More than 20.000 persons could qualify for dual citizenship under new law in Latvia
Read the news report in the Baltic Course.
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US death row prisoner granted Irish citizenship
Read the news report in The Irish Examiner.
Belgium: Sharp drop in number of applications for naturalisation in 2013
Read the news report in Le Soir (in French).
Quicker processing of applications for recovery of Norwegian citizenship
The Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion has requested that The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) prioritises processing applications for Norwegian citizenship from former Norwegian citizens and/or persons who have been issued Norwegian passports although they in fact were Read More …
Portugal follows Spain extending citizenship to Sephardic Jews
Read the news reports in the Globalpost.com and the Time.
Turkey debates citizenship for Syrian refugees
Read the news report in Today’s Zaman.
New Russian law on military service causes concern among dual Finnish-Russian citizens
Read the news report in YLE. Read the news item published on 22 May 2013 on the Russian law making military service mandatory regardless of prior service in foreign army.
Experts and Federal Chamber demand reform to increase German naturalisation figures
Read a review by Mediendienst Integration on naturalisations in Germany five years after the introduction of the federal naturalisation test (in German language).
British citizens living abroad will be encouraged to register to vote in 2015 elections
Read the news report in The Independent.
French citizenship to become more accessible.
French Interior Minister Manuel Valls continues to work on his promise to return naturalisation to its traditional place as a means for integration into the French Republic. The Minister’s second set of guidelines try to undo the damage done in Read More …