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Europe stretches from the Atlantic to the Ural Mountains and includes the 27 member states of the European Union as well as countries outside it.
2 Oct 2026
Investors go through ordinary naturalisation, with at least eight years' residence, Greek at B1 and a civics test. The €300,000 permit is absent from those rules; investment citizenship ended in 2020.
Read →2 Oct 2026
The Chamber of Deputies' home affairs committee recommended on 16 September 2026 adopting Bill 8586, which would repeal the investor residence permit and keep permits already issued valid until they expire.
Read →1 Oct 2026
Latvia starts its five-year citizenship clock only at permanent residence, and the ordinary routes of Indonesia, Latvia and, in its 2017 text, the UAE make Vietnamese applicants renounce their nationality.
Read →30 Sep 2026
Cyprus's deputy migration minister expects tighter rules and says funds could also go to education, defence and innovation, press reports say. The €300,000 route is unchanged; no Schengen decision date.
Read →27 Sep 2026
Cyprus closed its citizenship-by-investment programme in 2020; its published investor residence criteria require at least €300,000 of investment and a secured annual income.
Read →27 Sep 2026
The route requires foreign-currency conversion and a three-year bar on sale; on title transfer, buyer and seller each owe a 2% fee, and a resale gain within five years may be taxable.
Read →26 Sep 2026
The EU cited Vanuatu's scheme failures in 2022; the UK cited abuse in Dominica and Vanuatu in 2023 and inherent risk in Saint Lucia in 2026, while Ireland's announcement cited alignment.
Read →25 Sep 2026
The Council approved amendments on 23 September 2026 covering the atypical-residence tax and residence for economic reasons; the revised decree awaits promulgation.
Read →25 Sep 2026
The agency that administers Maltese citizenship says Malta Citizenship by Merit is not a programme, and that it does not permit marketing or promotion of the legislation.
Read →24 Sep 2026
Istanbul prosecutors say 274 sales by three developers were collusive; the interior ministry says the citizenships went to 263 investors and 807 family members, and the annulment process has been started.
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