15/04/2015 - The Italian military of the Italian Collaboration Mission in the Defense Field (MICCD) stationed in Malta yesterday intervened to rescue a pregnant woman, who was on board the cargo ship HH EAST (Saint Kitts & Nevis flag).
14/04/2015 - The mini UAV “Raven” supplied to the Multinational Battle Group West is used, starting today, in the search for a 17-year-old Kosovar-Albanian who disappeared in the Ibar river. The aircraft will fly over the stretch of river where research is concentrated to collect images that can facilitate research. This is the first case of use of a similar technology, supplied to KFOR troops, in favor of the local population.
13/04/2015 - The Chief of Defense Staff, General Claudio Graziano attended the ceremony for the replacement of the leadership of the Sector West of UNIFIL that took place this afternoon at the base "Millevoi" of Shama, seat of the command of the West Sector of UNIFIL and of the national contingent, between the Brigade "Pinerolo", the transferor, and the Brigade "Friuli", subentrante.
13/04/2015 - The Armenian Defense Minister, Seyran Ohanyan, arrived today to visit the UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) headquarters, welcomed by theHead of Mission and Force Commander, general of division Luciano Portolano.
10/04/2015 - The Chief of Staff of the Ghanaian Army, Maj. gen. Richard Kwame Opoku Adusei, and the head of CIMIC Ops - Korean joint chief of staff, Maj. gen. Oh Jung Il, visited the UNIFIL West Sector Command and the Italian Contingent in Lebanon, based on the "Pinerolo" Brigade in Bari.
09/04/2015 - Yesterday morning Philip VI, King of Spain, visited the UNIFIL mission. To welcome him at the Spanish base of Marjayoun, Major General Luciano Portolano, head of the Mission and commander of the UN Force in southern Lebanon, the Spanish general commander of the eastern sector of UNIFIL and Samir Moqbel, deputy prime minister and Lebanese defense minister .
08/04/2015 - This morning, the blue helmets of the Military Civil Cooperation cell (CIMIC) of the Italian Contingent, of the West Sector Command (Sector West - SW) of Unifil, have completed a renovation and reconstruction project of the flooring of two squares in front of the castle of Shama and the construction of a staircase to access the archaeological site.
02/04/2015 - The commander of the multinational NATO mission KFOR, Major General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, met the Polish Prime Minister, Ewa Kopacz, today in Pristina during his visit to Kosovo.
01/04/2015 - In Shama (South Lebanon), in recent days, the commander of the West Sector (Sector West - SW) of UNIFIL and of the Italian contingent in Lebanon, Brigadier General Stefano Del Col, met the religious, civil, military authorities and representatives of the Lebanese media in the Italian-led area of responsibility.
31/03/2015 - The commander of the multinational NATO mission KFOR, Major General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, welcomed the Albanian Defense Chief of Staff, General Jeronim Bazo, at the Film City base, headquarters of the NATO Command in Pristina.
31/03/2015 - Shama (South Lebanon), in recent days, the blue helmets of the Military Civil Cooperation (CIMIC) cell of the Italian Contingent and Inter Campus have completed a sporting and educational training project in favor of very young students of the schools of Tire, Al Mansouri and Hannawiyah, three municipalities in the area of Italian responsibility.
26/03/2015 - The personnel of the 46th Pisa Air Brigade, deployed in Herat as part of the "Albatros" Task Group and close to returning home for the end of their employment in Afghanistan, lowered their banner during a short ceremony chaired by commander of the Train Advise Assist Command â € "West (TAAC-W), Brigadier Michele Risi.
25/03/2015 - In the base of Shama, the commander of the Italian contingent in Lebanon, Brigadier General Stefano Del Col, inaugurated the exhibition of handicrafts set up by eighteen women's associations that deal with social and economic development and that operate for charity in the Lebanese territory.
24/03/2015 - In recent days, the Italian Contingent in Lebanon, based on the "Pinerolo" Brigade, delivered a cardiograph to the AMEL Association and toys to the Woman Association Of Qana.
20/03/2015 - The "blue helmets" of the Italian contingent, in recent days, have distributed Italian books and school materials to some schools in southern Lebanon, intended for solidarity initiatives in favor of the local population.
18/03/2015 - At Tiri (South of Lebanon), at the base that hosts the Finnish and Irish contingents, Brigadier General Stefano Del Col, commander of the West Sector of UNIFIL and commander of the Italian contingent, presided over the ceremony for the delivery of the commemorative medal of the UN Mission in Lebanon to the blue helmets of the Finnish and Irish contingents.
18/03/2015 - At the base of Camp Arena, in Herat, the alternation ceremony took place between the Bersaglieri "Garibaldi" Brigade and the "Julia" Alpine Brigade at the helm of the Train Advise Assist Command West, the multinational NATO and joint forces command Italian operating in the western region of Afghanistan as part of the Resolute Support Mission.
14/03/2015 - Yesterday, the commander of the Kosovo Force (KFOR), Major General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, yes He went to Serbia to meet the Serbian Defense Chief of Staff, General Ljubisa Dikovic.
13/03/2015 - The staff of the EUPOL Carabinieri on the morning of Wednesday 11 March completed one of the numerous aid projects for the Afghan population with the main task of contributing to the improvement of the interaction between the population and the local police.
11/03/2015 - Tomorrow the destroyer Andrea Doria of the Navy will return to the Mar Grande naval station in Taranto after a long period of activity to combat piracy carried out in the Indian Ocean.