{"id":160311,"date":"2010-01-19T15:35:10","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T15:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.moldova.org\/2010\/01\/19\/over-15k-moldovans-received-bulgarian-citizenship-in-2002-2009-205559-eng\/"},"modified":"2010-01-19T15:35:10","modified_gmt":"2010-01-19T15:35:10","slug":"over-15k-moldovans-received-bulgarian-citizenship-in-2002-2009-205559-eng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/over-15k-moldovans-received-bulgarian-citizenship-in-2002-2009-205559-eng\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 15K Moldovans received Bulgarian citizenship in 2002-2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>According to data released by Bulgarian authorities, Sofia granted 47,891 citizenships. Most of them &#8211; 46,874 &#8211; were given to people who claimed to have Bulgarian origins.<\/p>\n<p>More than 20,000 Macedonians received citizenship during this period, followed by Moldova (15,753), Russia (2,344), Serbia (2,066), Ukraine (1,902), Israel (1,280) and Albania (601).<\/p>\n<p>According to the 2004 census, the most recent one conducted by Moldovan authorities, there are slightly over 65,000 ethic Bulgarians living in the country, most of them living in Taraclia (a raion in the south), Chisinau, and the Gagauz autonomous region. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>According to data released by Bulgarian authorities, Sofia granted 47,891 citizenships. Most of them &#8211; 46,874 &#8211; were given to people who claimed to have Bulgarian origins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"content_social_share":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>According to data released by Bulgarian authorities, Sofia granted 47,891 citizenships. Most of them &#8211; 46,874 &#8211; were given to people who claimed to have Bulgarian origins.<\/p>\n<p>More than 20,000 Macedonians received citizenship during this period, followed by Moldova (15,753), Russia (2,344), Serbia (2,066), Ukraine (1,902), Israel (1,280) and Albania (601).<\/p>\n<p>According to the 2004 census, the most recent one conducted by Moldovan authorities, there are slightly over 65,000 ethic Bulgarians living in the country, most of them living in Taraclia (a raion in the south), Chisinau, and the Gagauz autonomous region. <\/p>\n<div class='heateorSssClear'><\/div><div  class='heateor_sss_sharing_container heateor_sss_horizontal_sharing' data-heateor-sss-href='https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/over-15k-moldovans-received-bulgarian-citizenship-in-2002-2009-205559-eng\/' data-heateor-sss-no-counts=\"1\"><div class='heateor_sss_sharing_title' style=\"font-weight:bold\" ><\/div><div class=\"heateor_sss_sharing_ul\"><a aria-label=\"Facebook\" 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