[size=75:3e803uhe]Sofia echo Wed, Dec 02 2009
Number of foreigners receiving Bulgarian citizenship doubled over past four years
The number of foreigners who had received Bulgarian citizenship had doubled over the last four years, Marian Hristova, leader of the We will live together, we need to know each other project, was quoted by Bulgarian news agency BTA as saying at a round table discussion in Sofia on December 2 2009.
A total of 1120 work permits for foreigners had been issued in 2009 until end-September.
Just over half these work permits had been issued to Turkish citizens. The second largest nationality was Vietnamese, with 80 permits for 2009, BTA said.
Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:15 pm
