16/09/14 | Missions
Central Africa: the engineers reclaim a channel to prevent malaria
Within a week, a specialized team from the 8 ° regiment of the Folgore paratroop brigade removed - by means of operating machines - over 1000 cubic meters ...
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12/09/14 | Missions
Lebanon: Italian blue helmets make a well for Al Qulaylah
In particular, the project, coordinated by the CIMIC technicians of the Joint Task Force Lebanon, directed by Lieutenant Colonel Venanzio Abbatinali, consisted in drilling ...
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11/09/14 | Missions
Lebanon: the apostolic nuncio confirmed ten soldiers of the Italian contingent
Welcomed on arrival by the Unifil force commander, General Luciano Portolano, and by the commander of Sector West, General Fabio Polli, the high prelate during the celebration ...
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11/09/14 | Missions
Afghanistan: courses for instructors on improvised explosive devices
The 15 days training course was attended by 25 attendees. The training, carried out through theoretical-practical lessons, falls within the framework ...
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10/09/14 | Missions
Italian blue helmets deliver hospital equipment and equipment
The initiative, which was attended by the commander of ITALBATT, Colonel Elio Babbo, was made possible thanks to the collaboration of the Triveneto delegations of two ...
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07/09/14 | Missions
Lebanon: Unifil in chair in the Lebanese military academy
The event, strongly supported by General Portolano, Head of Mission and Force Commander of UNIFIL, is part of the initiatives undertaken by the blue helmets in ...
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06/09/14 | Missions
Kosovo: donation in memory of Marshal Polsinelli
The gifts were collected in Italy by the Comprehensive 3 ° Institute of Sora (FR), which for the activity made use of the collaboration of the Italian contingent of Multinational ...
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03/09/14 | Missions
KOSOVO: change at the top of KFOR
Division General Salvatore Farina, at the end of his annual mandate, was alternated by Division General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo. "KFOR contributes so ...
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03/09/14 | Missions
Central Africa: first activity for Italian soldiers of genius
Within a week, a specialized team from the 8 ° regiment of the Folgore paratroop brigade has ...
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03/09/14 | Missions
Kosovo: donation of books in Italian to the Gjakova library
The Roman publishing house has in fact donated over a hundred volumes of Italian literature, in adherence to a ...
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02/09/14 | Missions
The general Son in command of the NATO force in Kosovo
Kosovo Force (KFOR), which began its mission in the UN-mandated 1999, is a military force ...
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30/08/14 | Missions
Italian blue helmets train to mine recognition
UNIFIL EOD specialists have held theoretical and practical lessons to increase knowledge and apply ...
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28/08/14 | Missions
The launchers remember the anniversary of Jagodnij's battle
For the value expressed in that battle, the banner, the most decorated of the cavalry weapon, was awarded ...
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28/08/14 | Missions
Central African Republic: the deployment of Italian geniuses
There are about fifty army soldiers who have joined the EU multinational force in the last week ...
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27/08/14 | Missions
Kosovo: Italian contingent completes operational activity
In fact, an Italian company was risked at the end of July in the northern area of the region, equipped for ...
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26/08/14 | Missions
Atalanta Mission: Doria Ship in Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates
"The units of the Italian navy and their crews - the words of the ambassador - best represent the ...
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26/08/14 | Missions
Visit of the Kfor commander to the Multinational Battle Group West
To the Italian, Slovenian, Austrian and Moldavian troops, the General Farina, who from the first days of September ...
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25/08/14 | Missions
Lebanon: Italian blue helmets connect two villages by road
In particular, the blue helmets have provided for the arrangement of the roadway and the asphalting of about a thousand ...
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23/08/14 | Missions
LEBANON: Serbian defense minister meets gen Portolano
During the meeting, the general provided an update of the operational framework, illustrating the many ...
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19/08/14 | Missions
Kosovo: Religious condemn extremism and violence
During the meeting it was discussed how much the presence of different religious communities in Kosovo represents a resource ...
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Events
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Publishing
The Lastampa "site" insults the "Difesa Online" newspaper
This morning friends and colleagues sent me an article signed by Francesco Grignetti regarding the Vannacci issue. From the text I learn that a "cultural movement" would be born...
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Letters to the Director
Letter to Online Defense: the unpreparedness of the Italian armed forces in the Second World War
I am a recent reader of yours. Scrolling through some of your articles I couldn't help but notice the constant references to the unpreparedness of our armed forces in the second conflict...
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