IKEA launch new Cristiano Ronaldo water bottles

Jun 22 2021

Ikea, known for their ingenious marketing strategies, have jumped onto the Cristiano Ronaldo Coca-Cola aversion train with another product. Calling it the Cristiano, Ikea released reusable bottles captioned ‘Cristiano, Reusable bottle for water only.’ This comes after the Portuguese football legend removed Coca-Cola bottles during a press conference and urged everyone to drink water instead of the soft drink.

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Ikea’s latest stance did immensely well, as many jumped onto the opportunity to purchase the water bottles priced at $1.99. The Swedish retailer is no stranger to twisting famous internet incidents and memes into products. A similar stunt includes the ‘Get the Look’ campaign for those wishing to recreate the Bernie Sanders look by purchasing a folding chair and oven gloves.

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Marsa parking gets several cameras and speed bumps to mitigate noise

Marsa parking gets cameras and speed bumps to mitigateseveral noise

Jun 22 2021

Following reports of excessive noise because of vehicles from residents, the new Marsa parking beneath the flyover received the installation of several speed bumps and cameras to control the issue. As many car and motorsports enthusiasts convened at the end of the week in the parking, the large amount of vehicles allegedly bothered the residents living in the vicinity. This resulted in reports being filed to the police.

Car and motor enthusiasts are however fuming at this latest instalment. Following various social media posts concerning heavy police presence during the meetings, this most recent instalment also angered the enthusiasts as they face more barriers to enjoying their passion.

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Photo Source: DLP Automotive, tvm.com.mt

Over 45,000 people want Jeff Bezos to stay in space

Jun 22 2021

A petition has launched which wants to stop Jeff Bezos from re-entering Earth after his space strip next month. The campaign grew to epic proportions in just a week after the tongue-in-cheek petition was launched. Since then, several copied petitions emerged, amassing 45,000 signatures between them, all saying Jeff Bezos should not come back to Earth.

Most petitions gave conspiracy theories as reasons to keep the Amazon co-founder away from Earth. Some said that Bezos is hellbent on global domination, with others saying that this is our opportunity to prevent his evil plan. Bezos, the world’s richest man, is set to journey into space alongside his brother on board the New Shepard. Some people reasoned that since Bezos is using his money to enjoy space travel instead of tackling global hunger or disease issues, he should stay off Earth. Some even suggested ‘yeet[ing] him into the sun.’

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Photo Source: Space News, WGHP

Property prices between Gozo and Malta increasingly converge

Jun 22 2021

A persistent price growth across Gozo has been reported, indicating a continued price convergence between Malta and its sister island. A property market report conducted by Dar and EY analyses the latest web-based listing for residential and commercial property markets for 2021’s first quarter. Most residential property listings have maintained their asking prices, the report showed. This lead to only minimal changes in the recorded average price.

If one looks at quarter-on-quarter- price changes however, they range between -1.6% to +2% across all localities. Half of all localities registered an overall average listing price increase. The largest reductions of asking price were recorded for the Northern regions, whereas persistent price growth was seen in the Gozo property market. Terraced houses and houses of character experienced the largest number of price reductions in terms of year-on-year value changes. The pandemic could have impacted to this factor.

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Photo Source: James Villa Holidays