The Bulgarian Investments Agency has certified investments made by a total of 981 persons from non-EU countries since 2014. On the basis of these investments they have been allowed permanent residence in Bulgaria or Bulgarian citizenship. This is what Deutsche Welle has learned after an inquiry.
619 people received the right of residence in exchange of investments and 362 received Bulgarian citizenship. Most of the investors are from China (169), followed by Russia (147), the Middle East countries and others.
In July, caretaker Minister of Justice Yanaki Stoilov announced the abolition of "investment citizenship" and proposed changes to the Bulgarian Citizenship Act.
Representatives from Bulgaria and North Macedonia participated in a working meeting dedicated to the Corridor No. 8 railway, the Ministry of Transport announced. The institution specifies that the meeting planned for October 16 in..
On Friday morning visibility will be diminished in parts of the lowlands and valleys. Minimum temperatures 5-10° C., for Sofia 6° C. During the day there will be sun with scattered clouds. Maximum temperatures 17-22° C., for Sofia around 17° C...
The GERB party will make every effort to form a regular government with a full mandate. This was what the leader of the party Boyko Borissov said this morning during a meeting with the ambassadors of the EU countries in Bulgaria. He announced this..
The numerous reports of vote manipulation, of rigging ballots, of adding votes, of vote-buying, of coercion and controlled voting which have been..
The caretaker government will not apply to the Constitutional Court for an annulment of the 27 October election for parliament, said caretaker Prime..
The recordings from 65 cameras, which streamed the counting of the ballots on election night online, have gone missing, according to a report by the..
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