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Citizenship and Nationality
- English1 Any person who is a citizen of a commune and of the Canton to which that commune belongs is a Swiss citizen.
… (Art. 37) - French1 A la citoyenneté suisse toute personne qui possède un droit de cité communal et le droit de cité du canton.
… (Art. 37) - German1 Schweizerbürgerin oder Schweizerbürger ist, wer das Bürgerrecht einer Gemeinde und das Bürgerrecht des Kantons besitzt.
… (Art. 37) - Italian1 Ha la cittadinanza svizzera chi possiede una cittadinanza comunale e la cittadinanza di un Cantone.
… (Art. 37)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishNo one may be deprived of Icelandic citizenship. Loss of citizenship may, however, be provided for by law, in the event a person accepts citizenship in another State. An alien can only be granted Icelandic citizenship according to law.
… (Art. 66) - IcelandicEngan má svipta íslenskum ríkisborgararétti. Með lögum má þó ákveða að maður missi þann rétt ef hann öðlast með samþykki sínu ríkisfang í öðru ríki. Útlendingi verðuraðeins veittur íslenskur ríkisborgararéttur samkvæmt lögum.
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Citizenship and Nationality
- English
(1) Acquisition and loss of citizenship of the Slovak Republic shall be regulated by law.
(2) No person shall be deprived of Slovak citizenship against his or her will. (Art. 5) - Slovak
(1) Nadobúdanie a stratu štátneho občianstva Slovenskej republiky ustanoví zákon.
(2) Nikomu nemoţno odňať štátne občianstvo Slovenskej republiky proti jeho vôli. (Čl. 5)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishThe Russian Federation shall have jurisdiction over:
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c. ... citizenship in the Russian Federation,
... (Art. 71) - RussianВ ведении Российской Федерации находятся:
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в) ... гражданство в Российской Федерации;
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Citizenship and Nationality
- English
The status of Luxembourger is acquired, is retained and is lost in accordance with the rules established by the law. (Art. 9)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishThe circumstances in which Monegasque nationality may be acquired are laid down by law. The circumstances in which a person who has acquired Monegasque nationality by naturalization may be deprived of it are laid down in the law.
Loss of Monegasque nationality in any other circumstance may occur only, as prescribed by law, further to the intentional acquisition of another nationality or of service unlawfully carried out in a foreign army. (Art. 18) - FrenchLa loi règle les modes d'acquisition de la nationalité. La loi règle les conditions dans lesquelles la nationalité acquise par naturalisation peut-être retirée.
La perte de la nationalité monégasque dans tous les autres cas ne peut être prévue par la loi qu'en raison de l'acquisition volontaire d'une autre nationalité ou du service illégitimement accompli dans une armée étrangère. (Art 18)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishThe acquisition and loss of Liechtenstein citizenship shall be determined by the laws. (Art. 30)
- GermanÜber Erwerb und Verlust des Staatsbürgerrechtes bestimmen die Gesetze. (Art. 30)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English(1) Romanian citizenship can be acquired, retained or lost as provided by the organic law.
(2) Romanian citizenship cannot be withdrawn if acquired by birth. (Art. 5) - Romanian(1) Cetăţenia română se dobândeşte, se păstrează sau se pierde în condiţiile prevăzute de legea organică.
(2) Cetăţenia română nu poate fi retrasă aceluia care a dobândit-o prin naştere. (Art. 5)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English(1) The conditions under which citizenship of the Czech Republic is acquired and lost shall be provided for by statute.
(2) No person may be deprived of his citizenship against his will. (1993 Constitution, Art. 12) - Czech(1) Nabývání a pozbývání státního občanství České republiky stanoví zákon.
(2) Nikdo nemůže být proti své vůli zbaven státního občanství. (Ústava 1993, Čl. 12)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English(1) A Bulgarian citizen is anyone, at least one of whose parents is a Bulgarian citizen, or who has been born on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria, should he not be entitled to any other citizenship by virtue of origin. Bulgarian citizenship shall further be acquirable through naturalization.
(2) A citizen of Bulgarian origin shall acquire Bulgarian citizenship through a facilitated procedure.
(3) No one shall be deprived of Bulgarian citizenship acquired by birth.
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(6) The conditions and procedure for the acquiring, preservation or loss of Bulgarian citizenship shall be established by law. (Art. 25) - Bulgarian(1) Български гражданин е всеки, на когото поне единият родител е българскɢ гражданин или който е роден на територията на Република България, ако не придобива другɨ гражданство по произход. Българско гражданство може да се придобие и по натурализация.
(2) Лицата от български произход придобиват българско гражданство по облекчен реo.
(3) Български гражданин по рождение не може да бъде лишен от българско гражданство.
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(6) Условията и редът за придобиване, запазване и загубване на българското гражданство сɟ определят със закон. (Чл. 25)