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The first meeting of the European Statistical System Committee will take place on 7 February in Luxembourg

Wednesday, 6 February 2019 - 09:20
How will the European statistics develop after 2020, will the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) change the production of official statistics, what are the ways to better communicate with users of statistical information? These issues will be discussed by the members of the European Statistical System Committee (ESSC) at their meeting in Luxembourg on 7 February. The President of the National Statistical Institute Sergey Tsvetarsky will take part in the meeting.

Trifon Zarezan

Friday, 1 February 2019 - 10:45

On February 1st, Bulgarians celebrate Saint Trifon, the patron of gardeners and winegrowers, as well as all people who like wine celebrate. For some key facts on wine see the infographic prepared by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute.

The National Statistical Institute of the Republic of Bulgaria and the National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova signed an Agreement on statistical cooperation

Wednesday, 30 January 2019 - 11:15
The National Statistical Institute of the Republic of Bulgaria and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of the Republic of Moldova signed an Agreement on statistical cooperation on January 29, 2019 in Chisinau, Moldova. Mr. Sergey Tsvetarski, President of the National Statistical Institute signed the Agreement on behalf of Bulgaria and Mr. Vitalie Valcov, Director General of the National Bureau of Statistics signed the Agreement on behalf of Moldova.

January 21 - Midwife’s Day in Bulgaria

Friday, 18 January 2019 - 16:55
January, 21st was declared the Midwife’s day in 1951 with a decree of the National Assembly of Bulgaria. Interestingly, the celebration day coincides with the date when Babinden was celebrated.

On occasion of the Midwife’s Day, the National Statistical Institute has produced an infographics from which you can find out how many are the doctors-obstetricians and gynaecologists and midwives in Bulgaria, and how many children have taken their first breath of air in their hands.

NSI – host of training of young statisticians from Balkan region

Wednesday, 12 December 2018 - 16:40
In accordance with the arrangements reached at the Informal meeting of the Heads of Statistical offices of the countries of Balkan region, held on 30 August 2018 at the Training Center in the village of Slivek, Lovech region, the National Statistical Institute hosts a training of young statisticians from the Western Balkan countries - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro. Young statisticians from Bulgaria also participate in the course.

Workshop on project for youth migration in Danube region (YOUMIG)

Wednesday, 31 October 2018 - 17:40
A second workshop within the project ‘Improving institutional capacities and fostering cooperation to tackle the impacts of transnational youth migration’ (YOUMIG), which is realized by the Danube Transnational Programme (Interreg - Danube Transnational Programme - ERDF) took place on 30.10.2018 at the National Statistical Institute.

Experts from Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, Ministry of Education and Science, Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works, Employment Agency as well as the local project partner Burgas Municipality participated.

NSI hosts a study visit within a Programme MEDSTAT IV

Friday, 26 October 2018 - 08:35
In the period 23-25 October 2018, the National Statistical Institute hosted for the first time a study visit under the Programme MEDSTAT funded by the European Union. The visit was organized jointly with the French International Agency for technical cooperation Expertise France.

Currently, the Programme MEDSTAT is in its fourth phase, launched in January 2016. This phase, with a duration of 40 months, includes more than 100 planned activities and supports the EU's cooperation with the countries of the European Neighborhood Policy - South in the field of statistics.