Following a relatively short time after the extraordinary parliamentary elections in Croatia, the new Government headed by prime minister Andrej Plenković proposed a comprehensive reform of the Croatian tax system, a tax reform that the minister of finance, Zdravko Marić, has been […]

The 4th Petar Šarčević international scientific conference is going to be held from 9-10 April 2015 in Rovinj, Croatia. It is dedicated to EU and national competition and state aid rules. The efficient enforcement of competition and state aid rules is one […]

As of yesterday, the web page of the Estonian Official Gazette (Riigi Tataja) contains the English translations of all Estonian acts currently in force, a number of bylaws, as well as acts which are no longer applied. The translations are available for […]

A law banning the sale of energy drinks to minors came into force in Lithuania on 1st November 2014. According to the Lithuanian government officials, Lithuania was the first country in the world to introduce such restrictions. The law was adopted back […]

Iceland is in the process of adopting an act that will change certain politically incorrect terms used in the Icelandic law, as part of the country’s obligations arising from the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Apparently, Icelandic laws […]

The issue of inventions created by employees of private or public entities, previously regulated in Romania by Law No. 64/1991 of October 11, 1991 on Patents (Romanian Patent Act), is now regulated by a separate act – Law 83/2014 on Employee Inventions […]

After years of relative neglect and gradual emergence from obscurity, the new millennium has witnessed ever more intense research projects, comments and case law on various issues falling within the area where the private international law and intellectual property law interconnect. Benedetta […]

Following a relatively long public and political discussion and negotiations on the possible contents of the new law, the Croatian Parliament adopted the new Employment Act, which came into force on 8 August 2014. As proclaimed by the Croatian Government – the […]

On 4th June 2014, the Slovakian parliament – the National Council – amended the country’s constitution to include the definition of marriage as a „unique bond between a man and a woman“. The amendment to the constitution was adopted with an overwhelming […]

The Irish High Court has ruled that a 26-year-old Irish woman, weighing only 27 kg and at risk of irreversible liver damage caused by a severe anorexia nervosa can be force fed against her wishes. The woman was hospitalized in late April […]