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A PROPOSAL to cut funding for the Fogarty International Center from the upcoming USA federal government budget by President Donald Trump’s administration has prompted an outcry from academics and educators across Africa.

For decades Fogarty, part of the USA National Institutes of Health (NIH), has been instrumental in developing medical teaching and research capacity on the continent.…

THE BURGEONING automotive manufacturing sector of central Europe’s Slovakia is paying close attention to an inquiry by the European Union (EU) executive, the European Commission, into how its government supports the sector. The upcoming decision by the Commission, which has powers to ensure national governments do not distort the EU’s single market by subsidising local industrial champions, could have significant implication for the future of Slovakia’s auto sector.…

With an ever-increasing reliance on technology and global shift towards renewable energy to protect the planet’s resources, the Nordic industrial minerals sector finds itself at something of a crossroads in terms of sustainability.

Home to some of the world’s largest reserves of minerals used in critical technologies, with a profitable future predicted, the industry is being closely monitored by Nordic regulatory authorities to ensure mining is conducted as ethically and sustainably as possible.…

THE EUROPEAN Commission has warned that the Chinese government is planning to introduce what it calls “unjustifiable food certification requirements” for imports into China. This alert comes in a new annual report from the EU executive on international trade and investment barriers, looking at developments last year (2016) and upcoming changes.…

SERBIA’S Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport handled its first direct flight to New York, USA, last June (2016) and thus grabbed an extraordinary opportunity to start re-positioning itself as a south-east Europe hub offering flight connections.

Domestic airline Air Serbia has been successfully operating this route to John F Kennedy International Airport, but the preparations at the Nikola Tesla for handling transatlantic flights was not smooth at all.…

ZIMBABWE government plans to roll out a USD300 million livestock development programme aimed at resuscitating the country’s ailing meat production sector have prompted mixed reactions from industry experts. Agriculture minister Dr Joseph Made last week (June 22) announced this ‘Command Livestock’ scheme, saying it would be backed by financing from the Preferential Trade Area Bank, a development institution for southern and eastern Africa, and private financiers.…

CJ CHEILJEDANG Corp, South Korea’s leading maker of processed foods, in a Korea Exchange (KRX) filing on June 12^th announced KRW541 billion (USD479.3 million) investment into the construction of a processed food production facility in Jincheon County in central South Korea.…

Vnesheconombank (VEB), one of Russia’s largest state-owned banks, may gain control over much of the Eurodon Group, the major Russia-based turkey producer, from its current owner, high profile business leader Vadim Vaneev, according to regulatory sources. The move, should it happen, would be because of money owed by Eurodon to VEB.…

Open source intelligence (OSINT) is becoming an increasingly attractive tool of choice for lawmakers and other bodies investigating and trying to prevent fraud. With so much data now available online, OSINT’s rich seam of data from newspapers, radio and television, academic papers, government and other public records, and commercial websites can provide exceptionally valuable information, especially when analysed by sophisticated big data analysis software. …

The macro-economic slowdown experienced by Latin America in recent years has thrown the brakes on what had been impressive growth in the beauty and personal care sector since the turn of the century.

Much of the region is now looking for ways to stimulate the sector, tempering ambitions by aiming for more gradual growth rather than runaway success.…