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Regional policy, compliance and regulatory developments affecting citizenship by investment.
News · Regulation and EU
· Source: Cyprus Mail
Cyprus's House Interior Committee is advancing parliamentary bills to cap the land area non-EU nationals can buy, bar foreign property purchases near critical infrastructure and tighten beneficial-ownership checks on companies and funds acquiring real…
News · Regulation and EU
· Source: MaltaToday
Malta's Finance Minister Clyde Caruana unveiled Budget 2027 on 26 October 2026, introducing a EUR 400 infrastructure contribution on non-EU nationals for new residence permit applications and renewals (minors exempt) while raising the application…
News · Regulation and EU
· Source: IMI Daily
Prime Minister Gaston Browne said on 24 October 2026 that Antigua and Barbuda's Cabinet leans toward suspending its Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP) by 12 November 2026 to keep 29-country Schengen visa-free access, IMI…
News · Regulation and EU
· Source: Público
Portugal's registry office, the Instituto dos Registos e do Notariado (IRN), had 690,480 nationality applications waiting for a decision on 30 June 2026, Público and ECO reported on 21 October, citing Ministry of Justice…
News · Regulation and EU
· Source: European Commission
The European Union signed an Association Agreement with Andorra and San Marino this week, giving both countries access to the EU's Internal Market, the European Commission said. The EU also signed updated Monetary Agreements…
News · Regulation and EU
· Source: DOM767
Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has asked the United States to rethink its visa restrictions on Dominican nationals, but no decision has been announced. Skerrit raised the issue at a bilateral meeting with the…
News · Regulation and EU
· Source: SKAI
Greece plans to raise the property transfer tax to 15% for home buyers who are tax resident outside the EU and the European Economic Area, from 1 July 2027. The measure is in a…
News · Regulation and EU
· Source: VisasNews
The Council of the European Union adopted conclusions on 19 October welcoming the European Commission's intention to launch visa-waiver processes with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain, VisasNews reported on 20 October. The…
News · Regulation and EU
· Source: Government of Montenegro
From 1 November 2026, nationals of Russia, Belarus, China, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye will need a visa to enter Montenegro. The Government adopted the change by decree on 23 July, to align Montenegro's visa…
News · Regulation and EU
· Source: Cyprus Mail
The trial in Cyprus's "golden passport" case began hearing evidence on Monday 19 October at the Nicosia Criminal Court, Cyprus Mail and Politis reported. Among the accused is former transport minister Marios Demetriades.
News · Regulation and EU
· Source: IMI Daily
Hungary's draft wealth tax would reach non-residents' Hungarian property and company stakes, but not units in the property funds used for the Guest Investor Programme, IMI Daily reported on 18 October. The Finance Ministry…
News · Regulation and EU
· Source: BBC News Türkçe
Türkiye has drafted new personal data protection legislation, its first concrete step under a strategy to clear the remaining obstacles to visa-free travel to the EU, BBC News Türkçe reported on 13 October. Technical…