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527 students from Bulgaria will participate in the first European Statistics Competition

Tuesday, 30 January 2018 - 11:45
A total of 527 Bulgarian students, spread in 194 teams, declared their willingness to participate in the first European Statistics Competition.

Participants from the eleven European countries in which the competition will take place are a total of 6 300, distributed in 2 366 teams.

According to the competition regulation, the teams are composed of up to three students, but even self-participation is allowed. It is important for each team to have a mentor-teacher.      16 Bulgarian students have expressed a desire to compete on their own.

Eurostat publishes infographic on Bulgaria

Tuesday, 16 January 2018 - 13:15
On the occasion of the official launch of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Eurostat has published an infographic with interesting statistics on Bulgaria in comparison to the EU.

The infographic can be accessed here.

Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council Working Party on Statistics from Estonia

Monday, 18 December 2017 - 14:50
On 14 December 2017 in Tartu, Estonia, Statistics Estonia officially handed over the Presidency of the Council Working Party on Statistics to the National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria in the presence of representatives from Austria and Eurostat.

At the event, the President of the NSI Sergey Tsvetarsky, who will chair the working party meetings during the Bulgarian Presidency, presented Bulgaria’s priorities in the field of statistics and described how he intends to continue and build on the work of the Estonian and the previous Presidencies.

Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council Working Party on Statistics

Wednesday, 13 December 2017 - 09:45
On 14 December 2017 in Tartu, Estonia, a delegation of the National Statistical Institute headed by the NSI President Sergey Tsvetarsky will participate in a meeting at which the current Chair of the Council Working Party on Statistics and Deputy Director General of Statistics Estonia Ms. Tuulikki Sillajõe will hand over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the field of statistics. The meeting will also be attended by representatives of Statistics Austria, who are partners in the trio presidencies of the Council of the EU Estonia - Bulgaria - Austria.