Новости

In a landmark judgment delivered on the 29th of April 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) provided important clarifications on the relationship between national citizenship laws and EU Treaties, with specific reference to Malta’s investor citizenship framework introduced in 2020.

Malta has announced significant changes to its Permanent Residence Programme (MPRP) for 2025. These updates include increased investment thresholds and fees, aimed at enhancing the programme's attractiveness and ensuring its sustainability.

Greece is planning to raise the investment needed for non-EU nationals to obtain residence by investment in the country. This was announced by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis who announced that such increase will target islands and cities where the demand is high.

Effective as from March 31st, 2024, Bulgaria and Romania will partially join the European Schengen Area.

Antigua and Barbuda Passport Holders Now Eligible for Visa-Free Entry to China

Chetcuti Cauchi has won its case in the Court of Criminal Appeal in a defamation case on a complaint by senior lawyer Jean-Philippe Chetcuti and immigration consulting firm CC Advisors Ltd. In a 4-year legal battle against the Chairman of Group M6, a French media group, and against the CEO of the French production company Ligne de Front that produces the investigative series Inquiète Exclusif.

In a government memo issued to stakeholders on the 13th of November 2023, the Citizenship by Investment Unit of Antigua and Barbuda announced the commencement of mandatory interviews for all citizenship applicants.

The Citizenship by Investment Unit of Grenada has issued a new circular whereby it announced the postponement of the interview requirement for CBI applicants.

The Saint Kitts & Nevis Citizenship by Investment Unit has announced the extension to the programme’s Sustainable Growth Fund (SGF) Limited Time Offer (LTO).

The introduction of onerous minimum presence rules (183 days) to prove tax residence in the United Arab Emirates are seeing UAE residents jilted by yet another tax change in the Emirates take up residence in the European Island of Malta where tax is only chargeable on a remittance basis and foreign source income and capital gains are outside the scope of Maltese taxation.