Like the Caribbean islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis and Dominica, Austria runs a citizenship-by-investment programme. Pursuant to article 10(6) of the Constitution of Austria, an individual may be granted Austrian citizenship at the discretion of authorities, whereby the common Read More …
Read the article on TheAfricaNews.com and our previous news item on this citizens’ initiative.
Read a background article and interview with Rainer Bauböck in Capital News Online.
By Christal Morehouse, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Germany As the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees prepares to publish a report this spring on so-called “Option Children”, it is really the country’s dual nationality regulations that must pass a “stress test”. The Read More …
By Maarten Vink, EUDO CITIZENSHIP Consortium member The Dutch government on Friday decided to press ahead with legislation aimed at reducing the number of people with dual citizenship, despite widespread opposition. The current minority government in the Netherlands consists Read More …
Read the article in the Irish Times. See also a previous news item about the granting of Austrian citizenship to children born by surrogate mothers.
Translated and edited by EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Andrei Stavila Officials of the National Citizenship Authority (ANC) from the Ministry of Justice and officials of the Bucharest City Hall are under investigation for illegally granting citizenship. This investigation is the largest Read More …
Read the article on SETimes.com.
Read the report in The Guardian.
By EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Szabolcs Pogonyi In late 2011, the centre-right Orbán government completed its symbolic “national reunification beyond the borders” mission by offering political rights for non-resident ethnic Hungarians. As reported earlier, after the landslide victory of the Fidesz Read More …
