The European Court of Justice on Tuesday said Malta needs to end its golden passport programme that allows wealthy foreigners to buy citizenship, as it infringes EU law.

These passport holders are part of a broader group of 16 individuals who successfully acquired Maltese citizenship, despite later being sanctioned or convicted of crimes. Malta's "golden passports ...

Singapore has the world's most powerful passport. The US passport is in 10th place, behind countries like Japan, Spain, and ...

This is not the first time that Malta has landed in hot water with the European Union for its ‘cash for passport’ scheme. The clashes actually started years ago and the E.U. is conducting ...

Malta has issued hundreds of passports to non-EU nationals in exchange for huge sums of cash over the last two years, resurrecting concern that the country is effectively selling access to the ...

BRUSSELS — The European Court of Justice on Tuesday ordered Malta to close its “golden passport” program, ruling that citizenship in EU countries cannot be sold. Programs that allow wealthy ...

The first passports were issued by the Order of Malta in the 1300s when its diplomats traveled to other states with documents attesting to their role as ambassadors. After World War II ...

The European Union’s executive branch said Thursday that it is taking Malta to court over its golden passport policy that allows wealthy people to buy EU citizenship, even after the small island ...

The Sovereign Military Order of Malta is so exclusive that it grants passports to just a few hundred people around the world. The Catholic order, which had its sovereignty recognised by Pope ...