Inside Bulgaria's Easter Celebrations: Traditions Passed Through Generations
Today marks the joyous celebration of Easter, one of the most significant holidays in the Orthodox Christian calendar.
According to the latest figures of Eurostat, which were released on Wednesday, Bulgaria granted citizenship to 808 foreign nationals in 2013.
Bulgaria granted the third lowest number of citizenships in the EU, the only two member states granting less being Lithuania and Slovakia.
A total of 94 % of the people who were granted Bulgarian citizenship in 2013 were non-EU nationals, while only 2 % were EU citizens.
In 2013, the three largest groups, who acquired Bulgarian citizenship were Ukrainians, Moldovans and Macedonians.
At the EU level, the 28 member states granted citizenship to 984 800 persons in 2013, which represented an increase of 20 % or 163 000 people compared to 2012.
Nearly nine out of ten or 89 % of people, who were granted EU citizenship, were non-EU nationals.
The largest groups acquiring citizenship of an EU member state in 2013 were citizens of Morocco, followed by nationals of India, Turkey, Colombia, Albania and Ecuador.
These six nationalities represented almost a third of all people acquiring EU citizenship in 2013.
Romanians and Poles were the largest groups of EU citizens acquiring citizenship of another member state.
Spain was the member state granting citizenship to the largest number of people – 225 793.
The highest naturalisation rates were registered in Sweden, Hungary and Portugal, while the lowest were recorded in Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Denmark.
We need your support so Novinite.com can keep delivering news and information about Bulgaria! Thank you!
Bulgaria's Minister of Defense Todor Tagarev admitted the possibility that an explosive device might have been planted on board the crashed plane in which Yevgeny Prigozhin was traveling
The European Commission has announced that it is preparing criminal proceedings against Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Malta, and Portugal for incorrect application of the rules on the exchange of data on criminal records and the establishment of the relevant
The European Commission has started an evaluation of the Plan for Reconstruction and Development of Bulgaria, said the spokesman of the European Commission Eric Mamer. The document was submitted to the Commission on 15 October.
58% of Bulgarians do not support the introduction of the euro as the official currency in the country. This shows a study prepared by Trend agency specifically for the financial forum NEXT DIFI 2021, organized by b2b Media for the fifth year. The data dur
Too late Bulgaria began to explain its own position towards North Macedonia, as it should have been clear to our European partners some time ago.
An SPD-led government in Germany has significant potential to sharpen international attention to the problems of corruption in Bulgaria.
UN Happiness Report: Bulgaria's Astonishing Leap in Rankings
Bulgaria: 3 Regions With Lowest Life Expectancy - EU Report 2022