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

The scheme lets people become citizens after paying, buying or renting property of a certain value, and donating to charity.

Joseph Muscat, who was Maltese PM when the golden passport scheme was introduced, called the citizenship ruling politically ...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that Malta’s controversial golden passport scheme breaches EU law, dealing a ...

The European Court of Justice ruled that an EU nation cannot grant nationality or citizenship for payments or investments, as ...

In its ruling, the European Court of Justice ruled that Malta's citizenship for investments scheme amounts to the ...

Malta’s “golden passports” program for wealthy investors violates European Union rules on citizenship, the bloc’s top court ...

The European Court of Justice on Tuesday said Malta needs to end its golden passport programme that allows wealthy foreigners ...

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.

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Court of Justice on Tuesday ordered Malta to close its “golden passport” program for violating ...

The European Court of Justice has ruled that Malta’s “golden passport” scheme violates EU law, in a decision set to force the island to scrap the commercialisation of EU citizenship.