Interest in secondary citizenship — which can cost millions— has been surging amid the pandemic. Nuri Katz, the founder of financial advisory firm Apex Capital Partners, estimated that roughly 25,000 ...

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt has reportedly taken advantage of a program to obtain citizenship in Cyprus. The Cypriot government offered two “golden visa” programs – one for citizenship and one for ...

NICOSIA, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Cypriot parliament on Thursday passed a law removing the cabinet's authority to grant citizenship to foreign investors, further tightening control after the country's ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus has begun proceedings to revoke the citizenships of three investors and seven of their family members, an official said Wednesday, rights that were granted under the ...

As many as 770 foreigners were incorrectly granted citizenship in Cyprus as part of a $9.6 billion scheme exchanging European citizenship for investment, an independent commission report said Tuesday.

Cyprus authorities have decided to suspend its Golden Passport Program that grants Cyprus citizenship to wealthy foreigners who invest in the island’s economy. The decision was made by the Cypriot ...

The cabinet has been stripped of the authority to grant citizenship to foreign investors, under a law passed on Thursday during the last regular session of the House plenary this year.The last session ...

Cyprus announced via Twitter on Tuesday that it will abolish a citizenship-through-investment passport scheme that grants citizenship and guarantees visa-free travel throughout the EU to individuals ...

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus is revoking citizenship from four sanctioned Russians, authorities said on Wednesday, bringing the number of passports pulled from people for links to the Kremlin to eight ...

NICOSIA, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Cyprus said it was suspending its citizenship for investment programme on Tuesday, ditching a scheme that the government acknowledged as being open to abuse. Thousands of ...

Cyprus is ending a citizenship program after an undercover investigation found elected officials were willing to help criminals get passports if they made real estate and other investments. The ...