The European Commission launched infringements procedures Tuesday against Cyprus and Malta over their “golden passport” programs, in which wealthy people can acquire EU citizenship in exchange ...

The island’s programme is broadly similar to Cyprus’ citizenship by investment scheme, but Malta’s lower threshold (€650,000, against Cyprus’s €2.5 million) could make the smaller ...

The European Commission announced on Tuesday it would start “infringement procedures” against Cyprus and Malta over their controversial citizenship through investment programmes. The ...

Cyprus and Malta revoked citizenship obtained in exchange for investment from dozens of Russian nationals, and members of their families, who are subject to E.U. sanctions. Der Spiegel reports that, ...

Wealthy non-EU nationals received Maltese citizenship after spending just days in the EU state, a journalistic investigation has found. Leaked documents show some investors met the one-year ...

The two countries have raised billions of euros by selling thousands of coveted travel documents, even in some cases granting citizenship to foreigners fleeing arrest warrants. By Matina Stevis ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission launched infringements procedures Tuesday against Cyprus and Malta over their “golden passport” programs, in which wealthy people can acquire EU ...

Cyprus recently announced ... Commission spokesman Christian Wigand. “Malta has in fact informed the Commission that it envisages a prolongation of citizenship foreign investment." ...