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16 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 3 FEBRUARY 2019 COMMERCIAL SATURDAY 9th February is Pizza Day, a whole day to celebrate that yummy taste that almost no one can do without. Whilst pizza is popular in all four cor- ners of the world, the exact origins of this favourite dish are still widely debated. e early indications show that pizza was originally served in the forms of flatbread, naan and pita bread. It's wasn't until the 1600s that today's traditional pizza first became known. The lower-class citizens of Naples com- bined cheap ingredients such as toma- toes, olive oil, oregano and garlic on top of a flat-bread dough base. is dish, now popularly known as e Marinara knows its origins to the times were 'la marinara' (the sailor's wife) would commonly pre- pare this dish for her husband returning home from work at sea. In the years to follow, pizza became a staple of the city. Tourists as well as locals mingled with the lower-class areas of Na- ples in order to try out this local speciality. Even food critics, who initially snubbed the idea of eating food with their hands, found themselves eating their own words as well as the pizza. The popular pizza Margherita we know today owes its name to Italy's Queen Mar- gherita who in 1889 visited the city of Na- ples. Legend has it that the Queen and her husband grew increasingly tired of their diet of French cuisine, prompting Queen Margherita to request a different dish. Rafaele Esposito, the pizzaiolo on duty at Pizzeria Brandi, created a pizza contain- ing the three colours of the Italian flag; the red tomato, the white mozzarella and the green basil. is thin pizza later became better known as Pizza Margherita. However, the idea of pizza was slow to spread beyond Naples. It was only thanks to allied soldiers returning home to America, who had tasted this dish during the war, that pizza started to gain world- wide popularity. In a short matter of time, the dish made its way all around the states, where many pizzerias and even world-wide franchises like Domino's lit their ovens to present their own take on pizza. The commercialisation of pizza ena- bled Domino's to grow into a world-wide franchise, expanding rapidly all over the world. Now there is hardly a city where their pizza cannot be found. Favourite variations of the dish include the Pepper- oni, BBQ Chicken and the controversial Hawaiian. For more information, or to order a delicious pizza, call Domino's on 2144 2144 or visit www.dominos.com.mt. Domino's Malta is a retail and hospital- ity business unit within Famalco | Build- ing Businesses. Celebrating Pizza Day IN an event labelled as 'Care- Malta here to serve', members of the CareMalta top manage- ment took on the role of chefs and hosts serving the elderly residents at Zejtun Home, one of the nine homes oper- ated by CareMalta. The management team started off the day bright and early in preparation for a lav- ish lunch with the supervision of CaterEssence's expertise. They were assigned different roles to prepare the food, set up the tables as well as plating the food and ultimately serv- ing the residents. A life-size frame with a fan- cy background was set up in the reception area where all the residents got a photo of themselves. The photos were then printed and given to the residents as a token of the oc- casion. January featured another CareMalta event, named 'Tea with the CEO', where a num- ber of I Care influencers met up with CareMalta's CEO Na- talie Briffa Farrugia to share their I Care experience so far. I Care, CareMalta's service excellence programme, was launched last year in celebra- tion of the company's 25th anniversary. The programme focuses on three pillars – Compassion, Engagement and Professionalism – where everyone speaks a common language, the language of care. CareMalta currently oper- ates nine homes for the el- derly across Malta. More in- formation can be obtained on telephone 22584200 or through email on info@care- malta.com. POLICY makers, broadcast- ers and car makers are gath- ering at the Brussels Motor Show to raise awareness of new EU rules requiring all new car radios to be capable of receiving digital terrestrial radio within two years. The European Electronic Communications Code (EE- CC) entered into force on 20 December 2018. EU Mem- ber States have two years from this date to transpose the code into national legis- lation. The EECC states that "any car radio receiver integrated in a new vehicle available for sale or rent in the EU will be required to include a receiv- er capable of receiving and reproducing radio services provided via digital terres- trial radio broadcasting". The decision is driven by a pan-European industry trend away from the previ- ously prevailing FM standard and towards digital radio. Speaking ahead of the Brus- sels Motor Show, WorldDAB President Patrick Hannon said that within two years, all new car radios in the EU will be able to receive digital ter- restrial radio. "This requirement applies equally to countries with established DAB+ markets, such as Germany, Italy, Bel- gium and the Netherlands and those at an earlier stage of development, such as Po- land, Sweden and the Czech Republic," he said. "Motorists across Europe will be able to receive the benefits of digital terrestrial radio – greater choice, clear- er audio and enhanced data services. In times of emergency, when mobile networks are most likely to become over- loaded, motorists will still be able to receive reliable safety and security information." In Europe, the most widely adopted form of digital ter- restrial radio is DAB / DAB+. DAB+ coverage is expanding rapidly across the continent with services on air in most European markets. There continues to be par- ticular focus given on ex- tending and improving cov- erage on major automotive routes. Similar digital radio devel- opments are taking place in other non-EU markets - in particular, in Norway where national FM services were switched off in 2017 and in Switzerland, which is plan- ning a digital switchover between 2020 and 2024. In these markets, respectively 98% and 85% of new cars now come with DAB+ as standard. EU digital radio rules in the spotlight at Brussels Motor Show Elderly residents at CareMalta home served by management CareMalta top management took on the role of chefs and hosts to serve the elderly residents at Zejtun Home

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