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Bulgarian citizenship: the latest numbers

Fri, Jul 02 2010 12:22 CET

byThe Sofia Echo staff

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Bulgarian citizenship: the latest numbers

 
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About 9800 people have been granted Bulgarian citizenship since the start of 2010, Minister without portfolio responsible for Bulgarians abroad Bozhidar Dimitrov told Bulgarian news agency Focus on July 2 2010.

That included 496 people at the July 2 meeting of the Citizenship Council, the bulk of which (411) were citizens of Macedonia. Bulgarian passports have also been granted to several Uruguay and Argentina nationals, as well as applicants from the Middle East and Afghanistan.

In the first six months of the year, Bulgaria has already given citizenship to more people than in 2009, when 9040 applications were granted. The process has been sped up in May and June, when the council granted citizenship to about 4000 people.

Although Dimitrov did not provide a country-by-country breakdown for the latest numbers, traditionally most applicants come from Macedonia, followed by Ukraine, Moldova, Serbia and Russia.

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Anonymous Robit Mon, Sep 27 2010 19:17 CET
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I am an Indian Citizen and would like to have a second passport of your country.. Is there any procedure or relaxation for foreigners from different country for the same.

Anonymous Mikael/Sweden Sat, Jul 03 2010 23:52 CET
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Wow, someone in Bulgaria goverment making money. But better to Bulgaria than to Sweden.

Anonymous Rezil Sat, Jul 03 2010 22:56 CET
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That old dirty BKP pig Dimtrov is a bag of shite...


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