Cleared weeks after the Ceuta crisis, the bill now faces a conservative-held Senate and an opposition with a proven appetite for litigation.
Eight years would place Ireland above the five-year figure used by Germany, France, the Netherlands, Portugal and Luxembourg. The Justice Minister confirms that applicants four years into the current five-year clock will face the higher bar.
Two years after Germany normalized dual nationality, and a record 332,500 naturalizations later, the ruling party wants a reversal.
The start date has moved to July 1, 2027 and companies are out entirely. Georgaki, Shiapani, and Varnavas on the ten-month gap.
The UK’s third-biggest taxpayer is reportedly switching his residency to Greece and opening an Athens office. Greece charges new tax residents a flat 100,000 euros a year on all foreign income, whatever they earn, for up to 15 years.
Christos Vardikos on where the increase lands, what it leaves alone, and the window that closes with it.
The levy would add €96,000 in tax to an €800,000 Athens Golden Visa purchase. Alexander Risvas questions its legality.
Filing by September 14 preserves the old rules and a five-year permit; the €150,000 fund route replacing them is not yet operational.
The drafting is finished and the bill reaches parliament in October, at 1% a year on wealth above one billion forint. Hungary’s last wealth tax was struck down over the same problem the new one has yet to solve, which is how to value a stake in a private company.
Owners can legally refuse an inspection, but experts say the Valuation Office could simply assume a higher value that the owner must then pay to contest.
With decisions now far outpacing intake, Greece’s once-notorious backlog is shrinking fast as demand pivots to €250K conversions.
Marco Mesina explains the landmark ruling that ends the two-year “minor issue” saga, and who stands to benefit.
Government data show 99.8% of project capital went to tourism; Apex’s Nuri Katz explains the rejections, litigation, and what comes next.
“Such socialist regulations may rather trigger more HNWIs to leave the EU than foreign banks to open [local] offices,” warns Philippe May.
Officials say most applicants are Russian citizens who are after a travel document. Yerevan attorney Nerses Isajanyan expects a residence permit requirement.
Banks read a brief amendment as a freeze. Decree 550 exempts foreign individuals and lets them recover rubles already moved.
The DGFiP cut off the June intruder at the time, then disclosed nothing until the file went up for sale six weeks later.
The Western Balkans look cheap and uniform from the outside. Scored on the fundamentals that drive long-term property returns, the region’s six capitals pull sharply apart, and the EU accession frontrunner is not the one that comes out on top.
Any Bulgarian permanent residency holder who fails to meet it would lose their status if the bill passes into law.
Cancelled citizens revert to foreigner status with one year to sell their Turkish property, or the Treasury sells it for them.