In 2017 the Republic of Bulgaria granted Bulgarian citizenship to 914 people, data of Eurostat show. 185 Ukrainian nationals (22% of all issued passports), 174 Russians (19%) and 110 Turkish citizens (12%) acquired Bulgarian citizenship. The number of passports issued in 2017 decreased with 44% as compared to the previous year. In 2017 all 28 EU member states granted citizenship to 825,000 foreign nationals. Moroccans, Albanians. Indian and Turkish nationals were the main recipients of EU passports. …read more
Source: Radio Bulgaria
