Italy – October 2024 - The Sacred Heart Institute in Ruvo di Puglia participated in the Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival (DBGYFF) event on 17 and 18 October explored and deepened the theme of DBGYFF 2024 "I Have a Dream - Youth and climate change - Making Mother Earth cleaner and greener" the organisers promoted the festival through a campaign with valuable information about DBGYFF underlining its alignment with the vision of Don Bosco and Laudato Si ' The audience actively interacted with the themes of the film triggering discussions on environmental responsibility Participants reflected on impactful messages and explored practical solutions to reduce plastic use and promote recycling The event was also featured on social media expanding its reach and reinforcing the importance of youth-led media as a force for change towards a sustainable future ANS - “Agenzia iNfo Salesiana” is a on-line almost daily publication the communication agency of the Salesian Congregation enrolled in the Press Register of the Tibunal of Rome as n 153/2007 This site also uses third-party cookies to improve user experience and for statistical purposes By scrolling through this page or by clicking on any of its elements Via Francigena F.A.Q © Associazione Europea delle Vie Francigene | C.F. 91029880340 – P.IVA 02654910344 Powered by ItinerAria Privacy | Cookie Policy  | Legal Notice  © Associazione Europea delle Vie Francigene | C.F Powered by ItinerAria More than a century of olive oil production experience allowed the families behind Olio Mazzone to overcome a highly challenging season to triumph at the 2023 NYIOOC Despite fac­ing chal­lenges from cli­mate change and mar­ket con­di­tions Apulian pro­ducer Olio Mazzone has con­tin­ued to pro­duce award-win­ning extra vir­gin olive oil with its Coratina mono­va­ri­etal win­ning a Gold Award at the NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition for the fourth con­sec­u­tive year The fam­i­ly’s suc­cess is attrib­uted to their his­tory and expe­ri­ence in olive oil pro­duc­tion with a focus on qual­ity over quan­tity and the abil­ity of their olive trees to thrive in chal­leng­ing con­di­tions Against all odds, its Coratina mono­va­ri­etal recently won a Gold Award at the NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition for the fourth time in a row “We had such a dif­fi­cult sea­son that win­ning the Gold Award once again came as a sur­prise to us,” owner and miller Giuseppe Campanale told Olive Oil Times the drought and olive fruit fly infes­ta­tions All of this came cou­pled with a lower olive yield.” the company’s con­sis­tent suc­cess is rooted in his­tory and learned expe­ri­ence “Experience is what makes you choose the best olives to look at the olive trees and choose the ones you want to get the high­est qual­ity from,” he said the Mazzone-Campanale fam­ily remained focused on olive oil pro­duc­tion through chal­leng­ing times “These expe­ri­ences come from a life spent in an area largely char­ac­ter­ized by olives,” he said We talk of olives and olive oil; we all have a broad under­stand­ing of qual­ity.” olive trees thrive on Ruvo di Puglia’s hills and gen­tle slopes char­ac­ter­ized by mod­er­ate tem­per­a­tures and medium winds com­ing from the sea The Campanale fam­ily man­ages two small lots of olive trees with about 1,000 trees spread over four hectares the soil has an excep­tional pro­file cru­cial to pro­duc­ing high-qual­ity extra vir­gin olive oil “I know that there are many areas where grow­ing olives might be incred­i­bly chal­leng­ing,” he said we are blessed with the per­fect soil for the Coratina olive trees a cul­ti­var that expresses itself very well in the area.” “Our olive trees have to cope with rocky land which makes it harder to absorb nutri­ents,” Campanale added pre­vent­ing some com­mon dis­eases asso­ci­ated with stag­nant ground­wa­ter from spread­ing “They can over­come those chal­lenges and thrive in these con­di­tions that make our Coratina olives excep­tional,” he said there is a direct cor­re­la­tion between qual­ity and the abil­ity of the trees to over­come such hard­ships and sus­tain their growth “Nothing good comes from too much com­fort,” Campanale said ​“You might have sig­nif­i­cant olive yields if you have irri­gated and fer­tile olive orchards But if you are search­ing for that spe­cial qual­ity from the olive “This is a con­fir­ma­tion that the most beau­ti­ful things in life come at a cost that the most beau­ti­ful things hap­pen through sac­ri­fice,” he added Campanale noted how his goal for the sea­son was to pro­duce about 1,000 liters of the spe­cial high-qual­ity extra vir­gin olive oil awarded in New York “The win­ning olive oil is medium fruity with a per­sis­tent green aroma,” he said ​“One of its char­ac­ter­is­tics is the per­fect bal­ance of bit­ter and piquant you might find a dom­i­nat­ing bit­ter note That is not the sole pro­duc­tion of the Campanale fam­ily the fam­ily con­tin­ues offer­ing olive milling ser­vices to the many small local pro­duc­ers ​“That is what our fam­ily did for more than a cen­tury,” Campanale said “Thanks to the mem­o­ries of my father’s aunt “It was a press with mules used to make the grinders crush the olives,” Campanale con­tin­ued ​“Those were times when olive oil and water would be sep­a­rated by adding hot water so the olive oil would come to the sur­face and be col­lected.” but the fam­ily always found a way to revive it even after the clo­sure due to World War II Gino Mazzone took the reins of the olive mill a major tech­no­log­i­cal over­haul sig­nalled a new begin­ning for the Mazzone-Campanale fam­ily and their milling activ­i­ties the fam­ily went through a very chal­leng­ing period with the sub­se­quent deaths of sev­eral rel­a­tives the Mazzone olive mill closed shop,” he said ​“Giacomo knew of the many events the fam­ily had gone through and was aware of Gino’s sac­ri­fices; he did not want that fam­ily tra­di­tion to dis­ap­pear,” Campanale said the olive har­vest was a truly sig­nif­i­cant moment for the com­mu­nity to gather and cel­e­brate our trees.” when small olive pro­duc­ers came to the mill we all knew the value of those olives,” Camapnale con­cluded ​“We all knew the sac­ri­fices and the hard­ships that these peo­ple went through before the har­vest The olives were as pre­cious as their mem­o­ries.” More articles on:  , , Details Emerge in Seizure of Counterfeit Olive Oil in Puglia The Italian olive oil sector hailed the raid as proof that authorities can crack down on olive oil fraud while warning that a lack of consumer awareness allows such crimes to persist Albanian Producer Pairs Local Culture, Award-Winning Quality skilled milling and a strong tie to Southern Albanian history will set his brand apart in crowded international markets Sustainability, Biodiversity Good for Business, This Campania Farmer Believes Case d'Alto produces organic extra virgin olive oils in Irpinia from autochthonous varieties Owner Claudio De Luca says focusing on sustainability improves quality Discovery of New Olive Varieties in Italy Spurs App Development An Italian National Research Center analysis identified two previously unknown cultivars in Frosinone Xylella-Resilient Groves Are the Future of Apulian Olive Oil researchers and institutions are teaming up to replant Xylella fastidiosa-resilient olive trees in Puglia Meet the Bacteria Devastating Olive Groves and Vineyards has an annual economic impact of €5.5 billion in Europe Tunisian Quality on The World Stage Tunisian extra virgin olive oil brands earned 26 awards at the 2024 NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition capping off a successful harvest in the country The Many Values in Recovering Abandoned Olive Groves in Tuscany Andrea Pagliai and Gionni Pruneti produce extra virgin olive oil from recovered trees to benefit communities and the environment In the southern Italian town of Ruvo di Puglia a school that opened in 1924 is getting a 21st century upgrade The building is being digitally scanned and fitted with sensors measure ambient temperature and detect levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) inside.  From his desk in Brindisi about 200 kilometres farther south Italo Spada can open a file on his computer to monitor the air quality of the school and its energy consumption ‘Our system can give those who run buildings a simple dashboard so that they can see what energy is being consumed or inspect the facilities or see when routine maintenance is due,’ said Spada head of the new technologies and design department of the European Research Center for Technologies The activity is part of a project that received EU funding to move from what have traditionally been paper files containing the technical specifications of buildings to a dynamic 3-D picture of them. Called openDBL the project runs for three years until the end of 2025 for new or old buildings will help Europe’s planned transition to climate neutrality by mid-century More than four-fifths of EU buildings date from before 2000 and three-quarters of them have poor energy performance.  buildings are responsible for 40% of the EU’s energy consumption and more than a third of its greenhouse-gas emissions Building emissions stem mainly from construction Architects and building managers moved away from books and blueprints to using 2-D plans and computer-aided design – CAD – software in the 20th century.  “Our system can give those who run buildings a simple dashboard But the future lies in an approach known as Building Information Modelling a cultural and sports centre in the Spanish city of Mislata and two buildings – the town hall and a kindergarten – in the Greek municipality of Kifissia north of Athens will also be scanned in 3-D All relevant information will be compiled in one file that can be updated whenever something is done to the building with DBL blockchain used for data security.  The cost of installing sensors at each of the three pilot sites including Ruvo di Puglia is around €10 000 The DBL becomes a living record that gets updated over time just as historically a ship’s logbook recorded important changes and other events when the vessel was at sea.  in a 3-D view – maybe a pillar or a door – is enriched with information,’ said Spada ‘If I click on the pillar in my 3-D model of the building but also the material it is made of and any maintenance activity.’ For the Italian school in Ruvo di Puglia today if the air quality deteriorates to a certain level people breathe out CO2 and it can build up in rooms that are poorly ventilated Teachers and students can suffer from fatigue headache or difficulty concentrating when CO2 levels rise Now that the school is equipped with sensors, it has even been referred to by the project as the ‘talking building’ Spada and his team are also working on a web-based software module that will allow users to inspect a building in virtual reality The module will be integrated into the openDBL platform and support users through immersive navigation.  one day someone interested in buying or renting a home or an office could put on a VR headset and walk around virtually in a building and find out about insulation or energy use without visiting in person The project’s ultimate goal is to make a basic online logbook available for free to builders and building managers The logbook would cover the 3D layout of a building in digital form Because such advancements are crucial for building maintenance and energy-savings upgrades such as better insulation the industry as a whole needs to anticipate greater use of digital information DBLs are being introduced across Europe as part of a European renovation wave to accelerate energy upgrades of buildings the next homeowner will know everything about the building Recent EU legislation aims for a fully decarbonised building stock by 2050 European policy is pushing EU countries to have some form of DBL for all buildings a professor of housing and director of the Urban Energy Institute at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.  The lack of a common repository of data on buildings in Europe makes designing operating and financing them slower and costlier the transparency and ready access to information resulting from DBLs are critical to ensuring that building renovations occur at the pace needed to achieve a climate-neutral building stock by mid-century.  Visscher leads an EU-funded project to extend existing DBLs in Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK. Called Demo-BLog the four-year project runs until the end of 2026 The DBLs in the five countries cover 4.5 million buildings in total supporting the push to make the structures more sustainable Basic features of these DBLs include information on construction materials and energy performance The Demo-BLog team is experimenting with extra features for all five DBLs and planning to test their appeal These additions are designed for a range of users including the homeowners The additions include user-centric automated renovation advice and a decarbonisation roadmap for each building Also planned are a platform for community-driven decarbonisation projects and standards that will allow for easier and safe reuse of building materials The idea is that digital logbooks will help with maintenance and repair as well as with renovations such as improving insulation and prolonging the life of older buildings ‘If you have all this digital data and you give it to homeowners they can easily make a start with renovations of their home,’ said Visscher the next homeowner will know everything about the building.’ even with new and stricter EU energy-performance standards for buildings most in Europe urgently need improved insulation and other upgrades that DBLs can facilitate.    ‘Part of the energy transition is changing the way we operate our existing buildings,’ said Visscher Research in this article was funded by the EU’s Horizon Programme The views of the interviewees don’t necessarily reflect those of the European Commission please consider sharing it on social media Contact Horizon Director responsible for Anne Bruno Ruvo di Puglia with a lovely historic center dating back to between the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries the Apulian town is part of Alta Murgia National Park starting from Jatta national archaeological museum up to cathedral The location (it is 256 meters above sea level) place Ruvo di Puglia among the Apulian towns worthy of a thorough visit Il Jatta National Archaeological Museum of Ruvo di Puglia is located in some rooms represents the only example in Italy of a nineteenth-century private collection that has remained unchanged from the original museographic concept The finds preserved in the museum were collected by the archaeologist Giovanni Jatta in the early nineteenth century it was subsequently enriched by his nephew who bears the same name and surname Il Jatta National Archaeological Museum it consists of four rooms, one behind the other, like a Chinese box. The material collected comes from different locations in Magna Greece Local ceramics (from the XNUMXth to the XNUMXrd century BC) and those of Greek origin from Corinth and Attica are widely represented Information: Piazza Bovio, 35 – Ruvo di Puglia (Bari) La Cathedral of Ruvo di Puglia it is certainly one of the best known in the region Dedicated to Madonna Assumption into Heaven the cathedral is in Apulian Romanesque style Remodeled several times between the twelfth and thirteenth centuries the rose window is very present on the façade appears at the rear of the place of worship The interior of the cathedral has three naves The altar has a structure on which the Tabernaculum The cathedral has undergone several restorations especially in the XNUMXth century when the chapels built over the centuries in the naves were demolished and the ancient medieval origins of the place of worship were brought back underground rooms dating back to Roman times have been identified The underlying environment was discovered about a century ago Il historic center of Ruvo di Puglia It is dotted with historic and well-preserved buildings well represent this surprising Apulian region which also owes its hilly position The historic center is divided into four large tree-lined avenues which take the name of "Lo Stradone" In Roman times this village was a "municipium" as well as a post station along the Via Traiana Over the centuries it was governed by the Byzantines Several buildings in the historic center are from the XNUMXth century Very interesting Churches of San Domenico and Saint Michael the Archangel In some parts of the historic center the remains of the medieval walls are still clearly visible Below the Church of Purgatory are the remains of a Roman thermal plant from the first two centuries AD Connected to these underground environments is what is called "Cave of San Cleto” which is actually an ancient cistern dug into the stone These places were also used by the inhabitants of Ruvo as places of escape In the XNUMXth century the church of the Madonna of the Suffrage above the cistern and dedicated to cult of the souls in Purgatory The two churches were then joined into just two naves giving life to the Church of the Purgatory were damaged by the earthquake of the early XNUMXst century They underwent a recent restoration and were then reopened for worship The Domenico Cantatore Art Gallery is located in the Dominican Convent built around 1560 The building is located in a strategic position outside the city walls the Dominicans of Ruvo had to abandon their convent the assets were confiscated by the State and the monastic structure and the library at the request of the Bishop of the time and with the Royal Rescript of 1819 the Piarists took possession of the convent who were entrusted with the education of the Ruvestina youth or at least that part of the young people coming from more or less wealthy families With the law of 11/7/1866 the Piarists also had to leave the Convent and the Municipality asked the Government to use the structure to establish a secondary school The convent will then be home to the Technical School and subsequently to the female elementary schools (entrance via Madonna delle Grazie) the male elementary schools and the “Domenico Cotugno” professional training for agriculture (entrance via Valle Noè) Currently the ground floor is home to the Cantatore Art Gallery and the first floor is home to the Civic Archaeological Museum The village of Ruvo di Puglia offers several places where you can eat according to Apulian traditions and A place with a very large wine list (over 650 labels) without a doubt UPEPIDDE an acronym that brings together the essence of good eating including a private room and offers Apulian cuisine prepared and served with great care The restaurant has exposed stone for a decor between rustic and refined Excellent choice of à la carte dishes for an average price In Ruvo di Puglia there is a good offer of accommodation, including non-hotel accommodation. The quality/price ratio of the accommodation facilities is quite good and the location offers a good choice, depending on your needs. Sleeping in Ruvo di Puglia it is also recommended for those who want to visit the other towns in the north of Bari or the capital itself and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker but in Southern Italy there is a shop where customers buy ice cream at a price of 70 dollars per "ball" The ice cream is called "the scepter of the king" and is produced in Ruvo di Puglia where the famous ice cream shop "Mokambo" is located which according to its owners produces the most expensive ice cream in the world the outrageously priced ice cream has Iranian saffron as an ingredient Saffron is the pistil extracted from Saffron flowers Extraction is done by hand and carefully by experienced people The best type of saffron is the one grown in Iran 70.000 healthy and insect-free flowers must be collected This site is controlled and managed by KOHA are protected by KOHA's copyright and KOHA retains the reserved rights for them Materials on this site may not be used for commercial purposes without the prior permission of KOHA is prohibited The use of materials from any website or other medium without the permission of the KOHA Group on behalf of all the units that make it up (Koha Ditore is a violation of copyright and of intellectual property according to the legal provisions in force All violators of these rights will face the law The translation of contents into other languages ​​is done automatically and there may be errors Annex of the former Radio Prishtina (first floor) George Bush pn Sign up for our daily Newsletter and stay up to date with all the latest news You are receiving this pop-up because this is the first time you are visiting our site You are using software which is blocking our advertisements (adblocker) we are relying on revenues from our banners So please disable your adblocker and reload the page to continue using this site.Thanks The harvest campaign for Petrelli variety fioroni figs in the Molfetta-Terlizzi-Ruvo di Puglia production area in the Italian province of Bari has already ended the Domenico Tauro fiorone di Ruvo fig harvest is still ongoing and will end within a week which is locally called and known as the bird's fiorone "This year the Petrelli fiorone fig has been of excellent quality and size," said Michelangelo De Chirico sales manager of the Molfetta-based company of the same name "The purchase price paid to the farmer has fluctuated between a minimum of €1.00 to a maximum of €1.30-1.40/kg as late as June 20." On the left: fioroni figs of the Petrelli variety On the right: black striped fioroni figs (photo provided by Michelangelo De Chirico) but it will be completed in about a week at the most There was good production for this variety as well and the fruit reached an adequate degree of ripeness There was a production surplus between June 27 and July 2-3 prices are recovering," continued De Chirico The sales manager said producer prices for the Domenico Tauro variety peaked at €2.00/kg (on 12 June 2022) and then gradually dropped to €0.70/kg these days "Germany remains the country of greatest consumption in terms of exports for our product this year the Italian platform diverting second-tier product to Eastern countries has struggled quite a lot to sell the product I assume this is due to the current geopolitical situation." On the left: Michelangelo De Chirico in the field On the right: the Domenico Tauro fiorone fig (photo provided by Michelangelo De Chirico) a brief note on drought and labor shortages because in early June we had an adequate amount of rainfall created several problems for the harvest," concluded De Chirico For more information: www.dechiricopuglia.it FreshPublishers © 2005-2025 FreshPlaza.com This week in the magazine, we published Ghirri’s photograph “Nogara, 1989” which appears in “Italian Perspectives,” the current exhibition at Howard Greenberg. Here’s a look at more of Ghirri’s work from the book. 1 / 8ChevronChevronRuvo di Puglia, 1983, from Tra albe e tramoniAll images Estate of Luigi Ghirri/Courtesy Aperture Foundation. Regenerative agriculture is gaining popularity for its ability to improve productivity and soil health in a natural and sustainable way Among the most effective practices is the use of vermicompost which has been shown to have extraordinary effects on soil fertility Torrente Locone (Andria - BAT) and Colle di Seta (Ruvo di Puglia - Bari) have recently tested the humus produced by Greenta and found significant benefits on their stone fruit and cucurbit crops More resistant and productive stone fruits: The case of Torrente Locone"We have noticed a significant improvement in the vegetative recovery of our plants," says Giuseppe Lombardi an organic farm specializing in peach production "The soil has retained a better structure and water capacity with the trees showing an earlier and more uniform vegetative vigor In addition to an increase in flowering and fruit set there was also a greater resistance to climatic stress: The trees had a better tolerance to temperature fluctuations in spring The experience of Colle di Seta: increased yields of cucurbits and solanaceous plantsThe Colle di Seta farm which specializes in the production of cucurbits and solanaceous plants such as courgettes has tested the use of vermicompost on its crops and has obtained results in terms of increased productivity and better root development as it helps to develop a more extensive and resistant root system "We have seen our plants grow more vigorously and increase production by no less than 15%," says Michelangelo Cantatore especially in the improvement of the quantity and the quality of the fruit." For more information:Greenta Società AgricolaVia Tito Schipa - Z.I.70037 Ruvo di Puglia (BA) - Italy+39 376 157 3 268[email protected]www.greenta.bio What better occasion than Easter holidays andbeginning of spring to organise a long weekend They return throughout Italy secular rites preserved over time An invitation to travel to discover some of the most evocative and authentic traditions of our country intensely dramatic re-enactments e widespread emotion Look at our proposal and organize your Easter trip in a camper On the day of Easter Monday starting from 10 am the Park of Villa Antonia a Santa Maria Maggiorein Val d'Ossola the little ones receive a bag to fill with the loot They will have to be very quick in their search: they have ninety minutes available for the egg hunt On Easter Day there is great excitement at Cividale del Friuli a town founded by Romans (ancient Julia Forum) overlooking the banks of the Natisone young and old alike gather in Piazza Paolo Diacono around a basin of sand to challenge each other at the trick game Each participant carefully chooses the egg - strictly chicken hard and decorated - which they will let slip from the tile without pushing Whoever manages to hit the opponent's egg wins a coin The trùc is nothing other than the sound that the shells make when they touch each other which echoes in the city squares together with the shouting of the crowd cheering on the player The ritual is also repeated on Easter Monday “A celebration that the people offer to themselves,” Goethe wrote in his Viaggio in Italia referring to Carnival a religious and pagan occasion in which everyone seems to go a little crazy for one hundred and thirty-two years the most surreal and playful festival on the calendar has been celebrated on Easter Monday and the following Sunday On the occasion of the Gambettola Carnival the tank drivers skillfully shape the papier-mâché to create spectacular sculptures that the 1st and 6th April they will parade in two processions – daytime and nighttime – through the streets of the centre The most awaited moment is the throwing of balloons candies and sweets from the floats in the parade An Easter in a camper that is decidedly different from usual a highly pathos production tells the salient events of the life of Jesus with around five hundred participants I am with you always until the end of the age.” With these words Jesus – played by a local boy – opens the extraordinary historical re-enactment of Good Friday the costumed procession moves from Piazza Umberto I immediately after the trial with which Pontius Pilate confirms the death sentence of the Messiah The centurions with the red crest on their helmets advance at a slow pace along the streets of the village among the olive groves of the Chianti hills the protagonists narrate in sixteen scenes the phases of the Savior's story When they say "breaking your eggs in the basket" where the basket is not the straw-stuffed basket of the farm but the pavement of Piazza San Cristoforo Easter morning and Easter Monday dozens of eggs are arranged on the ground to form an "S" under the amused gaze of competitors and onlookers The player collects an egg from the ends of the row and tries to break the opponent's shell while leaving his own intact The winner will be the one who breaks the most Tradition has it that some competitors continue the race privately a small treasure useful for feeding the family or to be used as a bargaining chip The dry and haggard old woman suspended in the air at a certain height from the street is wearing a black coat a long skirt and a handkerchief on her head The Forty she is the wife of Carnival and every year greets the inhabitants of from above Ruvo di Puglia and in the other an orange in which seven chicken feathers are stuck as many as the weeks remaining until the Resurrection of Jesus The anticipation is palpable. A crowd of faithful gathers in front of the baroque church of the Holy Souls of Purgatory in Trapani, where the eighteen Mysteries they are kept throughout the year and illuminated so as to highlight the facial features and expressions of pain the statue groups are carried on the shoulders of the farmers At 14pm sharp Good Friday the drums roll and the door slowly opens: the banner of the Municipality of Trapani comes out first followed by the brothers wearing red bags and white hoods while the band sings the funeral march a wooden instrument similar to Spanish castanets that marks the rhythm of the procession signals the bearers when to raise or lower the launch The farmers give the groups that walk through the streets of the historic center the annacata the rhythmic swinging of the Miserere music The simulacra tell the last episodes of Jesus' life from the Passion to his death: the first is A' Spartenza and represents the separation of Jesus from his mother the last is the Addolorata and depicts Mary wrapped in a black cloak The most touching moment of the procession that passes through the historic center of the city is the passage of the Ascent to Calvary which the people of Trapani call U signuri ca cruci 'ncoddu to indicate Jesus burdened by the weight of the cross The slow procession lasts until the early afternoon of Holy Saturday when the simulacra including those of the dead Christ and the Madonna Did you like our proposals for Easter in a camper ________________________________________________________ weekends and travel diaries on the digital magazine from smartphone For the registered with the PLEINAIRCLUB Access to the digital magazine is included With thesubscription to PleinAir (11 print issues) receive the magazine and special inserts comfortably at home and save Search other results... Search More results... the first fruits of the Petrelli variety will be harvested and from 14 June the season will officially start In the coming days the black Domenico Tauro will also be harvested and this is destined for export Figs of the Petrelli variety (photo provided by Michelangelo De Chirico) "Even though the Petrelli figs are not too big There has been less rain and the fruit is much tastier the quantities are smaller than last season due to the extreme temperature fluctuations occurred in early spring," said Michelangelo De Chirico commercial director of the company of the same name in Molfetta (Bari) According to De Chirico (photo on the right) "We are already receiving many orders and the price for the grower should stabilize between €1.00 and €1.10 per kilo If you calculate that a kilo of cherries is sold for much less these days and requires more labor and production costs we will start shipping the first Petrelli figs our figs will soon be found on the shelves of supermarkets." the company will start harvesting the Domenico Tauro black fig we do not foresee an excessive production and the calibers should be smaller because of the sudden changes in temperature the longer shelf life has allowed us to reach foreign markets for several years now given the presence of many compatriots and also a strong Turkish community that is very familiar with figs Although Spanish figs rank in first place in European markets they aren't in strong competition with Italian ones "Our fig is superior in taste and appearance," said De Chirico Petrelli figs in 500-gram packages (photo provided by Michelangelo De Chirico) the product is supplied in 30x40 cardboard boxes with dividers we have both 30x40 cardboard boxes with dividers and 500-gram sealed baskets" Malta centre Kurt Cassar has joined Italian Serie B side NPC Rieti Cassar showed his enthusiasm towards the new season particularly being the club’s first summer signing under new coach Francesco Ponticello “I am very proud to play in a squad like Rieti,” Cassar said “I know coach Francesco Ponticiello well because I already had the chance to play with him at Ruvo di Puglia I can’t wait to get started and get to know all the teammates Cassar, who has spent the majority of his career in Italy, joins after a stint with Virtus Ragusa last season and 43.3% field-goal percentage in 27 games His best performance with the side was a double-double in February against Civitus Allianz Vicenza when he finished with 26 points and 18 rebounds This was a second successive double-double for Cassar with the centre having scored 21 points and grabbed 10 boards in the previous game OFFICIAL: 🇲🇹Malta international Kurt Cassar moves to @npcrieti after a stint at Virtus Ragusa last season. Cassar is the first summer signing under new coach Francesco Ponticiello – a coach he played under during the 2021-22 season at Ruvo di Puglia #MalteseAbroad pic.twitter.com/hp7FJCQXpM Malta international Cassar had originally played under Ponticello during the 2021-22 season when he played in Serie B Girone D with Puglia Now he joins a side that will be hoping to return to Serie A2 after suffering relegation from Girone Salvezza following six wins and eight defeats in the league leading to them finishing in the penultimate spot The 6’9 centre returns to club competition after being part of Malta coach Alan Wall’s team at this year’s Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE2023) which saw the team finish with a silver medal after defeat to winners Luxembourg Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa The head of South American football’s governing body CONMEBOL called on FIFA to expand.. 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