The government has approved the draft of a population and housing census act for 2021.
It is the biggest statistical survey in the country, conducted once in 10 years, and serves as the basis for information regarding the total population and housing in the country. The data collected will be used by central and local authorities, businesses, academia and NGOs, as well as for the needs of European statistics.
The last census took place at the beginning of 2011. According to official data the population of the country is 7,364,570, of them 3,777,999 (51.3 percent) are women and 3,586,571 (48.7 percent) - men, or 1,053 women per 1,000 men.
On a proposal by the Council of Ministers, the heads of the State Intelligence Agency and the State Agency Technical Operations will, from now on, be elected by the National Assembly, BNR’s Maria Fileva reports. This means the president’s powers..
Three new electric locomotives Siemens Smartron are entering service as of today, Transport Minister Grozdan Karadjov has announced. Two of them will be running along the Sofia-Burgas line, and one – along the Sofia-Russe line. The new..
Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov, Minister of Agriculture Georgi Tahov and Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Christophe Hansen inaugurated the reconstructed main irrigation canal Trakiets near Konush village. The reconstruction increases..
Matan Angrest, who holds Bulgarian and Israeli citizenship, was among the twenty hostages released by Hamas in the Gaza Strip , the Israeli Ministry of..
Education Minister Krasimir Valchev is set to propose a public debate on banning social media for children under 15, reports BNR correspondent Nezabravka..
An initiative committee led by the historian Georgi Markov, has proposed that a monument to Khan Asparuh, the founder of the Bulgarian state, be erected..
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