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Lithuania's MP proposes to hold referendum on dual citizenship

April 12, 2013 15:48
Member of parliamentary group of the Labour Party Arturas Paulauskas collected 36 MPs signatures and registered a draft law on dual citizenship referendum. Paulauskas suggests that such referendum should be organised together with the upcoming presidential elections."Since globalization is growing, the question of dual citizenship raises a lot of discussions and negative opinions.

CORRECTED: US tax rules sour life for Americans abroad: expats

February 10, 2013 02:15
Scott Schmith is a patriot and a US military veteran but he is no longer a US citizen: Sick of complex tax rules making his life in Switzerland miserable he recently handed back his passport. "It was a pretty big decision and there was a bit of anxiety," said the 50-year-old photographer who served in the 1990-91 Gulf war and has been living in Switzerland since 1993. But once he received his Swiss passport and handed back his US one last September, "it was like a load of weight off my shoulders."

US tax rules sour life for Americans abroad: expats

February 9, 2013 23:31
Scott Schmith is a patriot and a US military veteran but he is no longer a US citizen: Sick of complex tax rules making his life in Switzerland miserable he recently handed back his passport. "It was a pretty big decision and there was a bit of anxiety," said the 50-year-old photographer who served in the 1990-91 Gulf war and has been living in Switzerland since 1993. But once he received his Swiss passport and handed back his US one last September, "it was like a load of weight off my shoulders."
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