The European Court of Justice ordered Malta to close its “golden passport” program, the one of the last of its kind in Europe ...

The scheme lets people become citizens after paying, buying or renting property of a certain value, and donating to charity.

The European Court of Justice on Tuesday said Malta needs to end its golden passport programme that allows wealthy foreigners ...

The European Court of Justice ordered Malta to close its "golden passport" program, the one of the last of its kind in Europe ...

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

The controversial system allowing foreigners to effectively buy EU citizenship raised security concerns.View on euronews ...

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

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

The ruling means the island's cash-for-citizenship programme that allowed people to live and work in the EU must be scrapped.

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

Malta's fast-track naturalization scheme for foreign investors violates EU law, the bloc's top court has ruled. It said ...

A “golden passport” scheme operated by Malta offering citizenship to wealthy overseas investors has been struck down by the ...