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International conference on Big Data was held in Sofia

Tuesday, 28 February 2017 - 10:50
The National Statistical Institute hosted and co-organised, together with Statistics Belgium, an international conference at which the results of the ESSnet Big Data project were presented. NSI President Sergey Tsvetarsky, Acting Director-General of Eurostat Mariana Kotzeva, Director-General of Statistics Netherlands Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi, and project coordinator Peter Struijs participated in the event, which took place on 23 - 24 February 2017 in Sofia.

The NSI will conduct a survey on ‘Social Inclusion and Living Conditions 2017’ during the March - May 2017 period

Friday, 24 February 2017 - 15:30
In March, the National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria launches conducting of the survey on ‘Social Inclusion and Living Conditions 2017’.

Regulation No. 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and the Council establishes a common framework for systematic production of statistics in the European Union on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) which includes comparable and timely information on current status and dynamics of income, as well as the level and structure of poverty and social exclusion at national and European level.

International conference on Big Data to be held in Sofia

Tuesday, 21 February 2017 - 09:35
The National Statistical Institute will host and co-organise, together with Statistics Belgium, an international conference at which the results of the ESSnet Big Data project will be presented. NSI President Sergey Tsvetarsky, Acting Director-General of Eurostat Mariana Kotzeva and project coordinator Peter Struijs will participate in the event, which will take place on 23 - 24 February 2017 in Sofia.

Meeting of the European Statistical System Committee

Wednesday, 8 February 2017 - 12:30
The President of the National Statistical Institute Sergey Tsvetarsky will participate in the 32nd meeting of the European Statistical System Committee (ESSC), to be held on 9 February 2017 at Eurostat, Luxembourg. This will be the first Committee meeting for this year out of the four regular annual ESSC meetings.

The Committee will discuss and vote on the following two legislative proposals of the European Commission:

Trifon Zarezan

Tuesday, 31 January 2017 - 14:15
‘Come on, let it be prosperity! Let it overflow trough the thresholds!’

Saint Trifon’s Day is celebrated by wine growers, tavern keepers and gardeners to whom the saint is a patron.

The National Statistical Institute commemorates the Saint Trifon’s Day by presenting updated statistical information on production, trade and consumption of wine in Bulgaria.

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.