Angela Merkel’s successor, CDU leader Friedrich Merz, demands that immigrants should only be able to obtain citizenship in Germany if they swear allegiance – to Israel. According to Merz, anyone who wants to become a German citizen should fulfill a number of requirements, including a requirement to make a pledge of allegiance to the Israeli state. The requirements must include a permanent... 

Opponents say the move will devalue German citizenship and lead to the abolition of the country’s identity. The duration that foreign nationals must reside in Germany before applying for citizenship will drop from eight to five years, and as low as three years for some, in new plans approved by the country’s federal government on Wednesday. The move to fast-track naturalization for foreign workers... 

Adil Mutlag, 53, is sentenced to life in prison after honor killing his wife in front of their children. The 29-year-old woman was murdered on October 6 with about 30 stab wounds in the family’s home in Motala. The couple’s two sons, who were then five and eight years old respectively, witnessed the brutal act. “The last thing that (the 29-year-old) experienced in life was that the... 

The European Commission (EC) has proposed to stop property deals with Russian citizens, residents and entities, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing official documents. The measure is part of the EU’s sixth package of anti-Russia sanctions. It would reportedly prohibit the sale or transfer, directly or indirectly, of “ownership rights in immovable property located within the territory of the... 

Similar to tax practices followed within the US, American citizens living abroad must also report their annual income to the Internal Revenue Service, meaning expats are likely to file and pay taxes in two places. Although the agency implements measures to avoid double taxation, tax-filing requirements have still proven a hurdle for expats. Nearly one in four American expats are weighing the possibility... 

A 40-year-old Lebanese doctor, who has lived in Germany since 2002, applied for the country’s citizenship through naturalization in 2012, thus agreeing to sign a declaration of loyalty to the German constitution and denouncing extremism. The Administrative Court of Baden-Württemberg ruled to deny German citizenship to a Muslim man from Lebanon who says he refuses to shake womens’ hands... 

A senior member of populist Matteo Salvini’s League has warned the leftist government of potential “chaos” if it pursues plans to grant amnesty to around 700,000 illegal migrants. Riccardo Molinari, League (Lega) leader in the Italian Chamber of Deputies, warned that “the government wants to bring us back to chaos” after Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese stated that the government... 

In a repeat performance of his infamous 2012 decision rescuing ObamaCare, Chief Justice John Roberts acutely disappointed conservatives Thursday by siding with the Supreme Court’s liberal Justices in second-guessing the reasons for adding a citizenship question to the census and all but killing the question, given the looming deadline for printing census forms. The citizenship question was before... 

The legislation would make it so 2.1 million immigrants “would be eligible under the measures for Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as children.” The House passed a vote Tuesday that would grant protection from deportation to illegal immigrants and give millions a path to permanent citizenship status. The American Dream and Promise Act passed the House with a vote... 

The Hungarian government has used its 2011 “Citizenship by ancestry” law to take in 350 Hungarian-origin people from the collapsing Third World nation of Venezuela, and another 750 are waiting for the verification of their Hungarian descent to be validated. The move to take in people of Hungarian descent sparked off the standard fake news attacks by the anti-white British Broadcasting Corporation... 

Stefan Löfven, Sweden’s Prime Minister and the leftist Socialist Party leader has ruled out the possibility of stripping Swedish Islamic State Fighters of their citizenships, and has said that they have the right to come back to the country. Nyheter Idag recently reported that Löfven stated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had previously warned those who were traveling in and around the region... 

Danish lawmakers have approved a government-backed proposal to make citizenship applicants shake hands with the official conducting the naturalization ceremony. The bill has been criticized for discriminating against Muslims. The new citizenship bill has been the subject of a heated debate since last summer. It requires those applying for Danish citizenship to commit to the country’s values and... 

After earning Swedish citizenship, a migrant reportedly raped a woman and claimed “now I can do what I want,” reports Fria Tider. The unnamed 29-year-old brought his victim to a concrete bathing pier in Ingarö during a July evening and pushed her into the water to carry out the rape. “He said he could do what he wanted with me because he recently became a Swedish citizen,” said the victim. The... 

A person suspected to be linked to the murder of a Bulgarian investigative journalist has been detained, Reuters reports citing a government source familiar with the investigation. The detainee allegedly holds Romanian citizenship as well as a Moldovan passport, according to unconfirmed reports in Bulgarian media. An Interior Ministry spokesperson neither confirmed nor denied the information. Bulgarian... 

At least 10,000 nonwhites under the age of 18 are amongst the around 30,000 who have invaded Spain this year—and all of them will get Spanish citizenship, it has emerged. According to a statement by the Spanish health ministry, “10,000 minor migrants are on Spanish soil alone without their parents” and at least 40 million euros ($46.5 million) has been “unlocked for regions willing to welcome...