The Unfiltered Lens

European cars must emit 35 percent less CO2 in 2030 than they do now. In practice, that means that a large part of the fleet will consist of electric cars. The Netherlands wanted a more ambitious goal, but failed to get it through. The…

Elections after elections, citizens hear plans for tax cuts. Yet little of this burden of relief comes to light. In fact, you have to pay more tax than different political parties promised before the elections. In the meantime, the business…

The victims of the strikes at Ryanair have claimed damages of 1.3 million euros. Most of the claims in the Netherlands come from travelers who had to fly via Eindhoven Airport. This is shown by figures from the NOS and a reaction from a…

Facebook desperately needs own hardware to join the Google/Apple club of the mobile computing. It is a good idea for the corporation but will it be good idea for the users?

Alfred Nobel was a man with a scientific knowledge and practical approach. In one way or other he was involved in military inventions all his life. Dynamite and Ballistite, two of his own inventions and products, were used extensively, more…

Barnes&Noble is a bookseller with a history. It opened in 1873 and grew to the biggest network of the book shops. Moreover it pioneered the online sales. But Barnes&Noble was unable to beat Amazon despite it has preceded it in many…

It looks that omnipotent and omnipresent but still invisible Russian Trolls have become an universal excuse for nearly every failure. For failures that can't be attributed to the malicious activity of the Trolls there are others - the…

After Yugoslavia collapse one of the republics of it, Macedonia, was left without an international recognized name. Neighbouring Greece has been strongly opposed against "Macedonia" as it views Macedonia as integral part of the modern…