Mariana Kotzeva is the new Director General of Eurostat - the statistical office of the European Commission. Kotzeva took the place of former head of the office Walter Radermacher, who retired at the end of last year. Kotseva was chairwoman of the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute and in early 2012 became part of the Eurostat team after winning a contest for the position of Special Adviser with the rank of deputy head in the Luxembourg-based service. In 2014 she became Deputy Director General and according to an announcement on the official website of Eurostat she took office as head of the institution on January 1, 2017.
62% of parents are categorically against the introduction of a mandatory subject "Religion and Orthodox Christianity", and only 10% consider the lack of religious education to be a significant problem. This is shown by a survey by the Parents..
Bulgaria has made a commitment to join the common European currency since the signing of the EU Accession Treaty. This was reminded by President Rumen Radev to students from Plovdiv University "Paisiy Hilendarski". The head of state's words were in..
The number of people with kidney problems is increasing, announced on today's World Kidney Day Prof. Biser Borisov , head of the Nephrology Clinic of the University Hospital "Dr. Georgi Stranski" in Pleven. According to him, chronic kidney diseases..
EUR 87 million under the operational programme Transport Connectivity, earmarked for the Russe-Veliko Tarnovo motorway is being redirected to the Europe..
Bulgarian Ambassador to the United States Georgi Panayotov and Raycho Raychev, founder and CEO of the Bulgarian company EnduroSat , met with experts..
The prehistoric complex "Provadiya-Solnitsata" - the oldest salt production and urban centre in Europe (5600 - 4350 BC) - is among the sites nominated..
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