Interethnic Relations in Bulgaria and Romania.

Basic Facts.

IPIS/ACCESS Association, Sofia, 1999

(Languages: Bulgarian, English)

This book is a follow-up of the project A Civic Network for Multicultural Integration and Cultural Pluralism in Southeastern Europe. It was a joint project of the Research Center on Inter-Ethnic Relations, Romania and ACCESS-Sofia Foundation implemented in the years 1997-1999.

The authors try to identify the main aspects and difficulties in the legal regulation of interethnic relations, as well as its implementation into practice in Bulgaria and Romania. Even given these limits, the text is not exhaustive, as the authors focus only on the problems clearly articulated in the public debate.

The authors summarize and compare the basic facts that would facilitate the outside reader to easily imagine the framework within which the “minority” problems in these countries can be viewed.

The leaflet can also serve as a working reference book for all those, who are interested in the problems of cultural pluralism in Bulgaria and Romania.