In 2022, a total of 1,992 North Macedonians received Bulgarian citizenship, according to data of the Commission on Bulgarian Citizenship at the President. 1,639 Ukrainians also received Bulgarian citizenship, followed by Turks - 1,290, Serbs - 556, Albanians - 517 and Moldovans - 476.
The data are similar to the previous two years, but then people from North Macedonia who became Bulgarians by passport were 7,696 in 2021 and 9,098 in 2020. In the past year, 202 Israelis also received Bulgarian citizenship. A total of 7,410 people acquired citizenship on the basis of Bulgarian origin during the past year. 356 Russians received Bulgarian citizenship in 2022, while in 2021 they were 479. A year earlier, their number was 485.
The mission of middle powers is to play an increasingly important role in global affairs and to help shape a new multilateralism based on collective action to address global challenges. This was the key message of Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev at the..
EUR 87 million under the operational programme Transport Connectivity, earmarked for the Russe-Veliko Tarnovo motorway is being redirected to the Europe motorway, connecting Sofia with the border with Serbia. Almost EUR 500 million for the..
The Culture Committee of the Bulgarian National Assembly failed to approve, at first reading, a bill on amendments to the Public Libraries Act to rename the National Library Sts. Cyril and Methodius to People’s Library. 2 MPs voted “for”, 4 voted..
A protest is taking place in Sofia to demand maximum sentences for a man and a woman who killed animals in a particularly cruel way. So far, nearly..
Bulgarian citizens and road hauliers should avoid traveling to Serbia on March 15 and 16 except in cases of extreme necessity , until the protest actions..
In response to the tragedy in North Macedonia, where more than 50 people lost their lives in a fire at a nightclub in the town of Kočani, Foreign..
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