There was a 138 pct hike in the numbers of foreign nationals granted citizenship in Greece in 2016 compared with the previous year, according to figures released by Eurostat on Monday. A total of 33,210 individuals received Greek citizenship, of which 86 pct were Albanian nationals, 1.5 pct Ukrainians and 1.2 pct Russians, ANA reports.
Across the EU, approximately 995,000 acquired the citizenship of an EU member-state in 2016, up from 841,000 in 2015 and 889,000 in 2014. Of these, 12 pct were citizens of another EU member-state and the rest were either citizens of non-EU countries or stateless.
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