17/11/21  |  Interagency
COVI: Army and Air Force at Exercise Lampo 21
Lampo '21 is the name of the activity that in the next few days will see several departments of the Italian Army and the Air Force engaged in an evacuation exercise of ...
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12/11/21  |  Interagency
Defense: 165th course of International Humanitarian Law concluded
The 8th course in International Humanitarian Law for the training of Operators was held from 12 to 165 November at the Operational Command of Vertice Interforze (COVI) ...
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04/11/21  |  Interagency
AVES instructors train staff of the Guardia di Finanza
In recent days, at the Army Aviation Training Center, the 1st course "Military Trainers of Technical Aeronautical Subjects" was concluded in favor of personnel ...
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03/11/21  |  Interagency
Farewell visit by General Vecciarelli to Segredifesa
At the end of his mandate as Defense Chief of Staff, General Enzo Vecciarelli visited the General Secretariat of Defense and National Directorate to ...
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28/10/21  |  Interagency
Conference of NATO National Armaments Directors
"Thinking strategically means looking at the present with a perspective on the future". After almost two years of absence due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this ...
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21/10/21  |  Interagency
A bomb defused on Lake Garda
In recent days, the bomb squads of the Italian Army and the divers of the Underwater Operational Group ("GOS") of the Underwater Command and Incursors (COMSUBIN) of the Navy ...
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19/10/21  |  Interagency
Admiral Cavo Dragone is the new Defense Chief of Staff
The Council of Ministers today appointed Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone as Chief of Defense Staff, General ...
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19/10/21  |  Interagency
Defense: 900 guests at the events of the International Book Fair
La Difesa yesterday concluded its participation in the XXXIII edition of the Turin International Book Fair, with the latest activities planned inside the stand of the ...
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09/10/21  |  Interagency
General Frigerio in command of COVI
Following the appointment of the Army Corps General Luciano Portolano as Secretary General of Defense and Director ...
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08/10/21  |  Interagency
COVI: General Luciano Portolano's farewell greeting
After just over two years at the helm of the Vertice Interforze Operational Command (Covi), the general of the army corps ...
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04/10/21  |  Interagency
The Armed Forces participate in the EUNOMIA 2/2021 Exercise
Cyprus, Greece, France and Italy continue their joint presence in the Eastern Mediterranean as part of the ...
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02/10/21  |  Interagency
Change in command of the Officers Club of the Armed Forces of Italy
In recent days, the alternation ceremony for the command of the ...
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27/09/21  |  Interagency
Italian Day at the NATO Defense College
Today, 27 September 2021, Senior Course 139 participated in the first day of Field Study I, at NATO ...
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21/09/21  |  Interagency
Trinacria 21: activities on conventional arms control concluded
As part of the training and updating of Defense personnel employed in the activities of Control of ...
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07/09/21  |  Interagency
Training activity on arms control concluded at the 31st Fighter Wing in Aviano
In the context of bilateral cooperation on Conventional Arms Control (CAC) with the United States ...
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31/08/21  |  Interagency
Admiral Rob Bauer guest of honor at the NATO Defense College in Rome
The inauguration ceremony of the flagship courses of the NATO Defense College took place this morning, which will bring together for the ...
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23/07/21  |  Interagency
The senior delegate of the ICRC, International Committe of Red Cross meets the commander of the IOC
Today mr. Martin Lacourt, senior delegate of the International Committe of Red Cross (ICRC) visited the Command ...
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20/07/21  |  Interagency
NATO ARRC commander rewards Italian personnel
The commander of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC), Corps General Edward Smyth-Osbourne, stationed at ...
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19/07/21  |  Interagency
General Ellerman at the Multinational CIMIC Group
In recent days, in full compliance with the provisions on the containment of the epidemiological emergency from ...
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09/07/21  |  Interagency
GALILEX 21: Galileo exercise at the IOC concluded
The final day and of ...
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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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Letter to Difesa Online: "Save the Navy!"
Dear Director, We kindly ask you to publish this letter, which is as open as it is heartfelt and truthful, concerning the need to “save” the Navy from a situation...
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