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OPEN UNIVERSITY OF TANZANIA OPENS NEW FRONTIERS ABROAD
The Open University of Tanzania (OUT) is reaching out to higher education institutions in other neighbouring countries to establish collaborations that will encourage more foreign students to enroll for distance learning.
University vice chancellor Professor Tolly Mbwette said the institution’s board hoped to spread its influence regionally: “We are now the largest distance learning university in the region and our plan is to take distance learning to most countries in East Africa and those under the Southern African Development Community [SADC] by 2016.”…
NEW EUROPEAN COMMISSION PUSHES AHEAD WITH NEW ENERGY SECURITY POLICIES
As a matter of urgency, the European Union (EU) should get involved in the common purchase of gas, Maroš Šefčovič, newly installed European Commission vice-president for energy has told an international meeting of experts in Brussels.
The meeting was called to discuss energy policy and competitiveness, topics claimed as one of the top ten priorities of the new Commission of president Jean-Claude Juncker, and policies that Šefčovič is charged with coordinating, with new energy and climate action Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete.…
SWEDEN GETS NEW MEAT TRADE ORGANISATION
Sweden’s meat sector has established Svenska Köttföretagen (SKF), a new broad-based trade organisation that will promote the industry’s special interests and provide expert advice to members.
The SKF’s founding owners comprise Sweden’s biggest slaughterhouses, including Skövde Slakteri, Dalsjöfors Kött, KLS Ugglarps, Dahlbergs, Ginsten and Nyhléns Hugosons.…
IRISH HARDEST HIT BY RUSSIAN BAN ON BOVINE OFFAL AND FATS
IRELAND has been especially hard hit by the latest expansion of Russia’s ban on European Union (EU) meat exports, figures released today by the European Commission reveal.
Moscow has expanded its existing import restrictions to cover beef offal and beef fats.…
CANADA-EU TRADE AGREEMENT LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF QUALIFICATIONS IN NURSING
THE COMPREHENSIVE Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union (EU) will make it easier for both jurisdictions to recognise each other’s nursing certifications. Political leaders celebrated the end of negotiations in September in Ottawa, Canada (Sept 26).…
IFRS FACES MANY CHALLENGES, BUT THE BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THE COSTS
INTERNATIONAL Financial Reporting Standards’ (IFRS) are not perfect, but their benefits to the European Union (EU) have outweighed their costs, an Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) event in Brussels heard on September 25. The European Commission is carrying out its first public consultation on the impact of IFRS in the European Union (EU), seeking formal comments by October 31, helping it generate policy proposals by the end of this year.…
EU ENDS SUPPORT FOR CHEESE, CONTINUES SUPPORT FOR BUTTER, SKIMMED MILK POWDER
THE EUROPEAN Commission has ended the special measure giving private storage aid to manufacturers of cheese of bearing European Union (EU) geographical indications suffering from Russia’s import ban, but it continues it for butter and skimmed milk powder.
Brussels decided on September 23 to end the cheese storage aid scheme “following a disproportionate surge in interest from cheese producers in certain regions not traditionally exporting significant quantities to Russia”, a statement released on the day reads.…
EU RUSSIA DAIRY BAN INTERVENTION IMAGES
THE EUROPEAN Commission has ended the special measure giving private storage aid to manufacturers of cheese of bearing European Union (EU) geographical indications suffering from Russia’s import ban, but it continues it for butter and skimmed milk powder.
Brussels decided on September 23 to end the cheese storage aid scheme “following a disproportionate surge in interest from cheese producers in certain regions not traditionally exporting significant quantities to Russia”, a statement released on the day reads.…
OECD TAX BURDENS CONTINUE TO RISE
THE AVERAGE tax burden in the developed countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) have continued to rise, up 0.4% in 2013, to 34.1% of GDP, compared with 33.7% in 2012 and 33.3% in 2011. A new OECD report said the largest 2013 increases were in Portugal, Turkey, Slovakia, Finland, and Denmark, which has the highest tax-to-GDP ratio among OECD countries – 48.6%, followed by France, 45%, and Belgium, 44.6%.…
NEW EUROPEAN COMMISSIONERS NOMINATED
A NEW team of European Union commissioners, impacting on metal industry-related policies for the next five years, was unveiled today in Brussels. The incoming Commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, announced his team, who will be charged especially with promoting job creation and economic growth across the EU.…