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World Bee Day, May 20, was declared by a UN resolution in December 2017 and aims to raise awareness about the importance of bees and their protection.

The deadline for applying for the position of president of the National Statistical Institute has been extended until June 1 by an order of Deputy Prime Minister for Effective Governance Kalina Konstantinova.

Candidates must submit a concept for the development of the institution and all required documents to the office of the Council of Ministers or by email to [email protected].

The International Day of Families, May 15, was proclaimed by a decision of the UN General Assembly on September 20, 1993, and has been officially celebrated since 1994. The celebration provides an opportunity to promote issues related to families and to raise awareness of the social, economic, and demographic processes that affect them.

The infographic presents NSI data for 2021 on marriages by age and households with children under 18 in Bulgaria.

At its meeting on May 5, the Council of Ministers endorsed the Report on Implementation of the National Statistical Programme and the Activity of the NSI in 2021 and the National Statistical Programme for 2022.

The first celebration of this day was in 1970 in the USA and Canada, with the aim of drawing people's attention to the protection of the planet and promoting an ecological way of life. The initiative was later taken up by an international committee, and in the 21st century, it became the largest non-religious holiday in the world, celebrated by over half a billion people.

The seven-year mandate of the current President Sergey Tsvetarsky is over

A procedure for a public hearing of candidates for President of the National Statistical Institute (NSI) has been announced by an Order of the Deputy Prime Minister Kalina Konstantinova dated of April 15.

The last meetings of the Peer review of the National Statistical System of Bulgaria will be held on Monday when the team of international experts will meet with the leadership of the NSI and of the other national authorities. This will end the visit to our country within the Third Round of peer reviews of the European Statistical system.

Meetings with various stakeholders completed the fourth day of the Peer Review of the National Statistical System. The international review team talked both with the representatives of the bodies -producers of data, and the users – business and employers’ organisations, syndicates, media, academic community. The diverse profile of the participants in the discussions today contributed to a real picture of the cooperation of the National Statistical Institute with all groups that use statistical data in their work.

What are the strengths and weaknesses of cooperation within the National Statistical System? What will the statistics look like in a decade? What are the NSI’s plans for future development? These were the main topics in the discussions on the third day of the Peer Review of the National Statistical System in Bulgaria. In addition to NSI experts, teams from the Ministry of Agriculture, the Executive Environment Agency and the National Social Security Institute also took part in the talks.