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8 Oct 2020, 3:55 am by Kevin Kaufman
All member states of the European Union (plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway) are part of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), a market created to trade a capped number of greenhouse gas emission allowances. [read post]
3 Oct 2020, 12:08 pm by Tom Smith
It arose in the 19th century, following the publication of C C Rafn’s Antiquitates Americanae (1837), which proposed that the place the Icelandic sagas called Vinland (meaning ‘vine land’) was located somewhere near Cape Cod in Massachusetts, or the islands of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard. [read post]
1 Oct 2020, 3:55 am by Kevin Kaufman
Iceland In 2018, Iceland increased its tax rate on dividends from 20 percent to 22 percent. [read post]
29 Sep 2020, 8:38 am by Kevin Kaufman
  Sweden approved new taxes on plastic bags and waste incineration and Iceland introduced a  tax of ISK 2,500 ($18) per ton of fluorinated greenhouse emissions, an amount that will double in the next year of its implementation. [read post]
26 Sep 2020, 6:14 am
"The word "henchman" apparently comes from the Icelandic word for "groom" — a keeper of horses. [read post]
The statement was made on behalf of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. [read post]
17 Sep 2020, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
In Iceland, a crowdsourced constitution produced in 2018 was not ratified by Parliament, but it led the government to conduct deliberative polls to plan a constitutional revision process that is currently in progress. [read post]
4 Sep 2020, 9:03 pm by Joe Whitworth
Iceland needs to ensure adequate time and resources are available for food safety inspections. [read post]
3 Sep 2020, 4:28 am by INFORRM
The European Commission of Human Rights has already recognised this as art 8 is seen to comprise “the right to establish and develop relationships with other human beings” (X v Iceland (1976) 5 DR 86). [read post]
3 Sep 2020, 3:55 am by Kevin Kaufman
The countries with the smallest network of tax treaties are Iceland (45 countries), Lithuania (54 countries), and Greece (57 countries). [read post]
27 Aug 2020, 3:55 am by Kevin Kaufman
Thin-Cap Rules in European OECD Countries, as of 2020 Country Interest Deduction Limitations Austria (AT) Informal 4:1 debt-to-equity ratio applies Belgium (BE) Interest deductions limited to the higher of €3 million or 30% of EBITDA 5:1 debt-to-equity ratio applies to intragroup loans 1:1 debt-to-equity ratio applies to receivables from shareholders or directors, managers, and liquidators Czech Republic (CZ) Interest deductions limited to the higher of CZK 80 million or 30% of… [read post]
26 Aug 2020, 9:05 pm by News Desk
All countries concerned are Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mali, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Qatar, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States. [read post]
23 Aug 2020, 9:03 pm by News Desk
The EFTA Surveillance Authority monitors compliance with European Economic Area (EEA) rules in Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. [read post]
21 Aug 2020, 8:20 am by Tom Smith
The Nordic countries—Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden—offer valuable insights into the relative merits of various approaches to economic governance, both in short-term responses to the coronavirus epidemic and in the context of longer-term debates about the relative merits of socialist and capitalist ways of organizing economic activity. [read post]
20 Aug 2020, 3:55 am by Kevin Kaufman
Eleven countries tax both active and passive income earned by a CFC: Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. [read post]
19 Aug 2020, 9:03 pm by Joe Whitworth
Iceland Chip Shop Curry Chicken Breast Toppers 400-gram with best-before dates Feb. 27, March 17 and April 8, 2021 are affected. [read post]
16 Aug 2020, 11:45 am by Unknown
"Predictors of Social Support, Physical Health and Mental Health among Food Insecure Internally Displaced Persons in Turkana, Kenya," Conflict and Health, 14:58 (Aug. 2020)- Three authors, with lead based in Kenya and co-authors in Kenya (1) and US/Iceland (1). [read post]
  Iceland No discussion of the world’s best countries in terms of work/life balance would be complete without a mention of Iceland. [read post]
  Iceland No discussion of the world’s best countries in terms of work/life balance would be complete without a mention of Iceland. [read post]
10 Aug 2020, 10:00 am by Jonathan G. Odom
Writing on Lawfare in May, I described how a large bloc of countries might collectively protect the rules-based order at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). [read post]