Hungary: The naturalisation procedure is getting simpler
Hungary’s government is going to streamline the naturalisation of applicants for Hungarian citizenship. Read the article on Politics.hu and the news item on EWSI.
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French actor Depardieu is offered Russian citizenship
Read the report in the Guardian and an article in Le Temps (in French).
Czech Republic: Constitutional Law Committee of the House of Deputies is to debate the Draft Citizenship Bill
By EUDO citizenship expert Andrea Baršová On 16 January 2013, the Constitutional Law Committee of the Czech Chamber of Deputies (the lower chamber of the Czech Parliament) will discuss the draft citizenship bill. The bill, introduced by the government to Read More …
The number of French people applying for Belgian citizenship increased
Read the article in the Figaro and a special report on Gérard Depardieu’s case (both in French).
Putin Endorses Eased Citizenship Requirements
President Vladimir Putin in his state-of-the-nation address Wednesday called for legislative amendments simplifying the process of obtaining Russian citizenship, amendments that could allow millions of people to receive Russian passports. Read the article of the The Moscow Times.
Investor programs: attempting to cure the struggling European economies?
By EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert, Jelena Dzankic While the epidemic of the economic crisis is still troubling Europe, many of the Old Continent’s countries seek out creative ways to secure a much needed injection of capital into their struggling economies. Investor Read More …
Irish Supreme Court restricts discretion in refusals of naturalisation
By Alan Desmond, PhD student at the Faculty of Law, University College Cork, Ireland. In a report on citizenship acquisition in Ireland issued last year, the Immigrant Council of Ireland highlighted a number of issues which make the process of Read More …
Spain: Citizenship Process Eased for Sephardic Jews
Sephardic Jews, who already benefited from a preferential naturalization procedure in Spain, will now be granted Spanish citizenship automatically. Read the article of the New York Times and the article in eSefarad (in Spanish)..
More than one million individuals got Italian citizenship abroad in twelve years (1998-2010)
by EUDO Citizenship expert Guido Tintori According to the latest available data, between 1998 and 2010, 1,003,403 individuals got Italian citizenship by descent at Italian consulates abroad. 73.3 per cent (735,635) of the total new Italian/EU passports were released in Read More …
The European Web Site on Integration published a Special Feature on Access to Nationality
On 20 November 2012, the European Web Site on Integration published a Special Feature on Access to Nationality. The dossier uses EUDO CITIZENSHIP and refers often to the ACIT project.