Knowledge

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.

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.

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.

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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