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Twitter keen to open office in Turkey, but needs time and communication: Turkish watchdog
Turkeyâs communications watchdog has said social media giant Twitter is open to the idea of setting up a representative office in Turkey, adding that talks will resume next week.
NEK Hikes Power Prices For Some Companies
Bulgaria's National Electricity Company (NEK) hikes the prices for companies who buy electricity from the end-user EDCs by 16%, according to an announcement on NEK's website.
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Total budget for presidential election 192.4 million lei
The government approved in its Tuesday meeting a draft decision on the budget and the structure of expenditure for the preparation, organization and performance of the presidential election in November; the amount is 192.4 million lei (1 euro = 4.39 lei), the press office of the Executive informed.
Old 3D print of Hagia Sophia emerges
In the 1990s Professor Ely Sachs of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was the first person to coin the phrase â3D printing.â Utilizing a printer, which worked with alumina powder and a binding agent, several prints were created in surprising detail for the mid-1990s. Most of these prints were lost, but one has recently emerged, a 3D print of the Hagia Sophia.
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Tender for telecoms upgrade near
The Ministry of Administrative Reform and E-Governance is adding the final touches to its latest tender for an upgrade of the public sectors telecommunications infrastructure.
The project, dubbed Syzefxis II and budgeted at 600-650 million euros, is expected to attract bids from both local and foreign players.
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Experimental US hypersonic weapon destroyed seconds after launch
A hypersonic weapon being developed by the U.S. military was destroyed four seconds after its launch from a test range in Alaska early on Aug. 25 after controllers detected a problem with the system, the Pentagon said.
The weapon is part of a program to create a missile that will destroy targets anywhere on Earth within an hour of getting data and permission to launch.
Dozens of Turkish holidaymakers sabotaged by fake bookings
Dozens of holidaymakers in Turkey have been victimized by scam hotel websites created by a fraudulent online travel platform, which is accused of conning customers out of thousands of Turkish Liras with fake reservations.
Greek cyber crimes unit traces pedophiles' IP addresses
The cyber crimes unit of the Greek police has traced the IP addresses of unidentified individuals believed to have tricked a 12-year-old Greek girl into participating in sexually explicit videos, sources said on Monday.
Croatian Website Slated for Airing Execution Video
The Croatian internet portal Dalmacija News risks being fined between 13,300 and 133,000 euro, or even having its website shut down, for showing the gruesome video of the execution of captured US journalist James Foley.
On Tuesday, it published the full undisclosed video of Foley's execution at the hands of Islamic State fighters, one of whom spoke with a British accent.
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Bulgaria's Health Minister Halts BGN 30 M of Procurement
Public procurement procedures worth BGN 30 M were launched in the healthcare sector during the last days of Plamen Oresharski's cabinet, the interim Health Minister revealed.
Miroslav Nenkov said on Thursday they were to be frozen as they contained a number of flaws, including in the tenders envisaged.