As far as I can tell from the internet, and what another friend told me, it is in fact like that. You need a license which is quite expensive and there are a lot of regulations.
I find it ridiculous how some countries regulate drones beyond logic. It is like you are feeling like a criminal using a drone sometimes watching out for the police or somebody complaining or something... There should be like an international law, everyone approves a basic course to have a basic license to fly and then just let us fly without further concerns, the drone has the no fly zones well defined and that should be it!
