In 2022, a total of 1,992 North Macedonians received Bulgarian citizenship, according to data of the Commission on Bulgarian Citizenship at the President. 1,639 Ukrainians also received Bulgarian citizenship, followed by Turks - 1,290, Serbs - 556, Albanians - 517 and Moldovans - 476.
The data are similar to the previous two years, but then people from North Macedonia who became Bulgarians by passport were 7,696 in 2021 and 9,098 in 2020. In the past year, 202 Israelis also received Bulgarian citizenship. A total of 7,410 people acquired citizenship on the basis of Bulgarian origin during the past year. 356 Russians received Bulgarian citizenship in 2022, while in 2021 they were 479. A year earlier, their number was 485.
The enthronement of the newly elected Bulgarian Patriarch, Metropolitan Daniil of Vidin, is over. The new spiritual leader was welcomed in St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. The gathered laity chanted "Worthy" and applauded him. ''Conscious of my..
It will be sunny on Monday. There will be light southeasterly wind in the eastern parts of the country. The hot weather continues with maximum temperatures between 33°C and 38°C, in Sofia - around 33°C. It will be sunny over the mountains...
"The faithful need the unity of the church, the unity of Orthodoxy; they need leadership for the spiritual rise of the Bulgarian people", President Rumen Radev told journalists before the enthronement of the newly elected Bulgarian Patriarch Daniil in..
Metropolitan Daniil of Vidin has been elected as the new Bulgarian Patriarch. He received 69 votes. Metropolitan Gregory of Vratsa received 66 votes...
The enthronement of the newly elected Bulgarian Patriarch, Metropolitan Daniil of Vidin, is over. The new spiritual leader was welcomed in St...
It will be sunny on Monday. There will be light southeasterly wind in the eastern parts of the country. The hot weather continues with maximum..
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