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The Baltic Times: Reflections on news from the USA on the criminal conviction of Mr Donald Trump
Last week, in the world news, one of the “hottest” news was the announcement of Donald Trump, who has become the first former and newly elected U.S. president to be found guilty of criminal charges. Authors: Sorainen Law Firm, Corporate Crime Investigations and Compliance attorneys: Dr. iur. Violeta Zeppa-Priedīte, Jānis Dobelnieks, Darius Raulušaitis, Ugnė Nasvytė […]
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Year in review: Space Law in Lithuania
Year in review Lithuania’s space law and industry have seen significant development in 2023 and 2024, building on the country’s status as a hub for small satellite manufacturing and advancing other space-related sectors, such as software solutions for the space industry. Commercial developments Since launching the first Lithuanian small satellite in 2014, Kongsberg NanoAvionics has […]
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Tax Stories: What better tax regimes does Europe offer to those who want to move?
The so-called non-dom regime is being abolished in Great Britain. Capital and people often migrate to Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Cyprus for this and other reasons. What is appealing there? Which ones could be the best tax regimes in Europe? Switzerland PIT Some cantons offer a flat PIT rate for people who do not work […]
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Tax Stories: On amendments in Latvia as of 1.1.2025.
The main changes are related to PIT and there was already a blog about it. But everything else concerning tax amendments iz Latvia as of 2025 was not yet collected in one place. I will try to correct this omission (sorry, but it will be long). There was a separate blog about the draft personal income […]
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Tax Stories: How did art in Sweden overthrow the government in 1976?
The tax turbulence was caused by the world-famous director Ingmar Bergman and the writer Astrid Lindgren. As a result, the Social Democrats, who had been in power for 44 years, lost the elections. Art Saves the World Tax Administration Humiliates Ingmar Bergman These two cases seemed important in the context that in Bergman’s case, the […]