studies) at Greek Universities, and which has been operating since 2015.…

British and Swiss banks have been fined a total of EUR344 million for operating a cartel coordinating their foreign exchange (forex) spot trades of the world’s 11 most important currencies – USD, EUR, GBP, Japanese Yen, Swiss francs; Canadian, Australian and New Zealand dollars; Danish and Norwegian krone and Swedish Kroner.…

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The concept of bespoke tailoring and couture has long been regarded as the apex of clothing and textile making, given that it matches a garment closely to its wearer and intended use. Until now, such personal apparel has inevitably been expensive, given runs are individualised – indeed, bespoke has been the antithesis of mass-produced fast fashion.…

While the estimation of sources of laundered money is made imprecise by its inherent covert nature, the United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime (UNODC) has estimated that the amount of criminal proceeds processed annually is 2%-5% of global GDP, or USD800 billion to USD2 trillion.…

European and US interest in carbon capture and storage/sequestration (CCS) and carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) is continuing to surge as governments make ever more ambitious climate change commitments.

In tandem with improvements in technology mean capturing carbon dioxide (CO₂) emitted from industrial processes, power generation or directly from the air, and either storing or using it, CCS/CCUS is no longer viewed as a marginal solution with limited applications. …