SBS News/Australia headline: ‘Malta to sell citizenship for $939,000’
Headlining on SBS (Special Broadcasting Service) Australia:
Malta’s parliament has approved selling citizenship of the Mediterranean island for A$939,000 (€650,000) each non-European Union applicant.
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat says the program aims to bring in revenue to the country while attracting “high value” people who could potentially invest in the island.
He estimated the scheme would earn the government 30 million euros in its first year. The visa will give applicants full voting rights in Malta as well as freedom to move across the European Union.
Malta Today reports that the names of those who buy Maltese citizenship will not be published.
The organisation reports that the government will remove an article from the Citizenship Act which obligates the government to disclose the names of naturalised citizens.
Malta is a member of the European Union, a member of the Schengen border-less travel area and has a visa waiver agreement with the United States.
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http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/11/13/malta-sell-citizenship-939000
Is there no end to this humiliation?
Misleading – voting rights MY FOOT.
The picture is very appropriate with the headline.
What really annoys me about all these news headlines is the fact that they do not report what the Opposition had to say and why it voted against it.
[Daphne – Yes, they all report the strong opposition to the law and the Opposition’s stance. It’s in the main story, and I’ll be uploading all the headlines and relevant links separately, so please keep checking as things will go off the page pretty quickly now.]
Thanks and will do
Same article on The Telegraph:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/malta/10445966/Malta-offers-EU-citizenship-to-anyone-with-650000-euros.html
and the World Bullettin:
http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=122766
Read this:
http://www.nestmann.com/frank-facts-about-the-new-malta-passport-program#.UoOTSs3Qxmk
http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2013-11-13/news/mep-metsola-brings-brussels-in-on-cash-for-passports-scandal-3178233856/
http://www.internationalman.com/78-global-perspectives/1042-how-to-avoid-second-passport-scams-and-traps#