Last year, 8,488 people became Bulgarian citizens on the basis of Bulgarian origin. Another 5,940 people received Bulgarian documents on the basis of a Bulgarian parent, Vice President Iliana Yotova said. 719 people became Bulgarians through naturalization.
Most of the new citizens are from North Macedonia – 7,696. Those from Ukraine are 1,547 people. 479 Russians have also become Bulgarian citizens.
Among the new Bulgarian citizens there are 1,269 from Albania, 1,145 from Turkey, 1,127 from Moldova and 1,053 from Serbia. 1,926 people regained their citizenship and 188 were deprived of it. 2,988 people were denied citizenship.
In 2020, 16,709 people acquired Bulgarian citizenship - twice as many in comparison to 2019, when the number was 8,887.
On Wednesday night, there will be rain showers in the south-western regions of the country. At 500 meters above sea level the rain will turn to snow. There will be no precipitation in the north-western regions of Bulgaria. During..
The coalition GERB/SDS are beginning talks for discussing joint political action within the 51 st National Assembly, the GERB/SDS press centre has announced. The meetings start on Wednesday, 13 November. Talks with the coalition Bulgarian..
The Confederation of Labour "Podkrepa" has strongly criticized the draft amendments to the Labour Code prepared by the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, according to which the growth of the minimum wage is linked only to inflation. In a statement,..
The chairman of the Bulgarian Socialist Party-United Left urged the political forces in the new parliament to put their party selfishness aside so..
A government can be formed without DPS – A New Beginning, the Alliance for Rights and Freedoms, Vazrazhdane and MECH. All others can form a..
After two rounds of voting, the 51 st parliament failed to elect a National Assembly president. None of the candidates nominated – Natalia..
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