Legal Matters
Bulgaria scraps ‘golden passports’ scheme to lure wealthy foreigners
Published by Reuters UK SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s parliament scrapped a ‘golden passports’ scheme on Thursday that allowed wealthy foreigners to buy citizenship in the European Union country if they invested as little as 1 million levs ($562,366). After extensive criticism from the European Commission, lawmakers in the Balkan country ended the scheme, under which more than 100 foreigners, mainly from Russia, China and the Middle East, had obtained a passport since 2013 that enabled them access to all EU countries by dint of Bulgaria’s membership in the bloc. The cancellation came days after the European Parliament…
THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION: General Election – 26th March 2022 – Collection of Voting Documents
The Electoral Commission notifies that Thursday, 24th March 2022, is the last day in which voting documents may be collected from the Electoral Commission’s Office at the Naxxar Counting Complex (Ex-Trade Fair Grounds, opposite the football ground) and…
THE OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER Speaker Farrugia interviewed on the role of parliaments in engaging in interfaith dialogue as a tool to promote peaceful, inclusive, and tolerant societies
On the side-lines of the 144th IPU Assembly, Speaker Farrugia gave an interview to the IPU Secretariat on the role of the Maltese Parliament in engaging in activities and procedures that promote interfaith dialogue. He introduced the subject by stating…
THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION General Election – 26th March 2022 Distribution of Voting Documents
As previously announced, the Electoral Commission is distributing uncollected voting documents at the Electoral Office, Naxxar and at the Identity Cards Office, Victoria, Gozo, for voters registered at Gozo. The Electoral Commission requests the co-ope…
THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION: General Elections 2022
Approximate percentage voting turnoutThe Electoral Commission notifies the following approximate percentage voting turnout in the voting for the General Elections that took place yesterday Saturday, 19th March 2022 is:Registered voters: 9,658*Vot…
THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION: General Election 2022
Persons selected to act as Assistant Electoral Commissioners or Polling Place OfficersThe Electoral Commission notifies that the details of the persons selected to act as Assistant Electoral Commissioners or Polling Place Officers (including reserves) …