Nationality law

Programs run by some European Union countries to sell passports and residency permits to wealthy foreign citizens pose risks of money laundering as some of the schemes are not properly managed, campaign groups said on Wednesday.

A Turkish court has ruled that a Spanish woman was eligible for Turkish citizenship although she had been divorced with the Turkish man in two years. 

Turkey has significantly eased the required limits for foreigners to acquire Turkish citizenship to encourage investment, according to new regulations published in the country's Official Gazette on Sept. 19.

Claims that Bulgarian and Romanian 'economic refugees' are abusing the German child welfare system by claiming benefits for children who live outside the country have attracted criticism from the Romanian Foreign Ministry.

Soren Link, the mayor of the western German city of Duisburg, accused the Berlin government of "sleeping through the problem".

DW - The European Commission is calling on EU countries to be more cautious when granting citizenships, according to an interview with Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova published in the German daily Die Welt on Tuesday.

The Turkish Parliament on July 26 ratified a law that will enable Turkish citizens to reduce the term of their military service by paying a certain amount of money. 

Three years to the day since lawmakers ratified legislation granting the right of citizenship to the children of migrant parents who were born in Greece or have spent a certain number of years in state schools, hundreds of applicants will have to wait several more years before their papers are processed, as authorities in some parts of the country haven't even cleared the backlog from a similar

The administrative court in Sofia-city has allowed the residence of married homosexual couple in Bulgaria with the resulting rights, bTV announced.

The European Court of Justice in Brussels ruled on Tuesday that member states may not obstruct the freedom of residence of a European Union citizen by refusing to grant their same-sex spouse the right of residence.

Parliamentarians in Moldova are involved in a row over amendments to the country's citizenship law, initiated by the ruling pro-European Democrat Party and expected to pass next week - which some say will worsen corruption.