The number of foreign nationals applying for Bulgarian citizenship fell by a quarter last year, Vice President Margarita Popova said on Wednesday.
A total of 5,999 Bulgarian citizenship applications were submitted last year, a decrease compared to 7,954 in 2013, Popova told a joint news conference with President Rosen Plevneliev marking the end of their third year in office.
Twenty-six people were deprived of Bulgarian citizenship in 2014.
It is within the powers of the Vice President to grant, restore and withdraw Bulgarian citizenship.
The presidential institution considered asylum requests from 32 citizens of Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Algeria, Marocco, Vietnam, France and …read more
Source: Novinite
