Judge found authorities ignored investor’s submissions, misread the criminal timeline, and never examined statelessness.
Latvia’s financial intelligence service suspects 200 foreigners placed €10 million in fictitious schemes; parliament weighs abolition.
Greece will now refer fake golden visa deals to the tax authority and the Anti-Money Laundering Authority. Permits can be revoked.
The opposition has days to move the bill before parliament dissolves. Miss April 23 and revival depends on the next House.
Csaba Magyar argues that Tisza’s supermajority raises questions about the Guest Investor Program; self-employment may offer a more durable alternative.
The 2025–2026 verification cycle signals tighter administrative scrutiny of Italy’s €1.75 billion cross-border pension footprint.
Marco Mesina breaks down Italy’s expanded 7% flat tax for foreign pensioners, now covering 74 new towns across Southern Italy.
Buried clause in December’s military reform requires Bundeswehr approval for extended male absences; dual nationals included, enforcement mechanisms remain undefined.
Parliament approves revised nationality law 152-64 after PSD-Chega deal; no transitional protections; PS-affiliated president may veto or delay.
PS proposes 6/9-year timelines with grandfathering; PSD/CDS-PP eliminate phase-in for current residents; Chega sets lowest criminal bar.
The data feed the EU’s new visa suspension mechanism, which lowered the overstay threshold that can trigger loss of visa-free access.
New rules may apply retroactively to pending cases; the parliamentary naturalization system leaves applicants with no legal recourse.
Europe is a high-tax continent, but seven countries offer special regimes that exempt or cap taxation on foreign income. We rank the best options for 2026.
Marco Mesina maps the three narrow paths to Italian citizenship that survived the Constitutional Court’s ruling.
Court rejects constitutional challenges to Italy’s citizenship-by-descent reform on four separate grounds.
An American retiree in France can owe zero French income tax on her 401(k) and US dividends. Legally. Here’s how.
Denmark last had a wealth tax in 1997. Frederiksen wants it back, proposing a 1% annual levy on the country’s richest residents.
The EU built the world’s strictest privacy law. Now it’s negotiating how much personal data to give US border agents.
Portal goes live amid persistent technical glitches; in-person visits limited to biometric data collection.
Prosecutors never summoned key witnesses in the highest-profile case from the Al Jazeera scandal; the attorney general now signals an appeal.