Malta's golden passport scheme was heavily slammed by political representatives deriving from all political fronts on ...

Labour MEPs defend scheme and question Malta being singled out, while Nationalist MEPs say scheme symbolises ‘greed and ...

As Malta's golden passport is ruled to be illegal, these alternative residence by investment programmes may appeal to Britons ...

An EU member state "cannot grant its nationality - and indeed European citizenship - in exchange for predetermined payments ...

Malta must end its "golden passport scheme," according to a new ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Opposition leader Bernard Grech says that it is unacceptable that applicants for citizenship by investments insist on keeping ...

Between 2011 and 2019, over 132,000 nationals of non-EU countries acquired residence permits or citizenship in the European ...

In a trenchant judgement on April 29, 2025 the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) in the case of Malta v ...

The last "golden passport" program in the European Union is now banned by the bloc's highest court. But there might be other ...

In a ruling on Tuesday, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) declared the scheme illegal, calling it a “mere ...

As an introduction, investor citizenship schemes, or "golden passport" schemes, allow any wealthy person to acquire a new nationality based on payment or investment and in most cases in the absence of ...

Not to put too fine a point on it between 2014-20 Malta, Cyprus and Bulgaria were ... 2024 in an article headed “Selling golden passports should remain unlawful” a person’s nationality ...