I fully agree with Albona. I am a Maltese citizen who has Romanian relatives and business interests, and I do not like it when Romania is dragged into the story just because Manuel Mallia’s wife hails from there.

Criticize the person for her actions/ words because she is in the public eye, but please respect the country, and all those who directly or indirectly have ties to Romania in one way or another.

Romania is a beautiful country whose nation has suffered more than any of us would imagine; don’t be patronising. If I remember correctly, you had criticized newspaper titles reporting on criminals by nationality, such as “Nigerian injures man in fight” because it would create stereotypes, and on that I had agreed with you, but don’t you think you are doing some of that yourself now?

It also does not do credit to your usually politically correct stance, as to me it feels racist. It certainly feels insulting. You might think you are targeting Codruta, but you are also offending bona fide Romanian citizens, of which I personally know many, even up to the level of the European Commission, whether they live here or elsewhere.

Itay changed law regarding pensions for the widows when it was becoming habitual for women mainly coming from eastern countries to marry very old Italian men, especially those who assist the elderly during their illnesses.

A widow is entitled to a pension only if she was married to her late husband for five years. If the duration of her marriage was less than five years she will not take a cent from the state.

In the past working-class girls were brainwashed about finding a rich husband so they could live off him.

[Daphne – Not only working-class girls, Clarissa, but Maltese girls of all backgrounds. There was no difference.]

These families were not able to teach values to their daughters or the importance of being independent and well educated. If at the age of 18 a girl said that she wanted to buy a car, her parents would tell her to wait till she found a boyfriend with his own car. I know what I am talking about.

Haha you took the words right out of my mouth.

An inch tape.

Oh shit. I’d better get on with the sowing of the wild oats then.

[Daphne – The common factor in those women is that they’re all white trash. Those women will always exist despite the changing mores. The alternative to hanging around Hugh Hefner is working at the till all day at Walmart and going home to a caravan in a trailer park at night.]

She did rather well, because not only did she marry up in terms of money, but also in terms of power and contacts and secured security for her children. Her children are more set than the majority of most people. To boot she’s exclusive to him.

Codruta is one of those many women who would rather cry in a BMW than smile on a bicycle. :)

[Daphne – She did the precise opposite of securing a future for her children. She took what I consider to be an insane and irresponsible risk with their well-being. Children, especially boys, who are fathered by men in their 50s (let alone by men close to 60) are quite likely to be autistic. The autism is caused by mutations in the genes of sperm from older men.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10663832/Children-of-older-fathers-at-risk-of-low-IQ-autism-and-suicide.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/27/health/mental-illness-risk-higher-for-children-of-older-parents-study-finds.html?_r=0

That isn’t even his final form:

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd116/annsolie/Animals/BigFrog.jpg

I see your bid. I’d swallow.

Silvio, I think one reason all this fun is being made is because, ironically, Malta Today published that brilliantly ridiculous photo (the original one, before Mallia got cropped out here) of The Government rushing to be prominently on the scene at the airport.

That picture is a caricature of this government.