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 ruled that an EU nation cannot grant nationality or citizenship for payments or investments, as ...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that Malta’s controversial golden passport scheme breaches EU law, dealing a ...

The European Union High Court on Tuesday ordered the Republic of Malta to end its “golden passports” scheme, which allows ...

In its ruling, the European Court of Justice ruled that Malta's citizenship for investments scheme amounts to the ...

Malta’s “golden passports” program for wealthy investors violates European Union rules on citizenship, the bloc’s top court ...

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

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

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

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

The European Court of Justice has ruled that Malta’s “golden passport” scheme violates EU law, in a decision set to force the island to scrap the commercialisation of EU citizenship.