Serbia's National Bank has proposed amendments to the Law on Interchange Fees and Special Operating Rules for Card-based Payment Transactions, introducing caps on interchange fees for both domestic and international card transactions. The draft legislation distinguishes between card-present and card-not-present transactions, with fees ranging from 2% to 15% depending on transaction type, marking a significant shift in the country's financial regulatory framework as part of its EU accession process.

Two draft laws to regulate private detective activities in Ukraine have recently been introduced in the Ukrainian parliament.

Uzbekistan has joined the Paris agreement on climate change.

As of the close of 2022, Serbia's banking sector faced challenges amid global economic conditions. The year 2023 brought its distinct set of obstacles, with a noteworthy slowdown...

The European Union has successfully established a single market for goods and services, yet its capital markets remain fragmented and less efficient than those of other major economies.

In accordance with the Presidential Resolution No. PP-3980, a Public-Private Partnership Agency has been created under the Ministry of Finance.

November 2020 – New anti-corruption rules for State Officials in Kazakhstan are now in force following the recently approved Law "On Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts...

The European Commission ("EC") is considering proposing two legislative instruments that would impact competition rules in the EU digital single market.

A draft legislation laying down measures in relation to the GDPR (the "Draft Law") has just been put forward for discussion in the Romanian Parliament.

On 15 July 2020, on the basis of the request of the Ministry of Innovation and Technology, the Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority launched the second tender procedure of the Hungarian Renewable Energy Support System Scheme.

July 2025 – The Romanian Parliament has amended Competition Law no. 21/1996 (the "Competition Law") through Law No. 111/2025 approving Government Emergency Ordinance No. 99/2024, amending and...

In light of the COVID-19 virus' spread in Romania, the President of Romania issued Decree no. 195/2020 declaring a state of emergency in Romania...

This article refers to situations where a director of a Slovak company (i.e., a person appointed to be the statutory representative) is in parallel engaged as an employee, occupying a senior management position such as CEO, CFO, COO, etc., in the same company.

What do you do if your country is invaded, your parents and kids are killed when trying to escape the occupation, your wife is gang-raped, and you are beaten to death because...

March 2026 – Bulgaria has adopted changes to its national legislation implementing EU rules on collective consumer representative actions.

May 2020 – On 18 May 2020, Romania's National Energy Regulatory Authority ("ANRE") published in the Official Gazette the Order no. 79/2020, on the obligation to offer natural gas on centralised ...

March 2019 – Bulgaria has introduced a set of specific requirements relating to the processing of personal data in addition to the requirements ...

On 1 January 2019 an amendment to Czech trademark legislation entered into effect. The amendment incorporates applicable EU regulations, and also introduces some country specifics.

The Romanian Competition Council ("RCC") published today, 19 July 2023, a preliminary report following its study on the potential market barriers to producers accessing the local energy market...

Canada's Competition Bureau began a review of proposed guidelines for incoming criminal restrictions on wage-fixing and no-poach agreements.