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NSI President to participate in UNICEF seminar

Tuesday, 31 January 2017 - 10:05
Between 1 - 8 February 2017 the President of the National Statistical Institute Sergey Tsvetarsky will take part in a workshop organised by UNICEF’s Regional Office for Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States on the topic “Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey” (MICS). The survey is a major source of information for the indicators of the 2030 Millennium Development Goals adopted by the UN. The event will be held in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Mariana Kotzeva became the Acting Director-General of Eurostat

Thursday, 26 January 2017 - 11:00
On 1 January this year, Mariana Kotzeva became the Acting Director-General of Eurostat. Mrs Kotzeva's appointment follows the retirement of Walter Radermacher, in charge of Eurostat from 1 August 2008 until the end of 2016.

Mariana Kotzeva joined Eurostat as a special adviser (Adviser   hors classe) in April 2012.

In July 2014, she became Deputy Director-General, a post she still holds today.

Population census 1934 in digital format

Thursday, 19 January 2017 - 15:00
Population census 1934 in digital format
The digital library of the NSI provides users of statistical information the possibility of free online access to 1 605 pages of the digital collection ‘Census of Population and Housing Fund in the Kingdom of Bulgaria on 31 December 1934’, which is published for the first time on the Internet.

On December 31, 1934 began the ninth general population census in the Kingdom of Bulgaria. It was carried out under the Law on General Censuses and Decree No. 2 from April 18, 1934.

Jesus Christ was born during a population census

Friday, 23 December 2016 - 11:00
Did you know that the population census is a practice that is as old as the state as an institution? It cannot be stated precisely who was the first ruler who counted his male-subjects for military purposes or who prepared a list of households in order to levy them with tax. Since millennia figures obtained from population censuses serve as elements of political propaganda, especially in order to justify expansion of the territory.
 

First coordination meeting between Bulgaria and Estonia on statistics

Friday, 9 December 2016 - 13:30
The Deputy President of the NSI Diana Yancheva will take part in the first coordination meeting between Bulgaria and Estonia on the preparation of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, to be held in Tallinn, Estonia, between 12 - 15 December 2016.

Ms. Yancheva will hold preparatory talks with her colleagues from Statistics Estonia in order to establish cooperation with the team in charge of organising and conducting the Estonian Presidency and to discuss general coordination matters.

NSI’s Digital library with renovated website

Thursday, 8 December 2016 - 16:10
The renovated website of the digital library of the National Statistical Institute was launched. 10 years now the NSI distributes online statistical information and the digital information resources are available globally. Free access is provided to over 1 200 000 digital pages of statistical information. The library site is bilingual. Search on demand is available both in Bulgarian and English. Started is the new ‘Interesting Facts’ rubric which will contain interesting facts about the activities of the statistical institution.

Over two million Bulgarians celebrate on December 6

Monday, 5 December 2016 - 12:45
On December 6, people in Bulgaria celebrate their name day as well as fishermen, sailors, bank employees and dealers. The day was chosen for the official day of our sea city of Bourgas.

The National Statistical Institute commemorates the celebration by presenting updated statistical information that will help you to understand how much more people named after Nikolay and its derivatives you can meet with and as well as to appreciate how important is the role of fish, banks and trade in your life.

European Statistical Programme to be discussed at working party meeting in Brussels

Monday, 5 December 2016 - 09:45
On 6 December 2016 the President of the National Statistical Institute Sergey Tsvetarsky will take part in a meeting of the Council Working Party on Statistics in Brussels, Belgium, to discuss the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 99/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Statistical Programme 2013 - 2017, by extending it to 2018 - 2020.