Nationality

World

DETAINED IN LONDON

Wikileaks founder Assange loses Ecuadorian citizenship

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/28/21

Assange remains detained in London's high-security Belmarsh prison. The United States is seeking his extradition

Finland

IMMIGRATION

Number of foreigners who obtained Finnish citizenship fell 19% in 2020

The Nomad Today 5/7/21

143,256 permanent residents of Finland have citizenship of some other country in addition to Finnish.

World

European court upholds loss of nationality for French terror convicts

The Nomad Today 6/25/20

They all had another nationality - Moroccan in four cases, Turkish in the fifth - so losing their French passports did not make them stateless.

Finland

Number of foreigners who acquired Finnish nationality dropped by 25%

The Nomad Today 9/13/19

The decrease in 2018 was huge: citizenship was granted by Finnish authorities to 3,008 people less than in 2017.

World

Moroccans, Albanians, Indians and Turks, main beneficiaries of EU citizenship

The Nomad Today 7/23/19

Finland granted its citizenship to 12,219 applicants. Russians, Somalis and Iraqis were the most numerous groups.

Finland

Finland distrusts citizens with dual nationality

The Nomad Today 7/1/19

The acts governing the Finnish Defence Forces have been revised to allow only people with solely Finnish citizenship to be appointed to military positions or officer posts.

Finland

How to obtain the Finnish citizenship

The Nomad Today 1/3/19

Find in this guide all the necessary information about the conditions, processing times, fees and the different methods to request it.