by ANSA. The Puglia region has approved funding worth €158,000 to build a temporary guesthouse for some 120 foreign seasonal farmworkers who will be employed for the cherry harvest season. The regional government of Puglia has approved extraordinary funding worth €158,000 in favor of the municipality of Turi, near Bari, […]
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