Communication

The patch of irregular vertical lines that revolutionized checking out at the supermarket and facilitated the globalization of retail is turning 50.

But as the barcode celebrates its birthday today, its days might be numbered as it faces competition from the younger QR code, the information-filled squares used in smartphones.

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Britain's Royal Mail has "systemically failed" to meet its mail delivery requirement, lawmakers have said, calling upon regulator Ofcom to probe the postal operator.

"We believe that Royal Mail has systemically failed to deliver against parts of its universal service obligation," read a report from the cross-party Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee.

Are you fed up with the "news"? Aren't we all? Are you seized every so often by the need to steer clear of television, radio, paper and online news outlets for a good spell? I'm going to assume yes. You are not alone and, judging by what I read in major international newspapers, it is a global phenomenon.

At a meeting dedicated to fake news organized by the Institute of Human Sciences and the Slovak Embassy in Vienna, Ker said that Russia and China have realized how with little investment they can cause huge damage.
"Russia in particular uses fake news as a weapon, with Bulgaria, Romania, Greece and Slovakia most exposed to the threat of Russian disinformation," he explained.

A very controversial topic

We must keep a channel of communication open with Turkey he responded

Public media in Bulgaria is the most reliable source of news, according to a Eurobarometer survey commissioned by the European Parliament.

The news of her death was made public by the Greek actors association President on social media

A protester blows a whistle and holds a slogan by Amnesty International reading, 'Free media cannot be silenced' near the Turkish embassy in Berlin, May 3, 2017. Photo: EPA/CLEMENS BILAN

The so-called disinformation law will increase government control and censorship in media and social media platforms, Orhan Sener, head of the Journalists' Union of Turkey's academy, said.

The unique appointment was made in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the PR industry globally