22/04/2014 (Agence Europe) - New deputy director-general for Eurostat. On Tuesday 22 April, the European Commission announced that it has decided to appoint Mariana Kotseva of Bulgaria as Deputy Director-General in Eurostat, the EU's statistical office. Before joining the European Commission in 2012, Kotseva headed the National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria and was a senior adviser to the country's president. (EL)