Medicine could be bought directly by the government if importers stop bringing over products issued with a price order after being deemed too expensive. “If we have a situation where an importer says he cannot bring over a particular medicinal product at the price established by the price order, then the government can choose to…

“I pm di Milano Alfredo Robledo e Francesco Caiani hanno chiesto quattro condanne tra sei mesi e un anno per altrettanti dirigenti di Google accusati di concorso in diffamazione e in violazione della privacy in relazione a un video messo in rete l8 settembre del 2006 che ritraeva un portatore di handicap sbeffeggiato e vessato…

Google have been forced to apologise (to the public? to Michelle?) for a search result. Apparently when one googles an image search for “Mrs Obama” one of the pictures in the resultant search is racially offensive. BBC reported that Google “apologised” for the result but what Google did is not exactly an apology. In fact…

I spent a day in Brussels this week, mostly lounging around the cafes and eating very homely Italian food while my better half was busy submitting to the exertions of European civil service examinations. Regular readers of J’accuse will be no strangers to my dislike of the city that boasts of being Europe’s capital. I…

At 18.48 Le Monde broke the news. Herman Van Rompuy (Belgium) was designated as the first “President of the EU” while Catherine Ashton (UK) is to be the first High Representative for Foreign Affairs. The Council meeting was widely expected to last into the early hours of morning so the sudden announcement comes as a…

Dedicated to that hideous excuse for a national coach that is Domenech. Here’s to hoping that the Irish manage to overturn the 1-0 deficit by outmanoeuvering Domenech’s side. We’re still in full Scorpio swing and as everybody who has followed the hopeless coach’s antics knows, he has a particular antipathy for that sign. All the…