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Changes to Company and Trust Law
Andrea Vicari
Studio Legale e Notarile Vicari
San Marino
Cogniti nobisque incogniti aliis (known to ourselves and unknown to others): for centuries this Latin motto has been the guiding principle for the policy of the Republic of San Marino in international relations. This policy of discretion granted the Republic independence for more than 1,700 years, since its foundation in AD 301, and allowed it to become the world's oldest republic and Europe's oldest existing state. This was possible even though its location exposed San Marino to shocking events in European history during this period, and even though San Marino is only a small mountain in the Italian peninsula with no army.
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