On June 1, 2025, an updated procedure for maintaining the Electronic Apostille Register will come into force in Ukraine.

These changes are aimed at reducing document processing time, increasing transparency of the process and reducing bureaucratic obstacles for citizens and organizations.

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Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany and Germany have raised objections to the People's Republic of Bangladesh's accession to the Hague Convention, which removes the requirement for legalisation of foreign official documents.

This means that documents issued in Bangladesh would have to go through a more complex and lengthy legalisation process to be recognised in those countries.

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In November 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a ruling limiting public access to registers of beneficial owners of companies

This decision marked a turning point in Europe’s approach to financial data transparency, significantly altering access to information about companies' ultimate owners.

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The denunciation of bilateral legal assistance agreements between Russia and the Baltic States - Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia - has significantly changed the conditions for the recognition of official documents.

Cancellation of the agreements has complicated the interaction between the countries at the level of jurisprudence and document flow.

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Since June 1 of this year, the Registry of Beneficial Owners became available to the public in Cyprus.

As a reminder, a beneficial owner is any natural person who ultimately owns or controls a company. As a rule, the ownership share directly or indirectly must be above 25% + 1 share. If the beneficial owner cannot be identified, he or she is recognized as the manager.

Previously, only competent and law enforcement agencies, such as the Anti-Money Laundering Unit, Cyprus Police, Central Bank, etc. had access to the registry.

Philip Kirkorov announced plans to build a shopping and entertainment complex in the Leningrad region at SPIEF-2022.

The Government of Leningrad region writes that the corresponding agreement was signed by the Governor of Leningrad region Alexander Drozdenko and the founders of OOO "Stroitelnye Reshenie" (ООО "Строительные решения" in Russian, "construction solutions" - translation into English) - Philip Kirkorov and Mikhail Barakin.

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Sultan Khamzaev, a deputy and a member of the Russian parliamentary committee on security and anti-corruption, put forward an initiative to create a register of "unreliable legal entities, brands, trademark owners".

According to the deputy, this registry should include companies that have stopped (suspended) their operations in Russia for political reasons.

Foreign companies that decide to resume their activities in Russia are proposed to impose additional taxes and oblige them to create some kind of security deposit.

Rospatent (Russia) received an application for registration of the trademark "Uncle Vanya" (in russian - Дядя Ваня) from OOO "Russian Field-Logistic" (ООО "Русское Поле-Логистик").

Which is very reminiscent of the logo of a famous fast food chain. But, as it turned out, it wasn't the only one.

We have described the chronology of events that preceded the appearance of the trademark application and...