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

Joseph Muscat, who was Maltese PM when the golden passport scheme was introduced, called the citizenship ruling politically ...

The ECJ decision points out that the agents promoting the sale of Maltese citizenship emphasised that it entitled buyers to rights in the other EU member states. In the process Malta, through its ...

Russian businessman Albert Avdolyan has been hit with EU sanctions over Moscow’s war in Ukraine, but can partially circumvent ...

A brief, heated debate took place in Parliament over the ruling by the European Court of Justice which found Malta's golden passport scheme is in breach of EU law, as Home Affairs Minister Byron ...

Court of Justice of the EU says Tuesday the program was nothing short of the “commercialisation” of citizenship.

According to a tally by the Financial Times, in all, there are seven people who acquired Maltese citizenship and ... or were convicted of crimes. The sale of citizenship to non-EU nationals ...

The Commission took Valletta to court after years of warnings, arguing the scheme gave EU citizenship to people with no real ...

Europe’s highest court on Tuesday struck down Malta’s controversial “golden passport” programme, ruling that it breached EU ...

At least seven individuals, later sanctioned by the EU, U.S., or Kyiv over links to Russia's aggression in Ukraine, hold a ...