By EUDO-CITIZENSHIP expert Alberto Martín Pérez In June 2012, the Spanish Minister of Justice charged 1,000 commercial and property registrars with the task of processing the ever-increasing number of pending applications for naturalisation. The Ministry of Justice –which up to Read More …
Read the news report in Reuters.
By Rainer Bauböck (EUDO CITIZENSHIP co-director) On 4 July 2013, the First Chamber of the Austrian Parliament (Nationalrat) adopted a minor reform of the citizenship with the votes of social democratic and conservative MPs. These two parties (SPÖ and ÖVP) Read More …
By Albania & Kosovo Country Expert Gezim Krasniqi Until recently, the Albanian citizenship regime was one of the last remaining regimes in the region of Southeast Europe that did not apply the post-territorial principle of ethnic selectivity. Despite the fact Read More …
Read the news report in The Belfast Telegraph.
By EUDO-CITIZENSHIP partner Iseult Honohan. In answer to a parliamentary question on June 13, 2013, the Irish Minister for Justice confirmed a significant increase in of grants of citizenship by naturalisation since 2009. These have risen from 1,529 in 2002, and Read More …
The Austrian Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee held a public expert hearing on the government’s proposed amendment to the citizenship law. EUDO CITIZENSHIP co-director Rainer Bauböck was invited to testify as expert and present the results of the ACIT project for Read More …
By EUDO-CITIZENSHIP Italy Country Expert Giovanna Zincone. Lo ius soli di stile europeo, il solo in discussione oggi in Italia, non prevede che il figlio di uno straniero nato sul posto diventi all’istante un cittadino, vuole che ci sia andato Read More …
A recent study has highlighted serious problems in the ‘Life in the UK’ test which applicants for naturalisation have to take in order to become British citizens. Read the academic study and blog entry by Thom Brooks from Durham University. Read More …
By EUDO-CITIZENSHIP expert Andrea Baršová. On 11 June 2013 the Czech Chamber of Deputies cast a final vote on the new citizenship law. By this vote the Chamber outvoted the Senate amendments[1] and enacted the bill as approved by the Read More …
