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111 years since the Declaration of Independence of Bulgaria
Saturday, 21 September 2019 - 20:00
The Independence Day was declared an official celebration day by a decision of the National Assembly of September 10, 1998.

With this historic event, Bulgaria becomes an ‘equal member in the family of civilized peoples’ and opens up new opportunities for economic and cultural progress.

On the night of September 22, 1908, the Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Alexander Malinov, met Prince Ferdinand near the Ruse town and together with the Government members went to Tarnovo. Malinov prepared a manifesto for independence, which was signed by Ferdinand and the ministers.

September 22 - Day without cars
Friday, 20 September 2019 - 20:00
The European Car-free Day campaign aims at reduction of noise and harmful emissions into the air and improvement of the quality of life in large cities.

For the first time, the Day without cars was celebrated in 1998 in France. On this day, the central zones of many large cities in Europe are closed to motor traffic.

The National Statistical Institute hosts training course for young statisticians from six countries for the third time
Friday, 13 September 2019 - 14:00
The National Statistical Institute is the host of the training course for twenty-four young statisticians from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, organised jointly with the Centre for Statistical Studies at the University of National and World Economy (UNWE) – Sofia for a third consecutive year. The training is conducted within the framework of of the Development Assistance Programme of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria.
Experts from NSI train Ukrainian statisticians in the field of education statistics
Friday, 13 September 2019 - 10:30
From 9 to 13 September, experts from the State Statistics Service of Ukraine are on a visit for training at the National Statistical Institute.

The purpose of the training is to be shared Bulgarian statisticians’ experience in organizing and conducting surveys in the field of educational statistics, with a focus on Lifelong Learning and adult education and training.

Bulgaria at the 62nd ISI World Statistics Congress
Monday, 26 August 2019 - 16:30
Bulgarian students won second place in the International Statistical Poster Contest
The 2nd of August - International Beer Day
Thursday, 1 August 2019 - 20:00
International Beer Day is a celebration on the first Friday of August, founded in the USA in 2007. The motto of the day is “Drink good beer with good friends”.

According to historians beer appeared in about 10 000 BC, when cereal was first farmed. In 1516, a Beer Purity Law came into force in Germany, according to which only water, barley and hops should be used for its production.

Happy International Beer Day and cheers!

Press conference presenting the project "Novel Approaches to Generating Data on hard-to-reach populations at risk of violation of their rights"
Thursday, 1 August 2019 - 12:20
On August 2, Friday, at 11.00AM in the building of the National Statistical Institute, Press center Hall, a press conference will be held presenting the project BGLD-3.001-0001 “Novel Approaches to Generating Data on hard-to-reach populations at risk of violation of their rights”.

The project is implemented under the ‘Local Development, Poverty Reduction and Enhanced Inclusion of Vulnerable Groups’ program, financed by European Economic Area Financial Mechanism 2014 - 2021 (EEA FM).

July 26 - System Administrator Day
Thursday, 25 July 2019 - 19:30
As a token of appreciation and respect for the work of System Administrators who supports electronic networks and systems, since 2000, at the initiative of American computer specialist Ted Kekatos, the last Friday of July has been celebrated as the day of System Administrator.

They say the system administrator's job is like that of a doctor - if all organs work normally, nobody is looking for him, but if they stop working, everyone is asking him for help.

Happy holiday!

July 11 - World Population Day
Wednesday, 10 July 2019 - 18:00
The World Population Day was announced by a decision of the UN, on the occasion of the birth of the five billionth resident on the planet on July 11, 1987, and has been officially celebrated since 1989.

The goal is to focus public attention on issues related to the population, poverty, birth rate, family planning and human rights.

Every year the World Population Day is under a different moto. This year there is a call on leaders, politicians, organizations and institutions to support efforts to make reproductive health and gender equality a reality for all.

Study Visit on ‘Application of current international statistical classification in identified areas’
Monday, 1 July 2019 - 13:00
In the period 24 - 28 July 2019 the National Statistical Institute of the Republic of Bulgaria hosted a study visit for experts from the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan themed ‘Application of current international statistical classification in identified areas’.

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