The war in Ukraine remains a constant challenge for international balances, with Western powers having to balance support for Kiev with the management of tensions with Moscow. In this context, the choice to provide Ukraine with more advanced offensive capabilities could mark a turning point, with implications that are still difficult […]
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The first debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump was a moment of intense confrontation and in some ways emblematic. Harris strategically led the former president into treacherous terrain, highlighting his vulnerability and inability to maintain control. From start to finish, she attacked Trump on central issues such as the economy, immigration and […]
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At the Ambrosetti Forum in Cernobbio, Giorgia Meloni decisively addresses the issue of the resignation of the Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano, reassuring about the stability of the executive. “If anyone thinks that situations like Sangiuliano’s could weaken the government, they are wrong,” declared the Prime Minister, underlining that the exit of a minister does not create a crisis […]
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by Emanuela Ricci There are 57 wars that, at different intensities, make the world less stable. A situation that has not been seen since World War II. Between famine, refugees and deaths, so many deaths it seems like we are living in two parallel worlds. Populations oppressed by regimes, reduced to poverty and forced to sell their organs (kidneys and corneas) […]
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Trump: “I will insist that each NATO nation spend at least 3% of GDP. We need to get up to 3%: 2% is the theft of the century, especially because we pay for it" by Emanuela Ricci The world seems to be blocked until November 4th. There is no way out in the crisis in the Middle East, they do not subside [...]
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by Massimiliano D'Elia The nuclear de-escalation that followed the end of the Cold War is now a memory, as the Pentagon recently highlighted in its security reports. The confrontation today has become multipolar, much more complex and dangerous than in the bipolar past dominated only by the United States and the former Soviet Union. The United States […]
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by Emanuela Ricci In the midst of war in Ukraine, Germany recently announced the freezing of any new military aid destined for Kiev, marking an important turning point in its policy of support for Ukraine. This decision was confirmed by a government source and reported by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAS). The funding already allocated for the aid […]
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The conflict in Ukraine has accelerated innovation in the weapons industry in a way not seen in decades, influencing not only Russian industry but also Western, Chinese, Israeli, Iranian and North Korean industries. From kamikaze drones to hypersonic missiles, advanced technologies and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are redesigning military strategies around the world, offering new tools […]
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by Massimiliano D'Elia Parallel tensions in the Middle East and in the war between Russia and Ukraine are generating new challenges for the nascent alliance between Iran and Russia, two nations that have grown closer due to their shared hostility towards the United States. Russia and Iran have the capabilities to fill mutual gaps in [...]
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by Massimiliano D'Elia With a highly mobile, fleeting attack that leverages Western-supplied vehicles and air defenses, Kyiv sends a clear message to its allies: their support is not in vain. Ukraine's surprise counter-invasion in Russia's Kursk region represents the most significant advance by either side since the rapid liberation of territories [...]
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Due to its geographical position, Turkey plays a key strategic role both in view of a possible extension of the war in Ukraine and in the context of the conflict in the Middle East. The Turkish government wishes to increase its defensive independence and has just approved the development of its own Steel Dome air defense system (Dome […]
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In addition to Hezbollah, the Houthis from Yemen, the Shiite militias in Iraq and Syria and the Pasdaran from Iran could intervene. Yesterday two people were stabbed to death by a Palestinian attacker in Holon, an area in the immediate vicinity of Tel Aviv. Russia would have supplied weapons for electronic warfare to Iran by Emanuela Ricci Continue […]
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by Emanuela Ricci Yesterday the meeting between Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and President Emmanuel Macron in Versailes. A meeting which, at least on appearances, aimed to defuse the tension recorded during the G7 summit in Puglia. Nothing official, just a courtesy visit from Meloni who had arrived in Paris from her trip to China [...]
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In seven hours, with two surgical operations, Israeli intelligence killed the military leader of Hezbollah Fuad Shukr in Beirut and the political leader of Hamas Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran by Emanuela Ricci The inauguration ceremony of the new Iranian president Mohsen Pezeshkian was fatal to the political leader of Hamas, Ismael Haniyeh. Had the […]
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Hamas has announced the death of its leader Ismail Haniyeh following an Israeli attack on Tehran. The attack occurred at 2 am. According to the Saudi news agency Al-Hadath, Haniyeh's residence was hit by a guided missile, fired not from Iranian territory. Haniyeh was the head of the political bureau of Hamas […]
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by Emanuela Ricci On the Golan Heights yesterday a rocket hit a football pitch where some kids were playing: a massacre, 12 dead and 30 injured. Hezbollah denied its responsibility: "We exclude having launched rockets against the city of Majdal Shams." The spokesperson of the Lebanese terrorist group, affiliated with Iran, supports the thesis [...]
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The conference entitled "The PNS's competition in the pursuit of technological sovereignty and industrial competitiveness" took place yesterday at the Casd - Center for Advanced Defense Studies. A meeting between the highest representatives of the Italian military and industrial world to discuss the state of implementation and future prospects of the National Pole [...]
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Italy, under the leadership of the Meloni government, aims to strengthen its geopolitical position in the Mediterranean and North Africa through the support of NATO. The creation of a special envoy for the South represents a significant step forward, but numerous challenges remain. With the determination to confront the influence of China and Russia, Italy [...]
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by Emanuela Ricci It will not be a binding and annual financing that the outgoing NATO secretary Jens Stoltenberg had hoped for, but rather a "flexible" political commitment. This is the compromise formula reached at the 75th NATO summit, inaugurated yesterday afternoon in Washington, which marks a significant step forward and a strong political signal [...]
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Viktor Orbán has decided to take the diplomatic initiative to try to bring the parties involved, directly interested in the conflict in Ukraine, to gentle counsel. So after being in Kiev and Moscow, yesterday he flew to Beijing. NATO and the EU view with distrust the move of the Hungarian president who would have taken the initiative, which was not shared, [...]
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Last week, the EU ambassador in Tbilisi explicitly stated that “Georgia's attempt to join the EU has been practically frozen due to the passage of the Russian law”. Meanwhile, senior Russian officials praised the law and blamed the West for meddling in Georgia's affairs by Aniello Fasano Despite strong popular protests, […]
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by Antonio Adriano Giancane The South China Sea is one of the places with the highest geopolitical tension on Earth, an area that could soon become the detonator of a conflict that is no longer just commercial with China. This sea is not only a crucial transit route for commercial and military routes, especially for […]
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Puitn needs the so-called “cannon fodder” to continue his very personal military campaign in Ukraine. In the face of the laughable successes in the field, where one to two trips a week are taken in the strategic area of Kharkiv, the reality is that the soldiers to send to the front are starting to run out both in logistics [...]
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The Iranian presidential elections will be decided by runoff. None of the four candidates, three conservatives and one reformist, managed to obtain an absolute majority. Next Friday the reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian (10,4 million votes – 42%) and the conservative Said Jalili (9,47 million – 38.96%) will face each other by Emanuela Ricci The real victory is […]
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Despite the electoral results, Iranians are however aware that the figure of the president in Iran is, in fact, symbolic because the real power is held by the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei by Emanuela Ricci The day of the presidential elections in Iran took place amidst uncertainty and tension with a nation divided between […]
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Russia recently announced that it had destroyed three American HIMARS rocket launch systems and hit foreign specialists in the field. These developments, combined with Moscow's alliances with Iran and North Korea, are fueling war rhetoric and increasing the fear of a global escalation by Emanuela Ricci The minister [...]
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Tension between Russia and the European Union is increasing: the Kremlin has announced the blocking of 81 European newspaper sites, including those of Rai, La7, Repubblica and La Stampa. Moscow's measure, in response to the recent ban imposed by the EU on three Russian media outlets - the Ria Novosti agency and the newspapers Izvestia and [...]
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The main strategic capability of conflicts now resides exclusively in the ability to simultaneously integrate artificial intelligence, robotics, cyber power and data science at all levels of military operations by Aniello Fasano In the eyes of public opinion, artificial intelligence (AI) will have enormous developments especially on the recreational aspects, changing the lives of each of us without even […]
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Israeli plans to attack Lebanon are ready while China and North Korea increase their nuclear arsenal
Other than escalation, new fronts could open in the Middle East or Asia since Israel would be ready to launch a more structured attack in Lebanon and China and North Korea are rapidly expanding their nuclear arsenal by Emanuela Ricci "In a total war, Hezbollah will be destroyed and Lebanon will be hard […]
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After the G7 in Puglia, the real game now takes place in Europe where those who will lead the community institutions will have to be decided by Emanuela Ricci Tomorrow Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will fly to Brussels to participate in a dinner organized by the President of the European Council Charles Michel. A dinner that was anything but pleasant since […]
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“Every day we strengthen our positions and our defense of life. Each match serves to give Ukraine new opportunities for victory. I am grateful to all our partners." Thus Ukrainian President Zelensky on his telegram profile on the sidelines of the G7 work in Italy. by Aniello Fasano The Ukrainian president, who arrived in the afternoon [...]
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Von der Leyen immediately wanted to clarify that the negotiations will start with the PSE and "the great European families who have collaborated well" but that she will also leave "the doors open" by Emanuela Ricci The coalition headed by the outgoing EU Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen he won and in some ways also convinced. Yes […]
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Disinformation comes in the form of videos and photos recycled and passed off as current, incorrect interpretations of political proposals and strong political announcements, concerning topics such as agriculture, climate change and migration by Emanuela Ricci On the subject of disinformation and important electoral appointments we have decided to publish further in-depth analysis thanks to the data and […]
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The United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - Five Eyes - have announced that China is "aggressively recruiting" former Western fighter pilots to train its pilots by Emanuela Ricci With money you can get everything what you want. Imagine that some military pensioners, perhaps unconsciously, […]
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“It's a hybrid operation from Moscow. An obvious escalation against NATO and the EU” stated the Lithuanian Foreign Minister while the President of the Defense Commission of the Lithuanian Parliament ruled: “Thus Putin intends to intimidate Westerners and reduce support for Kiev”. by Aniello Fasano Russia has begun the first phase of exercises with weapons [...]
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The most delicate aspect that is treated with utmost secrecy is the Russian payment system for Chinese supplies. A widely used method that allowed Russia to persistently continue its military campaign in Ukraine. For this reason, Washington has threatened to impose sanctions on compliant Chinese companies and especially on banks that [...]
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The rules-based world order established by the victorious countries of the Second World War is falling under the blows of new conflicts: ongoing wars are the instrument chosen to redistribute power between states on a global scale. If military deterrence becomes less effective in deterring attacks from counterparts, it is necessary to strengthen […]
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The French military agree that miracles should not be expected because creating flight groups ready for combat and capable of facing the most experienced Russian pilots can take four or five years of Editorial Staff With an age between 21 and 23 ten years Ukrainian soldiers are training on [...]
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by Massimiliano D'Elia The Americans have long stopped aid to Niger following the coup d'état last July by paramilitary militias. Nigerien Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine, the only civilian left in power among the military of the self-proclaimed junta, met his US counterpart two days ago to formalize the [...]
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The Houthis in Yemen also recently announced the possession of hypersonic missiles (probably transferred from Iran) to conduct their maritime interdiction actions in the Red Sea. The range of the Fatah hypersonic missile is compatible with the distances separating Israel from Iran. by Pasquale Preziosa Iran is successfully engaging in […]
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According to Egyptian sources cited by the Qatari media, they are working on a six-week truce agreement in exchange for the release of 40 hostages, with a partial return of the displaced Palestinians to the northern part of the Strip. Editorial Team The optimism is reflected in the Israeli media and Arabs regarding the latest meeting in Cairo between negotiators [...]
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Tehran has promised revenge. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said: “We are certain that this feeling from the heart will lead to the destruction of the Zionist regime.” by Editorial Staff About thirty embassies closed their doors without incident during Quds Day, the international day for Jerusalem proclaimed by Iran. Israel has taken precautions by closing 28 locations [...]
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Niger is essential to stem the migratory flows towards Europe and for this reason every political, diplomatic but also military effort, through assistance and training, is crucial in order not to lose the last outpost, of Western circulation, in the middle of the Sahel by Massimiliano D'Elia Russia, despite the military campaign in Ukraine, does not [...]
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by Editorial Staff The situation in Ukraine continues to deteriorate as Russia intensifies its military campaign. Ukraine last week suffered perhaps its heaviest and most destructive attack with 190 missiles, 140 drones and 700 aerial bombs. Russia thus demonstrates to the West that it is highly resilient and persistent in its uninterrupted military campaign that [...]
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by Editorial Staff The director of the Russian security services FSB reported to President Vladimir Putin the arrest of 11 people, including four terrorists involved in the attack on the Crocus City Hall in Moscow. This was reported by the Kremlin press service cited by Tass. The claim, via social media, by ISIS refers to the fact that Putin has [...]
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by Editorial Staff Defense Minister Guido Crosetto today spoke to the joint Foreign Affairs and Defense Commissions on the occasion of the examination of the analytical report on ongoing international missions and on the state of development cooperation interventions in support of peace and stabilization processes. The use of Italian soldiers in Ukraine The minister [...]
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by Antonio Adriano Giancane Nothing stopped Vladimir Putin, with almost 90% (between 87% and 90%) of the votes, the modern-day tsar reconfirms himself at the helm of the nation for the fifth time, setting a record: 24 years in power seamlessly. What is certain is that the victory was already clearly written […]
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by Francesco Matera It all started with the Tunisia model, when the EU, thanks to the push of the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, found an economic agreement with Tunis to mitigate the phenomenon of migratory flows. Even if the agreement struggled to get started due to the delay in the arrival of the funds, today it is still a reality [...]
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by Francesco Matera Russia continues its special military operation in Ukraine by constantly bombing the occupied territories, demonstrating the stability of its arsenals, apparently inexhaustible and capable of replenishing themselves without interruption. Even if the population, in real life, begins to suffer from the war effort, according to Kremlin propaganda, the objectives remain [...]
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Our intelligence report also sees climate change among the new challenges, as a contributing cause of crises and threats due to its impact on geopolitics, food, water, economic and social security. All factors that can equally fuel the proliferation of terrorism. by Andrea Pinto Yesterday the Italian security services met [...]
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by Editorial Staff The Yemeni Houthi rebel group yesterday attacked the American tanker Torm Thor which was sailing in the Gulf of Aden, where some Stars and Stripes warships were also present. The news was reported by the newspaper Al-Masirah, controlled by the Shiite group. By now we were almost used to attacks by cargo ships, [...]
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For a credible peace, compromise could really make a difference, but triggering unpredictable scenarios because this marks the failure of the West in the face of the Russian dictatorship. by Antonio Adriano Giancane Despite Ukrainian efforts, Russia does not give up on the ground, indeed it continues to conquer important slices of territory in Donbass. If you help them and […]
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by Antonio Adriano Giancane The accusations, then the denials. The fact is that the opponent of Putin's regime, Alexei Navalny, has died and, according to some rumors revealed by various external sources, there is a noticeable bruise in the center of his chest on his body. Precisely that bruise inspires the different versions/backgrounds that are made through […]
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The attention these days is entirely focused on the feared Russian war capabilities in a space environment. Hypersonic missiles, nuclear-powered satellites equipped with electronic weapons are considered concrete threats to the security of states due to the damage they could cause to Western satellites dedicated to providing essential services such as those in the field of telecommunications and [...]
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by Editorial Staff The Turkish defense company Baykar has begun construction of a plant near Kyiv that will employ around 500 people. The factory will most likely produce the TB2 or TB3 drone models. Baykar CEO Haluk Bayraktar declared this to Reuters during meetings during the World Defense Show in Riyadh. […]
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NATO's commitment to supporting Ukraine and defending freedom and democracy marks a new era in collective defense, with a global approach that extends well beyond the defense of member countries' borders. by Editorial Staff The scope of NATO's Steadfast Defender 2024 exercises marks an "irrevocable return" of the Alliance to the patterns [...]
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By now terms linked to the development of the super technology of the future, Artificial Intelligence, have forcefully entered our vocabulary, sparking heated debates between experts, politicians, consumer associations and high tech industries. The citizen is disoriented and would like to understand more about this revolution which could soon upset his real life: For better or worse it depends [...]
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by Editorial Staff Iran conducted a drone attack against a merchant ship in the Arabian Sea, off the coast of India, as announced by the US Department of Defense. The chemical tanker MV Chem Pluto, flying the Liberian flag, was targeted by an attack drone from Iran, around 10:00 local [...]
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The EU legislation aims to prevent discrimination, massive surveillance and creative manipulation through artificial intelligence. The urgency to regulate artificial intelligence is motivated by the risks of abuse that could threaten democratic regimes and civil life. Despite the success of the agreement, doubts and veiled resentments remain regarding the lack of regulation of virtual assistants already widely used as […]
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by Francesco Matera The final stretch of every negotiation is always the most difficult, as it inevitably involves the need to give in on some positions. The final phase of the negotiations on the reform of the Stability and Growth Pact was entrusted to the financial ministers of the 27 countries of the European Union, gathered during a dinner at the end [...]
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by Editorial Staff The Israeli army, during the offensive south of Gaza, intensified the so-called psyops (psychological warfare) operations. A few days ago the IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) announced the death of Wissam Farhat, commander of the Shujaiya Battalion. Images of the faces of the Battalion officers were then disseminated as they sent messages of surrender. A second […]
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by Editorial Staff Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed by telephone with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi late in the evening the day before yesterday, in anticipation of Raisi's arrival in Ankara today for a significant bilateral meeting. The Turkish presidency announced yesterday morning that, during the phone call, the recent acts of [...]
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Yesterday evening, thirteen Israelis, including women and minors, were freed and handed over to the Red Cross who visited them and took them across the Rafh crossing. Secret Service agents escorted the group through the crossing. Gate after gate, the imprisonment finally ends for the thirteen who were freed in […]
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by Editorial Staff Yesterday, around 18.00 pm Italian time, a car exploded on the "Rainbow Bridge", the bridge that joins Canada and the United States at the height of Niagara Falls. The toll shows two deaths, the occupants of the car and one minor injury. The moment of the accident is recorded in the video from the US Customs surveillance cameras: a car [...]
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by Editorial Staff Qatar has broken the news of the existence of an agreement between Israel and Hamas which provides for a pause in the fighting and the release of 50 prisoners, including women and children. “The start time of the pause will be announced within the next 24 hours hours; will last four days and will be subject to extension", said Doha [...]
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Biden-Xi agree for a responsible global confrontation. Reactivated line of communication between military leaders. Coldness over Taiwan
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by Massimiliano D'Elia The images and videos of the intervention of the international coalition in Iraq in 2003 and in Libya in 2011 had impressed us when, in the early stages of the conflict, they showed the enemy night sky illuminated by the tracers of the anti-aircraft defense system, at taken with coalition aircraft sorties. Air operations, often […]
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by Massimiliano D'Elia Yesterday was a difficult day in a Middle East, increasingly in flames, where with each passing hour the situation seems to fall inexorably towards a global conflict between the West and the Muslim world. The voltage indicators are diverse and dramatic. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's mission to Jordan, where he met [...]
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by Massimiliano D'Elia Every evening, on Antonio Ricci's television program "Striscia la Notizia", we witness, amused, political and institutional leaders juggle unlikely dances while singing bizarre songs. The protagonists are illustrious figures such as the Italian Prime Minister in office, the President of the Republic and the various opposition leaders. It is precisely they, alive and well, who pleasantly spread nonsense [...]
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The Islamic State had only two years to prepare the defenses in Mosul, Hamas had 15 years to prepare a dense defense in depth that includes underground and surface. Fortifications, communication tunnels, combat posts and positions, minefields, improvised explosive devices, explosive penetration mines and explosive traps of […]
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Leonardo today announced an order for three AW139 helicopters placed by Monroe County, Florida. The helicopters will be operated by Trauma Star on behalf of the area's public safety, rescue and firefighting authorities and will carry out air rescue missions from the Lower Keys Medical Center and the Florida Keys Marathon International Airport. The AW139s […]
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Analysis from a military strategic point of view (by Pasquale Preziosa) Technology has always had great influence not only on the economic power of nations but also on military strategies, acting as a catalyst in international relations. In the past, nuclear technology applied to weapons characterized the Cold War period. After the fall of the wall of […]
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Once Hamas has been uprooted from Gaza, we are already thinking about phase two, which should begin the process of normalization of the area in favor of the Palestinian people. The idea would be to use the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for humanitarian aid and general government. Security must be guaranteed by a mission authorized by the UN [...]
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The Israeli-Palestinian war reverberates in our societies, which have always been exposed because they are free, multiracial and multiethnic. The attack in France against a teacher who was barbarously beheaded at the hands of a Frenchman of Chechen origin shouting "allahu akbar" and the various bomb scares recorded in England and France (Louvre and palace of [...]
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American media such as CNN and NYT wrote that Biden had been warned weeks before the attack of a resurgence of tensions in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A September 28 report warned that the Hamas terrorist group was ready to intensify missile attacks along the border. Another document from 5 […]
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The situation near the Gaza Strip is becoming more and more serious by the hour. Victims on both sides are increasing dramatically following the Israeli bombing of Gaza. The number of displaced people from the Strip is also increasing, reaching the figure of almost half a million. Food is starting to run out in Gaza [...]
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According to a source from the French newspaper Figaro, the Egyptian secret services warned their Israeli colleagues several times that Hamas was preparing something very important. Unfortunately, the Tel Aviv 007s underestimated the important information, according to a former French 007 who knows the Egyptian services in depth. Sources near the Prime Minister's office […]
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The President of the United States Joe Biden, that of France Emmanuela Macron, the German Chancellor Olaf Sholz, the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and the British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak express firm and united support for the State of Israel and unequivocal condemnation of Hamas and of its appalling acts of terrorism. The White House reports this in [...]
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(by Giuseppe Paccione) The Hamas group attacked citizens and soldiers by surprise, in the early hours of dawn on 7 October, in the south of the State of Israel, causing a dramatic escalation in the Middle Eastern area, due to the default of the Israeli secret services which have not worked in recent years. The group of Islamic militiamen also seems [...]
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According to data reported by WP, Ukraine, to date, has received the monster amount of 350 billion dollars. The political party headed by the Republicans pushed the US Congress to freeze funds in support of Ukraine to avoid a shutdown, i.e. the blocking of the country's administrative activities. It is a measure […]
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Eni announces an important gas discovery made from the Geng North-1 well drilled in the North Ganal license, approximately 85 km away from the east coast of Kalimantan, Indonesia. Preliminary estimates indicate total volumes equal to 5 thousand billion cubic feet of gas (approximately 140 billion cubic meters) with a content [...]
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(by Francesco Matera) At the international conference for the twentieth anniversary of the UN convention against organized crime, Alfredo Mantovano, Carlo Nordio and Matteo Piantedosi illustrated the plan to 34 foreign delegations. Also present were the German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser and the French Minister Gerard Darmanin with whom Italy signed an agreement for the establishment of a cabin [...]
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Shield AI will provide its artificial intelligence system to the Kratos Defense & Security Solutions company to integrate it into the XQ-58 Valkyrie drone, thus marking the start of programs to develop the tactical integration of human-guided weapon systems with autonomous systems managed by the 'artificial intelligence. by Antonio Adriano Giancane The Shield AI system is already used […]
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Millions of Russians yesterday received a notification from the country's main government portal inviting them to download an app to report security incidents with a focus on drone attacks. The warning in the notification reads: "Contribute to the fight against drones! The Radar app can be used to report suspicious drones or other terrorist emergencies." The news was reported by WP.
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The Russian Interfax agency wrote that representatives of Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh separatists will start negotiations tomorrow in the Azerbaijani city of Yevlakh. According to Interfax, Ansa writes, the separatists have decided to lay down their arms as requested by Azerbaijan. The separatist authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh said that the ceasefire was decided on the basis of proposals from the peacekeeper command [...]
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Three years after the truce, Azerbaijan is again targeting Nagorno-Karabakh, launching a military operation against the Armenian enclave. Air raids on Yerevan army positions and besieged cities were thus also intensified.
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Quickly scrolling through the 10 points they seem more like simple and utopian palliatives that are not useful for resolving, or addressing, an epochal emergency which once again seems not to really involve the European institutions which are perhaps most attentive at this moment to the next electoral deadline. Lots of rhetoric and few concrete facts!
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Ukraine's military forces said they attacked two Russian patrol ships operating in the Black Sea and destroyed the sophisticated S-400 "Triumf" surface-to-air missile defense system in Russian-occupied Crimea. Some military analysts have described the loss of such equipment as "tactical failures" on Russia's part.
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The German newspaper DIE Welt has revealed a delicate issue concerning the probable supply of Russian gas to EU countries through a Turkish company that supplies Bulgaria thanks to a 13-year contract, even though the EU has declared that it wants to be totally independent from Moscow gas starting from 2027.
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(by Andrea Pinto) The war in Ukraine and the appeal repeatedly reiterated by NATO to bring the military expenditure of member countries to 2% of national GDP would be leading the EU to a historic decision that would give some breathing space to the economies of some countries that have suffered the most in the post-covid period under a push [...]
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On August 28, the Chinese Ministry of Natural Resources published the 2023 edition of the "National Charter of China", an official document that has become a point of reference for "national sovereignty".
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(by Andrea Pinto) While the Ukrainian attacks by drone in the Crimea and in the western part of Russia continue, Volodymyr Zelensky retracts the feeble openings on a possible path to peace, questioning the cession of some territories in Crimea. Referring to the recent assassination attempt on the head of Wagner Prigozhin, Zelensky thus retracted [...]
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The mess of the meeting between the foreign ministers of Libya and Israel in Rome that caused fierce clashes in Tripoli and forced the suspension and impeachment of the Libyan minister Najla Mangoush, seems not to be a quiet matter from part of the Tripoli government. It is no coincidence, in fact, that the government led by Abdulhamid Dabaiba has rejected the candidacy of a senior Italian diplomat, proposed by Brussels as EU representative in Libya.
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(by Andrea Pinto) The anticipation of the Foglio on the alleged reform of our secret services was also discussed today by Il Giornale. The current information system for the security of the Republic was established with Law 124/2007, which had already reformed the national intelligence sector at the time (Prodi Government). Today in Italy operational intelligence is entrusted [...]
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(by Francesco Matera) The Italian premier Giorgia Meloni is still in Puglia for a rest period before tackling, already at the beginning of September, important and very hot dossiers concerning the urgent measures to be put in place to combat the cost of living. Skyrocketing fuel prices, minimum wage, justice reform, migrant emergency, new [...]
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The German newspaper Die Welt has published an article where it reveals that Moscow relies on international shipping companies to transport its oil and many of them fly the Greek flag. A business that Athens does not want to give up and which yields about a quarter of its budget to Russia, compared to about [...]
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Saudi Arabia is trying to become a partner in the consortium of nations that are funding the new generation fighter project called GCAP - Global Combat Air Program. Last December Italy, the United Kingdom and Japan decided to join the efforts of their defense industries to build the fighter of the future, the fighter [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) We feared and in some ways avoided a direct intervention in the affairs of Niger by the private company of Russian mercenaries Wagner. Apparently, however, Wagner and conversely Russia are plotting to set fire to the Sahel. The security and bravado of the Nigerien military junta are proof of this. After […]
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Following Minister Crosetto's complaint, investigations began involving a non-commissioned officer of the Guardia di Finanza accused of having hacked into confidential IT systems, in search of information to accompany the Bank of Italy Alerts relating to suspicious financial transactions, known as Sos. The non-commissioned officer, heard at the beginning of the investigation [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Intervening in Niger? The ultimatum of Ecowas - the community of West African states - launched to the Nigerien coup plotters to return to democratic leadership of the country expires on Sunday. However, just yesterday, the putschists received the support of Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea in the event of a military attack by any block of [...]
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At the end of the meetings in Washington, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni from Villa Firenze, residence of the Italian ambassador to the USA, Mariangela Zappia, explains Italy's new international posture: "I was anticipated by false propaganda, which had recounted the hypothesis of a government as a disaster in the stability of international relations, economic stability and institutions. But […]
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The Interior Ministry of Belarus, in a statement, informed the press that a clear plan of interaction with the private paramilitary company Wagner has been developed. The plan would have emerged following the meeting between the minister Ivan Kurbakov and some representatives of Wagner. “The agenda of the meeting included the issues of interacting with […]
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The bridge over the Strait is not only for Italy but, as told by the newspaper Domani, also for Europe, the Americans and NATO. For this reason the work should be part of the Trans-European Transport Network, a European mobility project designed to improve connections within the Union also from a military point of view as designed for the Turin-Lyon high-speed train. The […]
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In order to avoid isolation from the West, Iran joined the SCO – Shanghai Cooperation Organization – on 4 July last in India, thus becoming the ninth effective member on a par with India, China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Pakistan. Until last July 4, Iran was invited to the various meetings of the SCO only as [...]
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“We will not give up” in support for Ukraine, “Vladimir Putin made a wrong bet, namely that support for Kiev would end. We will defend freedom today, tomorrow and for as long as it takes". This is because the idea that the United States can "thrive without a secure Europe is not reasonable," Biden said at the entrance to Vilnius University in Lithuania at [...]
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Before the NATO summit in Vilnius in Lithuania, Joe Biden wanted to send a clear message to the allies on Ukraine's entry into the Alliance: "Kiev is not ready to join NATO ... it must meet other requirements", "there is no unanimity among the member countries" and doing it now "in the middle of a conflict would mean going to war with [...]
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(by Andra Pinto) Yesterday the Ukrainian paramilitaries of the Azov group returned home. They were picked up directly by President Zelensky in Turkey following a very confidential negotiation. So Zelensky on twitter: “We return from Turkey and bring our heroes home. Finally they will be with their relatives. Glory to Ukraine!“. On the presidential flight there were: [...]
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Confirmation from the president of Belarus Lukashenko: "The fighters of the Wagner group are in their camps, their permanent camps, the ones where they have been since they left the front". Prigozhin, Lukashenko added yesterday, is not in the territory of Belarus but he is in St. Petersburg and perhaps this morning he went to Moscow. The news […]
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The policeman who opened fire on Nahel, the 17-year-old boy killed on Tuesday in Nanterre near Paris, was investigated for "intentional homicide" and placed in temporary detention. Clashes between the police and young Frenchmen continued tonight. The tensions had started last Thursday at the end of the "white march" [...]
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Switzerland has vetoed plans to export nearly 100 decommissioned Leopard tanks to Ukraine, citing the country's neutrality laws. The veto could unleash the resentment of the European allies, who for months have been pressuring Bern to loosen its restrictive interpretation of the policy referring to exports in [...]
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The Belarusian news agency Belta reported Lukashenko's words: “Prigozhin is in Belarus today and I asked Vladimir Putin not to eliminate Prigozhin. I told Putin we can kill him, it's not a problem. Either on the first try or on the second. But I asked him not to." The president of Belarus then [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) International experts and observers are still unable to understand the reasons behind Prigozhin's turnaround. He started the march for justice from Rostov, causing corrupt Russian oligarchs and ministers to flee, just 200 km from Moscow he returned back to Rostov and then disappeared into thin air. His loyalists, according to the agreement [...]
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Su Repubblica Gianluca Di Feo tells an indiscretion that could explain the lack of bloodshed at the gates of Moscow. The Airborne Forces, the only ones capable of dealing with Wagner's warriors in the field, did not obey either Defense Minister Shoigu, or Commander-in-Chief Gerasimov. On the basis of the emergency plan "Fortezza" [...]
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Red Square and Lenin's Mausoleum have been closed to visitors due to events, Ria Novosti reports, citing the press and public relations department of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation. "Security measures have been strengthened in Moscow, the most important sites are subjected to greater security", as well as [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) There are many reasons for friction between the United States and China: Taiwan, free trade, the microchip industry, human rights, support for Russia and the Belt & Road Initiative. Just to mention the most important, leaving aside the question of the alleged spy balloons and the military training base in Cuba. The initiatives are weak [...]
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Yesterday Blinken before meeting President Xi Jinping, a meeting not entirely taken for granted and never confirmed since Blinken landed in Beijing, spent several hours with the highest representative of Chinese foreign policy Wang Yi. The confrontation with Wang Yi was very tough when the Chinese high representative, referring to the States [...]
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Ukraine immediately into NATO with the creation of a Kiev-Alliance Council, to prepare the political and military bureaucratic practices when Ukraine will then become an effective member. So it was decided, with not a little mistrust, in recent days in Brussels at the defense ministerial. Confirmation of the line is expected at the next summit on 11 and 12 July [...]
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At the end of last year, Iran envoy Robert Malley met with UN Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani, and White House Middle East coordinator Brett McGurk, who went to Oman to discuss with nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani. According to the WP the day before yesterday the supreme leader Khamenei partially confirmed the contacts, saying [...]
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(by Francesco Matera) Silvio Berlusconi's death yesterday shook the chancelleries of half the world. The news bounced in an instant in every corner of the planet. All the most important newspapers worldwide have told the story of a man, of an Italian who wrote, for better or for worse, [...]
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The possibility that the entire satellite system could go haywire all at once and at the same time could be a reality not so much to overlook. In the blink of an eye mobile phones would stop chirping, navigation systems would crash, television screens would go blank and financial transactions would fail throwing all […]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Artificial intelligence represents a threat to national security, according to British counter-terrorism experts. The technology could be used to persuade vulnerable people to carry out terrorist attacks, experts warn. The debate in England among legislators is open enough to place the issue among the most sensitive ones concerning […]
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(by Roberto Vescio) Cyber security represents one of the main issues that the digital transition must take into consideration since, alongside the opportunities that new developments in networks and new applications will bring, new threats are appearing above all in the world of newbies who interact with full confidence across networks. An essential condition, shared […]
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Lake Maggiore in Italy at the center of an international intrigue where Italian and Israeli secret service agents "accidentally" died following the sinking of a strange and controversial boat on which they were crowded, beyond the permitted number. It all happened last Sunday, as a Corsera investigation writes, when 21 secret agents both [...]
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Chinese premier Li Qiang praised the "strategic cooperation partnership" between Beijing and Moscow, during the meeting held in the Great Hall of the People with his equal Russian Mikhail Mishustin, welcomed with a grand welcome ceremony held in Tiananmen Square. A Memorandum of Understanding on trade cooperation in services was signed, […]
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The question and answer between Moscow and Kiev to establish the paternity of the clashes in the Russian region of Belgorod is alive. Yesterday, the first messages spoke of Ukrainian forces having penetrated Russian territory and grappling with the forces of Moscow. After a few hours, the Russian partisans of Freedom of Russia and [...]
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The Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau and Eni start collaboration in the sectors of exploration, Natural Climate Solutions, agriculture, sustainability and health The Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau and Eni have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore potential areas of collaboration in the fields of exploration, Natural Climate Solutions, agriculture, sustainability and […]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Volodymir Zelensky was on a "diplomatic" pilgrimage to Europe, making short stops in Italy, Germany, France and England. One way to announce to the countries that support the Ukrainian war effort the beginning of something important, definitive and which once started does not foresee a return but only the abyss dictated by the uncertainty of [...]
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The Axios portal has revealed the American project to hinder the Chinese Silk Road. On the table a railway and maritime network capable of uniting the Middle and Far East, Saudi Arabia and India and why not, in the future also Israel. The US National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan would have talked about it during the [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Over the years, China has become the largest shipbuilder in the world, accounting for about 41% of global production, according to UNCTAD data (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development). Beijing is also the largest maritime trader in the world, with its port traffic accounting for 32% of traffic [...]
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The island of Christiansö in the Baltic Sea is the Danish outpost in front of the Nordstream 2 gas pipeline, which made world news due to a sabotage that took place on 26 September last. The Danish police are examining several hypotheses. Meanwhile, off Christiansö, a boat specializing in underwater exploration continues to collect clues, escorted by a navy ship [...]
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The joint and inter-agency exercise will be preceded by the NATO Noble Jump '23 exercise From 8 to 26 May 2023 in Sardinia, at the Decimomannu airport, in the polygons of Capo Teulada and Salto di Quirra and in the maritime areas in front of the "Joint Stars" will carry out the most important national and inter-agency joint exercise of the Defense, planned and conducted by the Command [...]
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“I am proud of the teamwork that led to the success of this delicate and complex evacuation operation. I thank the Italian military, intelligence and diplomacy”, said the Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani on twitter. Thus in a note yesterday evening the Farnesina announced the success of the operation: "The first [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The United States has completed the evacuation of the staff of its embassy in Sudan. The American media reported it, quoting some sources, according to which the families of the embassy staff were also evacuated. The evacuation was conducted via a US military aircraft, but it is still unclear where embassy staff are headed. With […]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Not publicly but in private rooms, this is the new trend that allows small anonymous groups of people to chat privately. Participation can only take place upon invitation from one of the members of the virtual room. More restrictively, there are rooms where entry is granted only by the administrator […]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Online video game platforms, role exchange, exciting challenges that keep you attached to a screen until you lose touch with physical reality. The emotions and involvement are so strong as to make you identify with the character, in your skin that you have created by "paying" hundreds of euros to shape it […]
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Classified Pentagon documents leaking online reveal inconvenient details such as those about Ukraine's air defenses and Israel's Mossad spy agency – it would emerge that the Israeli spy agency encouraged its staff and the public to participate in the protest movement against the reform of the judiciary and the weakening of the powers of the […]
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A secret dossier has ended up on the net, a classified document summarizing the American and NATO commitment to the war in Ukraine. A lightness in the American control systems or the will to divulge what you want the enemy to know in order to confuse him? The fact is that the dossier speaks of about 100 soldiers [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) April 4, 2023 marks a historic date, Finland is officially a member of NATO, thus increasing the borders of the Alliance (another 1340 km) close to Russia. Even if NATO and Western countries celebrate the day by fueling the hopes of entry of Sweden and Ukraine, many believe that this [...]
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Last Friday, the President of the Republic signed the decree law which kicks off the work of dreams, dreams made by almost all governments after the Second World War. The bridge over the Strait of Messina (3666 km) is a sumptuous 10 billion euro project that will open construction sites starting from July [...]
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With an open letter published by the non-profit Future of Life Institute, Elon Musk and a thousand other researchers have sounded the alarm about the dangers of artificial intelligence. The sentence with the highest impact is the one that poses a strong question to the scientific community: "Artificial intelligence poses profound risks for society and humanity and for this it would [...]
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(by Lorenzo Midili and Giuseppe Paccione) On the judicial level, something is moving around the figure of the one who for over a year has set in motion the aggressive war machine against a sovereign and independent country; we are talking about the Russian president Vladimir Putin, on whom an international arrest warrant is pending. This mandate is […]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) In the end what we have always avoided is happening. We probably or inevitably favored China's rapprochement with Russia, with unpredictable consequences for the West, with bitter tastes for the future of the economy and for the growth of tensions in the military field. The meeting in Moscow between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping sanctions, of [...]
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There is the strictest secrecy regarding Xi Jinping's visit to Moscow, some revelations in the press say that Xi will propose to Vladimir Putin to seek a common solution to end the war in Ukraine. Many speak, however, of proposing a truce to the Ukrainian counterpart. On the probable truce, the spokesman for the Council for [...]
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Fixed fighters and Ukrainian pilot training. Poland will deliver four Mig-29s to Kiev, tactically they have an irrelevant significance, but symbolically they can be disruptive because Poland is an EU and NATO nation. Slovakia, Finland and the Netherlands could also deliver air defense aircraft. Americans have […]
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Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu held telephone conversations with his American counterpart Lloyd Austin. This was reported by the Russian Defense Ministry, specifying that the talks took place on American initiative. While Washington complains about the increasingly aggressive behavior of Moscow, with a statement, the Minister of Defense of Moscow, Sergei [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The defense chiefs of Great Britain and Italy will visit Japan this week to hold meetings with their local counterparts, Japanese defense minister Yasukazu Hamada said yesterday. A trilateral meeting with the British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace and the Minister of Defense is scheduled for Thursday [...]
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The Chinese military is closely watching the warfare techniques used in the Ukraine conflict to enhance its capabilities in possible future conflicts with the United States. The objective of military research is to be able to shoot down the starlink satellites in low orbit in order to be able to defend tanks and helicopters from the deadly Javelin missiles [...]
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In a note, the Air Force General Staff announced that following the accident that occurred in the late morning, Lieutenant Colonel Cipriano Giuseppe and Major Meneghello Marco, both in service at the 60th Stormo of the Air Force, lost their lives. based in Guidonia (RM). The news was communicated to the families of the two officers, [...]
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Moscow oil traffic off the Indian Ocean, away from trade routes. Repubblica resumes an investigation by the WSJ where it is told how Moscow circumvents the sanctions with the complicity of the large global oil companies. Oil companies get 49 percent of their crude oil needs from firms in Moscow. To avoid […]
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Professor Alessandro Orsini spoke in "Cartabianca", on Tuesday 28 February 2023. The expert commented on the latest developments related to the war in Ukraine, considering first of all very difficult that the conflict will spread to Moldova and Transnistria, above all "for a geographical reason. Moldova borders Romania, which is a landlocked NATO country […]
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The Ukrainians fed up with being bombed for over a year dare to send some rudimentary drones with small explosive charges across the borders towards Russia. Some energy infrastructures were affected, while a small drone - Ukrainian UJ-22 - traveled over 600 km and then crashed about 100 km from Moscow. In Moldova […]
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A Russian A-50 military plane was damaged a few hours ago by a drone strike while parked at an airport near the Belarusian capital of Minsk. This was reported to Reuters by some Belarusian partisans and members of the opposition, now in exile. The front and central parts of the aircraft, as well as the radar antenna, were damaged at […]
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After a year of war we are preparing for the showdown: we sharpen our weapons for the spring assault
After a year of war there is no peace. United Nations votes against Russia. Der Spiegel: China ready to sell drones to Russia. The US allocates another 2 billion. G7: ready to give more help. (by Massimiliano D'Elia) The war in Ukraine today enters its first year without being able to see any on the horizon [...]
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(by Francesco Matera) Yesterday was a day that will be written in the history books of our children and grandchildren. While Vladimir Putin from the Duma thundered against the Western world, Biden from Poland responded in kind by emphasizing a united and determined West in fighting the invader of Ukraine. Putin has launched the challenge to the United States by suspending the Treaty on [...]
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China is very concerned about the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine which is escalating and also spiraling out of control. We call for dialogue to be promoted, said Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang. "We will continue to promote peace dialogue and we will work with the international community for this, to address the concerns of [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) So Zelensky spoke remotely at the security conference in Munich: "We are all David against Goliath. David is the whole free world. Freedom is a value in all parts of the world. And there is no alternative to Goliath's defeat and our victory. Being David means fighting, Ukraine is a […]
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For NATO, the EU, the US and the UK, a new challenge lies ahead, the logistical one, because the Ukrainian armed forces need to be resupplied as soon as possible, given that Russia has intensified its firepower. Russia manages to send an average of 20.000 artillery pieces a day to Ukraine, equal to the European monthly production.
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The Washington Post has revealed the American moves "under the table" to try to turn the Ukrainian conflict around. Under consideration by Congress the use of the "1202 Program" which provides for the use of US special forces directly on the ground to assist the Ukrainians in raids and in counter-information, or to lead the Kiev military from [...]
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After meeting with British officials, the Ukrainian leader went to Paris to meet Macron and Scholz. The request is to have fighter planes and long-range missiles as soon as possible. Italian premier Giorgia Meloni was not invited. Nor had the French president told her anything about [...]
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Yesterday morning around 06.00 two earthquakes, four aftershocks of degrees between 6,4 and 7,7 shook ten different cities between Turkey and Syria. Erdogan: "the most disastrous earthquake since 1938". The terrible earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria yesterday morning was devastating with 4372 dead. The bulletin of the deceased unfortunately [...]
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The Civil Protection Department has issued an alert for possible tsunami waves arriving on the Italian coasts following the 7.9 magnitude earthquake with its epicenter between Turkey and Syria at 2:17. In a statement, the Civil Protection "recommends moving away from the coastal areas, reaching the higher nearby area and [...]
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A Chinese hot air balloon over Montana. The American military commands are on alert, reporting the unfortunate intruder in the airspace. China immediately ran for cover, reporting that it was a normal civilian aircraft for meteorological studies, which got out of control. The Pentagon wanted to destroy it but the fear of the fall of [...]
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Russia is ready to launch a massive attack before more than 100 new Western tanks arrive in late March. Therefore, it is urgent to remedy as soon as possible in order not to lose other territories. The Bakhmut area is at the center of the dispute in these hours. The USA have therefore decided to send new long-lasting missiles [...]
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(by Francesco Matera) The Minister of Defense, Guido Crosetto in the Chamber has outlined the new Italian posture in the face of global challenges. In Defense it is necessary to carry out a Copernican revolution to always be ready to face challenges and new threats that come not only from the East (Russia and Asia) but also from the South, from the African continent [...]
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Italy is at Ukraine's side by sending Israeli weapons, ammunition, drones and intelligence resources. (by Francesco Matera) Rome has decided to send a unit of the Samp-T surface-to-air system to Kiev equipped with about twenty missiles (the others will be supplied by the French), together with pieces of heavy artillery, movement tanks and groups generators. Second […]
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The Military Historical Society under the patronage of the Russian Defense Ministry has set up a traveling exhibition entitled "Heroes with Eternally Russian Hearts". The exhibition consists of 48 panels where the Russian fallen in Ukraine are told. The phrase that stands out at the beginning of the exhibition: “In more than a thousand years of Russia's existence, […]
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Today in Remstein in Germany the Western summit to decide strategies and new military supplies to Ukraine. Yesterday the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev thundered: "The defeat of a nuclear power in a conventional war can provoke the outbreak of an atomic war". Germany, meanwhile, hesitates and [...]
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(by Francesco Matera) The mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro was arrested by the Carabinieri del Ros, after 30 years on the run. The investigation that led to the arrest of the Castelvetrano (Tp) mafia boss was coordinated by the Palermo prosecutor Maurizio de Lucia and the deputy prosecutor Paolo Guido. The news, in a few hours, made the rounds of [...]
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Yesterday Frontex, the European Border Surveillance Agency, published a new report according to which the number of "illegal" migrants who arrived in the European Union last year is the highest recorded since 2016. The most traveled route remains the Balkan one, but, especially in recent months, the landings on the Italian coasts of immigrants from [...]
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The Senate approved the sixth decree which extends the shipment of weapons to Kiev until 31 December 2023. With 125 votes in favor and 38 against, the decree for the transfer of military vehicles, materials and equipment to the Ukrainian government authorities was converted. The decree provides that the shipment of weapons can take place in derogation [...]
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An unknown number of classified documents were found by Biden's lawyers in an office he used at Penn Biden Center when he was vice president. The discovery dates back to November 2, just before the Midterm elections. On the same day, Biden's lawyers informed the National Archives, which took possession of [...]
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Thousands of supporters of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro stormed the Parliament area in Brasilia managing to enter the outer space surrounding the Palace. The area was guarded by the police but the Bolsonarists, many of whom with the Carioca flag on their shoulders, managed to break through the security cordon and several [...]
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According to some familiar with the dynamics of the appointment, Russia is trying to block the reappointment of the Danish head of the main UN environment agency, following a highly critical report on the impact of the war in Ukraine. According to two UN sources, Russia has been acting for several months against the reappointment of Inger Andersen, an economist with […]
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The United States is increasingly looking to Africa after decades of neglect. Joe Biden, also following the acclaimed Chinese and Russian expansionist aims, has recently decided to concentrate every diplomatic effort to bring the needle of regional influence back to the American side. (by Massimiliano D'Elia) The document "Strategy of the United States towards sub-Saharan Africa" published [...]
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Europe and the United States have convinced Serbia to stop the protests in the north of Kosovo where minorities of Serbian origin live, softened by Aleksandar Vucic and invited to remove the barricades in Mitrovica and other northern towns. Vucic then revoked the state of alert for the Serbian armed forces and [...]
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Kosovo has closed its main border with Serbia after Belgrade placed its army on high alert. Brussels and Washington are concerned about the tense situation in northern Kosovo and have called for immediate action to de-escalate. Thus in a joint note: "We ask [...]
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Libya is far from peaceful. It is a powder keg ready to explode which will cause Italy a great deal of trouble, aware of the fact that over 600 refugees from all over Africa and the Middle East are massed in those lands. On the website of the Ministry of the Interior, data on migratory flows affecting our […]
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A chaotic end-of-year manoeuvre, with the vote of confidence in the Chambers and the technicians of the Mef (Giorgetti's department) who do not collaborate. Between realignments of the tables and search for roofing, the first of the Meloni government is to be forgotten net of the few measures that can be implemented due to the absorption of most of the resources [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Space is increasingly sought after by the superpowers every day because it is considered essential for military operations, not only in the defensive phase, for the detection and tracking of missiles, but also in the offensive phase, for geolocation, navigation, identification of targets and detection/control of military activities in general. China, United States […]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Russia, the United States, China and Europe are competing to equip their armies with increasingly advanced armaments. Supremacy in the military field is one of the main objectives for competing and asserting one's influence on the international scene, especially after the events of the Russo-Ukrainian war that undermined the old [...]
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Putin yesterday explained to one of the members of the Human Rights Council that Russia possesses nuclear weapons only for deterrent purposes, but it is not certain that it cannot use them first. Russia has specified Putin "will not use the atomic arsenal first under any circumstances, it means that it will not even use it [...]
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(by Francesco Matera) The International Legion fights in Ukraine and can count on funding and armaments from the regular army of Kiev. The paramilitaries come from around 52 countries and are mostly of British origin. Their pay varies from 1200 euros to just over 2500 euros. Very interesting is the report […]
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Adolfo Urso, fresh from his mandate on space, took part in the ESA ministerial meeting in Paris last Tuesday together with the representatives of the European governments to shore up the strategies and investment programs for aerospace policies for the next three years. A new challenge, space, is attracting the countries that more than the others are investing resources and […]
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During the G20 in Bali, the bilateral meeting between Meloni and Erdogan appeared very cordial, so much so that, as reported by the Agi, the agreement signed in 2018 between the Turkish defense companies Aselsan and Roketsan with Eurosam (consortium which includes Mbda Italy, Mbda France and Thales). At the basis of the agreement is the update of the […]
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Tehran's secret services are reportedly targeting Iranians abroad more, especially journalists and dissidents. According to Western analysts, a strong response is underway to the popular uprising that is escalating in Iran, triggered by the brutal death of the young woman, Mahsa Amini, who would have been killed in police custody [...]
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At least two Russian missiles hit a farm in the Polish village of Przewodow killing two people. On pro-Russian twitter groups there is talk of missiles that fell in Poland because they were hit by Ukrainian anti-aircraft fire. The Russian Defense Ministry has denied that the missiles that fell on Poland were Russian, emphasizing that they were not [...]
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Eni, as Delegated Operator of the Coral South project on behalf of its partners in Area 4 (ExxonMobil, CNPC, GALP, KOGAS and ENH) informs that the first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) produced by the Coral field, in ultra -deep waters of the Rovuma basin, has just departed from the Coral Sul Floating Liquefied Natural Gas […]
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In the US Midterm elections, the Republicans do not spread and maintain their positions. The outcome consolidates the Democrats and opens up new scenarios for the race to the White House in 2024 with a Donald Trump coming out with broken bones and Joe Biden ready to reapply. In the evening Biden said that the outcome of the vote is [...]
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The procurement of Russian arms from Iran and North Korea heralds a growing convergence of military and diplomatic interests between Moscow and the two anti-Western and IC-sanctioned countries. Washington has accused Russia of procuring large quantities of artillery ammunition from Pyongyang, as well as missiles and drones which it is already purchasing from Iran. [...]
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Internal tensions remain in the majority, linked to the attribution of proxies between the various ministries and the creation of two inter-ministerial committees set up by the Prime Minister. Meloni is determined to do everything possible to centralize the most delicate dossiers in Palazzo Chigi, so as to be able to personally manage the key games. A strategy [...]
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The United States and NATO will have to provide Farsi language analysts and teach Farsi to Ukrainian intelligence analysts. This will allow Ukrainian intelligence analysts to better identify Iranian military advisors present in Crimea and possibly capture them. (by Massimiliano D'Elia) Tehran has sent its consultants to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in [...]
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Protests against the Iranian government regained vigor after the funeral commemorating the people killed by the security forces. The police initiated a further round of arrests and repression. Dozens of cities in Iran were shaken by protests on Wednesday evening, on the day when the crowd - young boys - remembered [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Heartfelt, sumptuous, all heart and pride for Italy, so the speech of Prime Minister Meloni in front of the Chamber where there was a veiled emotion: before starting to speak for 70 uninterrupted minutes he said between the lines to his two deputies sitting next to him: "I'm dead ... !!". Drank a sip of water he [...]
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The new Italian premier, Giorgia Meloni, wastes no time and meets Emmanuel Macron on the terrace of the Gran Melià in Rome. In a note, Palazzo Chigi makes it known that it was a cordial and fruitful meeting, confirmed by Macron himself in a tweet: "As Europeans, as neighboring countries, as friendly peoples, with Italy we must continue all [...]
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(by Emanuela Ricci and Massimiliano D'Elia) I am Giorgia, I am a woman, I am a mother and I am a Christian. So sounded the charge - "thundered" - the new premier Giorgia Meloni during a rally. He had thus publicly launched and, in his own way, the cornerstones of the Brothers of Italy line focused on recognizing the role of women [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Turkey signed a new agreement with Libya a few days ago for the exploitation of gas and oil fields under concession that expels Italy and other international players from Libyan resources. After the 2019 agreement signed by Erdogan and the then president of the Libyan presidential council al Serraj, Turkey and [...]
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(by Giuseppe Paccione) On the last day of September, a ceremony was held in the heart of the Kremlin, in which the tenant Vladimir Putin entered into treaties with the delegations of four entities established on Ukrainian territory, the so-called (farces) republics areas of Donetsk and Luhansk and the oblasts of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. Clearly, to reach [...]
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Ansa reported that North Korea today launched two new ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan. The alarm was raised by the South Korean army general staff: two short-range ballistic missiles launched from the Samsok area, in Pyongyang, towards the Sea of Japan. The new launches [...]
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(by Giuseppe Paccione) For weeks, the tenant of the Kremlin has been using nuclear weapons against the West that supports Ukraine, in order to obtain a victory that is increasingly distant. Moscow has communicated the outcome of the referendum (farce) for the annexation of the territories where the elections were held illegitimate or obtained by forcing citizens under the threat of [...]
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(by Giuseppe Paccione and Massimiliano D'Elia) The Born for months with its assets is in constant alarm and almost every day is measured with Russian provocations. Our Air Force planes are garrisoning the Baltic and on more than one occasion have had to intercept Russian fighters that had violated Alliance airspace. Yesterday [...]
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With 114 seats in the Senate, the CDX breakfast can govern with tranquility and autonomy, while in the Chamber it borders on 43 percent. Giorgia Meloni's party is first with almost 26% of consensus, followed by the Democratic Party which with 19,4% does not exceed the psychological threshold of 20%. The Five Movement [...]
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Yesterday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a British Telegraph journalist that in Ukraine we cannot talk about war but still about a Special Military Operation. According to Foreign Minister Lavrov, Ukraine is becoming a totalitarian Nazi state. In the meantime, Putin continues with his strategy, calling for a referendum [...]
read more(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The war in Ukraine is taking a direction that does not help Vladimir Putin both internally and abroad. The defeat of the Russian forces in the Kharkiv region does not portend a rapid end to the conflict. The Russian army was unable to overwhelm the Ukrainian one with the help of Western intelligence and resources [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Tomorrow morning, Undersecretary for Services, Franco Gabrielli will report to Copasir on the story of the alleged Russian funding to political parties and leaders of about 20 foreign countries. The alarm was raised by the 007 in Washington on the 'soft power' exercised by Moscow, secretly transferring from 2014, the year of the occupation of Crimea, over 300 million [...]
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The purchase of Indian and Chinese oil has offset most of the decline in Russian exports to Europe, thus raising questions about the impact of sanctions on Moscow which have instead led to a skyrocketing energy bills for European consumers. An analysis by the Financial Times on available data from Chinese and Indian customs statistics shows [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The United States is increasingly looking to Africa after decades of disinterest. Joe Biden, recently, also following the overt Chinese and Russian expansionist aims, has decided to concentrate every diplomatic effort to bring the hand of regional influence back to the American side. In fact, since the beginning of the century, China has gone from [...]
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The clashes in Tripoli in recent days have involved militias close to the government of Abdul Hamid Ddeibah, recognized by the UN, and those close to Fathi Bashaga, premier recognized by the parliament based in Tobruck, particularly close to Russia. The first ones prevailed, with Ddeibah who also granted himself, as a sign of strength, a [...]
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The lines written on an article in the investigative newspaper Bellingcat reveal some rumors about the modus operandi of the Gru (one of the Russian intelligence services), in creating a new identity for their operative agents from nothing. On August 8, 2005, the Civil Registry Office of the Independencia District in Lima, Peru received an application for registration […]
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As Ukraine celebrated its 31 years of independence yesterday, Russia, without mercy, attacked the country with ferocity by hitting a railway station. To spoil the party, Moscow launched a missile attack on a railway station in the Dnipropetrovsk region. In the meantime, Washington has circulated the news that Moscow is preparing a referendum [...]
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The Afghan Taliban are said to be in talks with Russia to import 1 million tons of petroleum products, giving in exchange raw materials for medicines and mineral resources. A Taliban delegation is currently in Moscow for meetings with Russian officials and private companies to strengthen trade ties and encourage investment in the Asian nation […]
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The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) hosts the “Pitch Black” air drill, a type of large-scale training with 16 other nations including the United States, Great Britain and France. The exercise, which will last until 8 September, foresees the participation of over 100 military aircraft engaged in thousands of combat scenarios conducted by [...]
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Truss: England will continue with the Navy to manage the flow of migrants
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Yesterday Vladimir Putin in Koubinka, a town near Moscow, during an international arms fair boasted those in possession of the Russian army. Although some Western services have pointed out that Russia revealed its weaknesses during the war in Ukraine, the Russian president promised his allies "the most modern weapons of [...]
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From 13 to 27 August next in Venezuela, in the city of Barquisimeto, in the state of Lara, in the north-west of the country, there will be a military exercise advertised as a sporting event called "Army Games" in which Russian troops will participate. China and Iran. It is the first time that Russian-led drones and sniper commando [...]
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken went to Africa two days ago to give a strong response to the trip of his Russian counterpart Lavrov who visited Egypt, Uganda, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo at the end of July. Lavrov sought support for Moscow after the war events in Ukraine [...]
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Taipei is certain, the Chinese military forces are simulating the invasion of the island. The Defense of Taiwan monitors the moves of the Chinese People's Army with fighters and military ships. In addition to the launch of hypersonic missiles, the use of spy drones and the massive use of special forces, China would be trying new armaments in action, a way to make people understand [...]
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After Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, China did not stand by by organizing an impressive military exercise close to the island which will see ballistic missile launches, fighter jet overflights and tactical movements of warships until Sunday evening. A taste for world public opinion of what Beijing could [...]
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The number of would-be Sudanese migrants to Europe, passing through Morocco, has increased dramatically as the passage through Libya has become increasingly difficult. To write it today is the French newspaper Le Monde which, in detail, tells the story of some who survived a recent shipwreck. Issam has a hand in plaster, shoulder pain [...]
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(by Lorenzo Midili) Cyberwar, also called cyberwarfare, is a war directed by computers, by states or their operators against other states. Known as "cyber warfare," it is usually waged against government and military networks in order to disrupt, destroy or even deny its use. Cyber warfare, often identified as espionage or crime [...]
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Two hours and seventeen minutes, as long as the phone call between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping lasted, it is the fifth time that the two leaders have heard each other over the phone on the hottest issues in the world. Next time, they vowed, they will meet in person. Apparently, reading the press releases launched at the end of the phone call, [...]
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In the end Giorgia Meloni got it right: whoever gets the most votes will have the task of indicating the premier. The polls that see Fdi flying over 25% are could not be ignored by Silvio Berlusconi and Matteo Salvini who wisely, this time, have decided to team up to win, clearly, the elections and send [...]
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Ukrainian ports are back to work at full capacity, according to the Ukrainian Navy, while the center for the coordination of operations also begins its supervision activity in Istanbul. A joint center, a kind of operations room, which will have to guarantee the safe passage of Ukrainian ships in the Black Sea, following the agreement between [...]
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In a note, the Russian energy giant Gazprom says that starting from Wednesday it will reduce gas supplies to Germany by another 20 percentage points, which will therefore lose about 33 million cubic meters per day. The reason given by the company refers to the repair of the Siemens turbine. The news leads to [...]
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Ukraine has accused Russia of launching four Kalibr cruise missiles on Odessa, thus threatening the wheat deal signed yesterday in Istanbul. Stop the condemnation of the EU with Borrell and Gentiloni. Zelensky attacks: "Prove only one thing: no matter what Russia says or promises, it will find a way not to implement the agreement". Turkey is concerned "for the [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Italy and its government crisis in the dark worries the chancelleries of half the world. The United States and the European Union are watching the Italian situation very carefully after the latest events in the Chamber which, almost for certain, give rise to the early dissolution of the Chambers by President Mattarella who, without carrying out the [...]
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The dossier on Ukrainian wheat could be resolved shortly, as confirmed by the Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar: "a matter of days and there will be a new meeting, an opportunity to define the details and review the points on which an agreement has already been reached. reached up". It is important that the agreement is reached as soon as possible for [...]
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“We talk about themes, we bring concrete proposals. Isn't this the role of Parliament? Compact forward together with Giuseppe Conte, always on the side of the citizens ”. Paola Taverna, senator and deputy vice president of the M5s writes on Facebook. (by Francesco Matera) That of the Taverna one of the many expressions of the members of the Movement that represents the [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Draghi's resignation is like a cold shower for all Western chancelleries. Only Italy, in its healthy madness, manages to force a personality like Mario Draghi to resign. We have an important figure who is respected, but above all who is listened to, almost with reverence, by Washington and Brussels. To us, […]
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War of energy and wheat (by Massimiliano D'Elia) In the end Putin is probably succeeding in his crazy plan, which is not so crazy: to undermine Western democracies that for years have rested on the conviction of lasting peace guaranteed by NATO and the United Nations. Less convincing, however, is the Union's ability to influence [...]
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Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, during an election rally in Nara, was shot by a man who has already been arrested by local police. At the moment Abe seems to show no signs of life. According to local authorities, Shinzo Abe was shot in the chest and shoulders twice at close range. The episode is [...]
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The first Statistical Observatory on the Universal Single Check (AUU) will be released today, which reports the data relating to the AUU applications presented in the period January-May 2022 and payments relating to the quarter of competence March-May 2022. The Observatory provides an overview of essential statistical information on the beneficiaries of the measure and on their economic values. The elaborations [...]
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The provisional toll of the victims of the collapse of a huge serac on the Marmolada is six dead, 9 wounded and 16 missing. This was announced to ANSA by Gianpaolo Bottacin, Veneto regional councilor for civil protection. "The situation is evolving - he says - and it is currently difficult to give an account of what happened with certainty". "I'm [...]
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Some Chinese college students work in a secret technology society that has masked the true nature of the business from them: to seek out Western espionage targets and translate hacked documents. The Financial Times identified and contacted 140 potential translators, mostly recent graduates who studied English at public universities in Hainan, Sichuan and Xi'an. [...]
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The Russians advance, conquer new cities after razing them: Mariupol, Severodonetsk, Lysychansk and now they are focusing on Kramatorsk. Putin's missiles again lick Kiev, Kharkiv and Cherkasy, but also the training centers of volunteers in the Lviv region. The big seven yesterday from Berlin decided to apply the embargo [...]
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US President Biden arrived in Germany last night to participate in the G7, a summit of particular value in the light of the new world order, launched by the predominant autocracies, China and Russia. The goal is to continue in Russia's isolation and start a new sanctioning course against China, guilty of indirectly helping [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The Sarmat ICBM, the most sophisticated and feared weapon in the Kremlin's arsenal, will be operational by the end of this year. This was announced by Vladimir Putin himself, speaking to young graduates of Russian military academies. A proud and proud Putin announced to the cadets the operation, by the end of the year, of his [...]
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday sent another video to talk to his people: "the Black Sea will be safe and ours, everything will be rebuilt, Russia does not have enough missiles to break the Ukrainians' will to live". Meanwhile the Kiev Parliament has banned the import of Russian books and newspapers and [...]
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Faced with a daily request for gas by Eni of approximately 63 million cubic meters, Gazprom has announced that it will supply only 50% of what is requested. Eni itself announced the data which, in response to the requests made by the Italian company, Gazprom informed that it would deliver only 65% [...]
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Russia opens to a peace intervention by the Pope. Poland is wary of a mission in Kiev by the Scholz-Macron-Draghi trio. Ukraine, on the other hand, presents a shopping list at the meeting of defense ministers to be held today at NATO in Brussels. On the ground, Severodonetsk is practically surrounded and the connections with Lisichansk are [...]
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Last Friday in Singapore the US Defense Secretary, Lloyd J. Austin III, and the Chinese Defense Minister, General Wei Fenghe, met for the second time. They had spoken last April by telephone. After a couple of jabs on the Taiwan island issue, the talks apparently continued with intentions [...]
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Recently, the Draghi government had to apply the special powers of the golden power to block the foreign sale of Italian entrepreneurial jewels. Legislative Decree no.21 / 2012 marks the transition from a golden share regime to a golden power system. It allows the exercise of special powers with regard to all companies that carry out significant activities [...]
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The Russian newspaper Izvestia revealed Turkey's plan to resolve the Ukrainian wheat issue. It will be the Turkish navy to mine the Black Sea and then escort the Ukrainian ships in neutral waters. The goal is to free up almost 53 million [...]
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An armed attack followed by a series of explosions, yesterday in Nigeria a massacre in a Catholic church: dozens of deaths including women and children. The causes as well as the motive are not yet known but all investigators think of the continuing inter-ethnic and inter-religious tensions between local populations and the Fulani Islamic nomadic shepherds. [...]
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Russia and Ukraine produce only a third of the world's wheat and barley, but most of this is sold to African countries, which import 40% of their needs from them, while Rwanda, Tanzania and Senegal reach 60%. , Egypt at 80%. The grain freeze cost Kiev 11% of [...]
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Vladimir Putin is ill with cancer and escaped an assassination attempt in March. These are the conclusions of a secret report by the US 007 after the rumors that have been running around in recent weeks, according to what 'Newsweek' reveals, citing three executives from three different American intelligence agencies. In detail, the informants of [...]
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Three additional helicopters ordered for rescue missions. The helicopters will be provided by CHC Australia operator to the Emergency Rescue Helicopter Service (EHRS) in Western Australia, with deliveries in early 2023 The AW139 is the most successful helicopter in its class in Australia for helicopter rescue and is was also chosen by several operators in the country [...]
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(by Giuseppe Paccione) The military conduct, corroborated by the aggression by Russia against Ukraine, causing enormous suffering to the civilian population and the destruction of public and private structures, up to the point of razing some Ukrainian cities to the ground, was considered by the international community as falling within the context of a real war. This last word is [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Until yesterday, Russia has flaunted its superiority to the world in the hypersonic armaments sector. Last month, Moscow announced that it was using Kinzhal, hypersonic ballistic missiles with nuclear or conventional capability, launched from a modified Mig-31 for the first time in Ukraine. One of the six "next generation" weapons [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Yesterday from Finland a historic decision by President Sauli Niinistö and Prime Minister Sanna Marin who wrote about their opinion of membership of NATO: "Finland must apply for membership of NATO without delay". On Sunday, after the parliamentary confrontation, the decision will take the expected bureaucratic process of joining the Alliance. The two […]
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Biden signed a law to speed up the supply of arms to Ukraine inspired by a 1941 measure that allowed the United States to arm the British army against Hitler. The 'Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act' had been approved by an overwhelming majority by Congress ten days ago, but Biden wanted to sign it, not surprisingly, today, on [...]
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The countries that have not joined the sanctions against Russia are India, China, Cuba, Nicaragua and Bolivia. But many others, from Mexico to Argentina, have offered facade support to the peremptory American demands to take sides for Ukraine. In Africa openly in favor of Putin's Russia are registered, South Africa, Angola, Algeria, Congo, Burundi, Equatorial Guinea, [...]
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(by Giovanni Ramunno) The Preamble of the UN Charter reports that the peoples of the United Nations, "determined to save future generations from the scourge of war which twice in the course of this generation has brought unspeakable afflictions to humanity", constituted the United Nations Organization. To do this, the United Nations Charter identified, in the ban [...]
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Russia is running out of precision missiles and its arms factories are failing to meet demand. The sanctions are having, albeit slowly, a clear impact on Russian war industrial production. Now Moscow is forced to transport its missiles from distant parts of the country to the Ukrainian front. "The […]
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In the hearing of Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini at Copasir - Parliamentary Committee for the Security of the Republic - "the contents of the second interministerial decree authorizing the transfer of military means, materials and equipment to the governmental authorities of Ukraine, on which the Committee agreed with the Government in the affixing of the [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Two antennas were hit in Transnistria, a pro-Russian territory, the country has put the security forces on alert. An ammunition depot went up in flames early this morning near the village of Staraya Nelidovka in the Belgorod region of western Russia, near the border with […]
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Ukraine is in a "crucial phase of the war" with Russia, it is necessary to get the Ukrainians immediately the weapons they need to defend themselves in the new Russian offensive in the Donbass - and, for this, the US will allocate a new package of military aid for Kiev. The amount this time too will be 800 million [...]
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British intelligence has informed the government of the beginning of a new phase in Ukraine marked by a war of attrition that could last several months. A spokesman for Downing Street said this, correcting the shot with respect to forecasts according to which Moscow, in the event of an initial failure, would risk finding itself soon without sufficient resources [...]
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The pressure of the Russians on the city of Mariupol is getting harder, "If they continue to resist, they will all be eliminated". According to what was announced by Interfax, which quoted the spokesman of the ministry Igor Konashenkov, this is the message sent by the Russian Defense Ministry to the Ukrainian resistance barricaded in the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, after [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Moscow used the Kinzhal, hypersonic ballistic missiles with nuclear or conventional capability for the first time in Ukraine. It is one of six "next generation" weapons cited by Putin in his March 1, 2018 speech. A demonstration to the world that Russian hypersonic technology is mature and usable on battlefields. A tactical slap at [...]
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GreenIT, the joint venture between Plenitude and CDP Equity for the production of energy from renewable sources, and CI IV, a fund managed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), have signed an agreement for the construction of two floating offshore wind farms in Sicily and Sardinia , both located over 35 km from the coast, for a capacity [...]
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Yesterday Italy aligned itself with its Western partners by expelling 30 Russian diplomats who worked at the Russian Embassy in Italy. Berlin expelled 40, while France and Spain, respectively 35 and 25. The other countries of Europe follow: Romania, Sweden, Slovenia and Denmark. The spokesperson for the Moscow Foreign Ministry, Maria [...]
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Washington, according to the NYT, is ready to indirectly supply tanks to Ukraine. Contacts are already underway to encourage what is called an arms transfer because these are not American systems. The United States, in fact, will shop in the immense Eastern European market, where they can find material compatible with that [...]
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Tomorrow ends the health emergency that lasted two years from the proclamation of the Conte government. In force since April 1st, many changes that eliminate the green pass and the super green pass in different situations. From May 31st, the green pass institution will definitively terminate its restrictive validity, with one exception: until December XNUMXst the obligation to [...] remains
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Yesterday President Biden at the NATO summit said that if Russia uses chemical agents such as those launched in Syria "we will respond and the nature of the response will depend on the nature of their use". For the NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, "Russian rhetoric aims to look for pretexts to prepare for the use of arms [...]
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Yesterday the US president, Joe Biden landed in Europe to participate in the summits of NATO, G7 and the EU Council. An event that has never happened before, that of concentrating the meetings of the major international cooperation fora in a few days. After the alarm raised by the American secret services of a probable use of chemical weapons by [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Moscow has announced that for the first time in Ukraine it has used the Kinzhal, hypersonic ballistic missiles with nuclear or conventional capability that are launched by a modified Mig-31. It is one of the six "next generation" weapons cited by Putin in his speech on March 1, 2018. A demonstration to the world that hypersonic technology [...]
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Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it is appropriate to learn more about the state apparatus that allows the modern Tsar, Vladimir Putin, to keep the whole world in check. Against a GDP of just over 1700 US dollars (year 2020), Moscow spends around 4 percent each year on military spending (70 [...]
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Lockdown in China for Covid-19. Megacities producing high-tech products closed
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The Russian air attack at dawn, near Lviv, targeted a military base (Ivano-Frankivsk) just 25 kilometers from Poland and seems to be a direct message from Russia to NATO and the EU. At the base there is also the International Center for Peace and Security (Ipsc) where the exercises were held last September [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Many NATO countries, including Italy, are sending weapons to Poland in support of the Ukrainian resistance. From information, osint would be the Rzeszow Jasionka airport (100km from the Ukrainian border), the one used to send Western aid to Ukraine. The airport is located close to the E40 motorway which leads directly to Kiev. At the airport there are [...]
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The systems of the International Atomic Energy Agency monitoring the Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia have stopped transmitting data; yesterday there was a similar interruption from the Chernobyl site: the IAEA says it is "worried". Meanwhile Zelensky believes "that the threat of nuclear war is a bluff" by Putin. "Bombing a children's hospital is proof [...]
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The director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, in a hearing in the US Congress, said that Putin would be ready to double his forces on the ground because at this point in the conflict he cannot lose the war and above all his face both inside and in the front. to the International Community: "We assess that Putin feels afflicted by the fact [...]
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The European Parliament voted with a very large majority the resolution condemning the Russian aggression and proximity to Ukraine which also contains the commitment to grant the country the status of candidate country for EU membership. The text obtained 637 votes in favor, 26 abstentions and 13 against. Among the opponents, several MEPs of the de La group [...]
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It is a truce, but the siege continues. Yesterday, the first round of negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, with Putin calling for the neutrality of Kiev and the recognition of Russian sovereignty over Crimea. "We have found points on which it is possible to find common ground", say from Moscow. Kiev confirms that there will be a second round of [...]
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Since darkness fell in Kiev, the sirens have continued to be activated repeatedly, warning the population of possible Russian bombings. The bloody war continues, although a faint hope can be nurtured today with the meeting between the delegations from Kiev and Moscow scheduled on the border with Belarus. Belarusian President Lukashenko [...]
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"This war will last a long time" and "we must prepare": French President Emmanuel Macron said today during a visit to the Agricultural Fair. Macron has ensured that weapons will be sent to Zelesky while Biden has sent 350 million dollars. Meanwhile, the Russian para are trying to leave Kiev without light, but they were [...]
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The West is compact in imposing sanctions on Russia, while on the ground the battle is pressing by the hour, with deaths and injuries registered. The Moscow bulletin reports 74 military targets destroyed, including 11 runways. According to the Ukrainian presidency, "more than 40 Ukrainian soldiers and about 10 civilians have been killed". Another 18 victims, including [...]
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Today at 04.00 the rhetoric of diplomacy was replaced by war, Vladimir Putin launched 'the special military operation in Ukraine. The announcement came during a live broadcast where Putin said his goal is to demilitarize but not occupy Ukraine. Then he turned to the West: "Anyone who tries to interfere or threaten us, he must [...]
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Once intelligence could predict the enemy's moves well in advance, now it apparently failed to read Russia's real intentions. You have often told of Putin's bluff. You started talking about the invasion of Ukraine only after the fact, that is when Moscow amassed over 150 thousand men [...]
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Last night Putin went to the facts, on live TV he recognized the independence of the two separatist republics of Lugansk and Donetsk, signing a decree and two collaboration treaties. Late at night the first Russian armored vehicles entered Donetsk, as a peacekeeping force, or to defend pro-Russian citizens from reprisals by the Ukrainians. Every […]
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(by Andrea Pinto) First night of quiet in the Donbass, after days of high tension with sabotage, bomb blasts and the first tests with the artillery attacks of both sides. The tension has risen because diplomacy has not achieved the desired results and because Moscow cannot afford, for a long time, to [...]
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France and its European partners operating in Mali have announced the coordinated withdrawal from the country, where they are present with Operation Barkhane and the European special forces Takuba. "The political, operational and legal conditions are no longer satisfied" and the countries, according to a joint statement, have decided "coordinated withdrawal" from the country [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Conventional attack with aviation bombing and invasion with armored vehicles or simply massive cyber attacks, followed by a coup? The hybrid war has probably already begun, thousands would be fake social accounts that have been making propaganda for the Russian separatists of the Donbass for months. It would therefore be [...]
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General Precious: "Africa, a bedrock of instability"
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A report by the American 007 pushes to accelerate the negotiations, the last diplomatic attempts before the issue is resolved with arms: "Russia is about to complete the military deployment on the border with Ukraine, a prelude to a massive invasion that could cost the life to 50 thousand civilians, behead the government of Kiev within two [...]
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After the annexation of Crimea by Russia, Ukrainian intelligence has established close and confidential relations with the American counterpart. A report, written by Zach Dorfman, Yahoo News national security correspondent, cites the reporting activity of more than half a dozen former US intelligence and Ukrainian national security officials. To manage [...]
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The crisis in Ukraine keeps the international community in suspense with Putin who seems to be screwing up on his own propaganda. While on the one hand NATO, the US and the EU are determined to maintain their position, the various European countries, in no particular order, speak with Putin trying to lead him to take, with conviction, the only path [...]
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Ukrainian security forces arrested alleged Russian operatives who were preparing a riot in the capital to destabilize the situation. On Monday 14 February the Duma will instead decide on the recognition of the republics of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states. Meanwhile, six Russian warships, which left in January from the ports of Severomorsk, on the Sea of [...]
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Even if the Pd, IV and Forza Italia pretend nothing has happened and make a square around Prime Minister Draghi for a new phase of the government of national unity, the aftermath of the divisions within the parties begin to make the whole castle creak. The center-right is no longer there and to say so is Giorgia Meloni who gives [...]
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Yesterday at 21.40 pm the presidents of the Chamber and Senate went up to the Quirinale to notify the President of the Republic of his re-election with 759 votes, a record, second only to President Pertini. Mattarella did not escape the unanimous request of the parties to accept a second mandate, after seven days of brawl to forget where, [...]
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The frightening increases in recent months have not only affected electricity and gas, but also diesel fuel. If a year ago the price of diesel at the pump was 1,35 per liter, today it is equal to 1,65 euros (+ 22,3 percent). Therefore, the cost of full tank for one vehicle [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The Italian government participates in NATO exercises with the military to mark the territory in the Baltic and oppose Moscow's ambitions on Ukraine, while industry, also the Italian one, winks at Putin. Yesterday over two hours of "face to face", in remote conference, between the Italian industrial elite and Vladimi Putin who [...]
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Over two million applications submitted to date. The pre-filled ISEE is growing sharply As of January 23, 2022, 2.642.895 single self-certification declarations were presented, necessary to request the ISEE (Indicator of the equivalent economic situation) and obtain subsidized social benefits; almost double the same period of the previous year. Through the Cafs 2.102.458 were presented, while [...]
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The Gao Advanced Operations Base in Mali was hit by mortar fire from forces hostile to the French-led international coalition, which operates in the Sahel as part of Operation Barkhane. , there are no Italian injuries and the staff are safe. The soldiers of [...]
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The discussion between Leonardo and the trade unions concluded positively with the signing today of the Framework Agreement for the management of the cyclical reduction of the workloads of the Aerostructures Division. The continuation of the pandemic crisis and the impacts generated by it on civil air transport, with consequent repercussions in the aerostructures production sector, [...]
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In Israel, Arab-Israelis can also not enlist while the rest of the population has the obligation of conscription for 30 months. A relatively long period where all young people actively participate in what is believed to be the most important service for the nation. A fundamental role in the armed forces of Tel Aviv has [...]
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(by Emanuela Ricci) The Minister of Education Patrizio Bianchi reiterates that the decision taken by the Campania Region is in explicit contrast with the law currently in force in Italy, which prohibits the Regions and mayors from intervening except in the red zone and in extreme cases very specific. Now it will be up to the Administrative Court to decide when interested [...]
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School, management of positive cases: the operational note for the application of the decree approved on January 5 has been sent The Ministry of Education has sent schools an operational note with indications for the application of the new measures for the management of cases of positivity contained in the decree approved last January 5 in the Council [...]
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Vaccine obligation for over 50s, who will be able to go to work only if immunized or cured from Covid, this is the provision at the end of the cdm. The majority, however, are divided on the introduction of the obligation of the super green pass to access services or enter shops, with the League that after having threatened to abstention must collect [...]
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