Italian town bestows honorary citizenship on children to speed up the introduction of ius soli
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Non-Resident Hungarians Get Voting Rights
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 …
Ukrainian government wants to introduce fines for multiple citizenships
By EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Oxana Shevel On 3 February 2012 the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers submitted legislative amendments to the national parliament which, if approved by the legislature, will introduce monetary fines for possession of multiple citizenships and will otherwise Read More …
Minor revisions to the Norwegian Citizenship Law
By EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Espen D. H. Olsen, Arena, University of Oslo In December 2011 the Norwegian majority government delivered a law proposition on revisions and changes to the Norwegian Citizenship Law. The background of the proposition is an aim Read More …
Citizenship by investment: Can money buy citizenship?
By EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Jelena Dzankic Just the other day I was watching the hit musical ‘Mamma Mia’, and I was reminded of the lines of one of the leading songs ‘Money, money, money… always sunny, in the rich men’s Read More …
The politics of numbers and identity in Albania
By EUDO CITZENSHIP expert Gëzim Krasniqi There has been new and often heated debate in Albania over issues of nationality (ethnic affiliation), sparked by both the use of the term in legal and civil registers, and by the October 2011 Read More …
French ministerial decree determines new conditions for citizenship tests
By Roxana Barbulescu, EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert France approved on Tuesday a new decree that changes the rules of access to French citizenship. As of July 2012, migrants who wish to naturalise will have to demonstrate knowledge of the French language, Read More …
Communist Party asks Romania to withdraw citizenship from Moldovan politicians with dual citizenship
by EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Costica Dumbrava A group of deputies belonging to the Communist Party of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM), now in opposition, asked Romanian ambassador in Chisinau to take measures in order to withdraw Romanian citizenship from several Moldovan-Romanian Read More …
A new citizenship law is due to replace Poland’s law of 1962
by EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Dorota Pudzianowska On 18th January 2012, the Constitutional Tribunal decided that the new Polish citizenship law (the Nationality Law Act of 2 April 2009) does not violate the Constitution. According to the Tribunal, Article 30 of Read More …
Constitutional Court confirms Austrian citizenship for children born by American surrogate mother
by Rainer Bauböck (EUDO CITIZENSHIP co-director) On 14 December 2011 the Austrian Constitutional Court decided in a case involving an American surrogate mother who had given birth to two children whose genetic parents are Austrian citizens residing in Vienna. After Read More …