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US LEADS THE WAY IN POST-QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY – BUT WILL CHANGES BE MADE IN TIME?
The USA-based National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) last November (2024) released a report saying it would formally advise against the use (‘deprecate’) of certain existing digital signature algorithms from 2030 – ECDSA, EdDSA and the RSA (1). It will do the same for certain key-establishment schemes – Finite Field DH and MQV; Elliptic Curve DH and MQC; and RSA.…
UKRAINE STEPS UP FIGHT AGAINST COMMERCIAL CRIME, BUT CONCERNS REMAIN
While Ukraine battles an invading Russian enemy currently occupying approximately 18% of Ukrainian territory (1), it is also focused on its battle with the ‘enemy within’, namely elevated levels of corruption and other commercial crime.
Since the Revolution of Dignity in 2014, Ukraine’s pro-Western authorities have worked tirelessly to align themselves with European Union (EU) anti-corruption and anti-fraud efforts, notably establishing the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) in 2014, which prepares corruption cases for prosecution by a Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office.…
INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – MERCOSUR DEAL COULD BOOST EU-SOUTH AMERICAN CONFECTIONERY TRADE
Confectionery and related ingredient sales between the European Union (EU) and the Mercosur countries of south America are set to rise after a trade agreement between the two blocs was finalised. A deal in principle had been held over since 2019 while details were ironed out, but these have now been resolved.…
PRIVATE-PUBLIC COOPERATION KEY TO FIGHT GROWING FRAUD, GLOBAL ANTI-SCAM SUMMIT HEARS
Financial institutions, social media platforms and regulators are meeting to boost data sharing and collaboration to counter the international surge in fraud. Paul Cochrane reports on the Global Anti-Scam Summit (GASS) Americas 2024.
Fraud is on an upward trajectory, with an estimated USD1.03 trillion lost globally to swindles over the past year, according to the 2024 Global State of Scams report by the Global Anti-Scam Alliance and anti-fraud tech company Feedzai (1).…
ENGLAND AND WALES RURAL ENTREPRENEURS INVEST AND DIVERSIFY, DESPITE TAX DISINCENTIVES
The UK countryside is not generally regarded as a cradle of innovation. However, business data and the increased visibility of rural business thanks to social media indicate that countryside entrepreneurship is emerging as a major contributor to the domestic start-up sector.…
NEW COMMISSION MUST KEEP EU FOOD SECTOR COMPETITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE, SAY INDUSTRY EXPERTS
The new European Commission (2024-2029) taking office on December 1, 2024, under reappointed Commission president Ursula von der Leyen should use its term of office to enable a strong, competitive agri-food chain. That was the message of European Union (EU) food industry experts speaking to Just Food this week.…
INDIA ENERGY MAJOR EXPANDS BIOGAS SERVICES AND GOVERNMENT DEVELOPS RENEWABLE ENERGY
India’s struggling biofuel industry may finally be picking up as the country’s oil refining major, Reliance Industries Ltd, announcing an Indian Rupees INR650 billion (USD7.72 billion) investment plan to set up 500 compressed biogas (CBG) plants over the next three years in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.…
DUTCH HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING FEARS INTENSIFY AS CALLS TO REVERSE CUTS ARE REJECTED
The Dutch higher education community has condemned massive cuts to the sector’s budget and caps on international student numbers, after the country’s ruling politicians rejected calls to rethink its controversial structural reforms.
On 27 November (2024), in a vote in the Dutch House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer), the Netherlands’ right wing four-party coalition led by Independent Prime Minister Dick Schoof supported a proposal spearheaded by Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science, Eppo Bruins of the New Social Contract party, to cut education funding by approximately EUR2 billion – half of which is earmarked for higher education – despite growing pressure from opposition parties who are threatening to block the plans in the Dutch Senate (Eerste Kamer) (https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/11/coalition-stands-firm-over-e2bn-education-cuts-despite-warnings/…
EU EDUCATION MINISTERS GIVE CAUTIOUS WELCOME TO EUROPEAN DEGREE
European Union (EU) education ministers and university experts have argued this week the creation of a European degree could boost cooperation between higher education institutions (HEIs), but that more work is needed to make it successful.
Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen, the European Commission’s director general for education, told EU education ministers (https://video.consilium.europa.eu/event/en/27718…
FASHION’S FIVE-YEAR COUNTDOWN
Fashion retailers worldwide have publicly committed themselves to achieving ambitious sustainability goals, ranging from reduced emissions to greater circularity of materials through more effective recycling. Some of these goals have been adopted from external sources, such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) (https://sdgs.un.org/goals…