Portugal follows Spain extending citizenship to Sephardic Jews
Read the news reports in the Globalpost.com and the Time.
Turkey debates citizenship for Syrian refugees
Read the news report in Today’s Zaman.
New Russian law on military service causes concern among dual Finnish-Russian citizens
Read the news report in YLE. Read the news item published on 22 May 2013 on the Russian law making military service mandatory regardless of prior service in foreign army.
Co-creating European Union citizenship
The EC has published a policy review document on ‘Co-creating European Union Citizenship’. The document draws on the key research findings of fifteen EU-funded Social Sciences and Humanities research projects that have contributed to the understanding of the genesis and Read More …
Experts and Federal Chamber demand reform to increase German naturalisation figures
Read a review by Mediendienst Integration on naturalisations in Germany five years after the introduction of the federal naturalisation test (in German language).
A geography of extra-territorial citizenship: Explanations of external voting
Geographers have a long-standing interest in citizenship as the link between political and territorial membership. Yet, even when key political processes associated with citizenship, such as voting or lobbying government institutions are carried out from beyond the territory there is Read More …
British citizens living abroad will be encouraged to register to vote in 2015 elections
Read the news report in The Independent.
French citizenship to become more accessible.
French Interior Minister Manuel Valls continues to work on his promise to return naturalisation to its traditional place as a means for integration into the French Republic. The Minister’s second set of guidelines try to undo the damage done in Read More …
External Citizenship in EU Countries
Citizenship laws often contain provisions regarding preferential acquisition of citizenship by certain categories of foreigners, such as provisions that allow for the possibility to acquire citizenship without the obligation to reside in the country. The practice of external acquisition of Read More …
Germany: German Poles to vote in upcoming elections via absentee ballot
Read the news report in Der Spiegel.