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Albania suspends Golden Passport Scheme in effort to reassure European partners
Albania's Prime Minister, Edi Rama, has announced that the country's Golden Passport Scheme has been temporarily suspended, after pressure from EU and international institutions against such programmes continued to mount.…
Inquiry finds most Cyprus passports issued in investment scheme ‘illegal’
More than half the passports Cyprus issued to rich foreigners in an investment scheme were illegal, a government-appointed board of inquiry has…
Biden White House in talks with airlines on vaccine passports; will issue guidance
WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) - The Biden administration is in extended discussions with U.S. airlines and other travel industry groups to provide…
Maltese Editors’ Perspectives
Times of Malta says that, rather than stop member states from selling passports, the EU can pursue them with money laundering legislation…
Malta: Government backpedals on passport secrecy clause
The government announced that it was reversing a decision to grant the home affairs minister the power to withhold the names of…
De La Rue in talks over COVID travel certificates
Ministers have asked passport makers to provide Britons with secure certificates to prove they are not carrying coronavirus and help pave the…
Malta: 80% of IIP income diverted to public finances to cushion COVID-19 blow
Four-fifths of income from Malta’s cash-for-passports scheme is going into the government’s account to cushion the economic blow of the COVID-19 pandemic.…
British new Blue passports will be “Made in Poland”
In a report published on Saturday by The Times, it has been revealed that the passports will be made in a factory…
Working conditions of Britain’s ‘blue’ post-Brexit passports manufacturers in Poland to be investigated
The Polish factory that produces Britain’s blue post-Brexit passports is facing an investigation by the country’s largest trade union after The Mail…
Austria revives double passport plan for Alto Adige
The Austrian parliament on Friday revived a plan to give a double passport to give citizens in the Italian region of Alto…