Comments on: Off to the Azerbaijan news sites for news about our prime minister’s visit there

By: ciccio

ciccio — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 20:28:42 +0000

In reply to La Redoute. Maybe it's their equivalent of "Polizia di Stato."

By: Wheels within Wheels

Wheels within Wheels — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 16:26:10 +0000

Muscat’s sense of values are such that he would admire someone like Aliyev.

By: Joseph Borg

Joseph Borg — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 12:36:19 +0000

Why not ‘The Peoples’ Republic of Malta’?

By: La Redoute

La Redoute — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 12:29:03 +0000

Why is he inspecting the troops? That’s the job of the head of state and this wasn’t a state visit.

By: il-Ginger

il-Ginger — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 12:03:17 +0000

Birds of a feather

By: Luke

Luke — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 12:02:58 +0000

In reply to Luke. Haqqu medalja.

By: Luke

Luke — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 12:02:34 +0000

In 2012 the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) named Ilham Aliyev Person of the Year (a title bestowed for figuring prominently in 2012 on stories on crime and corruption) after “well-documented evidence” revealed that “his family has secret ownership stakes in the country’s largest businesses including bank, construction companies, gold mines and phone companies”.

By: Robert Pace Bonello

Robert Pace Bonello — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 11:10:33 +0000

What is the reason for this obsession with such a corrupt state? Is the corruption the attraction?

By: ciccio

ciccio — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 10:48:40 +0000

They’ve rolled out the red carpet and organised an armed guard of honour in the middle of the cold Azeri night.

Looks like it’s a very formal and official visit, and yet, the Maltese government has kept it highly secretive.

1980s and North Korea come to mind.

So let’s hope that if he doesn’t manage to sign a deal for LNG gas, they give him some artificial manure and some weapons as a consolation prize.

One detail to be highlighted. The highly secretive Azeri state thought it appropriate to send a photographer for the occasion. Joseph Muscat did not.

By: gn

gn — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 10:43:57 +0000

Xi haga ghandhom dan-nies tigbihom lejn id-dittatorjat.