Bulgaria–Serbia relations

Bulgarian-Serbian relations

Bulgaria	Serbia

Bulgarian-Serbian relations are foreign relations between Bulgaria and Serbia. Both countries established diplomatic relations on 18 January 1879. Bulgaria has an embassy in Belgrade. Serbia has an embassy in Sofia.

Both countries are full members of the Southeast European Cooperation Process, of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, of the Central European Initiative, of the Southeast European Cooperative Initiative and of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation. Both countries share 318 km of common borders. Bulgaria has been an EU member since 1 January 2007.

However, relationship between Serbia and Bulgaria is divided between cooperation and conflicts. Bulgaria recognized Kosovo as an independent country in 2008, growing more serious conflict between two nations.

Country comparison

	Bulgaria	Serbia
Population	7,364,570	7,186,862
Area	110,910 km² (42,823 sq mi)	88,361 km² (34,116 sq mi )
Population Density	68.9 /km² (185 /sq mi)	91,9/km2 (238/sq mi)
Capital	Sofia	Belgrade
Largest City	Sofia - 1,241,396 (1,501,683 Metro)	Belgrade - 1,233,769 (1,659,440 Metro)
Government	Parliamentary republic	Parliamentary republic
Official languages	Bulgarian	Serbian (official provincial languages: Slovak, Hungarian, Romanian, Rusyn, Croatian)
Main religions	82.64% Orthodox Christians, 12.20% Islam, 0.55% Catholic Christians, 0.53% Protestant Christians, 0.19% Other, 3.57% Does not self-identify, 0.31% Not shown	84.1% Eastern Orthodoxy, 6.24% Roman Catholicism, 3.62% Islam, 2% Protestantism, 5.4% other
Ethnic groups	84% Bulgarians, 9% Turkish, 5% Roma and 2% other groups	83% Serbs, 4% Hungarians, 2% Bosniaks, 1.5% Roma, 1% Yugoslavs, 1% Slovaks, 10% Other
GDP (nominal)	US$51.989 billion ($7,033 per capita)	$43.7 billion ($5,906 per capita)

See also

• Foreign relations of Bulgaria
• Foreign relations of Serbia
• Bulgarians in Serbia
• Serbs in Bulgaria
• Craiova Group

External links

• Bulgarian embassy in Belgrade
• Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Bulgaria
• Serbian embassy in Sofia