Jacques René Zammit

  • ..and we're back

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                        We are back. Work priorities first but expect a few early posts by the beginning of the afternoon. Despite the ugly weather on Sunday we reached our political objective by the end of the holiday… Yes, we tanned.

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  • The Absence of Light

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    This article and accompanying Bertoon appeared in today’s edition of The Malta Independent on Sunday (21.06.09). From the point of view of a Maltese citizen living in Luxembourg, this week’s most newsworthy event happening in Malta was undoubtedly the expensive day-long blackout. Smart Malta still being in the process of being dragged kicking and screaming…

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  • Temporary Hiatus

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    This blog is about to undergo a period of temporary hiatus of three days*. It’s National Day Weekend in Luxembourg so Jacques packs his bags and rushes to a place of sun and sea (hopefully). If, like “Charles Cauchi”, you think you will miss me in my absence, no worries – the usual fare of…

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  • J'accuse wins Th!nkaboutit Quality Blogger Award

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    We were unable to make it to the final ceremony in Rotterdam last weekend and so we only just got to know the news. The awards for the Th!nkaboutit pan-European blogging competition organised by the European Journalism Centre have been announced. J’accuse is honoured and pleased to announce that it was selected as one of the 20…

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  • Applauses in Lampedusa

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    The Italian newspaper La Stampa reports the story of Salvatore Cancemi, captain of the Italian fishing boat “Twenty Two”. On a stromy night Captain Cancemi and his crew defied the odds and bad weather and saved 300 souls from the sea. They returned to Lampedusa to a heroes welcome. Lampedusa too suffers wave upon wave…

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