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Students from "St. Kliment Ohridski" Sofia University are learning digitization processes at the NSI

Thursday, 10 March 2016 - 11:10
On March 9, 2016 at "Press Centre Hall" of the NSI were held two training seminars for students from "Library and Information and Cultural Policy" department at the Philosophy Faculty of "St. Kliment Ohridski" Sofia University. Students are in their first year in the "Library and Information Science" specialty. For the second consecutive year the NSI supports the learning process of the department and the visit of the students is within the framework of "Introduction to digitization" course.

The NSI will conduct a survey on ‘Social Inclusion and Living Conditions 2016’ during the March - May 2016 period

Monday, 7 March 2016 - 15:11
In March, the National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria launches conducting of the survey on ‘Social Inclusion and Living Conditions 2016’.

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.

Upcoming session of the United Nations Statistical Commission

Wednesday, 2 March 2016 - 11:10
In the period 4 - 11 March 2016 at the UN Headquarters, New York, the President of the National Statistical Institute, Sergey Tsvetarsky, will take part in the most authoritative forum of the International Statistical System, the 47th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC). As of January 1st, 2013 Bulgaria is an elected member of UNSC. The forum will discuss a number of topics of global importance for the development of statistics worldwide.

The European Statistical System Committee meets on 11 February 2016

Monday, 8 February 2016 - 10:20
On 11 February 2016 at Eurostat, Luxembourg, will be held the 28th meeting of the European Statistical System Committee (ESSC). This is the first ESSC meeting for the year out of total of four regular annual meetings of the Committee. It is chaired by Eurostat and attended by the Heads of the National Statistical Institutes of the EU Member States and representatives of ECB, OECD and EFTA countries.

The National Statistical Institute of the Republic of Bulgaria and the National Statistics Office of Georgia signed an Agreement on cooperation in the field of statistics

Thursday, 4 February 2016 - 10:40
On February 3, 2016 in Tbilisi, Georgia, the National Statistical Institute of the Republic of Bulgaria and the National Statistics Office of Georgia signed an Agreement on cooperation in the field of statistics. On the Bulgarian side the Agreement was signed by Ms. Diana Yancheva, Deputy President of the National Statistical Institute, and on the Georgian one by Ms. Meri Daushvili, Executive Director of the National Statistics Office.

Marriages, divorces and births in Bulgaria at the beginning of the 21st century

Monday, 28 December 2015 - 09:52
An article with statistical data on marriages, divorces and births in Bulgaria at the beginning of the 21st century is published in Bulgarian and English in Statistics Explained - web-based system for online dissemination of Eurostat publications. National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria has participated in the pilot project implemented by Eurostat together with the Member States.

You in the EU

Tuesday, 8 December 2015 - 15:40
Did you know?

…that Bulgaria had the lowest mean age of women at childbirth (27.1 years) in the EU

…that Germany recorded the highest share of people in the EU renting their dwelling (47.5% of the population), compared with 29.9% in the EU

…that Denmark had the highest share of individuals aged 65 - 74 in the EU who used the internet for internet banking (71%), compared with 22% in the EU

…that Greece had the lowest proportion of births outside marriages (7% of all live births) in the EU

Meeting of the National Statistical Council

Tuesday, 1 December 2015 - 10:00
The National Statistical Council (NSC) at the second meeting for this year, held on November 30, 2015, discussed and adopted the Report on the implementation of the National Statistical Programme and the Activity of the NSI in 2015.

The Draft National Statistical Programme for 2016 prepared by the NSI was discussed and adopted also. The National Statistical Programme envisages 248 statistical surveys and activities to be carried out by the National Statistical Institute and respectively 46 statistical surveys and activities - by the Bodies of statistics.

Meeting of the National Statistical Council

Friday, 27 November 2015 - 10:00
On November 30 2015 at 14 p.m. in the premises of the NSI, under the chairmanship of Prof. Hristina Vucheva a meeting of the National Statistical Council (NSC), which is the highest advisory body in the field of statistics at the national level will be held.

The Report on the implementation of the National Statistical Programme and the Activity of the NSI in 2015 will be presented and discussed at the meeting.

NSI automatizes the processing of requests for statistical information

Thursday, 26 November 2015 - 14:15
The National Statistical Institute completed a project under OPAC for building an Information system for citizens and firms trough automatic fulfilment of on-line requests for statistical information

The project ”Development of instruments for possibilities of on-line definition and fulfilment of requests for statistical information by the BNSI website for citizens, businesses and administration through compilation of information from the BNSI surveys, tables’ generation and check of data confidentiality” was presented.