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More Turkish women consider writing code as career
"Your resume seems fine but we prefer a male programmer because I don't think that women are suitable for flexible schedules," one employer told Melek Elmas.
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Women's illiteracy far outstrips rate for men in Turkey: Data
The literacy rate for women is five times lower than it is for men in Turkey, according to data from the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜ?K).
Some 9.2 percent of Turkish women could not read or write in 2014, versus just 1.8 percent for men, for a combined average of 5.6 percent, TÜ?K said, adding that men were also three times more likely to have a job than women.
"Tanjug continues to operate in Serbia's virtual reality"
Anti-Corruption Council member Miroslava Milenovic has said that the public "ought to know what is happening with the Tanjug news agency."
The Beta news agency noted in its report on Monday that although Tanjug was shut down by the government last November, it continues to operate.
30 000 New Software Specialists to be Trained in Bulgaria Until 2030
The Bulgarian government adopted on Wednesday a concept on encouraging the training of software specialists, which foresees creating conditions for the training of an additional 30 000 experts in the next fifteen years.
Self-Censorship Rampant in Albanian Media, Study Says
Links between politics, business and media have undermined journalistic excellence in the Albanian media and generated censorship or self-censorship among journalists, said the BIRN Albania study published on Tuesday.
No news services in 24-hour media strike
There will be a Greek Media blackout on Thursday, November 12, from 6 a.m. on Thursday, November 12, through to 6 a.m. on Friday, November 13, as part of a generl strike scheduled by the country’s private and public sector unions.
Proto Thema will not be sending news stories out during this time, along with other print, TV, radio and internet media services.
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Do you have a work you’d like to see published? Join the e-book competition!
Otto Penzler, President and Publisher of MysteriousPress.com, has announced a contest for the Mysterious Press Award, which will be given for the best e-book original mystery novel. The winning entry will receive a prize of $25,000 and guaranteed world-wide publication. The winner will be announced at the 2016 Frankfurt Book Fair.
Knowledge and Transfer Workshop Taking Place in Bulgaria's Borovets
From August, 31st to September, 2nd 2015 at the Euphoria Club Hotel in Borovets was held a workshop on "Knowledge and Technology Transfer " organized by the Institute of Solid State Physics (ISSP) with the assistance of the Joint Innovation Centre (JIC) at the Bulgarian Academy of Science.
Social Experiment: Would you tell the blind man he won the lottery? (video)
A blind man conducted a “social experiment” in a rich area and a poor area. He wanted to see if there would be a difference concerning honesty! Here’s what he found.
Arrests on Crete for … illegal camping
A rare case of arrests for … illegal outdoor camping was reported this week in rural Rethymno prefecture on Crete, with 14 people briefly detained and charged for setting up tents in Natura program-protected area.
The detainees included 12 Greek nationals and two foreign nationals, an Italian and Frenchman, with the “trespassing campers” ranging in ages from 18 to 61.
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