By EUDO CITIZENSHIP experts Maria Teresa Zegada and Jean-Michel Lafleur On 12th October 2014, Evo Morales was re-elected for a third term as President following a large victory in the general elections. For the second time Bolivians residing abroad Read More …
A 75-year-old US citizen who taught as a professor at ETH Zurich was denied Swiss citizenship after local officials in the municipality of Einsielden ruled he did not know enough about the region where he has lived for 39 years. Read More …
By EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Dimitris Christopoulos In 2013, a group of retired military officers and a Greek citizen demanded the nullification of a Decision by the Minister of Defense (April 15th 2011) allowing all Greek citizens to take the Read More …
In an increasingly grim economic context, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a new decree loosening the conditions of acquisition of Russian citizenship for foreign investors and entrepreneurs. Read the news report in the Moscow Times.
The Estonian government has approved a legislative proposal aiming at facilitating acquisition of citizenship for children and the elderly. Read the news report in ERR (in English).
The Electoral Reform Society in Scotland said proposals that local authorities examine new information provided by voters who registered for the independence referendum in order to identify people with outstanding bills was “irresponsible” and harmful to democracy. Read the news Read More …
By EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Dagmar Kusa In June 2010, just a few weeks before leaving office, the Slovak government hastily reacted to the new Hungarian law on citizenship, which made access of ethnic Hungarians to dual citizenship easier in Read More …
By EUDO-CITIZENSHIP expert Gerd Valchars Following public announcements in May, the Austrian Minister of the Interior published a legislative proposal amending the Nationality Act. The proposed amendment should provide the legal basis to denationalise Austrian nationals with dual nationality fighting in Read More …
By EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Anja Lansbergen The age of enfranchisement in UK devolved and general elections is facing renewed scrutiny in the wake of last week’s Scottish referendum, in which 16 and 17 year olds participated for the first time Read More …
By EUDO-CITIZENSHIP expert for Venezuela José Manuel Caceres Cuban-born, Venezuelan-raised, three time Grammy Award–nominated singer/songwriter, 1975 Miss Venezuela and actress María Conchita Alonso faces a demand from the Venezuelan state to revoke her Venezuelan citizenship after asking for an international Read More …
