The rarest passport in the world is issued by the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. You probably already know that the Sovereign Military Order of Malta is a Roman Catholic religious order.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Court of Justice on Tuesday said Malta needs to end its golden passport programme that allows wealthy foreigners to buy citizenship, as it infringes EU law. The ...

The European Court of Justice on Tuesday ordered Malta to close its “golden passport” program, ruling that citizenship in EU countries cannot be sold. Programs that allow wealthy people to buy ...

In its statement, Malta said passports granted under the scheme “remain valid.” Under the program, applicants gained citizenship by making a large payment of 600,000 euros ($683,000) and establishing ...

The European Court of Justice on Tuesday said Malta needs to end its golden passport programme that allows wealthy foreigners to buy citizenship, as it is an infringement of EU law.The EU ...

It demanded that Malta's golden passport program be curtailed. The program allowed wealthy foreigners to buy citizenship for an investment of about 1 million euros in the island's economy.

Passports from Malta are some of the best and most wanted by the world’s wealthiest people. Malta, a small island in the EU just south of Sicily, is favoured by many not just because it offers ...

VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Bowing to stiff EU criticism, Malta has agreed to require one year of residency for foreigners buying Maltese passports. The tiny Mediterranean island nation is a member ...

Malta stops sale of passports to Russians, Belarusians By Reuters March 2, 20225:17 AM PSTUpdated March 2, 2022 ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Court of Justice on Tuesday ordered Malta to close its “golden passport” program, ruling that citizenship in EU countries cannot be sold.

Galizia, son of Daphne Caruana Galizia, a Maltese journalist focused on corruption who was killed by a bomb in 2017, called for the government of Malta to scrap the “golden passport” program ...