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Press release No. 460 of 4 December 2024 2025 Bundestag election: at least 59.2 million people eligible to vote
If the German Bundestag is dissolved and the election to the 21st German Bundestag is held on 23 February 2025, as anticipated, at least 59.2 million Germans in the federal territory are expected to be eligible to vote, according to an estimate of …
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Press release No. 453 of 26 November 2024 IDEV reporting system back online: statistics production is ensured
The IDEV reporting system of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) went back online on 25 November 2024 as planned. As a precautionary measure, the Federal Statistical Office took its IDEV system offline in mid-November 2024 immediately after a …
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Date: June 7, 2024 Final report on the 3rd round of the ESS peer reviews
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Final report on the third round of the European Statistical System peer reviews
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Press release No. 030 of 20 January 2023 Dr. Ruth Brand is the new President of the Federal Statistical Office
Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser: “Statistics are indispensable for our democracy and for political decision-making. The data of the Federal Statistical Office are highly, and rightly, trusted because they are independent and …
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Press release No. 532 of 15 December 2022 Ruth Brand to become President of the Federal Statistical Office
The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) will get a new head of office on 1 January 2023: the Federal President today appointed Dr. Ruth Brand as successor to Dr. Georg Thiel, the current President of the Federal Statistical Office, who will retire …
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Press release No. 528 of 12 December 2022 Mobility Compass provides orientation when striving for climate neutral cities
By amending the Climate Change Act, the Federal Government has set itself the goal of reducing CO2 emissions in traffic by 61 million tonnes by 2030. To achieve the goal, German cities and towns have to review their strategies of traffic and mobility …
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Press release No. 522 of 8 December 2022 Economic Pulse Monitor permits real-time economic monitoring
Economic sentiment in Germany continues to be pessimistic despite a slight upturn. Current data do however not indicate a deep recession yet. This is the assessment of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) given during the presentation of the …
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Press release No. N068 of 24 November 2022 Podcast on skilled labour shortage: what is the situation of vocational training in Germany?
Many businesses in Germany complain about a shortage of junior staff. What is the situation of vocational training in our country? What has changed, not least because of the Covid-19 pandemic? What occupations do young people choose today - and why? …
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Press release No. 487 of 18 November 2022 Federal Statistical Office awards research prizes 2022
On 17 November 2022, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) gave the prize for junior scientists “Statistical Science for the Society” to two outstanding scientific projects. In addition, a Covid-19 special prize was awarded. The award-winning …
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Press release No. 430 of 10 October 2022 Federal Statistical Office takes over security guard register from the Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control
The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) took over the security guard register on 10 October 2022, which up to then had been maintained by the Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA). The BAFA supports the Länder authorities in …
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Press release No. 278 of 1 July 2022 Federal Statistical Office offering Covid-19 special prize in 2022
In 2022, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) offers the Covid-19 Scientific Special Prize – Impact of the Pandemic on the Economy and Society. The prize is to encourage researchers to deal with issues of official statistics within the scope of …
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Press release No. 202 of 13 May 2022 Statistical Advisory Committee grants Innovation Award 2022
Making official statistics fit for the future and promoting innovation – these were the topics of the 69th annual conference of the Statistical Advisory Committee held in Wiesbaden on 12 May 2022. “The Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, but also …
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Press release No. 158 of 8 April 2022 Federal Statistical Office offering prize in 2022
In 2022, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) will again give a prize to young researchers. It will be awarded for outstanding scientific projects which deal with theoretical subjects closely related to the tasks of official statistics or study …
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Press release No. 530 of 19 November 2021 Federal Statistical Office awards prize to junior scientists
The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) gave the 2021 Gerhard Fürst Award to four outstanding scientific projects. The prize was awarded for three examination papers and one doctoral thesis discussing issues in the field of statistics, data …
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Press release No. 362 of 29 July 2021 New Administrative Data Information Platform is now live
What data are held by which public authorities in Germany? What is their information value, are the same data held by several public authorities and who has access? The new Administrative Data Information Platform (only in German) of the Federal …
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Press release No. 351 of 22 July 2021 GENESIS-Online database: over 1.2 billion figures from 306 sets of statistics
The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) has further enhanced the GENESIS-Onlinedatabase as part of its digital agenda. The bilingual database offers over 1.2 billion values from 306 sets of statistics on the economy and society and a wealth of …
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Press release No. 463 of 20 November 2020 Federal Statistical Office grants the 2020 Gerhard Fürst Award
On 19 November 2020, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) gave the Gerhard Fürst Award to four outstanding scientific projects. Two projects won an award in the “doctoral thesis” category, two projects in the “Master’s/Bachelor’s thesis” …
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Press release No. 441 of 15 November 2019 Federal Statistical Office grants the 2019 Gerhard Fürst Award
On 14 November 2019 in Bonn, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) gave the Gerhard Fürst Award to three outstanding scientific projects. One project won an award in the “doctoral thesis” category, two projects in the “Master’s/Bachelor’s thesis” …