January 13 is the Day of Bulgarian Cinema.
On this date in 1915, the first screening of the first Bulgarian feature film, ‘Bulgarian is a Gallant’, took place. It was directed by Vasil Gendov, who also played the role of Bulgaran.
In 2005, the day was declared a professional holiday for cinema workers and an official day of Bulgarian cinema.
The President of the National Statistical Institute Assoc. Prof. Atanas Atanasov, PhD and the Minister of Youth and Sports Vesela Lecheva signed an Agreement on cooperation and strategic partnership in the exchange of information. The document regulates the provision of statistical data by the NSI and the information systems of the MYS, metadata and methodologies, as well as the possibility of conducting additional statistical research and ensuring access of the NSI to the information systems and registers of the MYS in accordance with the Law on Statistics.
“I strongly believe that events such as the meeting today are crucial for improving the production process in statistics and thus, will have a positive impact on the quality of the official statistics along with the increasing user confidence in it.” Assoc. Prof.
Experts from the statistical offices of Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina are taking part in a 3-day visit to the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute within the framework of the 'IPA 2019 project Multinational Statistical Cooperation Program in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, the Republic of North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey for future EU membership'. The purpose of the visit is to provide methodological assistance in the calculation of consumer price indices and purchasing power parities.
On November 7, 2022, the 'Statistical Surveys - Sliven' Department at RSB - Yugoiztok organized a solemn ceremony for awarding diplomas to students from the Professional High School of Economics 'Prof. Dr Dimitar Tabakov' - Sliven, winners in the statistical contest for infographics, the first of its kind in the country on the topic: 'Statistics are fun. Official statistics through the eyes of students'. Incentive prizes were presented as well for 'talking' infographics.
The event was held in the building of the Regional Administration - Sliven the hall 'Georgi Danchev'.
The National Statistical Council unanimously adopted the Report on implementation of the National Statistical Programme and the activity of the NSI in 2022 and the National Statistical Program for 2023 at its present meeting.
The student holiday has been celebrated in Bulgaria on December 8 since 1916.
This year, 226 981 students will celebrate in our country.
Another 1 560 000 people with higher education have a reason to celebrate this day, according to data from the 2021 Census.
Happy holiday, students!
The President of the National Statistical Institute (NSI) Assoc. Prof. Atanas Atanasov, PhD, met the Vice President of the Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA) Maria Mincheva and experts from BIA.
The reason for the meeting is the possibilities for optimal cooperation between NSI and BIA. Those present discussed the possibility of NSI providing data, and experts from the Association preparing analytical materials. The analyses will be different in scope, with direct relevance to the Bulgarian business environment.
The President of the Bulgarian NSI Assoc. Prof. Atanas Atanasov, PhD, took part in a meeting of the leaders of the national statistical institutes of Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria with representatives of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Statistical Cooperation in the context of the OECD Accession Discussions and the ESS Membership. The event was organized by the Croatian Bureau of Statistics and took place in Zagreb.
The NSI publishes final data for 2021 on the activities of non-financial enterprises, insurers, specialised investment enterprises, pension companies and funds, and non-profit enterprises in accordance with the Calendar for the dissemination of statistical survey results.
For more information, please visit the NSI website (https://www.nsi.bg/bg/node/13213/ , https://www.nsi.bg/bg/node/1817/) or the Infostat IS.