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Members of the European Union
Bulgaria
 Brief facts on Bulgaria and the Bulgaria/Australia relationship
Population: 7.602 million (1 January 2009: Eurostat)
Total area: 111 000 square kilometres (less than half the size of Victoria) map
Currency: Lev
Capital: Sofia
Official language: Bulgarian
National Day: 3 March
 Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union - 1 January 2007
- Treaty of Accession with the EU was signed on 25 April 2005
- Membership of the EU was formalised on 1 January 2007
- Member of NATO since 2004
- Approximately 12,000 people of Bulgarian origin settled in Australia, mainly during the inter-war period
- Two way trade with Australia in 2003-04 amounted to A$87
- Bulgaria exports wine, Bulgarian fetta and yellow cheese to Australia and imports ores, wool, metallurgical coals
- Bulgaria brings a third alphabet to the EU - the Cyrillic alphabet
Representation in Australia:
Australian Capital Territory
Embassy of Bulgaria
33 Culgoa Circuit
O'Malley ACT 2606
Tel: (02) 6286 9711 (General)
(02) 6286 9700 (Consular)
Fax: (02) 6286 9600
Email: embassy@bulgaria.org.au
More information can be obtained from
President of the Republic of Bulgaria official website http://www.president.bg/
Bulgarian Government official website http://www.government.bg/
Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs official website http://www.mfa.government.bg/
Other links in Australia
European Asia-Pacific Business 2007-2008 - Bulgaria http://www.europeanasiapacificbusiness.net.au/article.php?article=6,xss
email: info@eabc.com.au
website: www.eabc.com.au
data from Europa and Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
this page updated
October 7, 2009
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