How the media presented the ECHR judgement in the Vrountou case
The judgement of the European Court of Human Rights in the Vrountou case issued on the 13th of October 2015, attracted a lot of media attention. [READ THE CASE SUMMARY...
European Court of Human Rights vindicates our client for human rights violations.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) delivered yesterday 13/10/2015 its judgment in the case of Vrountou v. Republic of Cyprus (application no. 33631/06). Our law firm represented the applicant...
Tax Alert. Automatic exchange of information on tax rulings of EU Member states.
The Commission has welcomed a unanimous agreement by Member States on the automatic exchange of information on cross-border tax rulings, just seven months after the presentation of the Commission’s ambitious proposal...
Facebook data and privacy. Important Judgment of the Court of Justice.
Judgment in Case C-362/14 Maximillian Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner Luxembourg, 6 October 2015 The Court of Justice declares that the Commission’s US Safe Harbour Decision is invalid Whilst the...
Loans in foreign currency and borrower’s rights, Part 2
On the 14th of April 2014 I wrote an article about loans in foreign currency and the rights of borrowers. The link to that article is here. The article dealt...
Enforcing EU rights in Cyprus
The question often arises: How can a Cypriot citizen enforce rights stemming from European Union law in Cyprus? There are a number of ways that EU law can be...
The rights of borrowers
In an interview to journalist Christodoulos Christodoulou (CYBC 2, Biz-Εμείς, 09/05/2014), Christophoros Christophi explains the rights of consumers that made loans from commercial banks in view of the haircut and...
NEW DOUBLE TAX TREATY BETWEEN CYPRUS AND UKRAINE
Following the ratification of the new treaty by the Government of Cyprus on the 22nd of March 2013, the Ukrainian parliament has proceeded with the ratification the new double tax...
INCREASE IN THE CORPORATE TAX RATE
With effect from 1 January 2013 the corporate tax rate has been increased from 10% to 12,5%. Transfer and carry forward of tax losses by credit institutions With effect from...
CASH RESTRICTIONS MEASURES
The Minister of Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 4 and 5 of the restrictive measures in trade in Case of Emergency Act of 2013, upon the recommendation of...
