Bulgaria’s Justice Minister orders investigation of citizenship directorate

Sofia: Minister of Justice Georgi Georgiev has ordered an inspection of the Bulgarian Citizenship Directorate, the ministry said in a media statement on March 5.

The directorate administers the procedures for the acquisition, restoration, release from or deprivation of Bulgarian citizenship.

The statement said that the ministry’s inspectorate will conduct a check into the process of initiating and reviewing files on applications for acquisition of Bulgarian citizenship by the directorate, which is under the Justice Ministry.

The scope of the inspection is for the files initiated and reviewed in 2023 and 2024.

In connection with reports received concerning the activities of the Directorate of Bulgarian Citizenship, Georgiev has also requested an inspection by the State Agency for National Security.