TALLINN - With the OSCE and other Western institutions watching closely, the Estonian Parliament voted Dec. 8 to liberalize its citizenship law by easing naturalization requirements for nearly 6,000 Russian speaking children.The amendments to the law, which passed by a vote of 55 to 20, will allow children born in Estonia to stateless parents after Feb. 26, 1992 and who do not have citizenship of another country to apply for citizenship without passing an Estonian language test.Because the change is an amendment to the Estonian constitution, at least 51 votes were needed for approval.The am...
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