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CONTRACTORS at Sint Maarten’s hurricane-battered airport are battling against the clock to complete major repairs by the start of the new tourist season in November.

Princess Juliana International Airport was one of several across the Caribbean pummeled by catastrophic Hurricane Irma in September 2017.…

Dairy producers may find it more difficult to protect distinctive products from copies in the European Union (EU) after recent legal decisions confirming the tough standard of evidence manufacturers need to meet to claim intellectual property (IP) rights over food characteristics.…

THE LONG-delayed Berlin Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport (BER) is still under construction and the project may need another EUR500. However, no decision has been made about where the money will be sourced and two of the airport’s major shareholders (the states of Berlin and Brandenburg – 37% each) do not want to use further public funds.…

JOINING expertise from the public and private sector to combat money laundering or terrorism financing (TF) aided by virtual currencies (VCs) is the way forward, financial crime experts told MEPs at the June 18 meeting of the European Parliament’s special committee on terrorism.…

THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has today confirmed that ritual slaughter without stunning may take place only in the EU within a slaughterhouse licenced and approved by regulatory authorities. This rule should stand, its judges have said, even if temporary demand for ritual slaughter – for instance during a religious festival – would exceed the capacity of local slaughterhouses to handle potential business.…

Enhancing the quality of passenger experience while maintaining maximum security was a recurring theme during the Dubai Airport Show 2018. The annual airport industry event, held from May 7 to 9, drew more than 7,500 visitors.

Covering 15,000 square metres of space across three halls of the iconic Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, its 18^th edition hosted more than 350 exhibitors from 60 countries.…

Irish meat and livestock exporters could soon bypass the UK by shipping products directly to continental Europe, in a bid to avoid increased costs and customs checks at British ports, once the UK leaves the European Union (EU).

According to the Irish Exporters Association (IEA), around 67% of Irish exporters currently make use of the UK land-bridge to access continental markets.…

AFTER years of sluggish growth and even contraction, the UK paint and coatings sector is set to rebound this year thanks to a booming domestic automotive manufacturing sector. However, this optimism has yet to be felt across the sector due to uncertainly the industry is facing ahead of Brexit.…

THE EUROPEAN Parliament has backed, at today’s (April 19) Strasbourg plenary session, the proposed fifth European Union (EU) anti-money laundering directive (5AMLD) imposing stricter rules to prevent money laundering and terrorism financing.

MEPs supported – by 574 votes to 13, with 60 abstentions – a December 2017 deal struck on the text reached with EU member states on the EU Council of Ministers.…

A STALLED project to make and test aviation biofuel in South Africa has offered a test case on how supply chain problems can prevent such innovative initiatives from making progress.

The launch of Project Solaris in 2014 as an international initiative between aviation and fuel sector partners to develop sustainable jet biofuel from the solaris crop attracted substantial media coverage for heralding in a new era in African aviation.…