The Government of the Czech Republic has introduced new regulations opening up the country's labour market to citizens of nine countries.

April 2025 – Sustainable energy production is playing an increasingly significant role in Hungary's energy policy. As part of this initiative, the Hungarian government's recently launched Jedlik Ányos Energy Program...

August 2018 – Many companies have business reasons to conduct certain work activities for an uninterrupted period exceeding five days.

Romania's National Regulatory Authority for Mining, Petroleum and Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide (ANRMPSG) has announced a new bidding procedure for 18 exploration concessions...

September 2025 – Although biomethane has been regulated by Romania's Gas Law no. 123/2012 the ("Law 123/2012") for many years, in practice the development of projects...

Recently approved amendments to the Slovak Labour Code and Employment Services Act impose new obligations on employers in Slovakia as of January 2019.

Pursuant to Article 12 of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698, "In case the processed data is collected by third parties through unlawful methods, the data controller shall notify the data subject ...

Ukraine has taken a step towards liberalising regulations on the use of cannabis-based medicines. In particular, the Cabinet of Ministers has legalized...

On 13 March 2026, the Diia state portal technically implemented a mechanism for the temporary reservation of employees of defence sector companies with military registration violations.

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) significantly eases the temporary currency restrictions imposed under martial law and, among other things, simplifies the terms of servicing residents...

Olexander Martinenko, Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution at Kinstellar's Kyiv office, was recently instructed as a Ukrainian expert witness by a successful claimant...

The Ukrainian parliament has passed the Law "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Concerning Mandatory Registration and Use of Electronic Offices in the Unified Judicial Information...

Sony PlayStation is accused of abusing its dominant position by overcharging millions of gamers as well as developers and publishers for six years. It is alleged that Sony made people overpay for its products and services by...

A short interview with Kinstellar client Michal Štencl—Executive Chairman & Founder of Sygic and leader of a team of volunteers developing mobile apps for the Slovak government in the fight...

Welcome to GTO / Kinstellar's podcast series! Today's episode features a discussion on force majeure clauses in international business contracts within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

On Monday, May 30, the Czech National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NÚKIB) issued a fresh warning on potential cybersecurity threats stemming from the use of energy-related technical...

On Monday, 9 February 2026, the Czech National Cyber and Information Security Agency ("Czech Cybersecurity Authority") issued and dispatched more than 4,800 administrative decisions...

As described in our previous newsletter in September 2024, profit taxpayers and microenterprise income tax taxpayers in Romania benefit from a 3% discount of their annual profit/income...

August 2025 – Following up on our initial article regarding the transposition of the NIS2 Directive (EU) 2022/2555 ("NIS2") in Romania via Government Emergency Ordinance no. 155/30.12.202...

Uzbekistan has enacted groundbreaking Islamic Banking Law that establishes a dual banking system, allowing Sharia-compliant financial services to operate alongside conventional banking for the first time. The legislation introduces comprehensive amendments across multiple legal codes and is designed to attract foreign investment from OIC countries while integrating informal economy funds into the formal banking sector.