A Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) report estimates that the Armenian population in Bulgaria is over 20,000 (13 Dec. 1991, 7). Countries of the World indicates that Armenians, Gypsies, Greeks, Jews and Russians, together constitute 6.2 per cent of the total population of Bulgaria (1993, 348).

According to the RFE/RL report, "Armenians, who are generally well integrated into Bulgarian society and culture, typically retain their Armenian names, and are not subject to discrimination" (13 Dec. 1991, 7). Human Rights Watch World Report 1993 notes that "problems persisted with regard to the treatment of minorities [in 1992], especially [for] the Gypsy population," but the report does not mention ethnic Armenians (1992, 209).

Additional and/or corroborating information specific to the treatment of Armenians in Bulgaria is not currently available to
the DIRB. Information on the treatment of other minority groups, however, may be available upon request.

Human Rights Watch World Report 1993. 1992. New York: Human Rights Watch.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). 13 December 1991. Vol. 2, No. 50. Report on Eastern Europe [Munich]. Duncan M. Perry. "Minorities and Bulgarian Nationalism."

Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook 1993. 1993. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale Research Inc.

Human Rights Watch World Report 1993. 1992. New York: Human Rights Watch, pp. 209-211.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). 13 December 1991. Vol. 2, No. 50. Report on Eastern Europe [Munich]. Duncan M. Perry. "Minorities and Bulgarian Nationalism," pp. 5-8.