diff --git a/admin-dev/ajax.php b/admin-dev/ajax.php
index 1c5feae27..4e9b5abd6 100644
--- a/admin-dev/ajax.php
+++ b/admin-dev/ajax.php
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/init.php');
 
 require_once(PS_ADMIN_DIR.'/tabs/AdminCounty.php');
 
+$context = Context::getContext();
+
 if (isset($_GET['changeParentUrl']))
 	echo '<script type="text/javascript">parent.parent.document.location.href = "'.addslashes(urldecode(Tools::getValue('changeParentUrl'))).'";</script>';
 if (isset($_GET['installBoughtModule']))
@@ -122,8 +124,6 @@ if (isset($_GET['ajaxProductAccessories']))
 
 if (isset($_GET['ajaxDiscountCustomers']))
 {
-	global $cookie;
-
 	$currentIndex = 'index.php?tab=AdminDiscounts';
 	$jsonArray = array();
 	$filter = Tools::getValue('filter');
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ if (isset($_GET['ajaxDiscountCustomers']))
 	$groups = Db::getInstance()->ExecuteS('
 	SELECT g.`id_group`, gl.`name`
 	FROM `'._DB_PREFIX_.'group` g
-	LEFT JOIN `'._DB_PREFIX_.'group_lang` AS gl ON (g.`id_group` = gl.`id_group` AND gl.`id_lang` = '.(int)($cookie->id_lang).')
+	LEFT JOIN `'._DB_PREFIX_.'group_lang` AS gl ON (g.`id_group` = gl.`id_group` AND gl.`id_lang` = '.(int)($context->language->id).')
 	WHERE '.(Validate::isUnsignedInt($filter) ? 'g.`id_group` = '.(int)($filter) : 'gl.`name` LIKE "%'.pSQL($filter).'%"
 	'.((Validate::isBool_Id($filter) AND $filterArray[0] == 1) ? 'OR g.`id_group` = '.(int)($filterArray[1]) : '')).'
 	ORDER BY gl.`name` ASC
@@ -165,9 +165,9 @@ if (isset($_GET['ajaxDiscountCustomers']))
 }
 
 if (Tools::getValue('page') == 'prestastore' AND @fsockopen('addons.prestashop.com', 80, $errno, $errst, 3))
-	readfile('http://addons.prestashop.com/adminmodules.php?lang='.Language::getIsoById($cookie->id_lang));
+	readfile('http://addons.prestashop.com/adminmodules.php?lang='.$context->language->iso_code);
 if (Tools::getValue('page') == 'themes'  AND @fsockopen('addons.prestashop.com', 80, $errno, $errst, 3))
-	readfile('http://addons.prestashop.com/adminthemes.php?lang='.Language::getIsoById($cookie->id_lang));
+	readfile('http://addons.prestashop.com/adminthemes.php?lang='.$context->language->iso_code);
 
 if ($step = (int)(Tools::getValue('ajaxProductTab')))
 {
@@ -388,26 +388,24 @@ if (Tools::isSubmit('submitCustomerNote') AND $id_customer = (int)Tools::getValu
 
 if (Tools::getValue('form_language_id'))
 {
-	if (!($cookie->employee_form_lang = (int)(Tools::getValue('form_language_id'))))
+	if (!($context->cookie->employee_form_lang = (int)(Tools::getValue('form_language_id'))))
 		die ('Error while updating cookie.');
 	die ('Form language updated.');
 }
 
 if (Tools::getValue('submitPublishProduct'))
 {
-	global $cookie;
-
 	if (Tools::getIsset('id_product'))
 	{
 		$id_product = (int)(Tools::getValue('id_product'));
 		$id_tab_catalog = (int)(Tab::getIdFromClassName('AdminCatalog'));
-		$token = Tools::getAdminToken('AdminCatalog'.(int)($id_tab_catalog).(int)($cookie->id_employee));
+		$token = Tools::getAdminToken('AdminCatalog'.(int)($id_tab_catalog).(int)$context->employee->id);
 		$bo_product_url = dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']).'/index.php?tab=AdminCatalog&id_product='.$id_product.'&updateproduct&token='.$token;
 
 		if (Tools::getValue('redirect'))
 			die($bo_product_url);
 
-		$profileAccess = Profile::getProfileAccess((int)$cookie->profile, $id_tab_catalog);
+		$profileAccess = Profile::getProfileAccess($context->employee->id_profile, $id_tab_catalog);
 		if($profileAccess['edit'])
 		{
 			$product = new Product((int)(Tools::getValue('id_product')));
@@ -431,19 +429,17 @@ if (Tools::getValue('submitPublishProduct'))
 
 if (Tools::getValue('submitPublishCMS'))
 {
-	global $cookie;
-
 	if (Tools::getIsset('id_cms'))
 	{
 		$id_cms = (int)(Tools::getValue('id_cms'));
 		$id_tab_cms = (int)(Tab::getIdFromClassName('AdminCMSContent'));
-		$token = Tools::getAdminToken('AdminCMSContent'.(int)($id_tab_cms).(int)($cookie->id_employee));
+		$token = Tools::getAdminToken('AdminCMSContent'.(int)($id_tab_cms).(int)$context->employee->id);
 		$bo_cms_url = dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']).'/index.php?tab=AdminCMSContent&id_cms='.(int)$id_cms.'&updatecms&token='.$token;
 
 		if (Tools::getValue('redirect'))
 			die($bo_cms_url);
 
-		$profileAccess = Profile::getProfileAccess((int)$cookie->profile, $id_tab_cms);
+		$profileAccess = Profile::getProfileAccess($context->employee->id_profile, $id_tab_cms);
 		if($profileAccess['edit'])
 		{
 			$cms = new CMS((int)(Tools::getValue('id_cms')));
@@ -506,8 +502,8 @@ if (Tools::isSubmit('loadImportMatchs'))
 
 if (Tools::isSubmit('toggleScreencast'))
 {
-	global $cookie;
-	$cookie->show_screencast = (int)(!(bool)$cookie->show_screencast);
+	$context->employee->show_screencast = (int)(!(bool)$context->employee->show_screencast);
+	$context->employee->save();
 }
 
 if (Tools::isSubmit('ajaxAddZipCode') OR Tools::isSubmit('ajaxRemoveZipCode'))
diff --git a/admin-dev/ajax_category_list.php b/admin-dev/ajax_category_list.php
index a29196651..7e35f8328 100755
--- a/admin-dev/ajax_category_list.php
+++ b/admin-dev/ajax_category_list.php
@@ -37,13 +37,11 @@
 	$catalog = new AdminCatalog();
 	$adminProducts = new AdminProducts();
 
-	global $cookie;
-
 	echo '			<tr>
 						<td class="col-left"><label for="id_category_default" class="t">'.$adminProducts->getL('Default category:').'</label></td>
 						<td>
 							<select id="id_category_default" name="id_category_default" onchange="checkDefaultCategory(this.value);">';
-		$categories = Category::getCategories((int)($cookie->id_lang), false);
+		$categories = Category::getCategories(Context::getContext()->language->id, false);
 		Category::recurseCategory($categories, $categories[0][1], 1, (int)(Tools::getValue('id_category_default')));
 		echo '			</select>
 						</td>
diff --git a/admin-dev/functions.php b/admin-dev/functions.php
index 6375a438e..b045e5c28 100644
--- a/admin-dev/functions.php
+++ b/admin-dev/functions.php
@@ -52,9 +52,8 @@ function bindDatepicker($id, $time)
 // id can be a identifier or an array of identifiers
 function includeDatepicker($id, $time = false)
 {
-	global $cookie;
 	echo '<script type="text/javascript" src="'.__PS_BASE_URI__.'js/jquery/jquery-ui-1.8.10.custom.min.js"></script>';
-	$iso = Db::getInstance()->getValue('SELECT iso_code FROM '._DB_PREFIX_.'lang WHERE `id_lang` = '.(int)($cookie->id_lang));
+	$iso = Db::getInstance()->getValue('SELECT iso_code FROM '._DB_PREFIX_.'lang WHERE `id_lang` = '.(int)Context::getContext()->language->id);
 	if ($iso != 'en')
 		echo '<script type="text/javascript" src="'.__PS_BASE_URI__.'js/jquery/datepicker/ui/i18n/ui.datepicker-'.$iso.'.js"></script>';
 	echo '<script type="text/javascript">';
@@ -132,8 +131,7 @@ function	displayDate($sqlDate, $withTime = false)
   */
 function getPath($urlBase, $id_category, $path = '', $highlight = '', $categoryType = 'catalog', $home = false)
 {
-	global $cookie;
-	
+	$context = Context::getContext();
 	if ($categoryType == 'catalog')
 	{			
 		$category = Db::getInstance()->getRow('
@@ -146,7 +144,7 @@ function getPath($urlBase, $id_category, $path = '', $highlight = '', $categoryT
 			SELECT c.id_category, cl.name, cl.link_rewrite
 			FROM '._DB_PREFIX_.'category c
 			LEFT JOIN '._DB_PREFIX_.'category_lang cl ON (cl.id_category = c.id_category)
-			WHERE c.nleft <= '.(int)$category['nleft'].' AND c.nright >= '.(int)$category['nright'].' AND cl.id_lang = '.(int)$cookie->id_lang.($home ? ' AND c.id_category='.$id_category : '').'
+			WHERE c.nleft <= '.(int)$category['nleft'].' AND c.nright >= '.(int)$category['nright'].' AND cl.id_lang = '.(int)$context->language->id.($home ? ' AND c.id_category='.$id_category : '').'
 			GROUP BY c.id_category
 			ORDER BY c.level_depth ASC
 			LIMIT '.(!$home ? (int)($category['level_depth'] + 1) : 1));
@@ -155,9 +153,9 @@ function getPath($urlBase, $id_category, $path = '', $highlight = '', $categoryT
 			$nCategories = (int)sizeof($categories);
 			foreach ($categories AS $category)
 			{
-				$edit = '<a href="'.$urlBase.'&id_category='.(int)$category['id_category'].'&'.(($category['id_category'] == 1 || $home) ? 'viewcategory' : 'addcategory').'&token='.Tools::getAdminToken('AdminCatalog'.(int)(Tab::getIdFromClassName('AdminCatalog')).(int)($cookie->id_employee)).'" title="'.($category['id_category'] == 1 ? 'Home' : 'Modify').'"><img src="../img/admin/'.(($category['id_category'] == 1  || $home) ? 'home' : 'edit').'.gif" alt="" /></a> ';
+				$edit = '<a href="'.$urlBase.'&id_category='.(int)$category['id_category'].'&'.(($category['id_category'] == 1 || $home) ? 'viewcategory' : 'addcategory').'&token='.Tools::getAdminToken('AdminCatalog'.(int)(Tab::getIdFromClassName('AdminCatalog')).(int)$context->employee->id).'" title="'.($category['id_category'] == 1 ? 'Home' : 'Modify').'"><img src="../img/admin/'.(($category['id_category'] == 1  || $home) ? 'home' : 'edit').'.gif" alt="" /></a> ';
 				$fullPath .= $edit.
-				($n < $nCategories ? '<a href="'.$urlBase.'&id_category='.(int)$category['id_category'].'&viewcategory&token='.Tools::getAdminToken('AdminCatalog'.(int)(Tab::getIdFromClassName('AdminCatalog')).(int)($cookie->id_employee)).'" title="'.htmlentities($category['name'], ENT_NOQUOTES, 'UTF-8').'">' : '').
+				($n < $nCategories ? '<a href="'.$urlBase.'&id_category='.(int)$category['id_category'].'&viewcategory&token='.Tools::getAdminToken('AdminCatalog'.(int)(Tab::getIdFromClassName('AdminCatalog')).(int)$context->employee->id).'" title="'.htmlentities($category['name'], ENT_NOQUOTES, 'UTF-8').'">' : '').
 				(!empty($highlight) ? str_ireplace($highlight, '<span class="highlight">'.htmlentities($highlight, ENT_NOQUOTES, 'UTF-8').'</span>', $category['name']) : $category['name']).
 				($n < $nCategories ? '</a>' : '').
 				(($n++ != $nCategories OR !empty($path)) ? ' > ' : '');
@@ -168,17 +166,17 @@ function getPath($urlBase, $id_category, $path = '', $highlight = '', $categoryT
 	}
 	elseif ($categoryType == 'cms')
 	{
-		$category = new CMSCategory($id_category, (int)($cookie->id_lang));
+		$category = new CMSCategory($id_category, $context->language->id);
 		if (!$category->id)
 			return $path;
 
 		$name = ($highlight != NULL) ? str_ireplace($highlight, '<span class="highlight">'.$highlight.'</span>', CMSCategory::hideCMSCategoryPosition($category->name)) : CMSCategory::hideCMSCategoryPosition($category->name);
-		$edit = '<a href="'.$urlBase.'&id_cms_category='.$category->id.'&addcategory&token=' . Tools::getAdminToken('AdminCMSContent'.(int)(Tab::getIdFromClassName('AdminCMSContent')).(int)($cookie->id_employee)).'">
+		$edit = '<a href="'.$urlBase.'&id_cms_category='.$category->id.'&addcategory&token=' . Tools::getAdminToken('AdminCMSContent'.(int)(Tab::getIdFromClassName('AdminCMSContent')).(int)$context->employee->id).'">
 				<img src="../img/admin/edit.gif" alt="Modify" /></a> ';
 		if ($category->id == 1)
-			$edit = '<a href="'.$urlBase.'&id_cms_category='.$category->id.'&viewcategory&token=' . Tools::getAdminToken('AdminCMSContent'.(int)(Tab::getIdFromClassName('AdminCMSContent')).(int)($cookie->id_employee)).'">
+			$edit = '<a href="'.$urlBase.'&id_cms_category='.$category->id.'&viewcategory&token=' . Tools::getAdminToken('AdminCMSContent'.(int)(Tab::getIdFromClassName('AdminCMSContent')).(int)$context->employee->id).'">
 					<img src="../img/admin/home.gif" alt="Home" /></a> ';
-		$path = $edit.'<a href="'.$urlBase.'&id_cms_category='.$category->id.'&viewcategory&token=' . Tools::getAdminToken('AdminCMSContent'.(int)(Tab::getIdFromClassName('AdminCMSContent')).(int)($cookie->id_employee)).'">
+		$path = $edit.'<a href="'.$urlBase.'&id_cms_category='.$category->id.'&viewcategory&token=' . Tools::getAdminToken('AdminCMSContent'.(int)(Tab::getIdFromClassName('AdminCMSContent')).(int)$context->employee->id).'">
 		'.$name.'</a> > '.$path;
 		if ($category->id == 1)
 			return substr($path, 0, strlen($path) - 3);
@@ -225,14 +223,13 @@ function translate($string)
 	return str_replace('"', '&quot;', stripslashes($str));
 }
 
-function recursiveTab($id_tab)
+function recursiveTab($id_tab, $tabs)
 {
-	global $cookie, $tabs;
-	
-	$adminTab = Tab::getTab((int)$cookie->id_lang, $id_tab);
+	$adminTab = Tab::getTab((int)Context::getContext()->language->id, $id_tab);
 	$tabs[]= $adminTab;
 	if ($adminTab['id_parent'] > 0)
-		recursiveTab($adminTab['id_parent']);
+		$tabs = recursiveTab($adminTab['id_parent'], $tabs);
+	return $tabs;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -243,8 +240,6 @@ function recursiveTab($id_tab)
  */
 function checkingTab($tab)
 {
-	global $cookie;
-
 	$tab = trim($tab);
 	if (!Validate::isTabName($tab))
 		return false;
@@ -268,7 +263,7 @@ function checkingTab($tab)
 		return false;
 	}
 	$adminObj = new $tab;
-	if (!$adminObj->viewAccess() AND ($adminObj->table != 'employee' OR $cookie->id_employee != Tools::getValue('id_employee') OR !Tools::isSubmit('updateemployee')))
+	if (!$adminObj->viewAccess() AND ($adminObj->table != 'employee' OR Context::getContext()->employee->id != Tools::getValue('id_employee') OR !Tools::isSubmit('updateemployee')))
 	{
 		$adminObj->_errors = array(Tools::displayError('Access denied'));
 		echo $adminObj->displayErrors();
@@ -279,11 +274,10 @@ function checkingTab($tab)
 
 function checkTabRights($id_tab)
 {
-	global $cookie;
 	static $tabAccesses = NULL;
 	
 	if ($tabAccesses === NULL)
-		$tabAccesses =  Profile::getProfileAccesses($cookie->profile);
+		$tabAccesses =  Profile::getProfileAccesses(Context::getContext()->employee->id_profile);
 
 	if (isset($tabAccesses[(int)($id_tab)]['view']))
 		return ($tabAccesses[(int)($id_tab)]['view'] === '1');
diff --git a/admin-dev/index.php b/admin-dev/index.php
index 0f29f99b4..d34d6af2b 100644
--- a/admin-dev/index.php
+++ b/admin-dev/index.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ if (empty($tab) and !sizeof($_POST))
 	{
     	$isoUser = Language::getIsoById(intval($cookie->id_lang));
 		$tabs = array();
-		recursiveTab($adminObj->id);
+		$tabs = recursiveTab($adminObj->id, $tabs);
 		$tabs = array_reverse($tabs);
 		$bread = '';
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ if (empty($tab) and !sizeof($_POST))
 						}
 						elseif (strncmp($key, $adminObj->table.'OrderBy', 7) === 0 OR strncmp($key, $adminObj->table.'Orderway', 12) === 0)
 							$cookie->$key = $value;
-
+				$adminObj->smarty = $smarty;
 				$adminObj->displayConf();
 				$adminObj->postProcess();
 				$adminObj->displayErrors();
diff --git a/admin-dev/init.php b/admin-dev/init.php
index 4319eba40..b4452a3c5 100644
--- a/admin-dev/init.php
+++ b/admin-dev/init.php
@@ -94,5 +94,5 @@ $context->cookie = $cookie;
 $context->link = $link;
 $context->language = $language;
 $context->currency = new Currency(Configuration::get('PS_CURRENCY_DEFAULT'));
-$context->country = new Country(Configuration::get('PS_COUNTRY_DEFAULT'));
+$context->country = $defaultCountry;
 $context->shop = new Shop(Shop::getContext('shop', true));
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/admin-dev/tabs/AdminAttributes.php b/admin-dev/tabs/AdminAttributes.php
index 88cb0916f..18f46a33f 100644
--- a/admin-dev/tabs/AdminAttributes.php
+++ b/admin-dev/tabs/AdminAttributes.php
@@ -43,12 +43,9 @@ class AdminAttributes extends AdminTab
 
 	/**
 	 * Display form
-	 *
-	 * @global string $currentIndex Current URL in order to keep current Tab
 	 */
 	public function displayForm($token = NULL)
 	{
-		global $currentIndex, $cookie;
 		parent::displayForm();
 
 		if (!($obj = $this->loadObject(true)))
@@ -127,12 +124,9 @@ class AdminAttributes extends AdminTab
 
 	/**
 	 * Manage page processing
-	 *
-	 * @global string $currentIndex Current URL in order to keep current Tab
 	 */
 	public function postProcess($token = NULL)
 	{
-		global $currentIndex;
 		if (Tools::getValue('submitDel'.$this->table))
 		{
 			if ($this->tabAccess['delete'] === '1')
diff --git a/admin-dev/tabs/AdminAttributesGroups.php b/admin-dev/tabs/AdminAttributesGroups.php
index bcc4a9727..6d27423a9 100644
--- a/admin-dev/tabs/AdminAttributesGroups.php
+++ b/admin-dev/tabs/AdminAttributesGroups.php
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ class AdminAttributesGroups extends AdminTab
 
 	public function display()
 	{
-		global $currentIndex;
-
 		if ((isset($_POST['submitAddattribute']) AND sizeof($this->adminAttributes->_errors))
 			OR isset($_GET['updateattribute']) OR isset($_GET['addattribute']))
 		{
@@ -66,10 +64,8 @@ class AdminAttributesGroups extends AdminTab
 	}
 	
 	public function postProcess()
-	{
-	 	global	$cookie, $currentIndex;
-		
-		$this->adminAttributes->tabAccess = Profile::getProfileAccess($cookie->profile, $this->id);
+	{	
+		$this->adminAttributes->tabAccess = Profile::getProfileAccess(Context::getContext()->employee->id_profile, $this->id);
 		$this->adminAttributes->postProcess($this->token);
 
 		if(Tools::getValue('submitDel'.$this->table))
@@ -102,8 +98,6 @@ class AdminAttributesGroups extends AdminTab
 	/* Report to AdminTab::displayList() for more details */
 	public function displayList()
 	{
-		global $currentIndex, $cookie;
-
 		echo '<br /><a href="'.self::$currentIndex.'&add'.$this->table.'&token='.$this->token.'"><img src="../img/admin/add.gif" border="0" /> <b>'.$this->l('Add attributes group').'</b></a><br />
 		<a href="'.self::$currentIndex.'&addattribute&token='.$this->token.'"><img src="../img/admin/add.gif" border="0" /> '.$this->l('Add attribute').'</a><br /><br />
 		'.$this->l('Click on the group name to view its attributes. Click again to hide them.').'<br /><br />';
@@ -132,7 +126,7 @@ class AdminAttributesGroups extends AdminTab
 							<th width="100%">'.$this->l('Attribute').'</th>
 							<th>'.$this->l('Actions').'</th>
 						</tr>';
-			$attributes = AttributeGroup::getAttributes((int)($cookie->id_lang), $id);
+			$attributes = AttributeGroup::getAttributes(Context::getContext()->language->id, $id);
 			foreach ($attributes AS $attribute)
 			{
 				echo '
@@ -173,7 +167,6 @@ class AdminAttributesGroups extends AdminTab
 
 	public function displayForm($isMainTab = true)
 	{
-		global $currentIndex, $cookie;
 		parent::displayForm();
 
 		if (!($obj = $this->loadObject(true)))
diff --git a/admin-dev/tabs/AdminBackup.php b/admin-dev/tabs/AdminBackup.php
index f258465a1..ce209c06c 100644
--- a/admin-dev/tabs/AdminBackup.php
+++ b/admin-dev/tabs/AdminBackup.php
@@ -111,8 +111,6 @@ class AdminBackup extends AdminTab
 	*/
 	public function viewbackup()
 	{
-		global $currentIndex;
-
 		if (!($object = $this->loadObject()))
 			return;
 		if ($object->id)
@@ -131,8 +129,6 @@ class AdminBackup extends AdminTab
 
 	public function displayHowTo($showForm = true)
 	{
-		global $currentIndex;
-
 		echo '
 		<div class="error width1" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;">
 			<p>'.$this->l('Disclaimer before creating a new Backup').'</p>
@@ -176,8 +172,6 @@ class AdminBackup extends AdminTab
 	
 	public function displayList()
 	{
-		global $currentIndex;
-
 		// Test if the backup dir is writable
 		if(!is_writable(PS_ADMIN_DIR.'/backups/'))
 			$this->displayWarning($this->l('"Backups" Directory in admin directory must be writeable (CHMOD 755 / 777)'));
@@ -190,7 +184,7 @@ class AdminBackup extends AdminTab
 
 	public function getList($id_lang, $orderBy = NULL, $orderWay = NULL, $start = 0, $limit = NULL, $id_lang_shop = NULL)
 	{
-		global $cookie;
+		$context = Context::getContext();
 		
 		if (!Validate::isTableOrIdentifier($this->table))
 			die('filter is corrupted');
@@ -223,9 +217,9 @@ class AdminBackup extends AdminTab
 				$orderWay = 'desc';
 		}
 		if (empty($limit))
-			$limit = ((!isset($cookie->{$this->table.'_pagination'})) ? $this->_pagination[0] : $limit = $cookie->{$this->table.'_pagination'});
+			$limit = ((!isset($context->cookie->{$this->table.'_pagination'})) ? $this->_pagination[0] : $limit = $context->cookie->{$this->table.'_pagination'});
 		$limit = (int)(Tools::getValue('pagination', $limit));
-		$cookie->{$this->table.'_pagination'} = $limit;
+		$context->cookie->{$this->table.'_pagination'} = $limit;
 
 		/* Determine offset from current page */
 		if (!empty($_POST['submitFilter'.$this->table]) AND	is_numeric($_POST['submitFilter'.$this->table]))
diff --git a/admin-dev/tabs/AdminCMS.php b/admin-dev/tabs/AdminCMS.php
index 4a279aac7..d92782f1a 100644
--- a/admin-dev/tabs/AdminCMS.php
+++ b/admin-dev/tabs/AdminCMS.php
@@ -75,11 +75,10 @@ class AdminCMS extends AdminTab
 	
 	public function displayForm($isMainTab = true)
 	{
-		global $currentIndex, $cookie;
+		$context = Context::getContext();
 		parent::displayForm();
 		
 		$obj = $this->loadObject(true);
-		$iso = Language::getIsoById((int)($cookie->id_lang));
 		$divLangName = 'meta_title¤meta_description¤meta_keywords¤ccontent¤link_rewrite';
 
 		echo '
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ class AdminCMS extends AdminTab
 		echo '<label>'.$this->l('CMS Category:').' </label>
 				<div class="margin-form">
 					<select name="id_cms_category">';
-		$categories = CMSCategory::getCategories((int)($cookie->id_lang), false);
+		$categories = CMSCategory::getCategories($context->language->id, false);
 		CMSCategory::recurseCMSCategory($categories, $categories[0][1], 1, $this->getFieldValue($obj, 'id_cms_category'));
 		echo '
 					</select>
@@ -168,9 +167,7 @@ class AdminCMS extends AdminTab
 			'.$this->_displayDraftWarning($obj->active).'
 		</form>';
 		// TinyMCE
-		global $cookie;
-		$iso = Language::getIsoById((int)($cookie->id_lang));
-		$isoTinyMCE = (file_exists(_PS_ROOT_DIR_.'/js/tiny_mce/langs/'.$iso.'.js') ? $iso : 'en');
+		$isoTinyMCE = (file_exists(_PS_ROOT_DIR_.'/js/tiny_mce/langs/'.$context->language->iso_code.'.js') ? $context->language->iso_code : 'en');
 		$ad = dirname($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);
 		echo '
 			<script type="text/javascript">	
@@ -184,12 +181,12 @@ class AdminCMS extends AdminTab
 	
 	public function display($token = NULL)
 	{
-		global $currentIndex, $cookie;
+		$context = Context::getContext();
 		
 		if (($id_cms_category = (int)Tools::getValue('id_cms_category')))
 			$currentIndex .= '&id_cms_category='.$id_cms_category;
-		$this->getList((int)($cookie->id_lang), !$cookie->__get($this->table.'Orderby') ? 'position' : NULL, !$cookie->__get($this->table.'Orderway') ? 'ASC' : NULL);
-		//$this->getList((int)($cookie->id_lang));
+		$this->getList($context->language->id, !$context->cookie->__get($this->table.'Orderby') ? 'position' : NULL, !$context->cookie->__get($this->table.'Orderway') ? 'ASC' : NULL);
+
 		if (!$id_cms_category)
 			$id_cms_category = 1;
 		echo '<h3>'.(!$this->_listTotal ? ($this->l('No pages found')) : ($this->_listTotal.' '.($this->_listTotal > 1 ? $this->l('pages') : $this->l('page')))).' '.
@@ -201,9 +198,7 @@ class AdminCMS extends AdminTab
 	}
 	
 	public function displayList($token = NULL)
-	{
-		global $currentIndex;
-		
+	{	
 		/* Display list header (filtering, pagination and column names) */
 		$this->displayListHeader($token);
 		if (!sizeof($this->_list))
@@ -218,11 +213,10 @@ class AdminCMS extends AdminTab
 
 	function postProcess()
 	{
-		global $cookie, $link, $currentIndex;
-		
-		if (Tools::isSubmit('viewcms') AND ($id_cms = (int)(Tools::getValue('id_cms'))) AND $cms = new CMS($id_cms, (int)($cookie->id_lang)) AND Validate::isLoadedObject($cms))
+		$context = Context::getContext();
+		if (Tools::isSubmit('viewcms') AND ($id_cms = (int)(Tools::getValue('id_cms'))) AND $cms = new CMS($id_cms, $context->language->id) AND Validate::isLoadedObject($cms))
 		{
-			$redir = $link->getCMSLink($cms);
+			$redir = $context->link->getCMSLink($cms);
 			if (!$cms->active)
 			{
 				$admin_dir = dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
@@ -282,7 +276,7 @@ class AdminCMS extends AdminTab
 						$this->_errors[] = Tools::displayError('An error occurred while creating object.').' <b>'.$this->table.' ('.mysql_error().')</b>';
 					elseif (Tools::isSubmit('submitAddcmsAndPreview'))
 					{
-						$preview_url = $link->getCMSLink($cms, $this->getFieldValue($object, 'link_rewrite', $this->_defaultFormLanguage), (int)($cookie->id_lang));
+						$preview_url = $context->link->getCMSLink($cms, $this->getFieldValue($object, 'link_rewrite', $this->_defaultFormLanguage), $context->language->id);
 						if (!$cms->active)
 						{
 							$admin_dir = dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
@@ -304,7 +298,7 @@ class AdminCMS extends AdminTab
 						$this->_errors[] = Tools::displayError('An error occurred while updating object.').' <b>'.$this->table.' ('.mysql_error().')</b>';
 					elseif (Tools::isSubmit('submitAddcmsAndPreview'))
 					{
-						$preview_url = $link->getCMSLink($cms, $this->getFieldValue($object, 'link_rewrite', $this->_defaultFormLanguage), (int)($cookie->id_lang));
+						$preview_url = $context->link->getCMSLink($cms, $this->getFieldValue($object, 'link_rewrite', $this->_defaultFormLanguage), $context->language->id);
 						if (!$cms->active)
 						{
 							$admin_dir = dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
diff --git a/admin-dev/tabs/AdminCarriers.php b/admin-dev/tabs/AdminCarriers.php
index a4c0f717d..e60bccc40 100644
--- a/admin-dev/tabs/AdminCarriers.php
+++ b/admin-dev/tabs/AdminCarriers.php
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ class AdminCarriers extends AdminTab
 
 	public function __construct()
 	{
-		global $cookie;
-
 	 	$this->table = 'carrier';
 	 	$this->className = 'Carrier';
 	 	$this->lang = true;
@@ -82,12 +80,10 @@ class AdminCarriers extends AdminTab
 	
 	public function displayForm($isMainTab = true)
 	{
-		global $currentIndex, $cookie;
 		parent::displayForm();
 
 		if (!($obj = $this->loadObject(true)))
 			return;
-		$currentLanguage = (int)($cookie->id_lang);
 
 		echo '<script type="text/javascript">
 			$(document).ready(function(){
@@ -139,7 +135,7 @@ class AdminCarriers extends AdminTab
 	</div>
 				<label>'.$this->l('Group access').'</label>
 				<div class="margin-form">';
-					$groups = Group::getGroups((int)($cookie->id_lang));
+					$groups = Group::getGroups(Context::getContext()->language->id));
 					if (sizeof($groups))
 					{
 						echo '
@@ -274,8 +270,6 @@ class AdminCarriers extends AdminTab
 
 	public function postProcess()
 	{
-		global $currentIndex;
-
 		if (Tools::getValue('submitAdd'.$this->table))
 		{
 		 	/* Checking fields validity */
diff --git a/admin-dev/tabs/AdminCarts.php b/admin-dev/tabs/AdminCarts.php
index 0f6e848c0..e6316a6f3 100644
--- a/admin-dev/tabs/AdminCarts.php
+++ b/admin-dev/tabs/AdminCarts.php
@@ -58,10 +58,9 @@ class AdminCarts extends AdminTab
 
 	public function viewDetails()
 	{
-		global $currentIndex, $cookie;
-
 		if (!($cart = $this->loadObject(true)))
 			return;
+		$context = Context::getContext();
 		$customer = new Customer($cart->id_customer);
 		$customerStats = $customer->getStats();
 		$products = $cart->getProducts();
@@ -69,9 +68,7 @@ class AdminCarts extends AdminTab
 		Product::addCustomizationPrice($products, $customizedDatas);
 		$summary = $cart->getSummaryDetails();
 		$discounts = $cart->getDiscounts();
-
 		$currency = new Currency($cart->id_currency);
-		$currentLanguage = new Language((int)($cookie->id_lang));
 
 		// display cart header
 		echo '<h2>'.(($customer->id) ? $customer->firstname.' '.$customer->lastname : $this->l('Guest')).' - '.$this->l('Cart #').sprintf('%06d', $cart->id).' '.$this->l('from').' '.$cart->date_upd.'</h2>';
@@ -85,9 +82,9 @@ class AdminCarts extends AdminTab
 			<span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px;">';
 			if ($customer->id)
 				echo '
-			<a href="?tab=AdminCustomers&id_customer='.$customer->id.'&viewcustomer&token='.Tools::getAdminToken('AdminCustomers'.(int)(Tab::getIdFromClassName('AdminCustomers')).(int)($cookie->id_employee)).'"> '.$customer->firstname.' '.$customer->lastname.'</a></span> ('.$this->l('#').$customer->id.')<br />
+			<a href="?tab=AdminCustomers&id_customer='.$customer->id.'&viewcustomer&token='.Tools::getAdminToken('AdminCustomers'.(int)(Tab::getIdFromClassName('AdminCustomers')).(int)$context->employee->id).'"> '.$customer->firstname.' '.$customer->lastname.'</a></span> ('.$this->l('#').$customer->id.')<br />
 			(<a href="mailto:'.$customer->email.'">'.$customer->email.'</a>)<br /><br />
-			'.$this->l('Account registered:').' '.Tools::displayDate($customer->date_add, (int)($cookie->id_lang), true).'<br />
+			'.$this->l('Account registered:').' '.Tools::displayDate($customer->date_add, $context->language->id, true).'<br />
 			'.$this->l('Valid orders placed:').' <b>'.$customerStats['nb_orders'].'</b><br />
 			'.$this->l('Total paid since registration:').' <b>'.Tools::displayPrice($customerStats['total_orders'], $currency, false).'</b><br />';
 			else
@@ -122,9 +119,9 @@ class AdminCarts extends AdminTab
 			<span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px;">';
 			if ($order->id)
 				echo '
-			<a href="?tab=AdminOrders&id_order='.(int)($order->id).'&vieworder&token='.Tools::getAdminToken('AdminOrders'.(int)(Tab::getIdFromClassName('AdminOrders')).(int)($cookie->id_employee)).'"> '.$this->l('Order #').sprintf('%06d', $order->id).'</a></span>
+			<a href="?tab=AdminOrders&id_order='.(int)($order->id).'&vieworder&token='.Tools::getAdminToken('AdminOrders'.(int)(Tab::getIdFromClassName('AdminOrders')).(int)$context->employee->id).'"> '.$this->l('Order #').sprintf('%06d', $order->id).'</a></span>
 			<br /><br />
-			'.$this->l('Made on:').' '.Tools::displayDate($order->date_add, (int)$cookie->id_lang, true).'<br /><br /><br /><br />';
+			'.$this->l('Made on:').' '.Tools::displayDate($order->date_add, $context->language->id, true).'<br /><br /><br /><br />';
 			else
 				echo $this->l('No order created from this cart').'</span>';
 		echo '</fieldset>';
@@ -147,7 +144,7 @@ class AdminCarts extends AdminTab
 							<th style="width: 30px; text-align: center">'.$this->l('Stock').'</th>
 							<th style="width: 90px; text-align: right; font-weight:bold;">'.$this->l('Total').'</th>
 						</tr>';
-						$tokenCatalog = Tools::getAdminToken('AdminCatalog'.(int)(Tab::getIdFromClassName('AdminCatalog')).(int)($cookie->id_employee));
+						$tokenCatalog = Tools::getAdminToken('AdminCatalog'.(int)(Tab::getIdFromClassName('AdminCatalog')).(int)$context->employee->id);
 						foreach ($products as $k => $product)
 						{
                    			if ($order->getTaxCalculationMethod() == PS_TAX_EXC)
@@ -238,7 +235,7 @@ class AdminCarts extends AdminTab
 				foreach ($discounts as $discount)
 					echo '
 				<tr>
-					<td><a href="?tab=AdminDiscounts&id_discount='.$discount['id_discount'].'&updatediscount&token='.Tools::getAdminToken('AdminDiscounts'.(int)(Tab::getIdFromClassName('AdminDiscounts')).(int)($cookie->id_employee)).'">'.$discount['name'].'</a></td>
+					<td><a href="?tab=AdminDiscounts&id_discount='.$discount['id_discount'].'&updatediscount&token='.Tools::getAdminToken('AdminDiscounts'.(int)(Tab::getIdFromClassName('AdminDiscounts')).(int)$context->employee->id).'">'.$discount['name'].'</a></td>
 					<td align="center">- '.Tools::displayPrice($discount['value_real'], $currency, false).'</td>
 				</tr>';
 				echo '
@@ -312,21 +309,17 @@ class AdminCarts extends AdminTab
 
 	public function display()
 	{
-		global $cookie;
-
 		if (isset($_GET['view'.$this->table]))
 			$this->viewDetails();
 		else
 		{
-			$this->getList((int)($cookie->id_lang), !Tools::getValue($this->table.'Orderby') ? 'date_add' : NULL, !Tools::getValue($this->table.'Orderway') ? 'DESC' : NULL);
+			$this->getList(Context::getContext()->language->id, !Tools::getValue($this->table.'Orderby') ? 'date_add' : NULL, !Tools::getValue($this->table.'Orderway') ? 'DESC' : NULL);
 			$this->displayList();
 		}
 	}
 	
 	protected function _displayDeleteLink($token = NULL, $id)
-	{
-		global $currentIndex;
-		
+	{	
 		foreach ($this->_list as $cart)
 			if ($id == $cart['id_cart'])
 				if ($cart['id_order'])
diff --git a/admin-dev/tabs/AdminCatalog.php b/admin-dev/tabs/AdminCatalog.php
index fc831cdde..41d9d60e8 100644
--- a/admin-dev/tabs/AdminCatalog.php
+++ b/admin-dev/tabs/AdminCatalog.php
@@ -136,8 +136,6 @@ class AdminCatalog extends AdminTab
 
 	public function display()
 	{
-		global $currentIndex;
-
 		if (((Tools::isSubmit('submitAddcategory') OR Tools::isSubmit('submitAddcategoryAndStay')) AND sizeof($this->adminCategories->_errors)) OR isset($_GET['updatecategory']) OR isset($_GET['addcategory']))
 		{
 			$this->adminCategories->displayForm($this->token);
@@ -180,10 +178,10 @@ class AdminCatalog extends AdminTab
 			}
 			$catalog_tabs = array('category', 'product');
 			// Cleaning links
-			$catBarIndex = $currentIndex;
+			$catBarIndex = self::$currentIndex;
 			foreach ($catalog_tabs AS $tab)
 				if (Tools::getValue($tab.'Orderby') && Tools::getValue($tab.'Orderway')) 
-					$catBarIndex = preg_replace('/&'.$tab.'Orderby=([a-z _]*)&'.$tab.'Orderway=([a-z]*)/i', '', $currentIndex);
+					$catBarIndex = preg_replace('/&'.$tab.'Orderby=([a-z _]*)&'.$tab.'Orderway=([a-z]*)/i', '', self::$currentIndex);
 					
 			echo '<div class="cat_bar"><span style="color: #3C8534;">'.$this->l('Current category').' :</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'.getPath($catBarIndex, $id_category, '', '', 'catalog', $home).'</div>';
 			echo '<h2>'.$this->l('Categories').'</h2>';
diff --git a/admin-dev/tabs/AdminContacts.php b/admin-dev/tabs/AdminContacts.php
index 84f77c928..762636f35 100644
--- a/admin-dev/tabs/AdminContacts.php
+++ b/admin-dev/tabs/AdminContacts.php
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ class AdminContacts extends AdminTab
 	
 	public function displayForm($isMainTab = true)
 	{
-		global $currentIndex;
 		parent::displayForm();
 		
 		if (!($obj = $this->loadObject(true)))
diff --git a/admin-dev/tabs/AdminCountries.php b/admin-dev/tabs/AdminCountries.php
index 12eac54b8..856a0a46e 100644
--- a/admin-dev/tabs/AdminCountries.php
+++ b/admin-dev/tabs/AdminCountries.php
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ class AdminCountries extends AdminTab
 {
 	public function __construct()
 	{
-		global $cookie;
-
 	 	$this->table = 'country';
 	 	$this->className = 'Country';
 	 	$this->lang = true;
@@ -50,7 +48,7 @@ class AdminCountries extends AdminTab
 		'a!active' => array('title' => $this->l('Enabled'), 'align' => 'center', 'active' => 'status', 'type' => 'bool', 'orderby' => false, 'filter_key' => 'a!active'));
 
 		$this->optionTitle = $this->l('Countries options');
-		$this->_fieldsOptions = array('PS_COUNTRY_DEFAULT' => array('title' => $this->l('Default country:'), 'desc' => $this->l('The default country used in shop'), 'cast' => 'intval', 'type' => 'select', 'identifier' => 'id_country', 'list' => Country::getCountries((int)($cookie->id_lang))));
+		$this->_fieldsOptions = array('PS_COUNTRY_DEFAULT' => array('title' => $this->l('Default country:'), 'desc' => $this->l('The default country used in shop'), 'cast' => 'intval', 'type' => 'select', 'identifier' => 'id_country', 'list' => Country::getCountries(Context::getContext()->language->id)));
 		parent::__construct();
 	}
 
@@ -126,7 +124,6 @@ class AdminCountries extends AdminTab
 	
 	public function displayForm($isMainTab = true)
 	{
-		global $currentIndex, $cookie;
 		parent::displayForm();
 		
 		$defaultLayout = '';
diff --git a/admin-dev/tabs/AdminCurrencies.php b/admin-dev/tabs/AdminCurrencies.php
index d43733c5b..a8892df31 100644
--- a/admin-dev/tabs/AdminCurrencies.php
+++ b/admin-dev/tabs/AdminCurrencies.php
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ class AdminCurrencies extends AdminTab
 	
 	public function postProcess()
 	{
-		global $currentIndex;
-
 		if (isset($_GET['delete'.$this->table]))
 		{
 			if ($this->tabAccess['delete'] === '1')
@@ -126,8 +124,6 @@ class AdminCurrencies extends AdminTab
 
 	public function displayOptionsList()
 	{
-		global	$currentIndex;
-
 		parent::displayOptionsList();
 		echo '<br /><br />
 		<form action="'.self::$currentIndex.'&token='.$this->token.'" method="post">
@@ -146,7 +142,6 @@ class AdminCurrencies extends AdminTab
 
 	public function displayForm($isMainTab = true)
 	{
-		global $currentIndex;
 		parent::displayForm();
 
 		if (!($obj = $this->loadObject(true)))
diff --git a/admin-dev/tabs/AdminDb.php b/admin-dev/tabs/AdminDb.php
index 328782ae9..5e12a3983 100644
--- a/admin-dev/tabs/AdminDb.php
+++ b/admin-dev/tabs/AdminDb.php
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ class AdminDb extends AdminPreferences
 	
 	public function postProcess()
 	{
-		global $currentIndex;
-
 		if (isset($_POST['submitDatabase'.$this->table]))
 		{
 		 	if ($this->tabAccess['edit'] === '1')	 	
@@ -101,7 +99,6 @@ class AdminDb extends AdminPreferences
 
 	public function display()
 	{
-		global $currentIndex;
 		echo $this->displayWarning($this->l('Be VERY CAREFUL with these settings, as changes may cause your PrestaShop online store to malfunction. For all issues, check the config/settings.inc.php file.')).'<br />';
 		$this->_displayForm('database', $this->_fieldsDatabase, $this->l('Database'), 'width2', 'database_gear');
 		$engines = $this->_getEngines();
diff --git a/admin-dev/tabs/AdminHome.php b/admin-dev/tabs/AdminHome.php
index 992753dd6..ef62ba77a 100644
--- a/admin-dev/tabs/AdminHome.php
+++ b/admin-dev/tabs/AdminHome.php
@@ -148,15 +148,13 @@ class AdminHome extends AdminTab
 	}
 	public function display()
 	{
-		global $cookie;
+		$context = Context::getContext();
 		$this->warnDomainName();
 
 		$tab = get_class();
 		$protocol = (!empty($_SERVER['HTTPS']) AND strtolower($_SERVER['HTTPS']) != 'off')?'https':'http';
-		$isoDefault = Language::getIsoById(intval(Configuration::get('PS_LANG_DEFAULT')));
-		$isoUser = Language::getIsoById(intval($cookie->id_lang));
-		$isoCountry = Country::getIsoById(Configuration::get('PS_COUNTRY_DEFAULT'));
-		$currency = new Currency((int)(Configuration::get('PS_CURRENCY_DEFAULT')));
+		$isoUser = $context->language->iso_code;
+		$currency = $context->currency;
 		echo '<div>
 		<h1>'.$this->l('Dashboard').'</h1>
 		<hr style="background-color: #812143;color: #812143;" />
@@ -172,9 +170,7 @@ class AdminHome extends AdminTab
 		}
 	  echo '</div>';
 	
-	  	if (!isset($cookie->show_screencast))
-	  		$cookie->show_screencast = true;
-	  	if ($cookie->show_screencast)
+	  	if ($context->employee->show_screencast)
 			echo'
 			<div id="adminpresentation">
 				<iframe src="'.$protocol.'://screencasts.prestashop.com/screencast.php?iso_lang='.Tools::strtolower($isoUser).'" style="border:none;width:100%;height:420px;" scrolling="no"></iframe>
diff --git a/admin-dev/tabs/AdminPreferences.php b/admin-dev/tabs/AdminPreferences.php
index bf4a8c27a..0d0c4d09c 100644
--- a/admin-dev/tabs/AdminPreferences.php
+++ b/admin-dev/tabs/AdminPreferences.php
@@ -169,18 +169,16 @@ class AdminPreferences extends AdminTab
 	  */
 	protected function _postConfig($fields)
 	{
-		global $smarty;
-
 		$languages = Language::getLanguages(false);
 		if (!Configuration::get('PS_FORCE_SMARTY_2'))
 		{
 			$files = scandir(_PS_THEME_DIR_);
 			foreach ($files AS $file)
 				if (!preg_match('/^\..*/', $file))
-						$smarty->clearCache($file);
+						$this->smarty->clearCache($file);
 		}
 		else
-			$smarty->clear_all_cache();
+			$this->smarty->clear_all_cache();
 
 		/* Check required fields */
 		foreach ($fields AS $field => $values)
diff --git a/classes/AdminTab.php b/classes/AdminTab.php
index 2964baff8..30324a04e 100644
--- a/classes/AdminTab.php
+++ b/classes/AdminTab.php
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ abstract class AdminTabCore
 	public $specificConfirmDelete = NULL;
 	
 	public static $currentIndex;
+	
+	public $smarty;
 
 	protected $identifiersDnd = array('id_product' => 'id_product', 'id_category' => 'id_category_to_move','id_cms_category' => 'id_cms_category_to_move', 'id_cms' => 'id_cms');
 
@@ -1591,7 +1593,6 @@ abstract class AdminTabCore
 		}
 	}
 
-
 	protected function _displayEnableLink($token, $id, $value, $active,  $id_category = NULL, $id_product = NULL)
 	{
 	    echo '<a href="'.self::$currentIndex.'&'.$this->identifier.'='.$id.'&'.$active.$this->table.
@@ -1600,7 +1601,7 @@ abstract class AdminTabCore
 	        alt="'.($value ? $this->l('Enabled') : $this->l('Disabled')).'" title="'.($value ? $this->l('Enabled') : $this->l('Disabled')).'" /></a>';
 	}
 
-    protected function 	_displayDuplicate($token = NULL, $id)
+    protected function _displayDuplicate($token = NULL, $id)
     {
         $_cacheLang['Duplicate'] = $this->l('Duplicate');
 		$_cacheLang['Copy images too?'] = $this->l('Copy images too?', __CLASS__, TRUE, FALSE);
@@ -1664,15 +1665,13 @@ abstract class AdminTabCore
 	 */
 	public function displayOptionsList()
 	{
-		global $tab;
-
 		$context = Context::getContext();
 		if (!isset($this->_fieldsOptions) OR !sizeof($this->_fieldsOptions))
 			return false;
 		
-		$defaultLanguage = (int)Configuration::get('PS_LANG_DEFAULT');
+		$defaultLanguage = (int)$context->language->id;
 		$this->_languages = Language::getLanguages(false);
-		$tab = Tab::getTab($context->language->id, Tab::getIdFromClassName($tab));
+		$tab = Tab::getTab($defaultLanguage, $this->id);
 		echo '<br /><br />';
 		echo (isset($this->optionTitle) ? '<h2>'.$this->optionTitle.'</h2>' : '');
 		echo '
diff --git a/classes/Employee.php b/classes/Employee.php
index a652cbb39..ffd2da3fd 100644
--- a/classes/Employee.php
+++ b/classes/Employee.php
@@ -65,10 +65,14 @@ class EmployeeCore extends ObjectModel
 	/** @var boolean Status */
 	public 		$active = 1;
 	
+	/** @var boolean show screencast */
+	public 		$show_screencast = 1;
+	
  	protected 	$fieldsRequired = array('lastname', 'firstname', 'email', 'passwd', 'id_profile', 'id_lang');
  	protected 	$fieldsSize = array('lastname' => 32, 'firstname' => 32, 'email' => 128, 'passwd' => 32, 'bo_color' => 32, 'bo_theme' => 32);
  	protected 	$fieldsValidate = array('lastname' => 'isName', 'firstname' => 'isName', 'email' => 'isEmail', 'id_lang' => 'isUnsignedInt', 
-		'passwd' => 'isPasswdAdmin', 'active' => 'isBool', 'id_profile' => 'isInt', 'bo_color' => 'isColor', 'bo_theme' => 'isGenericName', 'bo_uimode' => 'isGenericName');
+		'passwd' => 'isPasswdAdmin', 'active' => 'isBool', 'id_profile' => 'isInt', 'bo_color' => 'isColor', 'bo_theme' => 'isGenericName', 
+		'bo_uimode' => 'isGenericName', 'show_screencast' => 'isBool');
 	
 	protected 	$table = 'employee';
 	protected 	$identifier = 'id_employee';
@@ -108,6 +112,7 @@ class EmployeeCore extends ObjectModel
 		$fields['bo_theme'] = pSQL($this->bo_theme);
 		$fields['bo_uimode'] = pSQL($this->bo_uimode);
 		$fields['active'] = (int)$this->active;
+		$fields['show_screencast'] = (int)$this->show_screencast;
 		
 		return $fields;
 	}
diff --git a/classes/FrontController.php b/classes/FrontController.php
index 1d73384dc..5111adba3 100755
--- a/classes/FrontController.php
+++ b/classes/FrontController.php
@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ class FrontControllerCore
 		if ($this->auth AND !$cookie->isLogged($this->guestAllowed))
 			Tools::redirect('index.php?controller=authentication'.($this->authRedirection ? '&back='.$this->authRedirection : ''));
 
-		/* Loading default country */
-		$defaultCountry = new Country((int)Configuration::get('PS_COUNTRY_DEFAULT'), Configuration::get('PS_LANG_DEFAULT'));
 		/* Theme is missing or maintenance */
 		if (!is_dir(_PS_THEME_DIR_))
 			die(Tools::displayError('Current theme unavailable. Please check your theme directory name and permissions.'));
@@ -399,7 +397,7 @@ class FrontControllerCore
 			/* Check if Maxmind Database exists */
 			if (file_exists(_PS_GEOIP_DIR_.'GeoLiteCity.dat'))
 			{
-				if (!isset($context->country->iso_code) OR (isset($context->country->iso_code) AND !in_array(strtoupper($context->country->iso_code), explode(';', Configuration::get('PS_ALLOWED_COUNTRIES')))))
+				if (!isset($context->cookie->iso_code_country) OR (isset($context->cookie->iso_code_country) AND !in_array(strtoupper($context->cookie->iso_code_country), explode(';', Configuration::get('PS_ALLOWED_COUNTRIES')))))
 				{
           			include_once(_PS_GEOIP_DIR_.'geoipcity.inc');
 					include_once(_PS_GEOIP_DIR_.'geoipregionvars.php');
@@ -407,24 +405,28 @@ class FrontControllerCore
 					$gi = geoip_open(realpath(_PS_GEOIP_DIR_.'GeoLiteCity.dat'), GEOIP_STANDARD);
 					$record = geoip_record_by_addr($gi, Tools::getRemoteAddr());
 
-					if (is_object($record) AND !in_array(strtoupper($record->country_code), explode(';', Configuration::get('PS_ALLOWED_COUNTRIES'))) AND !self::isInWhitelistForGeolocation())
+					if (is_object($record)) 
 					{
-						if (Configuration::get('PS_GEOLOCATION_BEHAVIOR') == _PS_GEOLOCATION_NO_CATALOG_)
-							$this->restrictedCountry = true;
-						elseif (Configuration::get('PS_GEOLOCATION_BEHAVIOR') == _PS_GEOLOCATION_NO_ORDER_)
-							$this->smarty->assign(array(
-								'restricted_country_mode' => true,
-								'geolocation_country' => $record->country_name
-							));
-					}
-					elseif (is_object($record))
-					{
-						$context->country->iso_code = strtoupper($record->country_code);
-						$hasBeenSet = true;
+						if (!in_array(strtoupper($record->country_code), explode(';', Configuration::get('PS_ALLOWED_COUNTRIES'))) AND !self::isInWhitelistForGeolocation())
+						{
+							if (Configuration::get('PS_GEOLOCATION_BEHAVIOR') == _PS_GEOLOCATION_NO_CATALOG_)
+								$this->restrictedCountry = true;
+							elseif (Configuration::get('PS_GEOLOCATION_BEHAVIOR') == _PS_GEOLOCATION_NO_ORDER_)
+								$this->smarty->assign(array(
+									'restricted_country_mode' => true,
+									'geolocation_country' => $record->country_name
+								));
+						}
+						else
+						{
+							$context->cookie->iso_code_country = strtoupper($record->country_code);
+							$hasBeenSet = true;
+						}
 					}
 				}
 
-				if (isset($context->country->iso_code) AND (int)($id_country = Country::getByIso(strtoupper($context->cookie->iso_code_country))))
+				if (isset($context->cookie->iso_code_country) 
+					&& (int)($id_country = Country::getByIso(strtoupper($context->cookie->iso_code_country))))
 				{
 					/* Update defaultCountry */
 					$defaultCountry = new Country($id_country);
diff --git a/config/config.inc.php b/config/config.inc.php
index 0a4de6720..97e7272a9 100644
--- a/config/config.inc.php
+++ b/config/config.inc.php
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ Configuration::loadConfiguration();
 Language::loadLanguages();
 
 /* Loading default country */
-global $defaultCountry;
 $defaultCountry = new Country((int)(Configuration::get('PS_COUNTRY_DEFAULT')), Configuration::get('PS_LANG_DEFAULT'));
 
 /* It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings, and this would generate a PHP Strict Standards notice. */
diff --git a/install-dev/sql/db.sql b/install-dev/sql/db.sql
index 730c657c6..5e20a97f2 100644
--- a/install-dev/sql/db.sql
+++ b/install-dev/sql/db.sql
@@ -608,6 +608,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `PREFIX_employee` (
   `bo_theme` varchar(32) default NULL,
   `bo_uimode` ENUM('hover','click') default 'click',
   `active` tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
+  `show_screencast` tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL default '1',
   PRIMARY KEY  (`id_employee`),
   KEY `employee_login` (`email`,`passwd`),
   KEY `id_employee_passwd` (`id_employee`,`passwd`),
diff --git a/install-dev/sql/upgrade/1.5.0.0.sql b/install-dev/sql/upgrade/1.5.0.0.sql
index 2bca42913..95131fd46 100755
--- a/install-dev/sql/upgrade/1.5.0.0.sql
+++ b/install-dev/sql/upgrade/1.5.0.0.sql
@@ -300,4 +300,6 @@ CREATE TABLE `PREFIX_referrer_shop` (
 INSERT INTO `PREFIX_referrer_shop` (`id_referrer`, `id_shop`) SELECT `id_referrer`, 1 FROM `PREFIX_referrer`;
 ALTER TABLE `PREFIX_referrer` DROP `cache_visitors`, DROP `cache_visits`, DROP `cache_pages`, DROP `cache_registrations`, DROP `cache_orders`, DROP `cache_sales`, DROP `cache_reg_rate`, DROP `cache_order_rate`;
 
+ALTER TABLE PREFIX_employee ADD `show_screencast` tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL default '1';
+
 /* PHP:create_multistore(); */