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New members of the European Commission have been proposed for the next 2024-29 term, starting November 1, with paint and coating industry lobbyists facing experienced hands in the key trade and economy/de-regulation portfolios. Re-appointed Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has nominated Maroš Šefčovič, of Slovakia, as trade and economic security; interinstitutional relations and transparency Commissioner, for example.…

Research, innovation and education must be the centre of European Union (EU) policy making and the EU should invest more in it. That is a key message of Mario Draghi – former European Central Bank (ECB) president and Italian Prime Minister in his report on ‘The Future of European Competitiveness’ released on September 9, in Brussels.…

Cybercrime has spanned national borders as it has increased exponentially in recent years. However, despite often being carried out in multiple jurisdictions that require a coordinated multinational response, tackling such crime has been hampered by the lack of international cooperation. Paul Cochrane reports.…

European Union (EU) ministers have debated developing a European degree system at an informal meeting of higher education and research ministers in Budapest, Hungary on Monday and Tuesday (September 16/17), although the meeting was overshadowed by an ongoing row about Hungary’s access to EU education programmes.…

The Australian government has proposed a comprehensive set of AML reforms within formal legislation that is now under discussion in the country’s House of Representatives and Senate (1).

A key goal is answering criticisms of Australia that its AML/CFT regime was too narrowly focused.…

Venezuela, whose July presidential election has been contested by its political opposition as fraudulent, is facing an increase in financial controls having been grey listed by FATF this June (2024). This was over failures to respond to the global body’s requests for improvements in AML/CFT.…

The paint markets of the Levant – Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine (now recognised by the UN as a state, even though it has no unified governance) – are all reeling from ongoing conflict and economic instability. The more developed and export-orientated markets of Lebanon and Israel are however releasing new innovative paint products.…

The Argentina tobacco leaf sector is optimistic about its 2025 season (February to April), thanks to the policies launched by the government of the libertarian and right-wing outsider President Javier Milei, who took office last December (2023), and growing international demand.…

Terms of reference for a United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation have been agreed by an ad hoc UN committee, including integrating commitments on tackling tax avoidance and tax evasion, plus equitable taxation of multinationals. A UN member state-led negotiating committee will now meet in 2025, 2026 and 2027 for at least three sessions per year to complete and submit a final text to the UN general assembly for approval.…

Amid growing calls for higher performance adhesives to drive forward the renewable energy sector, their ability to extend the life of equipment and aid in their dismantling are proving just as valuable.

Indeed, a key research focus is on such adhesives’ debonding qualities.…