By Bernhard Perchinig As in recent years, naturalisations in Austria again declined significantly in 2010. With a mere 6,190 naturalisations the number reached an all-time low since 1973, when 6,183 persons had been naturalised. Defined as a percentage of the Read More …
President Valdis Zatlers proposed to amend Latvian Citizenship Law to allow dual citizenship. The amendment is meant to strengthen emigrants’ ties with Latvia: “those who left Latvia in the wake of the Soviet occupation, as well as their children, and Read More …
A panel of Council of State judges has ruled that a citizenship law passed in the Greek parliament on 11 March 2010, which allows foreigners who legally reside in Greece to vote and stand in local elections, is unconstitutional as Read More …
By EUDO CITIZENSHIP collaborator Roxana Barbulescu This week, the Spanish Government has announced the draft of the procedural document (regulamento) implementing the Foreigners Law approved in December 2009. Among the novelties the document brings is the special treatment of parents Read More …
UP to 15,500 ‘new Irish’ are entitled to vote on February 25 after securing citizenship since the last general election. The new voters have been enfranchised since 2007, after applications for citizenship were approved by the Government. Read the report Read More …
Germany granted citizenship to almost one million foreigners between 2002 and 2009. The largest group of naturalized Germans has Turkish roots. Read the full article by Germany’s International broadcaster Deutsche Welle
Read the report in the British daily The Guardian
By EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Dagmar Kusa, 25 January 2011 The voluntary acquisition of another citizenship should no longer result in the loss of the Slovak citizenship — according to the bill amending the Law on Citizenship that the Slovak government Read More …
Ireland may be mired in recession and thousands of people have emigrated but the number of other people obtaining Irish citizenship has actually increased, according to new figures. Read the news report from the Irish Examiner: 2010 sees increase in Read More …
In 2010, the Hungarian Parliament passed an amendment to the Hungarian Citizenship Act that provides for a preferential and accelerated naturalisation of Hungarians who are descendants of former citizens. The new citizenship law took effect on Monday 3 January, 2010, Read More …
