(by Rossella Daverio) The old male power that has ruined Italy. And keep doing it. What is told here is pure truth, but it looks like a movie. And then as if it were a film we present it: characters and performers, subject, dialogues, conclusion (which will not necessarily be in "Happy End" mode). The characters: A young woman and a [...]
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The US company Biotech Moderna announced: "Positive tests on volunteers, they developed antibodies" According to what was announced by the US biotech company Moderna, the first safety tests on humans of its vaccine, which it is developing in collaboration with the National Institute of allergies and infectious diseases led by virologist Anthony Fauci, is giving promising results compared to [...]
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Il Giornale reports the news that the Italian Ferretti Group wants to invest in the port of Taranto - the former Belleli area - to create a sector dedicated to the construction of fiberglass and carbon hulls and superstructures and a research center engaged in the study of models and molds . The prestigious Ferretti Group, founded in Bologna in [...]
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Lieutenant General David Thompson, Deputy Commander of the US Space Force said that despite the ongoing pandemic, Russia and China continue to launch military missiles and test space weapons. Last month, Russia tested a missile capable of hitting satellites in orbit. Also in April, a Chinese rocket carrying [...]
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Yesterday, US President Donald Trump spoke about the F-35's global supply chain and the possibility of bringing more jobs to the United States. Trump spoke to Fox Business Network's Maria Bartiromo about the F-35. The journalist asked the President if he had thought of a program to incentivize the main US industries - such as [...]
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A concrete relaunch plan, equipped with adequate financial resources, to support agricultural businesses, "especially those in the most affected sectors": this is the solicitation that Minister Teresa Bellanova put to the attention of the Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries of the EU during today's meeting of the Agrifish Council, convened by videoconference by the Croatian presidency to make the [...]
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“Up until now, the government has told citizens what to do and has closed putting everything on their shoulders. We have grown tired of the lectures, approximations and sermons. It is time for the government to do what it must to get back to normal. We have developed a 10-parameter plan to analyze in order to [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Late yesterday evening the president of the Eurogroup Mario Centeno showed his appreciation, in reference to the speed of the timing and the amount of funding made available to counter the economic emergency: "I want to specify that the new lines of credit will not entail particular stigma, they are available to all countries in the euro area, [...]
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According to the CGIA, the lockdown must now be applied to taxes. In particular, those paid by the self-employed and small and micro enterprises with a turnover of up to 1 million euro per year which, in the absence of a strong cut in fixed costs, risk closing permanently. The coordinator of the Paolo Zabeo Studies Office states: [...]
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(by Marco Zacchera) We must seriously address the problem of relations with China both in terms of commercial and strategic aspects and to understand how the Coronavirus was born and evolved. This not only to outline any Chinese responsibilities, but above all for our future since it is yet another epidemic that "starts" from [...]
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(by Francesco Matera) Minister Teresa Bellanova (Italia Viva) wants to regularize 600 migrants, because she is pressured by agricultural businesses which, due to the shortage of seasonal migrants, are unable to collect fruit and vegetables from the fields. Italia Viva is cohesive on the matter knowing that it can dictate the rules, thanks to 17 senators who make up, for [...]
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(by Maurizio Giannotti) The Guardian reports that China will begin testing payments in its new digital currency in four major cities next week. In recent months, China's central bank has stepped up development of the e-RMB, which is set to be the first digital currency managed by a large economy. In accordance to […]
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(by John Blackeye) After the last electoral catwalk on TV where the first reopening and the return to an almost normal life were cautiously announced, it was hoped that the government would also provide instructions for use for the transition to phase two. That is, President Conte's outing on TV had been so devoid of any [...]
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Terrorism experts have warned that the Islamic State could exploit the global instability caused by the new coronavirus pandemic to organize a global recovery. Indeed, there are signs that the activity of Islamic states has intensified in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and even Europe in the past few days. On [...]
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General Khalifa Haftar proclaimed himself head of Libya, in a televised statement in which he said he "accepted the mandate of the Libyan people to take care of the country". The general declared the Skhirat agreement null and void, which in 2015 established the creation of a government of national agreement based in Tripoli, led by Fayez al-Serraj. About ten days [...]
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(by Vanessa Tomassini - correspondent from Tunis) The interim UN special envoy, Stephanie Williams, has warned about the possible use of new lethal weapons in Libya. On April 22, 2020, several reports circulating on social media indicated that the Eastern armed forces would use chemical weapons against forces affiliated with the Government of National Accord [...]
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un allegedly died. This was reported by the Italian agency Nova, according to a Chinese journalist, Qing Feng, deputy director of the Hong Kong satellite broadcaster "Hkstv" and nephew of former Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing, who headed the Beijing diplomacy between 2003 and 2007 under the presidency of Hu Jintao. In [...]
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ABI and trade unions Fabi, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, Uilca, Unisin met today in a video conference to continue the analysis and monitoring of measures to prevent, contrast and contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus in the banking sector At the end of the meeting, ABI and the trade unions agreed that as soon as the regulatory framework for the "phase [...]
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Possibility of suspending up to 12 months the principal amount of the installments of mortgages secured by real estate and of other loans with repayment in installments. The ABI and consumer associations (Acu, Adiconsum, Adoc, Altroconsumo, Asso-Consum, Assoutenti, Cittadinanzattiva, Codacons, Confconsumatori, Consumer and User Protection Center, Federconsumatori, La Casa del consumer, Consumer League, Consumer movement, Defense movement [...]
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“No risk of foreign takeover. With Saudi Arabia in the ENI share capital, we won a lottery. A gift from Prince Mohammad bin Salman "the statement by the President of FederPetroli Italia - Michele Marseille following the indiscretions of Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal for a stock investment in the Covid19 period by the Fund [...]
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(John Blackeye) Anxiously awaited, like every evening, the latest bulletin of the Civil Protection has arrived. Sector insiders, journalists, politicians and ordinary people stop for five minutes and carefully read that sheet that reports the situation of the evolution of the pandemic on the national territory. The sentence that is repeated several times by the commissioner [...]
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(by John Blackeye) Trusting a government that reassured the nation in the first two months of the pandemic that there was no need for masks remains very difficult. A people that looks disoriented at the insecure movements of politicians, experts and great managers that come out of nowhere, needs certain initiatives that put first [...]
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In the meeting with the regional councilors, all-round reconnaissance. Bellanova indicates the answers and the strategy to face and overcome the emergency The answers already put in place by the Ministry of Agricultural Policies on the issues that emerged in the last meeting with the Regions; the Measures for agriculture, agri-food, fishing, in the Italian Care Decree; the work in progress for [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The other day we were outraged by the contents of the article in a well-known German newspaper Die Welt which headlined: “The mafia is waiting for the money that Italy is asking from the EU”. The bipartisan disappointment towards the German newspaper marked the "unanimous" response of Italian politicians. Today, Lorenzo Tondo in the English newspaper "The Guardian", in a [...]
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(by John Blackeye) I don't know how orthodox it is to present yourself individually in front of the Italian people to explain what you are about to do, even if it is the Prime Minister who shows up on TV. The president of the United States himself presents himself to the nation surrounded by a plethora of collaborators but here, in [...]
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While in Italy we are starting to think of measures for a probable relaxation of movement restrictions, the president of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen yesterday wanted to approve general "guidelines" for the exit of the various countries from the lockdown. Guidelines not shared with other countries, especially with Italy, where the virus has [...]
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A firepower of 750 billion: 200 billion of loan guarantees and 200 billion for exports are added to the 350 already foreseen, with the arrival of up to 100% coverage for loans up to 800 thousand euros. The postponement of tax deadlines for companies damaged by the crisis. The strengthening of the golden power, the [...]
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The health conditions of Boris Johnson, premier of the United Kingdom, worsen. The news, leaked at 19pm local time, shook the UK. In a message posted on Twitter this morning he said: "Good mood, I am in contact with my team and I arrived at the hospital for routine tests". In the afternoon […]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The “liquidity decree” will soon be presented to the Council of Ministers, another decree to deal with the economic damage of Italian companies since the Covid-19 emergency began. The contents of the provision mainly concern 100% guarantees for loans up to 25 thousand euros or 800 thousand with a solvency assessment. Duration of [...]
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At least 7 billion euros. This is the estimated loss of turnover that artisan businesses will suffer in this month of closure due to the Coronavirus (from 12 March to 13 April 2020). To do the accounts was the CGIA Studies Office. The sectors most affected are also those [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The Eurogroup will meet in 4 days and in seven days (next Friday) there will be another confrontation between the heads of state and government of EU countries. The last time they met, in a 6-hour teleconference, the European Union risked disappearing into thin air with a [...]
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Bellanova: “strategic actions and interventions for sectors in crisis such as sheepmeat and buffalo milk” “We are putting in place every possible solution to face the effects of the spread of the coronavirus. With this goal we have today reached an agreement with the regions on the durum wheat fund decree up to 2022 for 40 million euros, on the [...]
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(by Vanessa Tomassini - correspondent from Tunis) Tunisia, with over 300 reports of infections and nine deaths, has decided to anticipate the times by "sealing itself" before the other North African countries. The pandemic due to Covid-19 was immediately taken seriously in Tunisia, where a curfew was imposed from 18pm to 6am [...]
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As reported on the website www.poliziadistato.it and on the social channels of the State Police, a fake flyer written on the headed paper of the "Ministry of the Interior-Department of Public Security" has spread in these days in many Italian provinces, with the logo of the Italian Republic. The fake flyer, which in some cities was found posted in the hallways [...]
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(by John Blackeye) The Pope I saw yesterday was not the Pope of liberation theology. Yesterday's Pope, the one who was slowly climbing in the rain to reach the churchyard of St. Peter's Basilica, was not the modernist Pope whom many, to distance themselves from him, had started to call "Bergoglio". It was not […]
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There is much confusion on the real number of swabs carried out, doubts come from the numbers on the virus provided by the Government. The pollster Lorenzo Pregliasco of Youtrend tried to see more clearly on the official data provided by the Regions on the "tamponade" that ascertains the coronavirus infection through a complex laboratory test: he found that the [...]
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At the headquarters of the Civil Protection Department, the work of the Operational Committee continues in order to ensure coordination of the interventions of the components and operational structures of the National Civil Protection Service. As part of the health monitoring related to the spread of Coronavirus on the national territory, at the moment 57.521 people test positive for the virus. To […]
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(John Blackeye) I am not a mathematician and I am not an expert in statistics but if you look at the data that are provided to us on the Civil Protection web page, you understand that something - about this pandemic - is not right. I bring two examples for everyone. In Lombardy, about seventy thousand tampons that are [...]
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Peace, social serenity and security are the founding values of civil society. The geopolitics of security rests its studies on many sectors, but that of disasters is by election. Only by mitigating the effects of disasters are those of national security also mitigated. Thus stated in a statement the former head of state [...]
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With regard to the recent information circulated online and in the press regarding the use of the favipiravir-based medicinal product in the treatment of COVID-19, the Italian Medicines Agency specifies that the medicine "Favipiravir for COVID-19 has not been authorized in Europe and the USA and there is little scientific evidence on efficacy. Favipiravir (trade name Avigan) [...]
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According to what is contained in the circular issued by the Ministry of Health, the military, as well as for health workers, will have a preferential lane in the execution of tests with swabs for the control of positivity to the Covid-19 virus. The circular reads: "It is reiterated that in the laboratories authorized for the analysis of swabs, the presentation of related samples [...]
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We are close to tests that reveal who is immune to the coronavirus infection. A "revolutionary" test capable of identifying people who have been infected and who are consequently immune, having also not shown any of the characteristic symptoms of the infection. The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said yesterday. The news is reported [...]
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Samaritan's Purse donates a field hospital to Italy. The Italian Air Force supports the reception and set-up operations The aircraft, a DC17, which left the United States with personnel (health and logistics) and medical equipment on board landed on Tuesday 21.18 March at 8 pm at the Verona Villafranca airport. available from Samaritan's [...]
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Maria Teresa Meli on Il Corriere della Sera interviewed the Minister of Defense, Lorenzo Guerini, on the Covid-19 emergency and on the contribution of the Italian military since the emergency began. The words of the Minister of Defense provide greater clarity on the commitment of our Armed Forces which, in silence, have never left the territory and are also ready [...]
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The governor of New York has asked US President Donald Trump to mobilize the army to avoid a medical meltdown that will be "worse than what we are seeing in Italy". In an open letter published in the Sunday edition of the New York Times, Governor Andrew Cuomo warned that hospitals in the state of [...]
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(by John Blackeye) "After the storm, please, Housekeeping." Almost two months have now passed since Italy entered the height of the emergency. The epidemic will pass as all the epidemics in history have passed but today we are counting two hundred deaths a day and we hope that the number tends to decrease and not to increase. Unfortunately the [...]
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"Scholars have been warning decision makers for years: 'Pandemics are real threats to humanity" but decision makers are always found unprepared and people do not follow them ". So wrote in an article published by Eurispes, Pasquale Preziosa formerly head of the Italian Air Force and today President of the Observatory on Security. "What is systematically surprising - he specifies [...]
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On the Government website, in a note, a series of questions and answers, in reference to the “Italy protected area” decree. The important thing is that you can always go out to buy groceries and there is 'no need to grab them now because' they will always be available, specifies the note. It is allowed to do 'physical activity as long as' not in a group "and [...]
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“Extend the red zone to the whole Pa.Tre.Ve.? A disproportionate decision that risks blocking an important part of the country's economy. These 3 provinces, in fact, generate 5 percent of GDP and national employment and 6 percent of all goods exported from our country. Unlike what is happening in [...]
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Massimiliano Boggetti, president of Confindustria Medical Devices, stated regarding the support requested by the Government: "Medical device companies are ready to collaborate and intensify production capacity, or convert it where possible, to meet the need for respirators increasingly requested by hospitals. struggling with the coronavirus emergency ". According to a mapping "I am [...]
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With schools closed until March 13, the government has decided to launch measures to support families. One of these is the lengthening of the period in which one parent can take extraordinary parental leave while the other parent is at work. The minister for the family, Elena Bonetti also said she wanted to reintroduce the [...]
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The solicitation came this week from agricultural companies, trade associations, workers' representatives, Regions. Thus, at the end of an initial analysis of the state of the art carried out by the Task Force established at the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies to address the critical issues experienced by the sector following the coronavirus emergency, Mipaaf is [...]
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The United States has signed an agreement with Taliban rebels that could pave the way for a complete withdrawal of foreign soldiers from Afghanistan in the next 14 months and represent a step towards the end of the 18-year war. The agreement was signed in the Qatari capital Doha by US special envoy Zalmay [...]
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A possible peace agreement between the US government and the Taliban will favor the Islamic State in Afghanistan, so some sources on the ground reported. After nearly two decades of war, the United States is close to concluding a peace agreement with the Taliban, the Sunni group of Pashtuns that had [...]
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“It is essential to standardize the level of controls throughout the European Union. Enough controversy. It is the time of everyone's responsibility and work, in the interest of citizens and the country ”. Thus Minister Teresa Bellanova this morning in a meeting with government colleagues, regional presidents and technical staff at the headquarters of the Protection [...]
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“The peak has suddenly increased we are surprised but not unprepared. Control controversy? Maybe there was some flaw, but only in the first few days “, said Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, yesterday interviewed by Mara Venier live on Rai Uno. "We are not unprepared, my surprise is due to the fact that there was a peak from a [...]
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In 2019, tariffs in Italy continued to increase: the only ones bucking the trend were gas (-0,9 per cent) and telephone services (-6,1 per cent); these items, together with taxi rides (+0,5 per cent) and tolls, are the only fares to have remained below inflation which, last year, [...]
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The coronavirus death toll in China has surpassed 2.000 cases, although there has been a noticeable drop for the second consecutive day. Apparently there are the first effects of the forced preventive actions: the authorities have strengthened containment measures in the city of Wuhan. The National Health Commission of [...]
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"It is essential that we as the international community wake up to the challenges posed by Chinese manipulation," US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said in Munich at the international security conference. Esper then urged world security leaders to "wake up" and pay more attention to China's efforts to influence the economy [...]
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“The work done in recent months has paid off. The Italian agri-food sector does not appear on the recently published American USSR list of products subject to duties. We averted the risk that our excellence would suffer irreparable damage. In the meeting I had with the US Secretary of Agriculture Perdue on January 30th, I reiterated it in clear words: [...]
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An American judge blocked the 10 billion dollar maxi order that the Pentagon had entrusted to Microsoft for the creation of iCloud services. The giant led by Jeff Bezos had resorted to denouncing political interference by the White House aimed at ousting Amazon from the game. The stop to the contract called Jedi [...]
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Nicolò, the 17-year-old who had to stay in China in the Wuhan province because found with a few tenths of a fever, will still not be able to leave the country, at the moment there are no free slots at the Chinese military airport, the only possible access to reach Wuhan. Fortunately, Nicolò tested negative for the new Covid-19 and most likely [...]
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Leonardo: Telespazio Brasil will build a new teleport in Maricá, Rio de Janeiro State, strengthening the offer of new generation satellite services Leonardo, through its subsidiary Telespazio Brasil, and the municipality of Maricá, represented by Codemar (Companhia de Desenvolvimento de Maricá), have announced an agreement for the construction of a new satellite teleport for [...]
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Iran has a "very strong air force" despite the limitations imposed on the country by the United States by the Islamic revolution of 1979. This was stated two days ago by the supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a meeting of commanders and Air Force personnel. "Since the revolution of 1979, the United States' objective has been to [...]
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"We will make every effort to bring him home", so yesterday the Italian Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio who announced today's extraordinary meeting at the Civil Protection. The idea is to send a special Falcon aircraft of the Italian Air Force for a very fast round trip which, after at least one technical stop, [...]
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The new eni.com is online, an in-depth space on the company and the energy transition. Among the innovations, personalization and artificial intelligence, Eni launches the totally renewed eni.com site, which aims to tell the group's activities, the world of energy and the challenges of the energy transition in an innovative and authoritative, but also simple and understandable way. . [...]
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(by Luigi Alfano) The reduction of taxes seems an ethereal dream, the oasis that appears in the macro-economic desert heights, which in the past have proved to be quicksand of a “stagnant” and “erosive” economic activity. In a historical context, in which it seems difficult to talk and discuss taxes, the Government has approved the cut of the tax wedge, [...]
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(by Luigi Alfano) In Italy, a crime could be extinguished if an excessive amount of time passed and the interest of the State failed: it fell into prescription. With the publication in the Official Gazette (no. 13 of 16 January 2020) of Law no. 9 of 2020 January 3, called "Corruption sweep", which introduces "measures to combat crimes against the Public Administration, [...]
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Doctors at the Spallanzani hospital in Rome have isolated the coronavirus. This was announced by the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, underlining the importance of the operation: "Now we have many opportunities to study, understand and better verify what can be done to block the spread". The discovery, functional to the future development of a vaccine, "will be made available" to [...]
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"We once again call on all EU members, and in particular Italy, to abandon an approach that ignores the rights of Turkish Cypriots". The Turkish Foreign Ministry writes this in a press release, referring to an Italian "unfortunate statement". In a telephone conversation between Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio and his Turkish counterpart [...]
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Apparently Recep Tayyip Erdogan has not kept the promises made at the Berlin Conference. A Turkish frigate Tcg Gaziantep was seen off Libya yesterday. Ankara said it is used to rescue migrants at sea, while for the men of General Khalifa Haftar they claim that the ship transported [...]
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A vast operation by the State Police has been underway since the early hours of this morning, coordinated by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate of the Public Prosecutor's Office of Reggio Calabria, aimed at the execution of 14 pre-trial detention orders - 12 in prison and 2 under house arrest - issued to chiefs, lieutenants and affiliates of [...]
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The Chinese site Xinhua provided the latest updates of the situation in reference to the #coronavirus outbreak. Confirmed cases have also been reported in China's Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, as well as in Thailand, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United States, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Nepal, France and Australia. The world media speak of just under 60 [...]
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To some it may seem strange, but those directly involved, i.e. VAT numbers, know it very well, because they experience the problem firsthand: the average IRPEF levy on self-employed workers is significantly higher than that for employees and pensioners . According to the data relating to the 2018 tax returns, in fact, [...]
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The Space 19+ ministerial conference, organized by ESA - European Space Agency - last November in Seville highlighted the need to start gradually increasing the budget for the 22 member countries. The desired increase is expected to reach approximately 45%, equal to 14,4 billion euros over the next three years. An effort, writes the Sole24Ore, which [...]
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The death toll from the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey continues to rise: at least 14 people have died, dozens were injured and several trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings. According to what was declared by the Authority for the management of disasters and emergencies (Afat), the earthquake was warned at [...]
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The EU Commission has established that the acquisition of the French shipyards in Saint Nazaire is incompatible with the internal market and with EU competition rules. A setback to the Joint Venture between the Italian shipbuilding giant Fincantieri and the French Stx-France. The president of Fincantieri Giampiero Massolo commented on the setback as follows: [...]
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Bliz in Mali, at least six soldiers killed According to what was communicated by the army of the African country on its Twitter account, unidentified armed men, during a bliz operated on yesterday night, killed at least six soldiers and wounded others in a number not yet specified. The blitz took place in central Mali [...]
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Luigi Di Maio today informed his ministers and undersecretaries that he wanted to take a step back. A perfect "timing" four days before the elections in Emilia Romagna and Calabria. It will be up to Vito Crimi to assume the functions of regent at least until the general states of the Movement, scheduled for 13 to 13 March. But, [...]
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UNSMIL in a note: “deep concern over current efforts to stop or compromise oil production in Libya. This move would have devastating consequences first and foremost for the Libyan people who depend on the free flow of oil for their well-being. It will also have terrible knock-on effects for the already deteriorated economic and financial situation [...]
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The Supreme Court rejected the appeal presented by the Agrigento prosecutor against the revocation of house arrest. Instead, according to the judges of the Court, the decision was correct because the necessary requirements to justify the measure were lacking. The appeal to the Supreme Court was promoted by the prosecutors Luigi Patronaggio and Salvatore Vella, against the revocation ordered by the investigating judge [...]
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The internal demonstrations do not seem to soften the position of Rohani who declared: "The daily enrichment" of uranium by Iran is now "superior" to what happened before the signing of the 2015 nuclear agreement, then abandoned unilaterally by the US and now also questioned by Europe. Today we no longer have any restrictions in the field of nuclear energy ”. [...]
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“Killing in self-defense is allowed as a last resort, to protect one's life or that of others. The United States would have to demonstrate that it encountered an imminent threat to the lives of others and that, to protect those lives, there was no choice but to use lethal force. So far, no such justification [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The air distance between the capitals of Iran and Italy is about 3750 km, but the distance between the two borders could be reached by Iranian missiles. Indeed, Iranian missiles can hit targets within a range of 300 to 2.500 kilometers from their launch point. [...]
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Al Serraj the day before the visit of the EU delegation (scheduled for January 7), headed by High Representative Borrel, warned: "Do not come to Libya, for security reasons, it is dangerous here". As Semprini points out in La Stampa, in reality, Fayez al Sarraj does not want any interference, he wants to continue with the agreement signed with Turkey by [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) While Turkey has approved for a year the sending of its troops to Tripoli on January 7, the European mission will go to Tripoli and Benghazi, to try to make the two parties, Haftar and al Serraj, dialogue. to strike a lasting political agreement. Our foreign representatives have not [...]
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The National Oil Corporation (NOC) has reported that operations in the port of Zawiya could be halted and the refinery evacuated following the recent attacks on the facilities. This could also lead to the interruption of production at the Sharara field, which exports its crude oil and its derivatives through Zawiya. Saturday 28 December 2019, the [...]
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The New York Times reported that Russian military announced last Friday that it had deployed a hypersonic weapon that manages to escape American missile defense systems, kicking off a new chapter in the long arms race between the two most important nuclear powers. in the world. American officials are hesitant about [...]
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Didl Tang Beijing in The Times told of Xi Jinping's dream: "China as a world leader by 2050". When war broke out in Yemen in 2015, a Chinese frigate docked at the port of Aden and, under armed escort, evacuated hundreds of Chinese citizens to Djibouti. The success of the military operation has shown the world of [...]
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According to what was announced by AGI in the early afternoon yesterday, news confirmed later in the evening by Palazzo Chigi, Minister Fioramonti resigned with a letter addressed to the Conte government. The news of the resignation of the Head of Education had been circulating for days, given the uncertainty of the funds made available by the economic maneuver which, as [...]
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Libya is now a battlefield with proven foreign interference, Italy still seeks the political-diplomatic path. Luigi Di Maio is working to have the sending of an EU mission approved. He would have heard his German counterpart Mass and high-ranking EU representative Borrell by telephone. Both interlocutors agreed with the proposal of the head of [...]
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French President Emmanuel Macron from Abidjan announced the partial end of the CFA franc, a currency linked to the euro and France used in 14 African nations, former French colonies. So Emmanuel Macron said during the meeting with the Ivorian head of state, Alassane Ouattara: “The CFA franc brings a lot of criticism to France. I see your young people [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) 5-star implosion. By now the Grillini parliamentarians seem to be all at ease in search of a position for the future, given that in January 2020 there will be the "redde rationem", after the outcome of the elections in Emilia Romagna. Yesterday the news that many would have participated in a competition as "councilor [...]
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Immediately after the visit of the Italian Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio Fayez al Sarraj, he sent the request for military support to Ankara to contain the offensive launched for the capture of Tripoli by General Khalifa Haftar. The move by al Sarraj, writes La Stampa, does not represent a tear against [...]
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Yesterday for Matteo Salvini was really difficult. Like last year, he did not go to the exchange of greetings at the Quirinale: “It coincides with my daughter's Christmas play, having to choose…”. Then came a cold shower: the Court of Ministers of Catania asked to be allowed to proceed against the [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'ELIA) Inciucio between the two Matteo? This is the obsession that has been haunting for days on the Grillini and Pieddini. Renzi comes out in the open: “it's all nonsense and emeritus nonsense“. Among the corridors of the Parliament halls, many think that Renzi is aiming at the elections shortly to use the current electoral system, the "Rosatellum" which [...]
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The COSMO-SkyMed constellation, from ASI and the Ministry of Defense, is preparing to welcome the new Second Generation satellites, which will guarantee an incredible generational leap in terms of technology, performance and operational life in Earth observation, also thanks to the contribution by Leonardo. In fact, Leonardo plays several crucial roles for the mission: not only does he provide tools [...]
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Also this year to celebrate a rich Christmas will certainly be the taxman who will find a "gift" of 42,9 billion euros under the tree. To deliver it, however, will not be Santa Claus, but the Italian taxpayers who in these days are called to honor a large number of tax deadlines to make your wrists tremble. By next Monday [...]
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Deputy Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen announced yesterday that China and the United States have reached an agreement to close the so-called "Phase One" of trade negotiations. Existing duties of 23% on 230 billion Chinese exports will remain in force and duties on the other 7,3 billion will be reduced to approximately 120%. [...]
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AIRtificial Intelligence is a 48-hour technology marathon that involved start-ups, developers and researchers, with the contribution of Oracle as a technological partner Intelligence, automation and interconnection: these are the keywords of a revolution that aims to improve through technology and make large-scale work processes more efficient. A [...]
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An in-depth study on the enormous potential of Artificial Intelligence applied to aeronautical systems will be at the center of the event to be held in Florence on 11 and 12 December, at the headquarters of the Institute of Military Aeronautical Sciences. AIRtificial Intelligence, this is the name of the initiative, is a 48-hour technological marathon in which Leonardo and Aeronautica Militare will facilitate the meeting with [...]
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Faced with the inability of politics, the judiciary often intervenes to investigate the causes of ineptitude, on other occasions, when "emergency" is now declared, the military intervene. In fact, next Tuesday in the Region there will be a first meeting between Ama's sole administrator, Stefano Zaghis, defense technicians and Pisana itself to explore many hypotheses, one of [...]
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Apparently Italy, but also Europe, are less and less influential in Libya. For months, General Kalifa Haftar's troops have had support on the ground from Russian contractors of the private company Wagner Group (former Russian military), very close to the Kremlin. It is no coincidence that Haftar's militias have become more [...]
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In these days in London the NATO summit to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the signing that sanctioned the constitution. A summit that promised to be red-hot due to the recent utterances of French President Macron: "NATO is in a kind of brain death" and due to the fierce attitude of Donald Trump who [...]
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NASA will purchase seats to transport commercial missions organized to the International Space Station (ISS) by 2024. In early 2020, NASA is expected to issue a tender for any suppliers interested in providing the service but likely competitors to provide it should be the two companies that NASA has already hired for [...]
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We are close to the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of NATO and the tensions between the leaders of the 29 member states who will meet in London on 3-4 December are not abating. US President Donald Trump no longer wants to "subsidize" Europe. He wants it to spend at least 2014 per cent of GDP by 2 on [...]
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We will analyze the study produced by the international consultancy firm Oliver Wyman, whose existence we learned today by reading what is reported in an article published in "Il Sole24Ore", with the usual care and attention that we dedicate to all the contributions of analysis of the scenario of the Italian and European credit. The study, which on the basis of elements [...]
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Transparency, supply chain, future. These are the key words of the intervention of Minister Teresa Bellanova at the conclusion, today in Milan, of the Conference promoted by Assica on the main issues and difficulties of the Italian slaughtering and processing companies of pork. "We must not be afraid of transparency: it must become the distinctive feature of the Italian pig sector", began the [...]
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Today, November 25, a meeting was held for the first time between the Central Directorate for Anti-Drug Services and the Gambia Anti-Drug Agency, with the presence of their respective Directors and their direct collaborators. This bilateral meeting between the two articulations is of great importance, aimed at developing a specific and increasingly effective [...]
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The Lybian Address site, in a pretext manner and with the clear intention of discrediting our country, reported that the Defense Committee of the Libyan House of Representatives denounced Italian support for "terrorist and extremist gangs in Libya". The affirmation arose following the logistical support on the ground and the activity [...]
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The factories, offices, shops and shops in small municipalities with less than 20 inhabitants produce 38 percent of the GDP generated by the entire private economic sector in the country (industry and services); an incidence higher than that attributable to businesses located in large cities (35 per cent of GDP), [...]
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On 27 November at the Mipaaf meeting with the ABI for interventions in favor of Bellanova companies: "discussion table for the reform of the national solidarity fund" The meeting with the Italian Banking Association is scheduled for 27 November at Mipaaf to define a framework of joint interventions in favor of companies damaged by the Asian bug emergency. To give [...]
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Leonardo today announced that the Egyptian helicopter operator Petroleum Air Services will add a sixth AW139 for offshore transport operations in the country by the end of the year. Petroleum Air Services has been using AW139 helicopters to support the Oil & Gas industry in Egypt since 2009. Since then, over 12.900 hours of […]
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The former defense minister, Elisabetta Trenta is under the crossfire of the media these days. On the front pages of Il Giornale and Il Corriere della Sera the question of the non-recruitment at the Aise, the Italian secret services, and the assignment of the service accommodation not yet left because today assigned to her husband, an Army officer. Many [...]
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On November 16 in Piazza del Plebiscito, in the presence of the Undersecretary of State for Defense Hon.Angelo Tofalo and the Chief of Staff of the Army General of the Army Corps Salvatore Farina, the swearing ceremony of the 232nd course of the Military School "Nunziatella", in front of the glorious Institute Flag, decorated with the Medal of [...]
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As reported by Nova, the president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet Donald Trump, at a time when relations between the two countries are at an all-time low. Tensions, already strong in recent years, have grown particularly after Ankara launched the military operation "Source of Peace" on 9 October [...]
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We need a "Taranto yard" to define a strategic plan. With a letter to the newspaper “La Repubblica”, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte appeals to all ministers to find a solution on the former Ilva. "During my recent visit to Taranto - writes the premier -, I was able to see how the story of the former industrial plant [...]
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Danger of drone traffic on strategic areas, new technological solutions will be presented on November 14 at the Milan Fair “Security 2019”, during the conference “When danger comes from the sky”. The phenomenon is constantly growing and raises many concerns to security officers as drones flying over areas are increasing [...]
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Today the decree of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport enters into force which defines the technical and construction characteristics of anti-abandonment devices for children. The entry into force of the decree also entails the immediate obligation for drivers of vehicles on which child seats carrying a child under four years of [...] must be installed
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France urges Iran to "return to decisions contrary to the international agreement" on its nuclear program, known as JCPOA, signed in Vienna in 2015. A spokeswoman for the French Foreign Ministry, after the latest announcements launched in Tehran, said "We remain committed to the JCPOA and urge Iran to return to decisions contrary to the agreement, to [...]
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SVIMEZ has analyzed the impact that the closure of ILVA would have on our country and on the south. The study is distinct for the different geographic areas using the econometric forecasting model. The evaluation exercise considers the direct, indirect, and induced effects. The first concerns the production achieved and the employment that would be lost directly in the three [...]
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According to the 2017 agreement between Italy and Libya, vans, ambulances, boats, satellite phones and other equipment would still be missing from the appeal of Tripoli's equipment. As the Corriere della Sera writes, the Italian expenditure, to honor the agreement, would have had to amount to about 800 million euros. The agreement never went ahead as agreed so much so that now [...]
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Among the withholdings of employees, self-employed persons and collaborators, the VAT / Ires / Irpef / Irap advances and the additional municipal / regional personal income tax, this month the Italians are called to pay 55 billion euros to the tax authorities. Also this year November is confirmed as the month of taxes. The CGIA Studies Office recalls that, for example, in 2018 the total tax revenue [...]
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First in Europe, the PCU space research laboratory opens at the Department of Agriculture The first laboratory in the Royal Palace of Portici, home of the Department of Agriculture of the University of Naples Federico II, will be inaugurated on Monday 4 November 2019, at 9.30 Europe, one of the few in the world, entirely dedicated to the characterization of plants [...]
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Leonardo: fourth edition of the Compliance Council dedicated to integrity in the conduct of business
Integrity in the conduct of the business was the reference theme of the fourth edition of the Compliance Council, the annual initiative promoted by Leonardo which had its final day in Rome with the participation of the Group's Top Management, national and foreign experts , of authoritative representatives of the Italian supervisory authorities, of the university world [...]
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The Pentagon has announced a deal worth $ 34 billion for the new batch of stealth jets from aerospace company Lockheed Martin. Under the terms of the deal announced on Tuesday, which includes jets for the US and allies, the US Department of Defense has purchased 478 aircraft. Ellen Lord, the top official [...]
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American intelligence agencies are analyzing up to seven terabytes of data that was found by special operations forces during last week's night raid that killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria. Washington officials told the New York Times Monday that Delta Force commando kidnapped [...]
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Just a day after the United States announced the killing of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Sunni militant group replaced him with a former Iraqi military officer. US President Donald Trump said Sunday that al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed caliph of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), [...]
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After about twenty years, the Air Force aircraft return to Antarctica to support the 2019/2020 Italian research campaign of the National Antarctic Research Program (PNRA). In fact, a collaboration agreement was signed in recent days between the Armed Force and ENEA (National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Economic Development [...]
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"We have not provided any confidential information," Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told Copasir. Too bad that the US was immediately denied by the Fox News television network which revealed that during one of the two visits made to Rome, on August 15 and September 27, Barr and the prosecutor John Durham collected new [...]
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“To support made in Italy on our tables and international markets, the quality of our products and our agri-food, safety and environmental protection, the alliance with consumers is essential. Awareness and attention also mean safety and health protection. In this the work and commitment of the CC Agri-food Protection Departments [...]
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“The Minister of Economy will respond by providing the necessary clarifications. We are not worried, it is a necessary dialogue with Brussels from which we will not escape “. On the sidelines of the annual meeting of Confersercenti, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte expresses tranquility regarding the concerns expressed by the Commission on the effects of the Italian public debt maneuver. In a previous passage of his speech on [...]
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The death toll of the demonstrators who were killed during the protests that broke out in Iraq between 157 and 1 October last due to high prices and corruption would have been 6 dead. The government commission of inquiry in charge of shedding light on the killings in those days reported that 70% of the victims were [...]
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The former minister of DC Enzo Scotti, today founder of Link Campus University in Rome, speaks, in an interview with La Stampa, of Joseph Mifsud, the Maltese professor at the center of the international vortex of the “Russiagate”. “The last time I saw him he was here in the inside bar giving an interview. I waited a while for it to end, then I went [...]
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According to the Russian press, the Kremlin authorities have arrested three American diplomats, accused of having tried to enter a "secret" weapons test site in northern Russia. The site in question is located near the Russian city of Severodvinsk which hosts numerous military shipyards and is "off limits" for citizens [...]
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Damage to the Italian agricultural sector caused by the spread of the Asian bedbug and damage to the Italian agri-food industry resulting from duties: these, among others, were the issues that on the Italian proposal were discussed in the Council of Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers meeting in Luxembourg. The Asian bedbug, it was reiterated, has mainly affected the Regions of Northern Italy, [...]
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In Luxembourg today and tomorrow Council of Ministers Agriculture and Fisheries On the agenda Reform and resources CAP, US duties, Asian bug The Italian solicitation to discuss US tariffs and Asian bug has been accepted Council of Ministers Agriculture and Fisheries today and tomorrow in Luxembourg, with particularly relevant and urgent topics on the agenda. Nello [...]
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It is always difficult to justify a war, which brings death to military and civilians. Innocent men, women and children who will bear the signs of conflict throughout their lives, giving rise to feelings of hatred and resentment that will be handed down for generations and which will most likely cause other wars. There is no answer to justify a conflict. [...]
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Jean Pierre Mustier, CEO of Unicredit and president of Ebf, the federation of European banks has announced that from 2020 the institution will be able to ask customers with over 100 euros in stock to pay to leave the money on their current account. The percentage applied could be 0,50%, equal to the value of negative rates [...]
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Brahim maarad on Agi briefly recounted what happened in Iraq after the deposition of Saddam Hussein. Since 2003, the year of the deposition of Rais Saddam Hussein, about 450 billion dollars have disappeared from the Iraqi public coffers, four times the budget maneuver, more than double the GDP: the figure sums up the profound [...]
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On the maneuver that the Minister of Economy Roberto Gualtieri is preparing yesterday, the tones rose between the leader of Italia Viva, Matteo Renzi and the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. Roberto Gualtieri is at work at his ministry. The cut to the tax wedge, as Palazzo Chigi recalls, leads to an average benefit of 40 euros [...]
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Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri from the “Piazza Pulita” study spoke of the economic maneuver by throwing digs at the League accused of having left the account of Papeete. Strange not to lash out also against the grillini and Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte since they were in that government too. Progressivity of taxes and block at [...]
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Agreement between the Italian Air Force and Virgin Galactic The first contract between the Italian Air Force and Virgin Galactic for the purchase of a suborbital scientific research flight was signed today at the Italian Embassy in Washington. The flight will depart from the New Mexico Spaceport in the US in December 2020. To sign [...]
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The sound of the bell, aboard the International Space Station, today made official the change of command of the orbiting space base to the Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano. During a short ceremony, consumed in a matter of minutes, the outgoing commander, cosmonaut Alexei Ovchinin, entrusted the next three months of mission in [...]
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According to reports from the South Korean General Staff, North Korea would have launched a ballistic missile from a submarine towards Japan. The missile, launched near the port of Wonsan, would have traveled about 450 kilometers reaching a maximum altitude of 910 kilometers before arriving in the Sea of Japan. The launch, which took place [...]
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The review made by La Stampa on Roberto Battiston's latest book “Making space” (La nave di Teseo, 290 pages, 15 euros) is very interesting. Battiston, former president of the Italian Space Agency from 2014 to 2018, devoted a very interesting chapter to the "space economy". Today the space is worth $ 350 billion a year. 37 per cent of [...]
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The security chief of King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud of Saudi Arabia was shot dead under mysterious circumstances. Abdulaziz al-Fagham was a major general in the Royal Guard Corps of Saudi Arabia. He had the most delicate task: to protect the oldest members of the royal family. Al-Fagham served two kings, the king [...]
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Illustrated, in the presence of the Undersecretary of State for Defense, Hon. Angelo TOFALO, the path of change taking place within the Armed Force This morning in Rome, at the Air Force Palace, the event "Innovation Day 2019 - Evolution of Change Strategies in Organizations ", promoted by the Managerial Innovation Office of the Italian Air Force as part of the initiatives [...]
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A maxi operation, with about seventy arrests and kidnappings for 35 million euros, has been underway for several hours in several Italian provinces. The Public Prosecutor's Office of Brescia, District Anti-Mafia Directorate - as part of a long and complex investigation conventionally called "LEONESSA", conducted by the Guardia di Finanza and the State Police [...]
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One question among all after the drone and missile attacks on oil wells in Saudi Arabia on 14 September. Will there be an escalation between the Saudi kingdom and Iran? Riyadh directly accused the Islamic Republic of ordering the attacks. But speculation about a possible war is disconcerting, says Nesrine #Malik in [...]
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Over the past 20 years, the wealth of our country (GDP) has grown on average by 0,2 per cent every year. A very worrying fact that is attributable, in particular, to the negative effects caused by the great crisis that began in 2008. And despite more than a decade has passed since this event, together with Greece we are the only country [...]
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Yesterday the Council of Ministers approved the decree law on the perimeter of national cyber security. The provision is based on a system to guarantee the highest level of protection to public administrations, national, public and private entities and operators from cyber attacks. A system that, in essence, will have to protect the national strategic apparatuses. The novelty of [...]
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A new technological laboratory will be built in Turin: a demonstration fleet will test the Vehicle-to-Grid at the service of the sustainability, safety and flexibility of the national electricity grid The Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Terna, Luigi Ferraris, and the Chief Operating Officer of FCA in EMEA, Pietro Gorlier signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Turin today for the [...]
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Eni confirms that this morning at around 6:30 there was an explosion limited only to a part of a line of the gasification plant of the refinery in Sannazzaro de 'Burgondi (Pavia). The event had no consequences for the people employed in the plants and generated a certain amount of smoke that was exhausted over [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Now we are thinking of attacking the use of cash, considered the evil of all evils. Ferruccio de Bortoli talks about it tomorrow on the Economy of Corriere della Sera, in a free insert attached to the Milanese newspaper. A few passages by de Bortoli “But how important is cash? In Italy still too much. We talk about it every [...]
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The United States has formalized the death of Hamza bin Laden, a "high-ranking" member of the terrorist organization al-Qaeda and son of Osama bin Laden. This was reported by the Italian agency Nova. The news had already leaked from US military sources at the end of July, but the White House had never officially confirmed. "The killing of #Hamza #bin #Laden", [...]
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"The status of the capital will have to be profoundly reformed, so that it is more consistent with the role that the city plays, even as the seat of the highest institutions of the Republic", so the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte during his speech in front of the Chamber of Deputies , on the yellow-red government program. Words that have given a new [...]
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The President of ABI, Antonio Patuelli, and the General Manager, Giovanni Sabatini, today sent a letter to the President of the ECB, Mario Draghi, and to the Governor of the Bank of Italy, Ignazio Visco, with reflections on policy choices monetary policy that the Governing Council of the ECB is preparing to assume. The letter states that the Association [...]
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Jean-Yves le Drian, French Foreign Minister, speaking to the microphones of Europa 1 said that France considers Iran's decision to further reduce its 2015 nuclear commitments "not final" and will therefore do everything to find a deal. “The actions they have taken are negative but not definitive. Can […]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) On Monday the Conte bis government will pass from the vote of confidence in the Chamber of Deputies, with Piazza Montecitorio full of Italians to demonstrate against the "government of the mess", according to Giorgia Meloni, Matteo Salvini and most of the Italians . A demonstration without political colors, there will be many tricolors waving. Tuesday the last little obstacle, trust [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Review the Flat tax, quota 100 and the safety measures, with the adjustments requested by the #Quirinale. Three would be the priorities of the yellow-red government to trace the "discontinuity" requested by the leader of the Democratic Party Nicola Zingaretti. The counterpart requested by the 5S, probably, the vote "immediately" on the cut of the parliamentarians. In the shared program, however, many [...]
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The National Aerobatic Team will roll out the Italian flag on the starting grid of the Monza racetrack This year too, the union between the world of engines and Formula 1 and the Italian Air Force is renewed. On Sunday 8 September, the MB-339PAN aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori will fly over the starting grid of the 2019 Italian Grand Prix, spreading the [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Rousseau or not Rousseau, this is the doubt that is gripping the leaders of the Movement. In a post yesterday it was understood that the question will focus on the "Government Project", on the program and not on the alliance with the Democratic Party. A "kind" way to get around the obstacle because everyone knows that the base does not digest the alliance [...]
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In a move that observers describe as unprecedented, a U.S. government regulation committee is likely to recommend halting construction of an 8.000-mile undersea cable connecting America with China over national security concerns. Washington, to date, has never stopped the construction of [...]
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Crisis, Hundred: “until yesterday dialogue with M5s. Di Maio premier was a hypothesis on the table "" Until yesterday I tried to maintain relations with colleagues of the 5-star Movement who believed, and still believe, that an alliance with the Democratic Party is a disaster for the country. Until yesterday morning we went on [...]
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According to official Iranian sources, the Iranian army has announced the sending of its frigate to the Gulf of Aden "to protect maritime navigation" on the outlet of the Red Sea. Admiral Habiballah Siari, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Army quoted by the Irna agency, said “The Sanhad frigate has actually arrived in the Gulf of Aden [...]
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The ongoing anti-government protest in Hong Kong, for the twelfth consecutive weekend, has escalated into violent clashes between demonstrators and police, with the dropping of two Molotov cocktails at agents in Telford Plaza and the use of tear gas against the crowd outside the Ngau Tau Kok police station. It reports [...]
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At the M5S-Pd incident the internal front of the opposing Movement is increasing by the hour. Among all the warrior Alessandro Di Battista, apparently, would no longer sleep at the thought of allying himself with the Democratic Party, after all the offenses-invectives made and received. The base apparently is all with Alessandro. So why not ask [...]
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The consultations at the Quirinale resumed at 10 to try to find a solution to the government crisis caused by the League last Tuesday which saw the resignation of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. Sergio Mattarella, president of the Republic has already received the delegation of the Brothers of Italy. The consultations began yesterday with the president [...]
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Hong Kong has revealed that Beijing systematically runs large-scale, high-tech disinformation campaigns, including in English and outside the country's borders. Yesterday Twitter and Facebook, censored in China but active in Hong Kong, blocked a thousand profiles linked to China, used to generate "chaos". A sample of [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) A "soap opera" model government crisis, a novelty every day. A video, a letter, a note: all via social media. Today at 15.00 the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte in the Senate Chamber will give his communications to which, most likely, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Matteo Salvini will respond. The votes […]
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The campaign began with tweets where a t-shirt with the words "Nuke Mars" is shown. The latest found by Elon #Musk, CEO of #SpaceX and #Tesla, is to bomb the planet Mars with some atomic bombs. The South African tycoon is not new to launching visionary proposals and solutions. The known problem [...]
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“Whoever has betrayed once will do it again. And at this point, I would not reopen the door to the League ". Thus in an interview with La Stampa the Minister of Defense, Elisabetta Trenta, who explained that she had "personally activated to resolve the issue of minors on board" of the Open Arms. From 13 August, he stresses, "we [...]
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Davide Colombo in il Sole24Ore writes an interesting article on the gold reserves of the States, with reference to next September 26 when the Central Bank Gold Agreement (CBGA) will expire. The CBGA is the agreement between the major central banks, signed in Washington in September 1999, to limit the sales of gold by central banks. Will fall […]
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Donald Trump wants to buy Greenland. The president of the United States would like to make an offer to Denmark to buy the huge island between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Circle, with its 56 inhabitants. The Wall Street Journal reports it, according to which a part of the advisers would have told the president that it would be a great deal, but others would have [...]
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Protests continue in Hong Kong. According to news agencies in the city, thousands of Chinese military police men marched through a stadium in Shenzen, increasing fear of military intervention. Meanwhile, the situation at the international airport has returned to normal thanks to a temporary injunction [...]
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Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte wrote to me “for the disembarkation of a few hundred migrants aboard a ship belonging to an NGO that is foreign and in foreign waters .. I will reply politely. It is not clear why they should land in Italy ”. The leader of the League Matteo Salvini from Genoa reported. [...]
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For the fifth consecutive day, the main terminal of Hong Kong airport was occupied by demonstrators despite the deployment of greater security measures that unsuccessfully tried to keep out the demonstrators who, shouting "Hong Kong fights for freedom", forced the protection belt. Even today, the airport authorities have [...]
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France had struck an agreement with Palestinian terrorists, reports intnews.org. Paris allowed Palestinian militants to operate freely on its territory in exchange for not receiving terrorist attacks. The news leaked directly from the former director of the French national security service. The alleged agreement was reached between the French government and [...]
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The US Central Intelligence Agency plans to maintain a strong ground presence in Afghanistan, despite reports that US troops may soon leave the country following a deal with the Taliban. Several news agencies reported this week that Washington would reach an agreement with the Taliban [...]
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The League presented a no-confidence motion in the Senate addressed to Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. 'Too many do not hurt Italy, which instead needs to return to growth and therefore to vote quickly. Those who waste time damage the country and think only of their seats', the Lega reiterates on Twitter. Then […]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Hon. Raffaele Volpi (Lega), Undersecretary of State for Defense is increasingly a staunch supporter of the F-35 program, so much so that he repeats almost like a mantra at all levels a sentence: "it is technological-military development and strengthening of the Euro- Atlantic. I believe, Volpi points out, that the F35s are not only a military instrument but also [...]
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Eight officers of the municipal police of Rome are on guard on Rome's most famous staircase, Trinità dei Monti. The reason? From 5 July, the new regulation has become operational which provides for a fine of up to 250 euros for those who remain seated on the steps despite the prohibition notices. It looks like one of the many scenes of [...]
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A Phase IV flight training was planned at the International Flight Training School of the 61 ° Stormo dell'Aeronautica Militare based in #Galatina, in the province of Lecce with the aid of the Training Management and Information System (TMIS). This is Leonardo's advanced management software with the precious collaboration of the Air Force School Command. The TMIS system is currently [...]
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Luca Tosi Brandi on Wednesday 12 December, having said goodbye to his girlfriend and the professors, gets on his Yamaha R125, takes Via di Labaro in North Rome, to meet death. Witnesses saw him skidding over some holes and dips just before street number 125. A 45-year-old caregiver, an eyewitness, said: “He went zigzagging, [...]
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A 36-year-old man was shot to death in Stuttgart Wednesday with a weapon described as a "sword or machete". The man was attacked on a street in the late afternoon, police said. Witnesses called the police after the attack, which took place during a brief scuffle. The victim succumbed to his injuries [...]
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The patient was transported with a Falcon 50 aircraft of the 31 ° Stormo to be admitted to a hospital in Udine. Last night a 49-year-old man in imminent danger of life due to a serious illness was rushed from Brindisi to Rivolto aboard a Falcon 50 plane of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force for [...]
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The most popular city for the "nightlife" is Rome. 300 thousand are young and very young foreigners who arrive, alone and without controls, every year in the capital. Unindustria Turismo reveals nationalities: Americans first, then Germans, French, Spanish and Dutch aged between 18 and 20. The living room, reports Il Messaggero, [...]
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(by Lucrezia Otreos - Legality and Security Movement) The news of the arrest of the two American boys had a strong echo in the USA But contrary to what one might imagine, the indignation is not mounted for the murder of the carabiniere Mario Cerciello #Rega , but for the arrest of the two students. CNN, for example, by opening its [...]
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergej #Lavrov yesterday at the meeting of the foreign ministers of the countries that make up the #Brics bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), who met in Rio de Janeiro, commented on the American policy in the field of defense and security, the interview was taken up by the #Tass news agency: "The development of plans [...]
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The man was on board his sailboat off the coast of Lazio, adrift due to the prohibitive sea conditions The rescue mission of a French sailor who was adrift, off the coast of the Lazio coast aboard his boat now out [...]
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The fear of various 'big names' in the League, writes the AGI agency, is that what is called the 'restoration front' may prevail, that 'Renzian' scenarios may arise in the coming months, when the Democratic Party from 40% then began the descent in consensus. In fact, next week the window for voting will close in [...]
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Reports have been received from numerous companies that receive complaints of charges relating to non-payment of contributions through Certified Email. The e-mails are intended to access a link, "DETAILS OF CHARGES AND AMOUNTS DUE", through which a computer virus is downloaded. INPS is completely unrelated to [...]
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About 1.000 Islamic State fighters have returned to Iraq in recent months and are waging a low-level uprising that threatens to destabilize rural areas and could be the harbinger of a new war, an expert warned. Thousands of fighters belonging to the Islamic State - also known as the Islamic State of Iraq [...]
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The Indian lunar mission is called "Chandrayaan-2" will make India the fourth nation capable of placing its own equipment on the moon. The mission started from the Sriharikota Space Center in the south-east of the country. The purpose of the expedition is to place a lander and a mobile robot near the satellite's south pole, as well as to position [...]
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The United States will send troops, assets and military systems to Saudi Arabia for the first time since 2003. The deployment of military units will be a "deterrent" to Iran. The announcement, therefore, fits fully into the Hybrid War between Washington and Tehran and preceded by a few hours the news of the kidnapping by the Pasdaran [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The League tries to understand from the Quirinale the line that the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella wants to follow in case of breakdown. So Matteo Salvini just landed from Finland last night and after a meeting with his militants in Barzago: "If this government no longer makes sense to go on, why [...]
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The Senator of the Brothers of Italy, Isabella #Rauti, group leader in the Defense Committee at the end of the hearing of the Chief of Defense Staff, Enzo #Vecciarelli, before the assembled Defense Committees, on the DPP - Multiannual programmatic document for Defense for the three-year period 2019-2021, so in a note comments the exposition of the head of #Stato #Maggiore della #Difesa: "Analysis [...]
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Macron announced that France will soon have a military command of space, as early as next September. The French president said this in a speech to the armed forces, broadcast live on Twitter by the Elysée, on the eve of the Republic Day on July 14. "To ensure the development and strengthening of our space capabilities [...]
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Nerves increasingly tense between M5S and Lega. After the question of autonomy for the Regions, Luigi Di Maio accused the League of not supporting the “Corda” Law, signed by 5S, on the unionization of the military in the Defense Commission. The leader of the pentastellati in a direct Facebook river, tickles the government ally. "Some time ago the [...]
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In a mission on behalf of the European agency #Frontex, on 20 June the Falco #EVO helped to identify a ship suspected of carrying irregular migrants On 20 June Leonardo's Falco EVO drone was used in a monitoring operation in the Mediterranean Sea which involved a boat with irregular migrants, as part of an activity of the European agency [...]
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The Department of Defense is considering investing in virtual reality platforms to prepare troops for nuclear threats. Yesterday the Defense Threat Reduction Agency began analyzing information on virtual reality training systems to allow troops to train in different scenarios characterized by "radiological threats". The agency, [...]
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"With a full return of the activities of NGOs in the Mediterranean there will be an exodus of migrants to Italy" The spokesman for the Libyan Coast Guard, Admiral Ayoub #Qassem, told AGI. "The Italian government must not allow the people rescued by these ships to be able to disembark because otherwise the culture of emigration to [...] will spread again.
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In a very interesting article, published by Difesa Online, General Pasquale Preziosa, former Chief of Staff of the Air Force, provides a detailed analysis, with many food for thought, on the need for Europe to implement inclusive and strategic in order to become a protagonist in the technological trajectory. An exercise that only the most [...] nations can aspire to.
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(by Andrea Pinto) In light of these epochal two days that involved military unionization, we interviewed the president of the Sim Aeronautica Militare, Sinibaldo Buono, to get his cold reactions. President, what are your impressions after your speech in the Defense Commission and the meeting the following day with the Head of [...]
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The president of the Russian Federation, Vladimir #Putin has landed in Rome. The first appointment at the Vatican, for the audience with #Pope Francis. The parade of cars, reports ANSA, coming directly from Fiumicino, reached the Vatican through St. Peter's Square and the Arco delle Campane, to then reach the San Damaso courtyard. Here Putin and his [...]
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“Criticalities and shortcomings emerge both in terms of planning and of monitoring interventions, in particular those entrusted to the Regions. A renewed commitment is needed on the part of the Department of Family and Disability Policies, called upon to manage a reform phase for the entire sector, also in light of the innovations referred to in [...]
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The investigating judge of Agrigento, Alessandra Vella, did not validate the arrest of the Sea Watch commander, Carola Rackete, excluding the crime of resistance and violence to a warship and believing that the crime of resisting a public officer was justified by a " excuse "linked to having acted" to the fulfillment of a duty ", that of saving lives [...]
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The "young" "evolved" have the goal of growing, the "over 35" seek security, the "investors" dedicated proposals. The ABI survey in collaboration with Ipsos on the main levers of involvement in the bank Support for the realization of important projects or for the enhancement of one's savings, and support for one's investment choices with dedicated proposals. They are above all [...]
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Agitated and destabilizing waters in the Mediterranean. As reported by Agi, the Open Arms ship is heading towards the waters of the Mediterranean in front of Libya, where there is the most lethal route for migrants. And, a few hours after the arrest of the Sea Watch captain, who entered the port of Lampedusa without authorization, the founder of the Spanish NGO, Oscar Camps, [...]
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The Italian Prime Minister, Giuseppe #Conte, from # G20 in #Osaka gave a long interview to the Japanese newspaper "Yomiuri Shimbun", in which he talks about multilateralism, the bilateral relationship between Italy-Japan, the New Silk Road, need for reform of the European Union and of Italian immigration and security policies. The premier has [...]
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The grillino obstruction on the provision of the autonomies of the regions has sent the Northern League governors into a rage. The "swamp" operation of the grillini aims at a precise strategy, to pass the date of July 20, the "dead line", without repercussions, in order to organize early elections in September. The alternative after July 20, should the unproductive rhetoric continue [...]
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Marco Girardo on Avvenire replied to a reader who asked for information on "Libra", the electronic money that Facebook would like to use to facilitate transactions on the most famous and used "social" platform in the world. Libra, what is it? It is a cryptocurrency coined by Facebook whose turnover is estimated at the GDP of a country like [...]
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"I don't care if in good or bad faith, but if someone destabilizes the Movement with declarations, events, books, it also destabilizes our ability to guide the government". This is what Luigi Di Maio writes on Fb, referring, without ever mentioning him, to Alessandro Di Battista. "Do it now that the premier is carrying out negotiations [...]
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The Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte yesterday in Brussels was able to personally see that the climate towards Italy is anything but "peaceful". Conte did not give up and met, however, Macron, Juncker and Tusk and saw Tsipras and Rutte. He spent a lot of time with Merkel with whom he [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Finally "white smoke", the Admiral of the Naval Squad, Giuseppe Cavo Dragone next June 21 will be the new Chief of Staff of the Navy. An Ansa agency has just been beaten that reports on the pending and hard-fought appointment. The news that came from the Council of Ministers was not so explicit, so much so that it was believed [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) On 21 June, Admiral Valter Girardelli will leave the Navy and his replacement is still unknown. Il "Tempo" writes that the names of the eligible candidates have been circulating for weeks and it is precisely on some of these that a negotiation is underway which at times, say the well-informed, turns into a [...]
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#Mbda at the International Paris Air Show illustrates its vision of the capabilities that will underpin the next generation of European air combat systems. According to a statement from the company, due to the evolution of threats and the growing complexity of access denial strategies, with diversified effects thanks to large-scale cooperation between systems [...]
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The update of the Agreement for the maintenance of reciprocal accounts between banks with regard to the interbank check was approved. In perspective, this allows the Spunta process to be fully operational in a new way, using the so-called Distributed ledger technology (DLT) from 1 March next year. [...]
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#Leonardo flies to the Paris Air Show (17-21 June) on the strength of a series of commercial successes and further progress on the industrial level. After important results in the helicopter sector, a consolidation of electronic activities and the creation of a cybersecurity division, Leonardo is also rapidly expanding its commercial presence around the world, opening offices [...]
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After the probable "stop" to supply the # F-35, Turkey is increasingly looking to the Russian #Sukhoi jets, or the Su-57, a direct competitor of the F-35. The news was reported by the Turkish newspaper Yeni Safak. The Russian fifth-generation Su-57 fighter aircraft is a single-seat stealth multi-role aircraft designed for air superiority and [...]
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According to "Reuters", Iran, stressing that Europe is not in a position to criticize Tehran for its military capabilities, has called on European leaders to regularize economic ties with the Islamic Republic by ignoring US sanctions reintroduced after Donald Trump's withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran [...]
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Reuters announces the important news. #Huawei will no longer install the "social" applications #Facebook, #Instagram, #Whatsapp in the factory; this is due to the ongoing trade war between the US and China, which has already led #Google to remove the official #Android support from the Chinese giant's smartphones. The reason is due to the fact that Huawei is inside the [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The Movement begins countermeasures against the Northern League's overwhelming power and proposes, as Il Messaggero writes, two poisoned meatballs. Removing #Giorgetti, supporting his candidacy as EU Commissioner and proposing the Mef to the #Lega. The theater of the letter of reply in Brussels did not go down to the pentastellati. So ready to sacrifice Minister Giovanni [...]
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The League #contracts code will be filed today and is essentially based on the two-year suspension amendment of the old 2016 code, which has also been revised and supplemented by a long amendment by the five-star movement. The news The first concerns the share of subcontracting. The idea of the #Lega to liberalize [...]
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Italy with the # Aeronautica Militare wants to launch micro satellites into space with the help of fighter aircraft. Let's talk about the # Aviolancio. The idea is to use #Typhoon fighters as 'launchers' to put satellites into orbit, at an altitude of about 250 kilometers, mainly intended for Earth observation, therefore for controlling the territory, both in terms of defense [... ]
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Summer and "costume test", a combination that may seem outdated in times of "fight against bodyshaming" and in which even the giants of clothing reject the excessive use of photoshop and resort to models with a silhouette closer to that of women real. Fortunately, however, attention to well-being and proper nutrition is still in [...]
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In England, the first doubts arise about the fifth generation F-35 multirole fighter which could be subject to technological problems, lack of spare parts and limited operation. The British newspaper "The Times" writes this, recalling that the UK Ministry of Defense has already purchased 17 F-35s and plans to acquire 138 in [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) With the three-year and five-month sentence imposed on Deputy Minister Rixi, for embezzlement and forgery, the League is no longer present at the Ministry of Infrastructure. As was conceivable, the sentence of the court of Genoa contributed to accelerate Salvini's strategy to increasingly put the government's "ally" in the corner. [...]
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Everything is ready at the Air Force Academy of #Pozzuoli to kick off the III International Symposium on Hypersonic Flight. The event opens today which, organized by the Rome 2 Section of the Arma Aeronautica Association, with the support of the Air Force and the Campania Aerospace District - Dac, and with the patronage of the Ministry of Defense and Cesma, stands as [ ...]
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Chancellor Angela #Merkel in an interview with "Corriere della Sera" expressed her perception on the recent European vote. “I am happy that the turnout in #Germany has increased compared to the previous European elections, as in many countries. We have become the strongest party and this will have its weight in the division of offices within [...]
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(by Nicola Simonetti) Women undergoing fertility treatment should urgently consult their doctor if they have symptoms of heart failure, according to a study presented at the scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (Heart Failure 2019) and based on the study of 111 women who had practiced medically assisted fertilization and presented cardiomyopathy [...]
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The US Senate Armed Services Commission intends to block the sale of the # F-35 fighter bombers to #Turkey and remove Ankara from the #Lockheed Martin program, should the NATO ally continue its plan to purchase the system. Russian missile defense # S-400. The draft of the Defense Authorization Commission [...]
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(by Adriano Giancane) In a historical moment where the world is looking for a new international order capable of guaranteeing an economic balance that is able to ensure peace and solidarity, we hear more and more often about European #Defense. But how many are really able to build the foundations on which to rest [...]
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Beatriz Balbin, head of the Special procedures of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, with a letter sent last May 15 to the Italian ambassador to the UN, Gian Lorenzo Cornado, addressed to the Italian foreign minister, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, asked, to the Italian government, to reject the bis security decree since, in its opinion, "it is potentially able [...]
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The escalation of tension between the United States and #Iran, and the consequent escalation in the Persian Gulf, could be the result of a misreading of the intelligence apparatuses of both countries, according to a new report cited by the Wall Street Journal. Reports from the Middle East continue to describe the situation as tense as indeed [...]
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Behind the attack on two Saudi oil tankers and two other ships, damaged near the Strait of Hormuz, there is probably Iran. According to the US press, which cites US officials, Tehran or Iranian supporters have used explosives to damage commercial ships, a finding that, if confirmed, would further fuel the military tensions in the Persian Gulf. [...]
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Kim Jong-un was present during the launch of "various long-range attack vehicles". According to the official news agency of North Korea, "Korean Central News Agency" (Kcna ") Kim stressed the need to strengthen the country's defensive capabilities" to conduct combat tasks and maintain a full war posture, to cope [...]
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"This event, if ever it were needed, demonstrates the admirable organizational and coordination skills of our Armed Forces in the interventions to support the activities of the Civil Protection". Thus the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte at the end of the demonstration event "Dual systemic use: innovative use of the Armed Forces at the service of the country" - Project [...]
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At Palazzo Chigi to meet the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte. The head of the Government of National Accord (Gna), Fayez al Sarraj. According to "La Repubblica", he will press for Sarraj to accept the truce that the United Nations has asked for at the beginning of the month of Ramadan. In the last few hours, however, the commander of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army [...]
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A Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger plane of the Russian national airline Aeroflot caught fire and made an emergency landing at the Sheremetzevo airport in Moscow. The passengers, the Russian media said, were saved by evacuating the aircraft with the emergency slides but the plane continued to burn on the runway, sending a [...]
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Today we celebrate the 158th anniversary of the constitution of the Italian Army. The good wishes of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella and the Minister of Defense, Elisabetta Trenta, could not be missing. Thus President Mattarella, in a message sent to the Army Chief of Staff, General of the Army Corps, Salvatore Farina: "On the occasion of the 158th anniversary of the constitution [...]
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On May 2, the new Air Defense radar installed at the 134th Remote Radar Squadron of Lampedusa was inaugurated. The inauguration ceremony was chaired by the Undersecretary of State for Defense, Hon. Angelo Tofalo, accompanied by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Air Squad General Alberto Rosso. The event was also attended by [...]
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Juan Guaidò gave way today in Venezuela to the "freedom operation", with the aim of overthrowing the government of Nicolas Maduro. Guaidò has warned that he will lead a mobilization towards the western area of the capital Caracas, proceeding in the direction of the palace of Miraflores, the seat of the presidency now occupied by Maduro. In various areas of the country there are [...]
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Libya has become a battleground between foreign countries, two of which are key axes of the Middle East against each other. For this reason Libya has become an interest for Western powers and especially for Israel. To understand this, it is necessary to look at who supports who in Libya. Haftar and his LNA [...]
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Iran rejects news related to the seizure of the cargo ship Shahr and Kord in the port of Misurata by the authorities of the Government of National Accord (GNA) of Tripoli. In a statement released to the "Irna" news agency, Mohammed Saeedi, general manager of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line (Irisl), confirmed that it is in progress [...]
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Giuseppe Conte wants to meet the under-secretary of the Lega Armando Siri on Monday and from Beijing he denies feeling conditioned by the pentastellati and Lega, saying: “There is a human dimension that I do not overlook, but when I summarize the government's position it cannot be decisive. There is a path of rationality. If you were to convince me that Siri has to leave, don't [...]
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Donald Trump, during a phone call with Libyan general Khalifa Haftar last week, supported the offensive in the country's capital to overthrow the government of Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj. This was reported by "Bloomberg" as reported by some US officials familiar with the dossier. Also a previous appeal by the National Security Advisor of [...]
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A video posted online by supporters of the Sunni militant group of the Islamic State shows the suicide bombers carrying out Sunday's bloody attacks in Sri Lanka. They pose next to flags of the Islamic State. Three Catholic churches and three five-star hotels were targeted on Easter Sunday by a total [...]
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The forces of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) are fighting to repel the offensive of the troops loyal to General Khalifa Haftar, who have approached the gates of Tripoli after night air raids. At least 227 people have died since the forces of the Libyan National Army (LNA) launched the offensive, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), while [...]
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Leading US and Japanese officials have agreed on the timely deployment of the Aegis Ashore missile system in Japan. This is learned from a press release released by the State Department after the meeting between the US and Japan Foreign and Defense Ministers in Washington, in the "2 + 2" format, aimed at discussing priorities and [...]
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The State Police of Palermo, today morning, implemented the Fermo decree of crime suspect, ordered by the Public Prosecutor at the Court of Palermo - Department for crimes relating to terrorism, against a year-old Palermo 24 currently domiciled in the Municipality of Bernareggio (MB) [...]
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The United States and Japan fear that the remains of the F-35 that fell into the sea last week could fall into the hands of the Russians or Chinese. The US and Japan have covered the affected sea area with a massive search device. The research involves P-8A Poseidon aircraft, intended for anti-submarine combat, and the destroyer Uss Stethem, equipped with [...]
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France helps Haftar in his attempt to take Tripoli, and does so with its own specialists deployed on Libyan soil. This is what emerges from the militias on the ground. According to reports from "Libya Observer", a militiaman fighting for General Haftar confessed that he had boarded a flight departing from Benina, the airport [...]
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According to reports from 2 Libyan sources, the forces led by Khalifa Haftar are about 30 kilometers from Tripoli where an "important counter-offensive" by military forces loyal to Fayez Serraj's government of national agreement is underway. The United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that over 13.500 are displaced [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Better late than never. Even if the discontent in the building in via XX Settembre is skyrocketing, according to what Valerio Valentini writes in Il Foglio. The premier, Giuseppe Conte, "called a crisis cabinet on Libya to Palazzo Chigi in order to inform all the competent ministries on the evolution of the situation in the country [...]
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French President Emmanuel Macaron had a telephone conversation with President of the Presidential Council, Fayez Al-Sarraj, to deny his country's ties to the current war in southern Tripoli, after several reports point to France precisely behind the Khalifa Haftar's war on Tripoli. Macron therefore called for an immediate stop to the fighting. [...]
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Affari e Finanza has published an article in which he recounts the positive leap of Boeing on the stock market, despite the latest plane crashes that initially made people fear the opposite. Some analysts have explained that at the basis of Boeing's relief would be the summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, which should resolve the war [...]
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The advance of Haftar's troops continues to conquer Tripoli. According to what was published on the Twitter page by the Lybia Observer at least 70 fighters from eastern Libya (defined invaders) belonging to the forces of General Khalifa Haftar were arrested yesterday during the armed clashes between the government forces of Tripoli and those of Haftar in the district [...]
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Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte confirmed the release of Sergio Zanotti, kidnapped in Syria in 2016. The news of the kidnapping of Zanotti, originally from Brescia, was confirmed by the foreign ministry in November 2016 when a video circulated in which Zanotti - with an armed man behind him - he said [...]
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Drones to deliver small packages at home. This is one of the scenarios that lie ahead for the logistics of the future. A suggestive hypothesis, but for which there is still a lot to work for, according to the president of the Freight Leaders Council, the association that studies the new trends in logistics and transport, who spoke at the conference 'U-space, on [... ]
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NATO celebrates its 70th anniversary this week in Washington amid tensions with US President Donald Trump, who recently questioned the future and usefulness of the Atlantic Alliance. The Spanish newspaper "El Pais" writes it, explaining that the anniversary of the signing of the Atlantic Treaty of [...]
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Libya's national conference will be held in July in the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This was announced by the president of the African Union commission, Moussa Faki, on the sidelines of the 30th Arab League summit underway in Tunis. Faki participated in a meeting of the Quartet on Libya together with the Secretary General of the Nations [...]
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The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, sent a message to the Air Force Chief of Staff, Air Squad General Alberto Rosso, on the occasion of the 96th anniversary of the establishment of the Air Force. "I address a thought of gratitude and gratitude to the airmen who have served our country with honor, dedication and sacrifice and I pay homage [...]
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The US military is planning to carry out experiments to understand how 5G wireless technologies could improve communications, although their leaders fear that products made in China could expose US information to risk. "We are about to start a series of experiments to understand over what distances we can communicate", [...]
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For the large strategic infrastructures necessary for the country as well as for the innovative platforms and consolidated programs that also affect the world of defense, the so-called cost-benefit analysis is not enough and should be accompanied by a strategic budget. This is a necessary in-depth study that is not based solely on material terms [...]
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Leonardo: joint venture signed with the Ministry of Defense of Algeria for the assembly of helicopters and support and training services in the country Leonardo and the Algerian Ministry of Defense announced today the establishment of a joint venture for the assembly of helicopters in the country di Leonardo, their sale and the provision of related services for [...]
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United States Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao has ordered an investigation to verify the certification issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to Boeing 737 Max aircraft. The type of aircraft known for recent air disasters. The preface of the inquiry request: "Safety is the department's priority, and we are all saddened [...]
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Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Wang Chao revealed the main focus of the Asian country in Europe and Italy. Specifically, Beijing intends to further develop its cooperation in the telecommunications sector with Italy, with particular attention to the construction of the 5G network. This was reported by the Italian news agency Nova. The senior Chinese official has [...]
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The ship Mare Ionio, flying the Italian flag, of the Mediterranean project, is at anchor a mile and a half from Lampedusa, which yesterday rescued 49 migrants off the Libyan coast. According to NGO volunteers, some soldiers of the Guardia di Finanza are on board the ship and are carrying out an inspection relating to [...]
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Dutch police arrested Tanis Gokmen, the Turkish citizen suspected of being the perpetrator of the shooting that took place today in Utrecht, the Netherlands, which left three dead and at least five injured. This was reported by the Dutch police in a note on his Twitter profile. At the moment the motive for the gesture is not yet clear and whether [...]
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There are about 400 submarine telecommunications cables connecting all continents exchanging 95 percent of data globally. But who builds these "vital" arteries for world communications? One of the leading companies in the sector is Huawei. Chinese company accused by the United States of espionage on behalf of China taking advantage [...]
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The group led by Profumo closed with a profit up 83 percent compared to the previous year, at 510 million euros with a 4,3% growth, reaching 12,24 billion euros, thanks above all to to the trend of Electronics, Defense and Security Systems and Helicopters. "2018 represented an important step [...]
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At the World ATM Congress 2019, underway in Madrid from 12 to 14 March, Leonardo announced that it will supply air traffic control systems in Malaysia and the Republic of North Macedonia. In particular, Leonardo will adapt the military component of an air traffic control system in Malaysia, where the company is also [...]
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Eni announces a new and important oil discovery with the Agogo exploration prospect, in Block 15/06 in the deep waters of the Angola offshore. The discovery is estimated to contain between 450 and 650 million barrels of oil in place with further potential. The Agogo-1 exploration well, located about 180 km from the coast and [...]
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The Trump administration wants to make it easier for partners and allies to purchase US weapons and other military equipment in an effort to divert them from the temptations of the Chinese and Russian markets. A US State Department official said at least $ 8 billion will be made available to offer more flexible loans that, [...]
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The Pentagon's request for the 2020 budget (Fiscal Year 2020) includes $ 545 billion in basic defense spending, $ 164 billion for overseas contingents and $ 9 billion in "emergency funding", such as Trump's request to finance a wall on the southern border. On Defense News [...]
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Mario Virano, general manager of the Telt group, an Italian-French company that should build the base tunnel, was in Rome for a meeting with Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. The problems highlighted to Conte are mainly of a financial nature: "blocking the process is theoretically possible but at a very high cost". Even the lawyer of the [...]
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Roberto Giovannini in La Stampa wrote an article on a project that could become thorny in the future for geopolitical balances. We are talking about the EastMed project, a gas pipeline to unite the gas resources of Israel and Cyprus with Europe, via Greece through Italy. About 2 thousand kilometers with a capacity of at least [...]
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Giancarlo Giorgetti was in the USA. He met Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and Treasury Secretary Mnuchin. The overseas trip of the undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council takes place at a "delicate" moment for the Italian government, in the light of the upcoming European elections which will inevitably cause repercussions in the majority balance. [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The Confindustria of France and Italy have organized an economic forum, drawing a clear line between political and economic-industrial issues. The protagonists of the forum were the two finance ministers. Frenchman Bruno Le Maire was clear about the fact that the Stx-Fincantieri agreement will be made. But it is also interesting [...]
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In a twitter the UN representative Salamé wrote that in the Abu Dhabi meeting between Haftar and Sarraj an agreement on the elections would be reached. The goal is to "preserve the unity of the country and put an end to the transitional phase". Apparently there would be a stabilization project that provides for the reconfiguration of the Presidential Council and the [...]
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Today the Abu Dhabi summit between the premier of the Libyan National Agreement government, Fayez al Sarraj, the Libyan general Khalifa Haftar, commander of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA), and the president of the Libyan oil company National Oil Corporation (Noc) , Mustafa Sanallah. This was reported by the Italian news agency Nova. According to the television broadcaster "al Arabiya", with [...]
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General Khalifa Mattar refused to meet with the head of the Libyan presidential council, Fayez al Sarraj. This was underlined by a source quoted by the news portal "Libyan Address". According to the source, the refusal is due to the fact that "Sarraj is a weak figure, he does not control the situation in Tripoli and he will not be able [...]
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Published notice for the collection of expressions of interest from companies, research bodies and universities, for collaboration in the field of small satellite aviation The notice for the collection of expressions of interest with which the Air Force opens to companies has been made public , the research institutions and universities concerned have the opportunity to collaborate, [...]
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The Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, will soon have an update with the commander of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA), General Khalifa Haftar, on the latest events in Libya. Conte told reporters from Sharm el Sheikh, after meeting with the premier of the government of national agreement, Fayez al Sarraj. The news is reported by the agency [...]
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A source quoted by the broadcaster "Libya Ahrar" said that the men of the "Karma" (Dignity) operation took control of Murzuq after a siege of about 20 days. The contribution of the militias of General Kalifa Haftar was important. The latest clashes had affected the artery connecting Murzuq to Ghadwa, the source concluded. On February 22, the press office [...]
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The Isis perched around Baghuz is about to capitulate and the US, once the dirty work is over, will leave Syria. The Washington Post, which cites US sources and other countries involved in the area, highlights the Franco-British position towards Donald Trump. British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt had already pointed out: “There is no prospect for [...]
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On Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed a directive (SPD-4) centralizing all military space functions under a new Space Force, which will be overseen by the Air Force Department. While technically it will be Congress that will approve the creation of the Space Force, a sixth military branch that will organize, train and equip a corps of military personnel [...]
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The US Intelligence Community (IC) is moving at lightning speed to leverage the benefits of migrating its networks to the cloud to enable faster data consolidation, wider access to sensitive information, and network integration significant from an operational point of view. Working closely with [...]
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has inaugurated a new nationally built submarine armed with cruise missiles. "From this moment, the Fateh Submarine joins the Iranian naval force," Rouhani said in an English-language ceremony broadcast live on state TV. The Fateh "Conqueror" submarine weighs 600 tons and "yes [...]
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The intelligence site Site reports that ISIS fanatics are asking the so-called lone wolves to carry out attacks in France. For the propaganda they used a digitally manipulated image of the Eiffel Tower, engulfed in flames. The image also shows the black and white flag of the Islamic State flying from the iconic landmark, while another attack [...]
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The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, met the Prime Minister of the Government of Libyan National Accord, Fayez al Sarraj, and the UN Special Envoy for Libya, Ghassan Salamé, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, ongoing until February 17. It made it [...]
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A series of complaints prompted the Postal Police to issue an alarm for anomalous withdrawals made on current accounts. "In recent days, numerous reports have been received relating to a 'new' scam that is hitting unsuspecting current account holders through SEPA provisions, or a debit following a bank direct debit with direct debit (request [...]
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Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan in Brussels said US plans to reduce the number of forces in Afghanistan will be coordinated with allies. In recent months, some US officials have suggested to the Trump administration that half of the 14.000 US troops in Afghanistan should return home soon. The decision […]
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with the EU's senior diplomat in Brussels on Friday, a day after Vice President Mike Pence accused American traditional European allies of attempting to weaken US sanctions against Iran. The meeting with Federica Mogherini, head of EU foreign policy, was scheduled before the accusations [...]
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Mordechai Kedar, a scholar of Islam has made a very interesting analysis on the phenomenon of migration to Europe, published in Arutz Sheva - Israelnationalnews. In the West, when the place of birth offers security, education, work, a comfortable home to live in and a partner with whom to raise a family, emigrating to another country has no [...]
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According to a report released in the German media, the diplomatic agency of the European Union warned that "hundreds of spies" from various foreign countries are very active diplomatic officials in Belgium. The report appeared last weekend in the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag, which cited a report from the European External Action Service [...]
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After the firm position of Christophe Castaner who replied "I in Rome, I do not let anyone summon me", words arrive that seem to open a window to the serious diplomatic crisis between the two countries. Castaner, speaking to the microphones of "France Inter" declared that Salvini replied to his statement that "we had misunderstood each other [...]
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(by Maurizio Giannotti) As every year around the world, last January 27 was the Day of Remembrance in memory of the victims of the Holocaust and February 10 is the Day of Remembrance, the civil solemnity established in Italy in 2004 to honor the memory of the Martyrs of Foibe as well as the exodus of the Istrians [...]
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The Turin-Lyon rejected without appeal: this is the result of the cost-benefit analysis on the TAV, according to what emerges from the draft viewed by Tgcom24. The numbers that emerge from the analysis conducted by a pool of experts led by Professor Marco Ponti of the Politecnico di Milano, and already presented in draft in France, show that the high-speed line does not [...]
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In Finland, the preliminary results of a study show that the government's experiment to assign € 560 tax-free to 2 unemployed people, from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2018, has failed. Euronews reports. During the first year, the pilot project wanted by the Finnish executive did not produce effects either on the level of employment or on the level [...]
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"Propose and support a long-term vision of the policies necessary for the country to follow the path of constant and sustainable development not only from an economic and financial but also from a social and environmental point of view". This is the objective of the CNEL program of activities for the two-year period 2019-2020, drawn up on the basis of the new regulations [...]
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The analysis on the costs / benefits of the TAV was sent by the Italian government as well as to France also to the EU Commission but for the dissemination of its results, the Ministry of Transport seems willing to wait a little longer, raising the tension between the League and the Movement 5 stars. "As Vice-President of the Council, which represents the Italians, [...]
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The United Nations and Tripoli's Government of National Accord today launched the 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan in Libya. The initiative to raise $ 202 million aims to provide health care, protection, water and shelter to 552.000 vulnerable people living in Libya in dire conditions. The plan was launched in [...]
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Edition number 69 has started, four and a half hours of show. All 24 artists on stage, in the songs love, solidarity, questions about the future, young people, work. Standig ovation for Bocelli, big applause for Giorgia. And at the end of the evening the (super) provisional classification awards, among others, Ultimo and Loredana Bertè (by Francesca Proietti [...]
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Marseille, President of FederPetroli Italia explains what happens behind the Venezuelan news: "Situation similar to the US-Iraq in the era of Saddam Hussein", "more Venezuelan oil in America with a fixed path: as if the United States buys crude oil at a discounted price , imposing sanctions on others ......... The main countries of the European Union have today recognized the legitimacy of [...]
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The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (Unmsil) is "impartial" and the criticisms coming from Cyrenaica mean that the path has been taken is the right one: the UN special representative in Libya, Ghassan Salamé, said in an interview to the pan-Arab newspaper published in London “Asharq al Awsat”. The Lebanese diplomat said [...]
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General Khalifa Haftar's self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) military operation south of Sebha in southern Libya "is intended to protect the country and the people" and is not intended to target any specific tribe or social component in the region . This is what we read in a statement issued yesterday by the LNA and relaunched this morning by [...]
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According to Iranian media reports, a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards was killed and five were injured in an attack on a base in southeastern Iran. Mohammad Hadi Marashi, provincial deputy governor for security affairs. IRNA agency, said: "A Basij paramilitary base in Nik Shahr passed [...]
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The German Ministry of Defense has officially excluded the F-35 fighter from the tender to replace its Tornado fleet. Defense News reports. A ministry official confirmed that the F-35 was not chosen in the competition to replace the 90 Tornado aircraft. The news was also reported for the first time by [...]
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Yesterday, Pakistan's federal investigation agency said it dismantled "an international spy network" in an operation that saw the arrest of at least five intelligence officers working for foreign interests. According to The News International, Pakistan's largest English-language newspaper, the arrests were made at the beginning of [...]
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The Council of Ministers approved ten bills to ratify and execute nine international agreements and an exchange of notes relating to international cooperation in space, defense, military and technical matters. This was announced by a press release from the Council of Ministers. As Nova reports, among the most significant are an agreement with [...]
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According to "Reuters", US President Donald Trump, commenting on the talks opened last Wednesday with China aimed at bridging the deep divergences over China's intellectual property and technology transfer practices and at easing a month-long tariff war , expressed optimism but added that there [...]
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The satellite of the Italian Space Agency will study the earth using a hyperspectral optical sensor, which can open up new scenarios for the control of the environmental processes of our planet The launch of the mission of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) PRISMA (HyperSpectral Precursor of the Mission) is approaching Application). The satellite will be launched from the European space base of Kourou in Guyana [...]
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The Vice President of the Council and Minister of the Interior, Matteo Salvini, a guest at "diMartedì", on La7, said that "the Senate and the Italians must decide whether I am doing something in the interest of the Italian people or not: there are reports specify that criminals, terrorists and drug dealers infiltrate the boats. To every boat that arrives in Italy illegally [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'elia) A question that we have asked ourselves many times. Why is Africa, notoriously rich in natural resources, unable to grow its economy? A continent that has seen the largest number of coups in the world. But who arms and trains the militias to encourage such coups? The continent […]
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A merchant ship sent by the Libyan Coast Guard reached the damaged boat which had been 60 kilometers from Misurata for hours, and the hundred shipwrecked people who risked dying at sea set course for Misurata. This was announced by Palazzo Chigi in a note. "Help us, soon I will not be able to speak anymore because I am freezing". It was this [...]
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The Presidency Council of the Libyan National Agreement Government based in Tripoli has appointed Muhammad Ali Al Huwayj as economic advisor to the Prime Minister. This was reported in a press release by the Presidency Council, led by Fayez al Sarraj, published on the official Facebook page. As part of the new appointments, Mohamed Mohamed Sumaida will be the new [...]
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Yesterday, a 55-year-old man of Czech nationality set himself on fire in Prague shortly after 15 pm local time on Wenceslas Square. According to some witnesses, he doused himself with a flammable liquid and then lit the stake. The flames were extinguished by passers-by with clothes and with a fire extinguisher brought [...]
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Libyan civilians "continue to live in fear of a violent conflict" and the situation is particularly worrying in Tripoli, where the United Nations truce reached in September was again violated, even if the recent violations "have been contained". The UN special envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salamé, said today in [...]
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This morning the State Police of Isernia carried out two orders for the application of the interdictive measure of the suspension from the exercise of teaching against two teachers aged 49 and 58 who carry out their activity within a state nursery school of Venafro (IS). The investigations conducted by the Flying Squad began from [...]
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The majority summit this morning resolved the latest issues related to the mega on pensions and citizenship income. Palazzo Chigi makes it known that all the resources are available for a quota of 100 and for the subsidy and the Council of Ministers convened for tonight at 18 will be able to launch the provision. Green light also to [...]
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan, president of Turkey, in an article published by the Russian newspaper "Kommersant", returned to talk about the recent controversy with US President Donald Trump, who in recent days threatened to "economically devastate" Turkey in the event that the latter "attacks the Kurds" in northern Syria. "Turkey is not looking for [...]
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Mario Draghi, president of the ECB, during his last speech at the EU Parliament before its dissolution, declared that with the uncertainty that persists and that "questions the very existence of the EU", and the shadow of the recession that extends over the Eurozone, the European Central Bank begins to reload its weapons. "The current position is already very [...]
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The online newspaper Il Dolomiti has published an interesting article that reveals the "illegal" way in which the smuggling of migrants and the trafficking of human beings from African countries to Europe is developing. The research on the role of the Internet and social networks on the burning topic is called "Surf and sound" [...]
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California - The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested two men of Iranian descent accused of operating as deep cover spies for Iran. Documents filed in a federal court in Washington refer to the men as Majid Ghorbani, 59, and Ahmadreza Mohammadi Doostdar, 38. Both have American citizenship and are […]
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According to "Reuters", last fall, after a group of militants aligned with Tehran fired mortar rounds in an area of Baghdad that houses the US embassy, the White House national security team he asked the Pentagon to provide him with options for striking Iran. Citing US officials [...]
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The UN special envoy for Libya, Ghassan Salamé, arrived this morning at Tamanhint airport (about 600 kilometers south of Tripoli), in the Fezzan region, on what is his first visit to the south of Libya since the beginning of his post in June 2017. This was reported by the Italian press agency [...]
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The Navy of the Russian Federation plans to operate more than 30 Poseidon nuclear submarine drones in the near future. This was reported by the news agency "Tass", to which a source inside the national industrial complex released some statements today. "Two submarines equipped with Poseidon drones will enter service with the [...]
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(by Nicola Simonetti) Galeotta was the genetic mutation for 60% of Europeans who are unaware and innocent carriers of it and, if exposed to contact with the mycobacterium responsible for tuberculosis (TB), they risk getting sick 60-70 times more than theirs fellow citizens. This was demonstrated by Laurent Abel, Stéphanie Boisson-Dupuis and Jean-Laurent Casanova from the Institut Imagine in [...]
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As reported by the Ansa, the Military Court of Appeal of Rome confirmed the acquittal of the former Head of the Air Force, General Pasquale Preziosa, who had been indicted for "threats to an inferior": a crime that allegedly carried out, according to the indictment, against some officers with the aim of prejudicing the career of another [...]
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The United States intends to place four new military bases in different areas in the Anbar province of Iraq. The Italian news agency Nova writes this, taking up the Kuwaiti daily “Al Watan”, citing intelligence sources. "US forces are planning four military bases in different areas of Anbar province for unclear reasons." In the case of […]
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Polish Interior Minister Joachim Brudzinski met with his Italian counterpart Matteo Salvini to discuss common security issues. The talks focused on the effectiveness of the ongoing cooperation between Italy and Poland as regards national security and the fight against organized crime. "The joint patrol services will significantly contribute to the guarantee [...]
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Former Republican Senator from Arizona, Jon Kyl, has turned down offers from the White House, saying he is not interested in the position of Chief of the Pentagon. A great expert on foreign policy and security issues, Kyl left the Senate in 2012 after three terms, to return for a few months last year nominated after his death [...]
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The National Federation of the Italian Press and the National Order of Journalists express solidarity with the Espresso colleagues Federico Marconi and Paolo Marchetti, attacked in Rome by members of Avanguardia Nazionale and Forza Nuova. As reconstructed on the website of the Espresso Giovanni Tizian, the reporter and the photographer were in the vicinity of the monumental cemetery of Verano for [...]
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The Nigerian mafia was born in Nigeria in the late 80s, has spread like wildfire in Niger, Benin and the rest of the world, and manages the trafficking of heroin and cocaine, begging and prostitution of Nigerians held in slavery. The structural model of organized crime in Nigeria is made up of autonomous groups that are loose and, at the same time, dependent on a single summit. It is about [...]
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Yellow vests in Paris burned motorcycles and blew up barricades on luxurious Boulevard Saint Germain, while protests against the high cost of living and perceived indifference of President Emmanuel Macron became increasingly violent. The last marches of the "yellow vests" started peacefully but then degenerated in the afternoon while [...]
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Last night Iran successfully conducted preliminary tests on three new satellites: Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said on Twitter this morning, stating that the satellites will be launched soon. The minister did not specify the date. Iran announced last Tuesday its intention to use Simorgh rockets [...]
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Over 3 billion euros, equal to an average of 645 million per year, this is the amount of investments made by Italian banks between 2013 and 2017, to guarantee even safer branch customers, adopting more modern and effective protection measures and carrying out training activities for its employees. The results are coming, [...]
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The Libya Observer newspaper reports that electoral procedures to call municipal elections in Libya will begin as early as next March. This was stated by the head of the central commission for the elections of municipal councils in Libya, Salim Bin Tahiya. Bin Tahiya said 69 municipalities have been registered so far, adding that the elections [...]
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North Korea's ambassador to Italy has been missing for two months and there are reports that he may be under the protection of a Western country. Jo Song-gil, 48, a career diplomat who speaks fluent Italian, French and English, presented his diplomatic credentials to the Italian government in May 2015. In October 2017 […]
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“Apulian agriculture and the protection of farmers' income are among our priorities. For this reason, I would like to clarify that the Mipaaft on the issue of frosts in Puglia intervened in an 'amnesty' because to make the declaration on law 102, the resolution of the delimitation Region of the territories affected by adversity within 60 [...]
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With 453.473 road surveillance patrols, the Traffic Police ascertained 1.878.255 infringements of the highway code. Withdrawn 42.662 driving licenses and 50.905 registration papers; 2.291.527 points reduced overall. Fatalities due to road accidents are decreasing. The trend of the accident phenomenon, detected by the State Police and Arma dei Carabinieri at [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Since the US primacy in the world, as a global police force, is fading or is no longer what it once was, the international order is today more than ever in chaos. World leaders are increasingly tempted to test the limits of international law to strengthen their influence and [...]
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Three Venezuelans, in possession of machine guns and explosives, were arrested on the Caribbean coast of Colombia. According to the Colombian authorities, the three were planning to kill President Iván Duque. The news was made known last December 29 with a video posted on Twitter by the foreign minister of Colombia, [...]
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Huawei Technologies is about to overtake Apple in smartphone sales in 2018, placing itself in second place worldwide after Samsung. Over 200 million smartphones sold around the world, especially in China, Europe and Africa. The figure for 2018 marks an increase in sales of about 30 percent compared to 153 million [...]
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According to reports from Moon's offices, Kim Jong Un has expressed his desire to increase meetings with South Korea over the next year to achieve the goal of denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. North Korea's intentions are contained in a letter that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un [...]
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US President Donald Trump did not order the Pentagon to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan, White House National Security Council spokesman Garrett Marquis said. "The president did not make the decision to reduce the US military presence in Afghanistan and did not ask the Department of Defense [...]
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Following the declaration by the Council of Ministers of the state of emergency in some municipalities in the province of Catania, the ABI invites banks to immediately implement the suspension of mortgages, as soon as the institutional provisions and ordinances are published in the Official Gazette. Civil protection through a special ordinance will provide all the references for [...]
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In 2016, evasion in Italy was estimated at 16 percent. This means that for every 100 euros of revenue collected by the tax authorities, 16 remain illegally in the pockets of tax evaders. In absolute terms, however, 113,3 billion euros were stolen from the treasury in that year. This was stated by the Research Department of [...]
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The head of the executive, Giuseppe Conte, said during the press conference at the end of the year that “our soldiers are a flag of Italy. They operate effectively, and with appreciation, abroad, and stand out for humanity in their relations with local communities. I want to extend an affectionate hug to all of them, my personal, my government, all of Italy, [...]
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The Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), the oldest group of experts in Italy specializing in international affairs, has published a series of articles on "What awaits us in 2019?" WHERE which the Institute offers ten forecasts for the year 2019. The Lybian Address Journal reports it. An article, written by ISPI members Federica Saini Fasanotti [...]
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The Libya Observer reports that a group of Benghazi militiamen stormed the city's Jala hospital on Tuesday. The same day the foreign ministry was attacked. The attack occurred with gunshots inside the intensive care unit (ICU), the hospital reported. The armed group entered [...]
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A quake with a magnitude of 4,8 was recorded during the night in Catania. The earthquake vitrified at 3,19 at a depth of 1,2 kilometers between Aci Catena, Pedara and Acireale. Corriere reports four injured in Fleri, between the municipalities of Viagrande and Trecastagni, north of Catania, where the epicenter was located. Yes […]
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Giuseppe Conte, returning from his visit to Libya, wrote on Facebook, “I am now back in Rome, at the end of a busy day. After the approval of the budget law in the Senate late at night and a Council of Ministers that lasted until three in the morning, at dawn today I left for Libya ”. The prime minister has [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Salvini plays the charge of a "government with balls" and announces a sovereign reversal in Europe. Di Maio harangues his followers with a smile. Ready for the Christmas 'retreat' with Alessandro Di Battista, returning from South America. "Dibba" calls the Deputy Prime Minister "brother" and says he wants to go back to denying certain "bullshit" [...]
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Unfortunately, the toll is still provisional: 222 people died and another 843 were injured due to a tsunami that hit the beaches around the Sunda Strait, which separates the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra. 28 missing but the numbers are still provisional. The Farnesina has been active since the very first [...]
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“We are in the Cesarini area”, the premier admitted yesterday, adding that “we realize that we have created a slowdown in parliamentary work in spite of ourselves. We trust that the maneuver in the Senate can be approved ". The vote of confidence tonight A further delay that had appeared inevitable from the early afternoon: of the government maxi-amendment, expected by [...]
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“Between Irap, Imu / Tasi and additional personal income tax, families and businesses pay over 60 billion euros a year to Regions and local authorities. The incidence of this amount, on the total tax revenue, is equal to 12 per cent and, unfortunately, is destined to increase. From 2019, in fact, we risk paying at least 1 billion more, following [...]
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The oil giant was sentenced Friday in Paris to a 500.000 euro fine for "bribery of a foreign public official" on the sidelines of the signing of a huge gas contract in Iran in 1997 The Paris court sentenced the Total group to a fine of 500.000 euros for bribery of foreign public officials in [...]
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Rainews.it reports that Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis leaves the Trump administration: in the letter of resignation, the head of the Pentagon cites differences with the president in relations with allies and notes that Trump deserves a defense secretary with ideas in line with her. Mattis, on the other hand, in recent weeks, had clear ideas [...]
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Megan Green writes in the Financial Times that last year almost all economists spoke of synchronized global growth. Synchrosism, however, was not with the US economy where the recorded growth was far superior to other countries, thanks to fiscal stimuli. For 2019 Megan Green expects [...]
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A container with a substance for radiological tests disappeared from a Swiss laboratory in Sion on Tuesday morning. The material, which if used correctly is not dangerous, is enclosed in a blue cylinder for transport, weighing about 15 kilos, about thirty centimeters high. This was announced by the Police [...]
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The quantification of the damage caused to the agricultural, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture sectors by exceptional weather events that affected large areas of the national territory starting from October 2018 was completed. The work, carried out in close coordination with the Department of the Civil Protection and in collaboration with the Regions [...]
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Leonardo was awarded, through a public tender, the contract for the ordinary and evolutionary maintenance and the technical management of all the baggage handling systems at the Rome Fiumicino Intercontinental Airport and the Rome Ciampino International Airport, airports managed by Roma SpA. The value of the contract awarded to Leonardo in consortium with [...]
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The Council of the European Union expanded the authority of its Border Management Assistance Mission (EUBAM) on Monday to include active support for Libyan authorities in helping to tackle organized criminal networks involved in migrant smuggling, human trafficking humans and terrorism. The revised mandate of the mission will continue until 30 [...]
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Thousands of lawsuits in the United States. In Italy there is still no case study among women. The revelation caused the J&J stock to plummet on Wall Street on the last trading day of the week. The story of the "talc killer" is back in the limelight of public opinion. The leaders of the US pharmaceutical and product giant [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Yesterday the Council of Ministers decided to designate the new Italian ambassador to Tripoli, Giuseppe Maria Buccino Grimaldi while Giuseppe Perrone will take on the role of new ambassador to Theran. The Ambassador was recalled to Rome last summer following controversies with General Haftar over the statements on the Libyan elections [...]
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The fact that Russia is very skilled in hybrid conflicts is now a known matter, just go back a few years and analyze how Moscow annexed Crimea. There are also many alleged interference in the US presidential elections, in the elections in France, Germany and Italy. Yesterday Sputnik Italy reported an investigation underway from [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The Italian government, as regards the “Libya dossier”, is reaping the fruits of the Washington agreements of last July 30 between Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and American President Donald Trump. In the press conference organized at the end of the meeting, US President Donald Trump spoke of "strategic dialogue" with Italy, based on cooperation ranging from energy [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The weakness of the French government, grappling with the "noisy" revolt of the yellow vests, is favoring some very interesting processes in Libya for the future sought stabilization. Italy in this delicate phase is moving in a really witty way trying to be more active with the interlocutors who have real influence in [...]
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From January 2019, Qatar will leave OPEC, the organization of the fifteen major oil producing countries, founded in 1961. In about 60 years of existence, the most famous and influential organization in the world has survived many destabilizing wars over the years in Middle East, creating a unique "cartel" for the global oil trade. In […]
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The aired hypothesis of entrusting the Tripoli embassy to Giuseppe Buccino, former Italian representative in Libya before the first closure of the embassy, prompted the Libyan authorities to forcefully demand the return of Ambassador Giuseppe Perrone. Giuseppe Buccino would not be welcome due to his proximity to Islamist circles in Tripoli, and in particular with the brotherhood [...]
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Macron: “What happened has nothing to do with the peaceful expression of legitimate anger. Nothing justifies these excesses ”France takes stock of the Paris urban guerrilla of the yellow vests. 412 arrested with 378 people still in custody and 133 injured. One protester is in very serious condition and among the [...]
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The movement born to protest against expensive fuel has today again turned the central area of Paris upside down. After more than three hours of scuffles between "yellow vests" and police forces in the Champs-Élysées area in Paris, the number of people arrested rises to 39. This was said by Interior Minister Christophe Castaner on Twitter. [...]
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Two Ukrainian ports in the Azov Sea, Berdyansk and Mariupol, have been blocked by Russia as ships are prevented from leaving and entering, Ukraine's infrastructure minister Volodymyr Omelyan said. Overall, 35 ships were prevented from carrying out normal activities. The Ukrainian minister on Facebook also said [...]
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The Lybian Observer reports that Khalifa Haftar's spokesman has accused Belgium of sending weapons to "terrorist groups" in western Libya via Misrata airport. Ahmed Al-Mismari said in his latest press conference last week that Belgium used dividends from Libyan frozen assets to send weapons […]
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UN special envoy for Libya Ghassam Salame wants to organize a reconciliation assembly in a neutral location on Libyan territory in order to prepare for the next political elections, scheduled for spring 2019. The choice of location is crucial to avoid conflicts and refusals to participate by all the actors in [...]
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A senior Saudi prince doubts the CIA found out Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last month. “The CIA is not necessarily the highest standard of truthfulness or accuracy in assessing situations. There are many examples of this ", he [...]
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According to sources close to General Haftar, reports The Libyan Observer, French officials have assured the Libyan general their support to take and control Tripoli. The Arab newspaper wrote that Haftar met French officials, including the Foreign Minister, on the sidelines of the Palermo conference of November 12-13, discussing his [...]
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The Wall Street Journal reported an article revealing how the US administration is trying to isolate Huawei globally. Donald Trump is trying to raise awareness in countries such as Germany, Japan and Italy, to induce network and internet services to stop using the Chinese company's telecommunications equipment. The US fear [...]
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A German minister's proposal to allow foreign powers to buy land in Africa to curb migration was rejected by the African Union, writes BBC's Dickens Olewe. The European Union, or a body such as the World Bank, should build and manage cities in Africa to promote job creation [...]
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Igor Korobov, the head of GRU, Russian military intelligence, died at the age of 62 "from a long and serious illness". The news was given by a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry in Ria Novosti. Korobov, says the Defense, would have died "due to a long and serious illness". According to Meduza, the [...]
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Eni made a big hit by obtaining a 25% stake in a large offshore concession of three fields in Abu Dhabi. On November 13, Eni signed an agreement with the Abu Dhabi company, Adnoc, which provides for a 25 percent stake in a mega offshore concession, Ghasha, which includes [...]
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According to reports from the Iranian news agencies Mehr and Tasmnim, the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Bahram Ghasemi, hoped that the major powers could remain faithful to the nuclear agreement signed in 2015. Bahram, during the usual press conference on Monday, revealed that "there are some ambiguities about the implementation of the EU mechanism for [...]
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Space Alliance, with Telespazio (Leonardo 67%, Thales 33%) and Thales Alenia Space (Thales 67%, Leonardo 33%), announced that it has bought a stake in NorthStar Earth and Space, a Canadian company that is planning the most the world's advanced satellite system for earth and space control. This was reported in an article by Milano Finanza. [...]
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(by Giovanni D'Agata, "Rights Desk") The journey on a small boat to reach Sardinia by a group of Algerians has turned into a tragedy. The engine stalled and the punt was left adrift a few kilometers from Isola del Toro, near Sant'Antioco, on the south west coast of the island. Three migrants were [...]
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After the US Air Force's estimate of $ 13 billion last September, which included the costs of President Donald Trump's Space Force, Pentagon officials have promised a reduction in "official" costs. Patrick Shanahan, Deputy Secretary of Defense, in fact, speaking to reporters stated that the initial estimate of his team [...]
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Local media reports that the XNUMXth Brigade has taken control of Tripoli International Airport. They have already erected checkpoints and blocked some roads, declaring the area a "military zone". The Libyan Address Journal reported that security sources from the Qasr Ben Ghashir Security Directorate and eyewitnesses of the region's inhabitants reported […]
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The Russian military managed to block some GPS signals of vehicles interested in the important NATO military exercise in Norway which involved thousands of US and NATO soldiers. Reuter reported this after a statement from the Norwegian government. The NATO exercise, Trident Juncture, ended Sunday and involved around 50.000 military personnel. It was […]
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Leonardo announced today the signing of a contract with the Guardia di Finanza for 22 new generation AW169M twin-engine helicopters. The contract, worth € 280 million, also includes a complete support and training package that could be extended in the future with additional services worth up to 100 [...]
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Everything is ready for the Palermo conference. Acquasanta harbor to be emptied at least in part, schools closed at Arenella, roads forbidden from the center to the outskirts, where the hotels that will welcome international guests are located. The neighborhood around Villa Igiea, transformed into a fortress. Next Monday and Tuesday, therefore, an armored city ready to host the first [...]
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After Palermo, we are already thinking about a new summit dedicated to security to be held in Rome. The agenda of the work in Sicily included comparisons between the delegations led by Fayez al Sarraj, Khalifa Hartar, Águila Saleh and Khalid Al-Mishri, on the so-called "security track", or the management of security in Tripoli and Libya. The program of [...]
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Khalifa Haftar met with Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu at the headquarters of the Russian Defense Ministry, during which they discussed ways to resolve the Libyan crisis and the fight against "terrorism". Haftar led a delegation of commanders from his armed forces to meet senior Russian officials and discuss the [...]
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According to a Dutch intelligence report, Islamic state cells are using Turkey as a strategic base in which to recover, rebuild and launch an underground war in Europe. This assessment is contained in a report released Monday by the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service, known as the AIVD. The document, available in Dutch on the AIVD website, [...]
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(by Admiral Giuseppe De Giorgi) After the previews of various national economic newspapers, regarding the analysis of the large investment banks on the rapprochement between the two groups, the confirmation of the renewed partnership between two of the major Italian companies to address the challenge of international markets. Pivoting on the existing, but neglected for too long, [...]
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Reuter reported that Iran has begun production of the Kowsar fighter jet designed for its air force, state television reported, as tensions with the United States escalate after sanctions are reintroduced. "Soon the necessary number of this aircraft will go into full production in the service of the Air Force", said the [...]
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The President of the High Council of State (HCS) Khaled Al-Mishri discussed with the Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte about the final preparations for the Palermo Conference on Libya on 12 and 13 November. The two sides also discussed a number of issues of common interest, including increased efforts in the fight against [...]
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The response from a research by the US National Toxicology Program after a study on mice, promoted by the Clinton administration. (by Giovanni D'Agata) To demonstrate the link between cell phones and the development of cancer, researchers from the US National Toxicology Program studied the effects of radio waves on mice. According to the results, there is evidence, even [...]
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France does not give up on the Italian success and is still trying to sabotage the meeting in Palermo on November 12 and 13 on the Libya dossier. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has invited leading exponents of Misrata to Paris for 8 November, the city that thanks to its militias is a power [...]
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(by Alberto Azario) According to the World Bank's “What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050” report, by that date we will produce 70% more solid waste than today. The complaint makes us understand that, in the absence of an economic model aimed at encouraging reuse and [...]
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"Start a constructive dialogue with the EU on the maneuver" and "keep Italy away from financial instability": these are the words used by the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, in a letter addressed to the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte. The head of state, in authorizing the presentation of the budget bill to the Chambers, invites the government to keep alive [...]
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The US-led international coalition bombed the city of Hayín, Syria, in the province of Deir ez-Zor on Saturday 13, with bombs of white phosphorus, prohibited by international conventions, the SANA agency informed. The sources cited by the agency indicated that the coalition has launched air strikes in various areas of this city with the [...]
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The United States has indicted 10 people of Chinese nationality, including two intelligence officers, on suspicion of stealing technology from US and French aerospace companies by hacking into their computers. The accusation came 20 days after the Department of Justice obtained the unprecedented extradition of [...]
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In Iran 84 people have died and nearly a thousand are in serious condition due to severe poisoning caused by smuggled alcohol. The authorities speak of a real emergency involving four provinces of the Islamic country, where the sale and consumption of alcohol are prohibited, with 305 people who have been [...]
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The first regiment equipped with the Avangard system that includes an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) will enter service in 2019, reports the Russian agency Tas. At the beginning of operations, the regiment will have two launch systems that will reach 6 to allow the full operation of the military unit, the Missile Division based in the Orenburg region, in the [...]
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US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis reported that the US is consulting with European allies on the arms control treaty, while NATO members are urging Washington to try to bring Russia back into the pact rather than abandon it. President Donald Trump said on October 20 that Washington would [...]
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The ownership of the Tap (Trans Adriatic Pipeline) is divided between the Italians of Snam, the British of British Petroleum, the Azeris, the Belgians of Fluxys, the Spaniards of Enagas up to the Swiss of Axpo. At the center of the Italian disputes in the Apulian area, the environmental impact of the gas pipeline on the beach of San foca and Marina di Melendugno which [...]
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Insider published Euronews journalist Valerie Guriat's report on irregular immigration, with a focus on Niger. Niger today acts as the policeman of Europe when it comes to migration. The idea is simple: enlist the police and army to prevent migrants from leaving Niger, choose the lucky few who are entitled to asylum in Europe and [...]
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Issue of border migrants, Libya dossier and Palermo summit on 12 and 13 November, Italian economic maneuver, these are the hot topics that keep relations between Italy and France on a razor's edge. Competition and tensions, however, start from afar, as Corriere della Sera writes, from the Telecom, Mediaset affair, [...]
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According to the state spokesman of Hirshabelle, Abdiweli Muhamed Abdi, the Somali National Army, supported by the troops of the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom), have regained control of several areas to the news agency "Sonna" "Strategic" in the Middle Shebeli region, on the border with the Hiran region, snatching them from the jihadist militias of al [...]
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The newspaper "La Libertà" wrote that a group of amateur astronomers spotted him, while he was speeding in front of star Arturo, the 'top secret' orbit of the experimental space plane X-37B Otv, the miniature version of the Space Shuttle that the aeronautics US military launched around the Earth last September 7 aboard the Falcon 9 rocket of the [...]
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Frightening images showing the frightening incident that took place yesterday in Taiwan, in the northeastern county of Yilan which resulted in the death of at least 22 people and the injury of 171 others, of which 10 are in serious condition. The death toll, still provisional, was provided by the Taiwan Railway Administration. The train on the [...]
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The march of more than two thousand migrants, coming from Honduras to the United States, who had gathered on a bridge between Guatemala and Mexico, has resumed. Gathering in a park in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Hidalgo, the migrants voted by show of hands the decision to get back into the caravan and march [...]
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According to what Putin said yesterday, speaking at the Valdai Forum, in Sochi, the ISIS terrorists have taken hostage almost 700 European and American citizens in areas of Syria controlled by pro-American forces. The Russian president added that the terrorists would have launched an ultimatum - without specifying its content - threatening to kill [...]
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The carabinieri of the Ecological Operational Unit of Milan, together with the soldiers of the provincial command of Milan, proceeded to check an industrial plant in the municipality of Cornaredo (MI), ascertaining that large quantities of special waste had been delivered to it in all illegal. In fact, the carabinieri of the CC station of Cornaredo, [...]
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Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Emanuela Claudia Del Re arrived in Tripoli on Monday with a high-level government delegation. Upon his arrival, he held talks with Libyan Foreign Minister Mohammed Sayala on the relations of both countries. He also extended an official invitation to Sayala to attend the Conference of [...]
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Enzo Moavero Milanesi, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, spoke yesterday with his French colleague Jean-Yves Le Drian who had arrived in Rome to participate in the canonization ceremony of Pope Paul VI. During the talks, the two ministers talked about the Conference scheduled for Libya scheduled in Palermo for 12 and [...]
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In Syria in Idiib there is the last pocket of opposition to the Bashar al Assad regime. The final attack is ready, however Turkey has reached an agreement for a truce that many swear will not be lasting. Almost three million civilians live in the Idiib area and who may be victims of the last part of a conflict [...]
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According to the Washington Post, the Turkish government has told US officials that it is in possession of audio and video recordings proving that Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. According to a source in the Washington Post, in particular, in an audio, “You can hear his voice, yes [...]
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American intelligence agencies have evidence that the Saudi royal family tried to lure Washington Post reporter Jamal Khashoggi to Saudi Arabia to capture him. Khashoggi, 59, was a Saudi government advisor who became a critic of the kingdom's style of governance in 2015. He moved to the United States, [...]
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French president and prime minister, Edouard Philippe, could announce the composition of the new government after Friday, a week after the shock resignation of Gérard Collomb, former interior minister. The reshuffle, which became necessary after Collomb's resignation, was expected yesterday but, considering that Macro is planning to participate in the [...]
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Passwords that are easy to guess in seconds as they are not changed from those set by the factory. Known cyber vulnerabilities, but never fixed. These are the major problems encountered and which afflict some of the most recent weapons development systems of the US Department of Defense, according to the Government Accountability Office which presented them in a [...]
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A clearly conservative political earthquake hit Brazil, which in presidential consultations rewards candidate Jair Bolsonaro who receives the majority of the votes but without exceeding the threshold of 50 percent of the votes. He will therefore have to see it in the ballot with the PT candidate, Fernando Haddad, the leader who [...]
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Currently the S 300 missile system in Syria is not yet operational as the Russians are still training Assad's army. It will take a few months before the Syrian military will be able to operate the new and sophisticated systems autonomously. The Israeli F 35s have the most advanced version of Lockheed Martin, the F-35 [...]
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The European Commission with a two-page letter rejected the DEF late yesterday evening. Brussels does not tolerate the increase in the deficit. Commissioners Pierre Moscovici and Valdis Dombrovskis, "the revised budget targets point to a significant deviation from the recommended path and this is a source of serious concern". Italy expects a deficit of 2,4% for [...]
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Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi told Parliament that the Libya summit will be held in Palermo on 12 and 13 November. It is a question of organizing a hot table whose members, hopefully, will be Russia, the USA, Europe, the Arab League, Egypt, as well as tribal leaders and local militias. The word […]
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The Supreme Court filed the ordinance 23726/2018 concerning the new devices for detecting the speed of vehicles that can read offenses in both directions of travel. Remote speed controls, specifies Il Sole 24 ore, are governed by a series of rules, including article 4 of DI 121/2002 and [...]
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Donald Trump, speaking at a demonstration of his supporters in West Virgiania, shared his enthusiasm for the new climate of relaxation that has been established with Kim Jong Un, declaring that after the exchange of letters he had with the North Korean leader, "we fell in love ". The times when the two leaders [...]
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The death toll from the earthquake that caused the tsunami that hit the island's capital, Palu, the city of Donggala and other coastal villages is worsening by the hour. The electricity has gone out and communications are down. The Us Geological Survey stated that the stronger of the two tremors had a [...]
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US officials confirmed to the MIlitary Times that the Marine Corps fighter F-35B successfully conducted the first combat mission over Afghanistan. The F-35Bs, assigned to the thirteenth unit, according to a statement released by the Central Command of the US naval force, were engaged on Thursday morning against a fixed target [...]
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US President Donald Trump presided over the United Nations General Assembly for the first time in front of a cold audience. There was also some sarcastic giggles from the world representatives who attended. Trump warned Europe "that it wants to circumvent sanctions against Iran" and a frontal attack on China on [...]
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Agreement signed to save Argentina. The Monetary Fund will allocate $ 57 billion to bail out the country, more than the $ 50 billion originally planned. The news was made known by the Argentine economy minister Nicolas Dujovne and by the director general of the IMF Christine Lagarde who added that “The agreement with [...]
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A vast fire, which broke out on Monday evening, is destroying the wooded area of Monte Serra, in the municipality of Calci. The flames, due to the strong gusts of wind, spread quickly and are threatening some houses in the area that are evacuated, dozens of people turned away and given them shelter in some buildings placed [...]
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China, Korea and Iran will be the hot topics at the 73rd United Nations General Assembly. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, who will speak at 20.30 pm Italian time, will discuss the story of Libya and the consequent migration phenomenon. Trump, in this regard, would be very interested in supporting Italy on Libya for the conference in mid-November, in Sciacca. The [...]
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The Salzburg summit to discuss Brexit and immigration once again proved that a united Europe is just a mirage. At the end of the summit Emmanuel Macron dictated his line, "the countries that do not want to strengthen Frontex will leave Schengen". The reference is clear to the Visegrad countries and Italy, skeptical about [...]
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No to the increase in VAT, even if in a selective form, in exchange for less Irpef. To say it is the CGIA of Mestre which expresses its clear opposition to this hypothesis which seems to be taking shape among the technicians of the Ministry of Economy. The craftsmen from Mestre remember that, in the worst case scenario, if they are not recovered by the end of [...]
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Libya Observer reported clashes on Tripoli Tariq Al-Matar (Airport Road) between Liwaa Al-Summod forces led by former Libyan Dawn leader Salah Badi and Central Security Department forces in Abu Salim led by Abdelghani Al- Kikli. The clashes resulted in more displaced families among the hot zone. Accredited sources have said [...]
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France does not give up on the Libya dossier despite the UN decision to leave its mission for another year and bring the North African country to the elections by March 2019. Béatrice le Fraper du Hellen, ambassador of France to Libya, was appointed ambassador to Malta and began her new post with [...]
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Libyan newspaper Alwasat reported that the Presidency Council of the Government of National Accord today announced the formation of a joint force, led by Major General Osama Juweili - commander of the western military district - to ensure security and preserve life. and the assets of citizens who [...]
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Several members of the High Council of State (HCS) have called on the HCS, the House of Representatives (HoR) and the Presidential Council (PC) to step down from the political process and let the Libyans take power from here on out. "They should all announce a date for the election of an entity that represents all Libyans." Members have [...]
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Powerful unscrupulous militias, linked to human traffickers, would seem to be in disarray and they would be the directors of the chaos that reigns in Tripoli. Valentino Di Giacomo reports it in Il Messaggero who explains, for over a year the agreements between Italy and the Libyan government have allowed a drastic reduction in the departures of migrants from [...]
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The United Nations Security Council has extended the mission to Libya for another year and has not approved the date of December 10 for the elections. Instead, the Council approved a draft resolution presented by the United Kingdom to hold the presidential elections as soon as possible on the condition that [...]
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The Farnesina responds to the statements made by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, which in a note considers the accusations of Michelle Bachelet, who denounced alleged Italian non-compliance with respect to the human rights of migrants, inappropriate and groundless. "For years, Italy has been engaged in rescue and rescue operations of [...]
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