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Posted: March 1st, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
Taxation - Albania's tax procedures have been amended by a law that became effective on February 5, 2010. Law No. 10209 amends tax reporting, violation, and penalty provisions of the Law on Tax Procedures. There will no longer...
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Posted: March 1st, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
Customs - Under the association agreement signed by the European Union and Israel, products made in Israel and imported into the European Union qualify for preferential treatment. In 2009, Israeli exports to the EU amounted to 8.8 billion...
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Posted: March 1st, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
Women - Under a 1992 European Union directive, pregnant women are entitled to a minimum of 14 weeks of paid maternity leave, and employers are required to pay them at no less than the rate for sick leave....
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Posted: March 1st, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
Human rights - On February 23, 2010, in Ahmet Arslan and Others v. Turkey, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found that Turkey had violated article 9 (freedom of thought, conscience, and religion) of the European Convention on...
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Posted: March 1st, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
Criminal law and procedure - On February 11, 2010, Israel's Supreme Court, in an extended bench of nine justices, repealed a statutory provision that had authorized a court to permit a hearing on the extension of detention of a security suspect...