-
Posted: July 30th, 2009, 12:00pm MSD
Taxation - In 2009, the Republic of Belarus joined the countries that have a flat income tax system. Previously, income tax rates for individuals as defined under the Law of the Republic of Belarus on Natural Persons' Income...
-
Posted: July 30th, 2009, 12:00pm MSD
Communications and electronic information - On July 9, 2009, in a news item on the crackdown on the sale of "clone phones" (shanzhai, black market or "knockoff" goods) made in mainland China, Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) urged people to use...
-
Posted: July 30th, 2009, 12:00pm MSD
International cultural relations - Nepal and Sri Lanka agreed on July 25, 2009, to undertake increased cooperation in several key areas, after their respective foreign secretaries engaged in a wide-ranging discussion of the two countries' relations. The talks covered 15...
-
Posted: July 30th, 2009, 12:00pm MSD
Constitutional law - On July 25, 2009, after a year-long trial, the Supreme Court of Nepal ruled that Vice President Parmananda Jha's taking of the oath of office in Hindi, instead of Nepali, on July 23, 2008, was unconstitutional....
-
Posted: July 30th, 2009, 12:00pm MSD
Cultural property - In recent years, the Government of New Zealand has made concerted efforts to recover preserved Maori heads taken abroad so that they can be returned to the appropriate tribe (iwi) for burial. New Zealand has signed...