Bulgaria has granted citizenship to 62 049 foreign citizens in the past five years.
This becomes clear in a written response of Bulgarian Justice Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva to a MP.
A total of 60 194 foreigners were issued with Bulgarian identity document on grounds of their Bulgarian origin, while the remaining 1855 became Bulgarian citizens on grounds of naturalisation.
Between 6 % and 7 % of the applicants were not granted Bulgarian citizenship, BGNES news agency informs.
Out of a total of 65 623 candidates, 3574 were not issued with Bulgarian passport. The remaining 62 049 were issued with Bulgarian passport by decree of …read more
Source: Novinite
