Russian businessman Albert Avdolyan has been hit with EU sanctions over Moscow’s war in Ukraine, but can partially circumvent ...

Russian businessman Albert Avdolyan is one of at least seven individuals who bought Maltese passports before later being ...

The European Court of Justice ordered Malta to close its “golden passport” program, the one of the last of its kind in Europe ...

Malta's fast-track naturalization scheme for foreign investors violates EU law, the bloc's top court has ruled. It said ...

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 Maltese government said on Tuesday that it will respect a European Union (EU) court's decision concerning its ...

"Golden passport" schemes for deep-pocketed foreign investors violate European Union law, the bloc's highest court ruled on ...

A brief, heated debate took place in Parliament over the ruling by the European Court of Justice which found Malta's golden passport scheme is in breach of EU law, as Home Affairs Minister Byron ...

but can partially circumvent the bloc’s travel ban thanks to a Maltese passport he bought under a “golden” visa scheme that faces a European court ruling on its future this week. Avdolyan ...

The EU court case with Malta over golden passports could shut down citizenship-for-sale schemes – or risk widening the bloc’s ...