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 ...

Melnikov is appealing the verdict and has stated that he will also challenge the revocation of his Maltese passport. The Financial Times noted that Malta is the last EU country still offering the ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Investigative journalists found that he simultaneously held citizenship from Malta, a Mediterranean nation which is part of the European Union (EU). He and his father were able to acquire Maltese ...

Malta’s controversial golden passport scheme, allowing foreigners to purchase EU citizenship in exchange for investing upwards of €690,000, was ruled unlawful by the EU’s top court on Tuesday.

BRUSSELS (AP) — 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 ...

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