Madrid’s first general regularization since 2005 has drawn nearly twice its half-million estimate, with less than two weeks left to apply.
Deputy foreign minister Velkey says a discretionary “national interest” route handed EU citizenship to applicants with no Hungarian ties.
Don’t put all your flags in one jurisdiction: Letaev reads Portugal’s nationality shock as a case study in that rule.
3 Comma Capital makes the case that Portugal’s ten-year reform strengthens the passport rather than diminishing its appeal.
Two in five households are overburdened; the Fund names investor and golden visa demand, but pins the crisis on a chronic supply shortfall.
Ireland axed its golden visa three years ago. The donations are still building GAA clubhouses and football grounds.
Lawyers who represent golden visa holders fire back: the state promoted the pathway, profited from it, and broke its own promises.
MIBS Group’s Piraeus waterfront conversion pairs Golden Visa eligibility with an address most investors can’t buy at any price.
Aran Hawker flags Topkapı as the next Kağıthane; Güvenç Ketenci points to Ataşehir. Where does US$400K go furthest?
The UK drove out its billionaires, then panicked. Its fix: A £5 million invite-only investor visa.
Anatoliy Letaev argues the European property-visa bundle is dead, and most golden visa investors haven’t updated their models.
Marco Mesina explains the intricacies of Italy’s proposed 4% flat tax, the first regime to cover the Italian pension itself.
After eight years of talks, Australia and the EU embed labor mobility in a trade deal; ratification could take two years.
Investors intend to “exhaust the Portuguese legal system and then assess what legal avenues exist at the European level.”
Athens leads on gross returns at 5.43%, but the math shifts once thresholds, the short-term rental ban, and tax reforms are factored in.
A single vote sank transitional protections; 100,000 pending applicants now face the new rules retroactively.
Portugal’s president just signed the ten-year citizenship law. But his caveats may matter more than the law itself.
Amendments targeting loss carry-back and startup exemptions are under development; the Dutch Senate sent 36 pages of questions to the tax minister.
Latvia’s financial intelligence service suspects 200 foreigners placed €10 million in fictitious schemes; parliament weighs abolition.
The now-defunct program’s final full-year report shows record capital generation even as the ECJ ruling that would kill Malta’s CBI loomed.