Thursday, July 1st in Romania the sales tax jumped from 19 percent to 24 percent, just 1 percentage point below Sweden, Denmark and Hungary. Determined to curb the country’s budget deficit, the center-right government introduced also new taxes for people who own more than one property.
Until 2008, Romania used to be considered the ‘economic tiger’ in East Europe, but these announcements pushed the leu to a level of 4.35 per euro. Romania get to this position after the Prim Minister Emil Boc fought so much to avoid it, but the …

The Ladies Golf Union (LGU) is excited to bring Jill Edwards into the position as their President in February of 2011. She has held many titles at various ladies golf clubs over the years, often many of them at different locations at the same time and she brings with her an extraordinary amount of knowledge about golf as well as her passion for the game.
Edwards played her first championship club ladies golf when she was just 13 years of age. She certainly has the skill and the love of the …