Which indicators are most useful for comparing citizenship policies?
Rainer Bauböck, Marc Helbling (eds.): Which indicators are most useful for comparing citizenship policies?. EUI Working Paper RSCAS 2011/54. Read More …
André Liebich comments in Le Temps on the Hungarian-Slovak controversy over dual citizenship
EUDO CITIZENSHIP advisory board member André Liebich comments in Le Temps on the Hungarian-Slovak controversy over dual citizenship. Read the commentary “En Europe, la citoyenneté reste un terrain miné” (in French).
Iran does not recognize Dutch citizenship of prisoner with dual citizenship
A Dutch-Iranian woman, Zahra Bahrami, has been imprisoned in Iran since December 2009 on suspicion of subversion. The woman, who holds a Dutch passport, was arrested while visiting one of her children in the country. According to the Dutch foreign Read More …
Romania/Moldova: Romania grants citizenship to 17,000 Moldovans
In 2010 Romania has granted citizenship to 17,000 Moldovans, Romanian President Traian Basescu announced. More than half a million Moldovans work in EU countries, most of them on the black labour market, he admitted. Read the article by Euroactive
Estonia: 7.5 percent of the population holds an “alien passport”
by EUDO CITIZENSZHIP collaborator Roxana Barbulescu 7.5 percent of Estonia’s population of 1.3 million holds an Estonian “alien passaport”, according to an article published by the New York Times on August 15, 2010. These people, mostly ethnic Russians, are stateless Read More …
Bulgaria: Diaspora Minister responds to the UK concerns about Central European ethnic citizenship policies
On August 14, 2010, the Bulgarian newspaper Standart News reported the reply of the Bulgarian Diaspora Minister Bozhidar Dimitrov to a UK complain before Brussels concerning the high number of citizenship granted by Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. These “new” European Read More …
Hungary: Changes in the executive rules to implement the recent amendment of the Citizenship Law
By EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Judit Tóth
12 August 2010
As reported by EUDO CITIZENSHIP, the Hungarian Parliament has recently passed an amendment to the Hungarian Citizenship Act that provides for a preferential and accelerated naturalisation of Hungarians who are descendants of former citizens. There is no more requirement that such applicants for Hungarian citizenship have to reside in Hungary. This news item summarises a recently issued government decree on the implementation of this accelerated naturalisation procedure.
France: Patrick Weil responds to Sarkozy’s proposal to deprive naturalised immigrants who attack police officers of their French citizenship
Historian and citizenship expert Patrick Weil responds to Nicolas Sarkozy’s and Brice Hortefeux’s proposal to deprive naturalised immigrants who attack police officers of their French citizenship Read the article in French published by Le Monde on 2 August 2010: Patrick Read More …
Montenegro ratifies ECN and changes its Citizenship Act
By EUDO CITIZENSHIP/CITSEE expert Jelena Dzankic Following the ratification of the Council of Europe’s Convention on the Avoidance of Statelessness in Relation to State Succession a few months ago, Montenegro has recently ratified the European Convention on Nationality (ECN). In Read More …
Kosovo: International Court of Justice Opinion on Independence
By EUDO CITIZENSHIP/CITSEE expert Gezim Krasniqi
July 26, 2010
On 22 July 2010, in a much-anticipated opinion, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), found that Kosovo’s declaration of independence did not violate general international law. Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia on 17 February 2008 and up to July 2010 it had been recognised by 69 states. Serbia, which strongly opposes Kosovo’s independence, sponsored a draft-resolution at the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) to request an advisory opinion from the ICJ on the legality of Kosovo’s declaration of independence. The question on which the advisory opinion of the Court was requested was put forth in Resolution 63/3 adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 8 October 2008. The Court was requested to render an advisory opinion on the following question: ‘Is the unilateral declaration of independence by the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government of Kosovo in accordance with international law?’