Malta EU threatens to take Malta to court over 'golden passport' scheme Malta has rebuffed Brussels warnings and has argued that the issuing of citizenship should remain a "national competence". 06/04/2022
Scenes The alternative schools offering new horizons to children in Malaysia "I want all the children without documents and without education to be given a chance to go to school." 28/02/2022
United Kingdom A year since Brexit: How welcome do Poles living in the UK feel now? Many Polish people have opted to stay in Britain, although some have had trouble establishing residency — while others have returned home to Poland. 28/12/2021
Sport Turkish NBA player adds Freedom to his name to toast US citizenship Kanter had his Turkish passport revoked by Ankara in 2017. The 29-year-old is an outspoken critic of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Turkish government. 29/11/2021
Italy Italians protest against Bolsonaro's honorary citizenship in village Around 200 people demonstrated in the town of Anguillara Veneta, where Bolsonaro's ancestors are from. 01/11/2021
Cyprus Cyprus to revoke 45 'golden passports' after corruption probes Procedures have begun to revoke the citizenships after an investment-for-passports scheme was cancelled in the wake of corruption revelations. 15/10/2021
Uncovering Europe Meet the Turin-born champion athlete not allowed to represent Italy Despite being born in Turin, Italian rules mean Great Nnachi will have to wait until her 18th birthday before she can apply for Italian citizenship. 17/08/2021
United Kingdom Ecuadorian court revokes citizenship for Julian Assange Ecuadorian authorities say Assange’s naturalization letter had multiple inconsistencies, different signatures, the possible alteration of documents and unpaid fees, among other issues. 28/07/2021
Sweden Stricter migration rules take effect in Sweden The new rules see refugees given temporary rather than permanent residency in Sweden as a rule of thumb, while new arrivals must wait at least three years before they can apply to stay permanently in the country. 20/07/2021
United Kingdom Post-Brexit rights: EU citizens given 28 days to apply to stay in UK EU nationals who have not applied for settled status in the UK by the June 30 deadline will be given a formal 28-day warning to do so or risk losing their right to live, work and access free healthcare in the country. 23/06/2021
Cyprus Cyprus wrongly issued passports despite warnings, probe concludes More than 6,700 passports were issued by Cyprus over its investment-for-citizenship programme's 13-year run but over half of them were issued not to the investors themselves but to family members or top company executives. 08/06/2021
world news 'Last month to apply' for post-Brexit residency, campaigners warn EU nationals living in the UK and Britons in some countries on the continent face an end-of-June deadline to apply to formalise their status, but many have yet to do so. 01/06/2021
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates will offer citizenship to some foreign nationals Sheikh Mohammed wrote on Twitter that hereditary rulers in the country's seven emirates and at the federal level would nominate those for citizenship. 30/01/2021
Italy Luis Suarez' Italian exam scam comes back to bite star striker According to the investigators, it's university chiefs that are the subject of the probe rather than the 33-year-old forward himself. 22/09/2020
France COVID-19: France fast-tracks citizenship for foreign virus fighters "Our country was able to count on their solidarity and generosity in the face of this immense challenge," said Marlène Schiappa, the ministry official in charge of citizenship issues. 15/09/2020
Italy New party representing second-generation migrants launches in Italy The party is called 'Future is Now' and was founded by the son of two Morrocan migrants. 04/09/2020
United Kingdom UK citizens increasingly moving to EU since Brexit vote, study says Brexit has led to a sharp increase in the number of people moving from the United Kingdom to European Union countries, a new study suggests. 05/08/2020
United Kingdom Shamima Begum: Court rules IS bride should return to UK A court has ruled that Begum "cannot play any meaningful part in her appeal" from the Syrian refugee camp where she is currently. 16/07/2020
China Hong Kong: China threatens to retaliate over UK citizenship plan China's London embassy accuses the British of interfering over Hong Kong and warns "corresponding measures" may be taken if the UK presses ahead with its plan. 02/07/2020
Uzbekistan UN hails Uzbekistan’s move to end statelessness for 50,000 people Hundreds of thousands of people were left without citizenship across Central Asia following the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. 05/05/2020
world news Number of Brits granted EU citizenship has doubled since referendum In 2018 UK nationals were the seventh biggest recipients of EU citizenships. 31/03/2020
United Kingdom Boris Johnson's father to apply for French citizenship The request for French nationality of Stanley Johnson, 79 , was revealed by his daughter Rachel in a book published last week. 22/03/2020
no comment Up to 7 million people join 620km human chain in India protest This human chain across the southern-Indian state was organized by the Left Democratic Front (LDF) to protest against the Indian government's Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). 27/01/2020
world news MEPs warn of ‘grave concerns’ over post-Brexit citizens’ rights A European Parliament resolution accuses the British government of failing to safeguard the future of EU nationals living in the UK. 14/01/2020
no comment Angry students protest over violent campus attack in India It comes amid simmering anger over India's new citizenship law, which has resulted in violent protests and deadly clashes around the country. 09/01/2020
no comment Anti-government protest continues in New Delhi They are over a controversial new citizenship law that critics say violates India's secular constitution. 27/12/2019
