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Bulgaria: 2,000 applications for Bulgarian citizenship approved in January 2010

By Costica Dumbrava

2,000 applications for Bulgarian citizenship of foreign citizens belonging to the Bulgarian diaspora were approved in January 2010 only. This figure has recently been reported by the Bulgarian Minister for Bulgarians abroad Bozhidar Dimitrov. Dimitrov, who holds a ministry without portfolio, had pushed for procedural simplifications in order to facilitate the acquisition of Bulgarian citizenship by the historical diaspora.

According to Dimitrov, this policy aims at bringing all Bulgarians together. It is inspired by the willingness to pay back “historical debts”, and to solve the “biggest problem in this country: its demographic crisis”.

This push for simplification of the citizenship acquisition process for the Bulgarians in neighbouring countries or exiled during communist rule has surprised many, given the lack of any concern for the more recent Bulgarian emigrants who left the country in high numbers after 1989.


Read the article "We are solving Bulgaria's demographic crisis - Bozhidar Dimitrov" in the Bulgarian newspaper The Sofia Echo

Read the article "2000 foreigners received Bulgarian citizenship in January 2010 - Minister" in The Sofia Echo

Read EUDO CITIZENSHIP Report on Bulgaria by Daniel Smilov and Elena Jileva