30/12/15  |  Terra
2015: Budget for a year with the Army
On New Year's Eve over 6.500 soldiers, of which 2.300 in Rome alone for the Jubilee of Mercy, will continue their service in competition with the Police, ...
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29/12/15  |  Terra
The head of SME visits the Military Riding Center and the Veterinary Hospital of Montelibretti
The Army Chief of Staff, Army Corps General Danilo Errico, visited the Military Riding Center and the Veterinary Hospital of ...
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29/12/15  |  History
29 December 1941: Rescue of the Survivors of Atlantis and Python
One of the most beautiful (and least known) stories of the Second World War sees protagonists, at the end of the year 1941, four oceanic submarines of the Underwater Forces Command ...
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29/12/15  |  History
The clash in the Otranto Canal of December 1915
On December 29, 1915, in the very same waters where the rescue of the passengers and crew of the Norman Atlantic ferry took place, a battle was fought that ...
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29/12/15  |  History
29 December 1881: The rangefinder on board
Thursday - The rangefinder designed by Rear Admiral Luigi Fincati is installed on board the units to quickly measure the distances of objects of which one knows or can ...
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28/12/15  |  Terra
Patrol stops criminals at the "Cipro" metro station in Rome
Last Saturday an Army patrol employed in the "Safe Roads" operation, belonging to the "Lazio, Umbria and Abruzzo" grouping, contributed to the arrest ...
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28/12/15  |  Seaside
A year ago the sinking of the Norman Atlantic
28 December 2014, it is dawn when news of a serious fire broke out on board the Italian-flagged Norman Atlantic ferry, with about 500 people on board, ...
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28/12/15  |  Missions
Bilateral exercise with the Navy of Madagascar
Two Carabiniere ship teams trained 19 representatives of the Malagasy Marina on boarding techniques and procedures on naval units, on the methods of physical inspection of the ...
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28/12/15  |  Missions
Kosovo: MSU carabinieri donate food to the SOS Children orphanage in Pristina
"Every little thing means so much to us." With these words the director of the orphanage, Dr. Nezahat ...
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28/12/15  |  Missions
Lebanon: Italian blue helmets logistically support the Lebanese armed forces
The blue helmets of the Taurinense logistic regiment supported the Lebanese Armed Forces in the redeployment and ...
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28/12/15  |  History
28 December 1908: Earthquake in Messina
Monday - At 05.21 a series of seismic shocks lasting 37 “of the intensity that reaches the 10 ° of the scale ...
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26/12/15  |  Missions
The military ordinary spends Christmas with the Italian contingent in Kosovo
The visit to Kosovo of the ordinary military archbishop for Italy ended. Monsignor Santo Marcianò, has ...
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26/12/15  |  History
26 December 1872: Established the Hydrographic Office of the Regia Marina
Thursday - The Office is established in Genoa, based in the astronomical observatory in the old fort of San Giorgio
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25/12/15  |  History
25 December 1911: Giovanni Pascoli for the military in Tripolitania
Monday - The cards issued by the "Maritime Magazine" are distributed to the crews of the Naval Forces ...
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24/12/15  |  Missions
Final exercise at the end of the 8 ° infantry training course for the Kurdish peshmerga
The military trainers of the Italian contingent located in Erbil and in northern Iraqi Kurdistan, after five ...
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23/12/15  |  Missions
KFOR: Foreign Minister visiting Kosovo
Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, visiting Kosovo for summit meetings with the main offices ...
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23/12/15  |  Missions
The President of the Senate Pietro Grasso visits the Italian contingent of Erbil
The president of the Senate, Pietro Grasso, accompanied by the Italian ambassador in Baghdad Marco Carnelos, has come ...
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23/12/15  |  Missions
The head of SMD visits the contingents employed in operations in the Horn of Africa
This morning he arrived in Mogadishu where he was welcomed by the Italian general Antonio Maggi, Commander of the ...
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23/12/15  |  Missions
Lebanon: the Italian contingent concludes two projects in favor of internal security forces
The Italian contingent of UNIFIL, currently composed of units of the Taurinense Alpine Brigade, has completed and ...
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23/12/15  |  History
23 December 1916: Delivered the Audace destroyer
Saturday - The destroyer Audace, the only unit of the class, built in ...
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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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Backchannels and fireworks: US mediation behind Iranian retaliation on Israel?
As announced by the Iranian regime, the announced retaliation for the (unannounced) attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus on 1 April 2024 which led to the death of...
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Letters to Defense Online: "Carabinieri and sinking of the Garibaldi"
Mine is not meant to be a sterile controversy but after more than thirty years of wearing the uniform I consider it a "fair" controversy. Decisions regarding the size and composition of forces...
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