Maltese more fearful than Europeans during COVID-19

Jun 4 2021

According to a Eurobarometer survey published on Thursday and as reported by MaltaToday, Maltese people have expressed higher levels of loneliness, fear, frustration and uncertainty than fellow Europeans. This news is a resulting factor from the COVID-19 pandemic, with 65% of the Maltese population stating that uncertainty is the best emotional description for the current epidemiological situation.

Meanwhile, 45% of Europeans felt uncertainty. 41% of Maltese felt frustrated, 35% fearful and 24% lonely, compared to Europe’s 34%, 22% and 16% respectively. Both Maltese and European counterparts felt equal measures of hope (38%) and anger (22%), with significantly less helplessness at 15% (with Europeans registering at 30%).

In terms of COVID-19 restrictions, 83% of Maltese agreed that health benefits far outweigh the economic situation caused by the pandemic. Only 16% of Maltese believed that economic damage was greater than health benefits. 33% of Maltese were financially impacted by COVID-19, with 46% seeing things going astray in Malta (compared to Europe’s more pessimistic 57%).

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Malta is going crazy over Valentina Rossi’s chicken nugget earring

Jun 3 2021

Valentina Rossi’s love for chicken nuggets knows no bounds and her latest little experiment is driving the island crazy!

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The local influencer took to Instagram to post a snap of her rocking real life chicken nugget earrings. She later took to Instagram stories to shut down claims that it is photoshopped and show that it is nothing more than a piercing and a crispy chicken nugget.

We have seen the fashion world collide with many different pillars of art and expression such as music, painting, dance and more – is it time that Malta welcomes a food & fashion revolution?

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Billie Eilish shows new side of her in latest video for ‘Lost Cause’

Jun 3 2021

Billie Eilish has been making one headline after the other recently, driving the internet crazy for her new artistic direction and fresh sound and her latest video for “Lost Cause” is an ode to just that.

In a self-directed sleepover party video, the 19-year-old pushes forward the idea of having “the time of our lives being hot”, she said in an Instagram post.

The pale colour palette and now-iconic platinum blonde locks are just the tip of the iceberg as the Grammy-award winner waves goodbye to the blacks, greens, snakes and spiders for an identity which is taking the world by storm.

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Pope Francis to get new electric popemobile

Jun 3 2021

Throughout the years, the various modified and fortified vehicles that transport the Pope to and from public appearances have become somewhat iconic and this year, they seem to be levelling up.

Fisker Inc’s Henrik Fisker and Dr Geeta Gupta-Fisker are currently building Pop Francis a first-of-its-kind, fully-electric popemobile, modified for Pope Francis himself.

As shown in a concept artwork, the ‘Fisker Ocean pope-mobile’ has a glass cupola and is reported to be powered on an 80kWh battery pack, a full-length solar roof and environmentally-friendly materials inside.

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