by EUDO Citizenship country expert Jelena Dzankic (Also available at www.citsee.eu) When Montenegro received its candidate country status in November 2010, the European Commission (EC) recommended that the country fulfil seven conditions before opening accession talks. The requirement that Read More …
By EUDO Citizenship country expert Dagmar Kusa In May 2010 the Slovak parliament adopted an amendment to its citizenship law that provides for withdrawal of Slovak citizenship in case of voluntary acquisition of a foreign nationality. This law was widely Read More …
By EUDO Citizenship country expert Shushanik Makaryan On September 15, in its four-day session, the National Assembly of Armenia discussed and adopted in the first reading new amendments to Armenia’s citizenship law. Given the overwhelming support majority of the deputies Read More …
According to the UN, some 12 million people around the world do not have citizenship of any country and are being denied basic human rights as a result. Read the report on BBC news.
Read the report in the Helsinki Times
Thomas Hammarberg the Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights said stateless Roma who have settled in a host country for seven to eight years or more should be granted citizenship there, starting with their children. Read the interview on Read More …
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By EUDO CITIZENSHIP coordinator Rainer Bauböck On 2 August 2011 Uwe Scheuch, head of the Carinthia Freedom Party, was condemned to 18 months prison, 12 months of which on suspended sentence, for offering a Russian investor Austrian citizenship as a Read More …
EU27 Member States granted citizenship to 776,000 persons in 2009Read the EUROSTAT press release of 10 June 2011 Read the full EUROSTAT report
by Mária Kovács and Szabolcs Pogonyi In its opinion published on 20 June 2011 the Council of Europe’s advisory body on constitutional matters, raises concerns over the Hungarian constitution making process. The European Commission for Democracy through Law, better known Read More …
