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The Greek government is seeking to grow English language higher education courses by approving a new law which will aid the creation of new English taught degrees run by Greek universities with overseas HE institutions. While these programmes were already legal, the new law clarifies how they should be operated and controlled by administrative and academic staff.…

While the torrent of international sanctions imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine on February 24 have slowed, the breadth and complexity of these measures have continued to challenge compliance officials in banks and other financial services.

An American Bankers Association (ABA) paper released this month noted that the sanctions deluge had been “unprecedented in its speed, complexity, and global impact”.…

Halal hunted game meat is becoming more popular as a healthier and premium alternative product in wealthier countries with large Muslim communities.

There are no international standards for halal game, but, according to The New Muslim Guide (https://www.newmuslimguide.com/en/your-food-and-drink/66, written by author Fahd ibn Saalim Baa Hammaam, working with Islamic scholars, “Muslims are permitted to hunt lawful animals and birds which cannot be easily caught and slaughtered”, so long as they are eaten.…

Cooperation with the paint and coatings sector is enabling innovators within the solar power technology industry to deliver on its promise to be a key means to decarbonise the global economy. Offering a key alternative to dealing with surging fossil fuel energy prices amidst Russia’s bloody and destructive invasion of Ukraine, paint and coatings companies are increasingly optimising solar generation.…

With financial fraud booming, the market for forensic accounting – uncovering financial crime through the study of accounting data, bank records and associated company data – is also growing fast.

A report from US and UK-based Market Research Future (MRFR) issued last October (2021) predicted that the global forensic accounting market would be worth annual receipts of USD8.85 billion by 2025, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.2%.…

With moves to sustainability conformity strengthening across the textile industry, rules protecting consumers and finishing workers, as well as the environment, are strengthening, notably to reduce textile dye allergies. Dye producers Colorifix, from Norwich, East Anglia, England, says this has led to “biology replacing chemistry” in dye production, enabling finishers to market products as provide positive health benefits not just preventing allergic reactions.…

Halal certification systems are many and varied worldwide, but if they have one uniting feature, it is their use of logos, affixed to products, buildings and publicity, to promote the importance of their guidelines.

These symbols are important to certification bodies, and time and imagination is spent on making them distinct, even if their designs are not universally popular.…

A British parliamentary committee gave the director of the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Lisa Osofsky, a roasting March 29 just days after the Court of Appeal quashed a second conviction in the Unaoil bribery case. Former company executive Paul Bond had challenged his March 2021 conviction after a December 10 ruling overturned that of his former colleague Ziad Akle.…

RUSSIA’s invasion of Ukraine will damage European Union (EU)-Russia trade in clothing including knitwear, but Russia will continue to make woolen clothes, say experts. Meanwhile, the war launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin is devastating Ukraine’s knitwear production and retail sector.…

Fraud skyrocketed in the UK in 2021 as the pandemic drove work, shopping and daily life online, two April 28 official reports confirm. Fraud and computer misuse jumped 54% year on year to December 2021, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) ‘Crime in England and Wales: year ending December 2021′ (1).…