According to the latest figures of Eurostat, which were released on Wednesday, Bulgaria granted citizenship to 808 foreign nationals in 2013.
Bulgaria granted the third lowest number of citizenships in the EU, the only two member states granting less being Lithuania and Slovakia.
A total of 94 % of the people who were granted Bulgarian citizenship in 2013 were non-EU nationals, while only 2 % were EU citizens.
In 2013, the three largest groups, who acquired Bulgarian citizenship were Ukrainians, Moldovans and Macedonians.
At the EU level, the 28 member states granted citizenship to 984 800 persons in 2013, which represented an increase of …read more
Source: Novinite
