Electric Cars: The next big thing for mass markets

The largest automaker by worldwide sales, Volkswagen (VW), is stepping up its shift to electric cars and plans to invest more than 20 billion euros in zero-emission vehicles by 2030. VW aims to challenge pioneer Tesla in creating a mass market, Reuters said.

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Descriptors defining levels in the European Qualifications Framework (EQF)

In this post I will republish the descriptors defining levels in the European Qualifications Framework (EQF), from the European Commission's website. Each of the eight (8) levels is defined by a set of descriptors indicating the learning outcomes relevant to qualifications at that level in any system of qualifications.

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This is a story from the present, not the future!

The following story about someone who tried to simply order a pizza, is about the actual technological environment we already live in. Even if for some people this sounds as something created by an anonymous human via the internet for fun, we can surely derive useful and real facts about the volume of technological adoption nowadays.

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Swedish employees are getting microchips implanted in their arms

In Sweden, some workers electing to have a microchip, the size of a grain of rice, implanted in their hands in terms of improving business efficiency. It will help them unlock doors, operate printers, open storage lockers and even buy smoothies with the wave of their arms.

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Who governs the Greek banks today

An article in Financial Times, on January 13th, 2016, mentioned that the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF) had demanded the resignation of the chief executive of Piraeus Bank in Greece, the country's largest commercial lender. The HFSF with a press release denied that there had been such a request. However, on January 15th, 2016, Piraeus Bank Group officially announced the reassignment of the chief executive. That means that an organization such as the HFSF, has the power to manipulate one of the most important banks for the financial sector of Greece.

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Comment on BBC.com: These Greek elections are extremely critical for Greek people

(Economistmk) - These Greek elections are extremely critical, as they will elect the next political scene on financial crisis. Greek people are again in a dilemma, either choose the progression of austerity policies (New Democracy party), or invest on a socialist plan inside European Union and the eurozone (SYRIZA party).

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