09/08/17  |  Interagency
General Graziano in Lithuania meets political and military leaders
The Chief of Defense Staff, General Claudio Graziano, in Lithuania for an official visit, held important meetings with the political and military leaders of the country ...
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07/08/17  |  Interagency
General Graziano visits the Norwegian armed forces
"The Italian Armed Forces consider the Norwegian Armed Forces a fundamental ally on NATO's North-East flank and an important partner in Europe" is what the ...
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14/07/17  |  Interagency
The T-346 aircraft for the training of the Army, Air Force and Carabinieri
An experimental joint & combined activity between assets provided by three different providers took place from 12 to 16 June: the Italian Army, the Air Force and the Carabinieri ...
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07/07/17  |  Interagency
General Graziano at the UN headquarters in New York speaks on current and future challenges of peacekeeping operations
"The multidimensional, uncertain and transnational nature of the current threat creates a global risk with respect to which no country can consider itself immune". The head of state ...
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04/07/17  |  Interagency
NATO: Reached the initial operational capability of the Multinational Division North East in Poland
Today, in the presence of Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz, of the Polish Chief of Staff lt. January Leszek Surawski, of the Hungarian Deputy Defense Minister ...
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28/06/17  |  Interagency
Ministry of Defense: "Depleted uranium ammunition never used"
With regard to the hearing at the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry on the depleted uranium of a former Petty Officer of the Guardia di Finanza, it is reiterated once again that the Forces ...
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21/06/17  |  Interagency
Music Festival 2017: bands and fanfare protagonists of street music
Music: she was the protagonist of this June 21st. On the longest day of the year, the summer solstice, over a hundred cities in Italy hosted the “Festa ...
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07/06/17  |  Interagency
The Joint Stars 2017 exercise is underway
The June 10 will kick off in Poggio Renatico (Ferrara) with the 2017 Virtual Flag, the first in a series of joint exercises that are part of the Joint Stars 2017 (JS17), the ...
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01/06/17  |  Interagency
Celebrated the 50 anniversary of the NATO Command in Brunssum
Today, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the NATO Joint Force Command (JFC) in Brunssum, the ...
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27/05/17  |  Interagency
Day of the civil defense personnel, Undersecretary Rossi meets the employees of the Dicastery at the Arsenal of La Spezia
To celebrate the day of civil defense personnel, Undersecretary Domenico Rossi met yesterday with the ...
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10/05/17  |  Interagency
Defense: Undersecretary Rossi meets the representatives of the Military Associations
The Undersecretary of State for Defense, Domenico Rossi, met today at Palazzo Salviati, seat of the Centro Alti ...
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08/05/17  |  Interagency
The "Open Sea" exercise starts
The "Open Sea", a joint and international exercise that, conducted by the ...
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28/04/17  |  Interagency
The second political-strategic dialogue between Italy and Vietnam ended in Rome
The second political-strategic dialogue between the Undersecretary of State for Defense, Domenico ... took place today in Rome ...
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02/04/17  |  Interagency
The Chief of Defense Staff welcomes Prince Charles of England
The Chief of Defense Staff, General Claudio Graziano, welcomed Prince Charles of ...
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20/03/17  |  Interagency
Undersecretary of Defense Rossi receives the President of Cameroon in Piazza Venezia
The Undersecretary of State for Defense, Hon. Domenico Rossi, representing the government, received today in the square ...
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13/03/17  |  Interagency
Inauguration 1 ° Intermediate training course on the Energy Management of the Operational and Production Units of Defense
This morning the Undersecretary of State for Defense, the Hon. Gioacchino Alfano was received at Palazzo Marina by ...
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08/03/17  |  Interagency
8 March - Sott. Defense Gioacchino Alfano: "women in uniform added value for the armed forces"
Thus the Undersecretary of Defense, Gioacchino Alfano, in a note of the ministry, on the day of the feast of women ...
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03/03/17  |  Interagency
At 40 years from the tragedy of Monte Serra, Marina and Aeronautica united in memory
On Thursday 3 March 1977, at 15:05, a C-10 of the 130th aerobrigata took off from Pisa's "Vega 46" airport with ...
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02/03/17  |  Interagency
Visit High School for Defense at the Arsenal Palace
A multinational delegation from the Istituto Alti Studi per la difesa was received today at Palazzo Arsenale, headquar ...
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31/01/17  |  Interagency
Bad weather: With the gradual return to normality, military retreat begins
With the gradual return to normality in areas of central Italy affected by the exceptional bad weather conditions ...
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Tribute (due) to the 80th "Roma" infantry who takes leave with honor

Well, yes, we are now used to witnessing the closure of the barracks and perhaps even a little to burying the long history of the departments, a phenomenon which however does not erase the memories. It also touched...

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"Il Signor Parolini" (ninth part)

The baked chicken, as expected, had lived up to its reputation, consolidating, where needed, the undisputed culinary mastery of Gastone, chief ...

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In Defense of Cecilia Sala: Reflections on Justice and (Juvenile) Opinions in Freedom
The news of the arrest and detention of Cecilia Sala in the homeland prisons of the happy Islamic Republic of Iran, now belongs to the past news. Far from sharing the whys and the...
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