ECtHR decides that lack of Greek legislation to implement right to vote from abroad does not violate human rights
Read the ECtHR press release on the case Sitaropoulos and Others v. Greece and the full judgment of 15 March 2012.
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A claim against the Slovak Republic filed to the ECtHR by a 100 year old woman
The Association Council for Human Dignity is assisting a Hungarian retiree living in Slovakia and her daughter to submit a case to the European Court for Human Rights in Strasbourg concerning her loss of citizenship of the Slovak Republic. The Read More …
New Slovak government plans to limit withdrawal of citizenship in case of acquisition of a foreign nationality
by EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Dagmar Kusa SMER, the recent winner of the early parliamentary elections in Slovakia, has announced changes to the citizenship law that will limit the withdrawal of Slovak citizenship from those voluntarily acquiring the citizenship of another Read More …
Austrian citizenship for sale?
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 …
Italy on its way to reforming citizenship law and granting immigrants the right to vote in local elections?
Read the article on TheAfricaNews.com and our previous news item on this citizens’ initiative.
Canada objects to electoral campaigns and absentee voting for special representatives by foreign residents
Read a background article and interview with Rainer Bauböck in Capital News Online.
Although legally an exception, dual nationality has become the rule in Germany
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 …
Dutch government agrees to get tough on dual citizenship, also for the Dutch
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 …
Ireland: New guidelines for establishing citizenship of children born by surrogate mothers
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.
Officials of the National Citizenship Authority and of the Bucharest City Hall targeted in an investigation regarding citizenship acquisition
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 …