In Bulgaria’s September 2021 national census, a total of 5 118 494 people (84.6%) identified themselves as Bulgarians, the National Statistical Institute announced. 508 378, or 8.4%, identified themselves as ethnic Turks. 266 720 (4.4%) identified themselves as Roma- the third largest ethnic group in the country.
5 037 607 people (85.3%) said that their mother tongue is Bulgarian. 514 386 people (8.7%) said their mother tongue is Turkish and 227 974 people (3.9%) said that their mother tongue was Romani.
4,219,270 (71.5%) identified themselves as Christians, 638,708 (10.8%) identified themselves as Muslims and 1,736 people (0.02%) identified themselves as Jews.
More bridges over the Danube are not just a bilateral issue between Bulgaria and Romania – they are a strategic priority for the prosperity of the entire EU and for our collective security within NATO. This was emphasized by Deputy Prime Minister..
Today, the deputy PMs and ministers of transport of Bulgaria and North Macedonia Grozdan Karadjov and Aleksandar Nikoloski will sign an agreement on the preparation, construction and operation of a cross-border railway tunnel between the two..
GERB leader Boyko Borisov has told the media that he personally participated in talks with American representatives on the lifting of the Magnitsky sanctions against Bulgarian citizens. He said that he also spoke on the subject with David Cameron while..
Birth rate in Bulgaria has decreased by 33% over the past three decades. In 1994, 79,442 live births were registered in the country, while in 2024 the..
The police have neutralized an organized crime group that transported migrants from Burgas through Sofia to the Serbian border, Sofia..
The majority in parliament overcame the president's veto on the Investment Promotion Act. The bill was passed in second reading on..
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