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Lithuania: A New Law on Construction entered into force on 1 January 2017; these are the key changes you need to know: Both the red tape and time needed to process planning and building permits have been significantly reduced. Instead of 16 state authorities ruling on a construction project’s compliance

Bulgaria: bnt supported the first entry in the register of the Bulgarian Financial Supervision Authority of an insurance agent for an insurance company established in the EU Under the Bulgarian Insurance Code, Bulgarian insurance agents of insurance companies established in a Member State of the European

Germany: From 2017 employees must be registered online With effect from the turn of the year some reforms to the minimum wage apply: As of 01.01.2017 the minimum wage increases by 34 cents to 8.84 EUR. In addition, new regulations apply for registering foreign employees with the German authorities. From

Lithuania postpones new Labour Code until 1 July 2017. The new Lithuanian Labour Code (the “new LC”) is postponed for another half year, to 1 July 2017. The purpose of the postponement is to consider possible amendments to the new LC and other laws of a social model to balance

A new article about the Current Status of Commercial Arbitration in the Baltic States: Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, was published by bnt partner Theis Klauberg and legal assistant Maria Kekäläinen in Tidskrift 5-2016 (Finland). Commercial arbitration plays an increasingly important role in the Baltic States, but problems remain with regard to