Source: bbc.com Published: 12 December 2022 Four people have been charged in an investigation into suspected bribery at the European Parliament by a Gulf state – reportedly Qatar. Greek MEP and European Parliament Vice President Eva Kaili was among those previously arrested in the case. Prosecutors suspect the Gulf state tried to influence parliament decisions with […]
Source: ec.europa.eu Published: 5 December 2022 Today, the Commission presents its 5th report on the monitoring of the EU visa-free regime with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia, as well as Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. All countries concerned continue to meet the visa liberalisation requirements and made progress in addressing last year’s recommendations. The report […]
Source: balkaninsight.com Published: 5 December 2022 Defying EU pressure to cancel the scheme, Finance Minister Aleksandar Damjanovic said on Monday that closing down the economic citizenship program would damage Montenegro. Montenegrin Finance Minister Aleksandar Damjanovic said on Monday that the economic citizenship program should be continued, despite European Union pressure to terminate the program by the […]
Source: bbc.com Published: 28 November 2022 Pop star Dua Lipa has been granted Albanian citizenship for promoting the country through her music and fame. The star was born in London in 1995 to Kosovan-Albanian parents, and briefly returned to the region as a teenager. Albanian president Bajram Begaj said Lipa had made the country “proud with […]
Published: 24 November 2022 Fragomen Partner Nadine Goldfoot is shortlisted in the “Human Leader of the Year” category of the TLC Lions – Being Human Awards 2023. The “Human Leader of the Year” award celebrates exceptional senior leaders, nominated by employees within their organisation, who have demonstrated a truly human approach in their work and use their […]
Source: news.sky.com Published: 14 November 2022 Prime Minister Gaston Brown, of Antigua and Barbuda, has angrily rejected the idea his people should be forced to migrate, and warned that climate diplomacy is failing to act with anything like the urgency needed. The leader of Antigua and Barbuda has said he will not allow his people to […]
Source: antiguaobserver.com Published: 10 November 2022 The official funeral service and mass for 81-year-old Ambassador Josette Christine Michael took place at the Holy Family Cathedral yesterday. The mother of St Peter MP Asot Michael, who died on October 30, had served as an ambassador for the country’s Citizenship by Investment Programme, among other things. Tributes were […]
Published: 9th November 2022 On the 29th September 2022 the European Commission, in an expected move, brought Malta before the Court of Justice of the European Union (JCEU) citing alleged violations of the principle of sincere cooperation (Article 4(3) TEU) and the principles underlying EU citizenship (Article 20 TFEU) in the context of offering Maltese […]
Published: 9 November 2022 The Council today decided to fully suspend the visa waiver agreement with Vanuatu due to the risks posed by its investor citizenship schemes (‘golden passport’ schemes). A partial suspension of the agreement had already been adopted on 3 March 2022. Following the partial suspension, the Commission started a dialogue with Vanuatu […]
Source: caribbean.loopnews.com Published: 7 November 2022 Grenada recorded income in excess of EC$100 million (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) during the first nine months of this year from the controversial Citizenship by Investment Programme (CBI), Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell has said. Addressing the 2022 Investment Migration Round Table Conference, Mitchell, who came to office in June this […]
