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Thousands of Indonesian taxi drivers staged a violent protest March 22 against Uber and other ride-hailing services, blocking major roads in the capital, clashing with drivers from app-based rivals and setting tires alight.

US-based transportation network Uber is intending to double the number of IT professionals working for its engineering center in Bulgaria's capital Sofia, the company has said.

European aircraft maker Airbus has said it is teaming up with global ridesharing service Uber to test plans for offering an on-demand helicopter service.

Airbus' new Silicon Valley-based innovation center "is collaborating with terrestrial mobility provider Uber on a market pilot to provide an on-demand transportation service", it said in a statement on Jan. 17.

Uber, an app-based and on-demand car service company, has begun facing problems in Istanbul as around 1,000 vehicle owners stopped working for the company in reaction to the firm's move to deduct a 25 percent consumer discount from vehicle owners.

If you asked any Istanbul resident about their problems with the city, traffic would be the first answer you get. I am sure that along with Moscow, Istanbul will be one of the cities where driverless cars will be used the most. There is a huge demand for anything related to traffic in Istanbul.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be on the cover of Time Magazine as TIME's 2015 Person of the Year.

Second place went to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State group. The Republican candidate for President of the United States in the 2016  elections, Donald Trump, is third.

The US magazine” Time” chose German Chancellor Angela Merkel to be the Person of the Year 2015 for her role on maintaining the stability in Europe during one of the most difficult periods.

Last week I wrote about the security of the voting and vote counting processes in Turkey. Now that the voting is over and the Vote and Beyond platform verified the results, I can talk about a very nice initiative that I had to skip last week. 

More than 13,000 people have downloaded the taxi application Uber after it started operating in Zagreb on Thursday - but not everyone is won over.

Bulgaria's Parliament has adopted changes to automobile transportation law which obligate taxi drivers to have certificates showing they work under contracts of employment, and not on their own account.

The amendments have been passed at both first and second readings.