A total of 16,268 people received Bulgarian citizenship in 2024, according to the report from the commission to Vice President Iliana Iotova . In 2023, the number of those who obtained a Bulgarian passport was 12,205. 11,778 people received..
In a previous publication Radio Bulgaria offered an overview of the conditions and grounds for acquiring Bulgarian citizenship . In the following lines we will elaborate on the steps of the procedure itself. The first one is to submit an..
75 805 applications for obtaining Bulgarian citizenship were submitted from 1 January 2020 to 24 November 2023. These figures were announced in parliament at the end of 2023 by former Minister of Justice Atanas Slavov in response to a question..
The Sofia City Prosecutor's Office has brought charges against the former executive director of the Bulgarian Investment Agency, Stamen Yanev, for abuse of office, the state prosecution said. In February 2022, a signal was received from a member of..
Bulgaria has repeatedly reiterated that the creation of conditions for free self-identification and respect for the rights of citizens of North Macedonia considering themselves Bulgarian i s of fundamental importance, reads the position of..
Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev has asked the Minister of Justice to propose to the President to revoke the Bulgarian citizenship of a Russian national. The citizenship was granted to him by naturalization in exchange for investment...
"During the three summer months of the caretaker government, services have been provided to 7,600 individuals who have received their certificates of acquired Bulgarian citizenship . By way of comparison, during the whole of 2020 the number of..
The Ministry of Justice starts inspections on the Registry Agency and the Commercial Register in order to eliminate irregularities and improve services. There will also be a review of public procurement procedures in recent years, judicial reforms..
1,458 people have acquired Bulgarian citizenship since the beginning of the year , Dimitar Zdravkov, a member of the Bulgarian President's Commission on Bulgarian Citizenship, told BNR. Most Bulgarian passports were issued to citizens of North..
10 , 779 people have acquired Bulgarian citizenship during the first 9 months of 2020, or 2,000 more than during the past 2 years, the Commission on Bulgarian Citizenship with Vice President Iliana Yotova has announced. The..
