MEF: credit and liquidity for households and businesses Over 295 billion euro applications for a moratorium on loans; over 61 billion the value of applications to the Guarantee Fund for SMEs; € 10,5 billion guarantees issued by SACE Confirmed on high volumes, equal to 2,7 million for a value of [...]
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Compared to the same period in 2019, landings have tripled reaching the figure of 12.228 of which only in July 5.278, a third equal to 4354 are Tunisians. (by Massimiliano D'ELIA) Tunisia is suffering from a serious economic crisis because it can no longer take advantage of tourism revenues due to the effects of the pandemic [...]
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Shabtai Shavit, one of the longest serving directors of the Israeli security agency known as Mossad, said Israel and the world cannot prevent Iran from developing its own nuclear arsenal. The super agent recommends focusing on deterrent systems instead. Shavit, now 80, has a long career in one of [...]
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"Looking at the numbers of the countries close to us, one would think that we will have problems with the coronavirus not in October-November, as had been hypothesized, but already at the end of August". Thus Professor Andrea Crisanti, full professor of microbiology at the University of Padua, interviewed by Il Messagero. Too many cases, says the expert, just two hours away [...]
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Baby pensions cost us 7 billion. How much the citizen's income is almost 2 billion more than "quota 100" Many experts argue that the so-called baby pensions cost the state coffers about 7 billion euros per year (equal to 0,4 percent of national GDP) . Virtually the same amount foreseen this year for [...]
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In a press release, the Treasury, following alleged news in some media regarding the State Budget, specifies that the trend in cash and the forecast of future balances are completely in line with the expectations contained in the financial documents public. The consolidated data relating to the liquidity available for [...]
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The US has decided what to do with the F-35s destined for Turkey, the Defense Department gave its final answer on Monday evening. The US Air Force will purchase eight F-35A jets originally planned by Lockheed Martin for Turkey for $ 862 million. The agreement also provides for another six F-35As already built for Turkey to be allocated [...]
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Senior UK officials said the country will seek to "modernize" its counterintelligence laws after a parliamentary report criticized the government for failing to stop Russian espionage operations. Earlier this week, a report by the Intelligence and Security Committee of [...]
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European leaders reached the historic agreement on the Recovery Fund and the EU Budget 2021-2027 at the end of a record negotiation that lasted four days and four nights. This is the longest summit in the history of the European Union. The Recovery Fund has an endowment of 750 billion euros, of which 390 billion in "grants", [...]
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“It almost seems like you want to bend our arm so we don't use this money. My country has its own dignity, there is a limit that must not be exceeded ”. So yesterday Giuseppe Conte addressing the Dutch Mark Rutte, during the third day of the Brussels round on the resources to be dined at the Recovery Fund. (by Massimiliano D'Elia) The attitude of Holland [...]
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So Giuseppe Conte yesterday after the second round in Brussels. "Italy has decided to undertake, on its own initiative, a path of reforms that will allow it to run but will demand a serious common fiscal policy, in order to tackle trade surplus and tax dumping once and for all, to compete on equal terms" . "With Rutte I have a [...]
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"Nothing is unshakable in life, let's see tomorrow". So Giuseppe Conte to the reporters in front of the hotel just after midnight. The "Dutch vetoes" and the resistance led to the black smoke in the first day of work of the extraordinary European council which is entrusted with the difficult negotiation on the 'Next generation EU'. https://www.facebook.com/GiuseppeConte64/videos/597209300981019/UzpfSTE1ODA0Mjg3MTUzMTUyODI6MzQwMzE1MzUwOTcwOTQ1MQ/ "We still have to work because [...]
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Palermo, on 18 and 19 July the school commemorates the XXVIII anniversary of the Via D'Amelio massacre Two days of demonstrations to commemorate Paolo Borsellino and the escort agents A weekend of celebrations in Palermo, on 18 and 19 July, dedicated by Italian school in memory of judge Paolo Borsellino and the [...]
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ECB President Christine Lagarde spoke yesterday at today's European Council: "The ECB has done its part in fighting the coronavirus crisis so far, and claims to have done so successfully". Now it's up to Europe with EU instruments such as the Recovery and Resilience Fund which to reach its potential must be [...]
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Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese disclosed the data of migrants disembarked in Italy: 9372 since the beginning of the year, of which 2372 rescued by NGOs. 80 percent of migrants used, therefore, improvised small boats that are difficult to identify during navigation and especially when docking on our shores. But how are they organized? An investigation by [...]
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"The data released today by Eurostat are encouraging because they confirm the strong rebound of Italian industrial production in May (+ 42,1% on the April level) and show that the distance that still separates us from the levels of May 2019 (-20,3 %) is more contained in comparison to other large European Union countries and to the average of the area [...]
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In the next few days, the landings in Italy will intensify and the Government is running for cover, boats and barracks will be able to be requisitioned to welcome irregular migrants to allow them to spend the quarantine period. Health checks will continue and those to ensure safety in these new environments with the aim of avoiding social tensions with [...]
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“The statements by the Minister of the Interior La Morgese on possible social tensions in the autumn must be seriously considered coming from the top political authority of the department to which solid and professional monitoring and prevention systems belong. In such undesirable eventualities, consequent considerations of informative and operational responsibility will be brought back to the Ministry of the Interior. [...]
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The United States stresses the importance of resuming talks with North Korea. This was stated by US undersecretary of state Stephen Biegun, who closed the three days of talks held in Seoul. The office of South Korean President Moon Jae-in reported that "Biegun stressed the importance of reopening dialogue with Korea [...]
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The Russian security service arrested the media adviser at the space agency on suspicion of providing military secrets to an intelligence agency in a western country. A former journalist, Safronov was the military correspondent for the Russian newspaper Kommersant, which some describe as the Russian equivalent of the British Financial Times. He then worked as [...]
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From today, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will begin his European tour, visiting Lisbon and Madrid, in view of the next Council in Brussels on 17 July. At that time Conte will have to prove that Italy is serious, will have to present a first draft of the Italian plan for the Recovery Fund. But to move what [...]
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Giuseppe Conte is under siege by crossfire, everyone would like him away from Palazzo Chigi, perhaps replaced by any Di Maio. The counterpart? Election of one of the Democratic Party at the Quirinale. Yesterday from Piazza del Popolo in Rome the united center-right called for new elections as early as September in a sort of “Election Day”. The [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The Minister of Relations with Parliament, Federico d'Incà on the numbers in the Senate, on skytg24 was very confident: "The Movement has 95 senators, we are well above the majority of 160 that I read in the newspapers, we are 170 available, or a stable majority ”. Let's do the math. To the 95 grillini [...]
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The International Arbitration Tribunal on the case of the marines agreed with Italy. The judges recognized the "immunity" of the Fusiliers of Marina Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone in relation to the events that occurred on February 15, 2012 and India would therefore be precluded from exercising its jurisdiction over them. Ansa announced that the Court has [...]
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The empty chairs are not, unfortunately, a novelty and are the consequence of a lack of planning on competitions in recent years. Also for this reason it is important, as the Minister of Education Lucia Azzolina has repeatedly stressed, that the competition machine can start again as soon as possible, that the course is reversed and that they can then be [...]
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(by Francesco Matera) The month of July seems like a "black Friday", a festival of "bonuses", there are many subsidies that the government will give to Italians without a logical sense, without a plan, without making the billions that they will thus be dispersed in a couple of months in the face of an agonizing economy, in "therapy [...]
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(Francesco Matera) On July XNUMXst it will be Germany's turn to take over the rotating presidency of the European Union and Angela Merkel is already beginning to dictate the line to follow for the economic crisis. He gave a series of interviews to some newspapers where he said: “With the Mes and Sure, we have created the tools that can be used [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) This morning I was scrolling through the press review, among the many news, one literally made me jump. Alessandro Sallusti in il Giornale, on the front page, titled “Feltri resigns as a journalist”. Many might think, it was time for him to get out of the box, to retire as well. But the reality is very [...]
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A report drawn up by analysts from the Israeli intelligence ministry urges the government to annex the occupied territories in the West Bank as soon as possible, before the US elections. The report informs the Israeli government that the annexation should not cause violence in the streets, there will be diplomatic protests but gradually the acceptance of the "status quo" will take place. The report was published [...]
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John Bolton, Trump's former national security adviser wrote the scandal book "The Room Where It Happened", the memory of his delicate position when he sat next to President Trump in the "control room" from April to September. year 2019. It will be published next Tuesday. President Trump has called for the intervention of [...]
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The Department of the Penitentiary Administration suspended the effectiveness of the provisions contained in the note of 21 March last with which, in full health emergency, the directors of the institutions were asked to report to the judicial authority, "for any determinations of competence ", The clinical situation of inmates suffering from particular pathologies and over the age of 70 [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Italy out of the G7? No longer a bugbear but perhaps a sad reality. The news was revealed yesterday by Luigi Bisignani in La Stampa, which highlights the existence of a "strictly confidential" note that runs among the representatives of the Italian desk of the ECB. The document describes the Italian economic situation [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) They want to fight the bureaucracy, instead, they are bureaucrats inside and they invent junipers and administrative artifices to demoralize citizens and induce them not to access the bonuses ventilated by the four winds in unified network rallies. Reading the draft laws and then seeing what happens in real life it seems [...]
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(by Marco Zacchera) In recent days, the new president of Confindustria Carlo Bonomi has released several interviews. Since it is rare to read such clear, authoritative and precise words, I publish in full an excerpt from the one published by "Repubblica". Bonomi is not right because he is the new boss of industrialists, but because he supports sensible and good things [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Yesterday at 18.00 another directed to unified networks of our Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte. After announcing the total opening of the country, he spoke, always with verbal "modus-tempus" conjugated to the "future", about what should be done in phase 3. He designed a very ambitious plan for Italy for a new country [...]
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In a recent video message, the new head of the Islamic State defines COVID-19 as a "great torment" by Allah against non-believers and swears that "not a single day will pass without bloodshed". The 39-minute video is titled "The Crusaders Will Know Who Will Win in the End" and has started to circulate [...]
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In a note, the Ministry of Health announces that from today on the Apple and Google stores the Immuni app, available free of charge, can be downloaded throughout Italy. This is an innovative technological support that joins the initiatives already implemented by the Government to limit the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Has been […]
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The Parliamentary Committee for the safety of the Republic - Copasir - as part of the cycle of hearings on the insurance banking system heard from AISE, Banca d'Italia, Ivass, Ubi Banca, Mediobanca, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti. The Unicredit hearing is scheduled for Thursday. In the context of Copasir's competences relating to security and national interest, there is progressively [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The EU Commission with the proposal of the Recovery Fund has put a total of 3.000 billion on the table of growth of the old continent: 1.100 billion made available in the next multi-year budget 2021-2027, 240 billion of the line health credit of the Mes, 200 billion in loans for small and medium-sized enterprises [...]
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The United States said the Russian military flew over Libya, with a dozen unidentifiable planes, in an attempt to provide air support to Russian mercenaries fighting in Tripoli. What happened shows an important escalation of the Russian military intervention in the Libyan civil war. The war has been raging in Libya since 2011, [...]
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(by Francesco Matera) The leader of the League, invigorated by the Senate junta's refusal to proceed (on the Open Arms migrant case), turns to President Mattarella asking him to intervene publicly because the image of the entire Italian judiciary is at stake. The reference is to Pandora's box uncovered by the contents of the chat of the Roman magistrate Luca Palamara. [...]
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Professor Arnaldo Caruso, president of the Italian Society of Virology (Siv-lsv) said due to a scientific discovery: "Yes, the new Coronavirus is losing strength". In the microbiology laboratory of the Assi Spedali Civili in Brescia, which he directs, a less potent, better variant of the Sars-CoV-2 virus was isolated. Professor Caruso specifies: "While [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The leader of the League, Matteo Salvini wrote to the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella: "I am guaranteed the right to a fair trial, before an impartial third judge". President Sarpietro of the Court of Catania, regarding the appeal of the former Minister of the Interior to the President of the Republic: "Don't worry, Senator Salvini, he will have a [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The leader of the League, Matteo Salvini wrote to the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella: "I am guaranteed the right to a fair trial, before an impartial third judge". President Sarpietro of the Court of Catania, regarding the appeal of the former Minister of the Interior to the President of the Republic: "Don't worry, Senator Salvini, he will have a [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) How do they reopen companies and commercial activities, already suffering from lost earnings, if they also have to provide for the costs of sanitizing the premises? Quiet the government took care of it, with the “Cura Italia” decree. Inail turned over the sum of 50 million euros to Invitalia, [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Ilva di Taranto, towards closure. The State guarantee for a 400 million euro bridging loan, through Sace, has been canceled, nothing has been included in this regard in the Liquidity Decree. In the meantime, ArcelorMittal has suspended payment of the rent. Signs that do not bode well. The week […]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The oppositions presented a motion of no confidence to the Minister of Grace and Justice, Alfonso Bonafede, due to the approximately 500 releases (many bosses under the 41bis regime, returned home) which occurred during the emergency of the pandemic and for the heavy accusations of the Prosecutor Di Matteo on the non-appointment as head of the [...]
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The United Arab Emirates with a secret airlift supplies weapons to General Khalifa Haftar. The news leaked from a United Nations report. The war began in Libya in 2011, when a popular uprising supported by the West and its allies led to the death of the country's dictator, Muammar Gaddafi. Much of the east [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The 55 billion euro Relaunch decree will have to go through Parliament's scrutiny but also find the money, because our Ministry of Economy and Finance has empty coffers, for the expenses incurred due to the emergency from Covid-19. Beyond the promises and proclamations via TV, the reality is [...]
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Government-Regions Agreement: reopening Monday one meter away, quarantine will be banned from 3 June
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Mini quarrel between the Government and the Regions on the guidelines to be adopted, starting from Monday 18 May, when the shutters of all commercial activities will be raised. It will be the day when Italy really reopens but with a new look: all with masks and spaced one meter apart, an unavoidable condition for [...]
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(by John Blackeye) The Civil Protection bulletin yesterday registered almost a thousand new infected. The media, however, highlight only the data with the minus signs and therefore the public opinion is convinced "that everything will be fine" and since there are fewer patients in intensive care, fewer hospitalized and fewer I don't know what, [... ]
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(by Francesco Matera) In the evening the press conference after the Council of Ministers which decreed the maxi maneuver of 55 billion for the "Relaunch" of Italy. A shower of money to try not to leave anyone behind, many measures in support of employees and self-employed, of school and research and for the [...]
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The spokesman for the Qaedist terrorist group Al Shabaab, Ali Dehere, during an interview with the Italian newspaper Repubblica, was incredible: "The ransom money paid by Italy will be used in part to buy weapons, which we increasingly need to fight the jihad ". Ali Dehere himself said that over the years Al Shabaab, through [...]
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(by John Blackeye) What should have been a successful operation, namely the release of the Italian girl kidnapped in Kenya in 2018, engaged in an NGO supporting the local population, is turning into a state problem that could end up overwhelming the President of the Council of Ministers and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. [...]
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Last night a prominent representative of the Star Movement: "There is chaos everywhere, you can't make a decree like this". (by Massimiliano D'Elia) The April, then May decree has recently become the Relaunch decree with 238 articles. Many actors, including politicians and technicians, have worked to try to allocate, distribute resources and satisfy almost [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Yesterday a letter signed by the vice president, Valdis Dombrovskis, and the commissioner for economic affairs, Paolo Gentiloni, was sent to the president of the Eurogroup Mario Centeno. Today there will be the videoconference of the finance ministers of the eurozone. The letter pointed out that as regards the funds of the Mes (2 percent of GDP [...]
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The Iraqi parliament gave a vote of confidence to the new prime minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi and his partial cabinet, to succeed the resigned government led by Adel Abdul-Mahdi. It thus seems to be clear in Iraq. After six months of crisis that began last October with the outbreak of a popular uprising, Iraq has a new [...]
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(by John Blackeye) If other nations in the world have a strong team spirit and a great sense of national unity, we can only bring these feelings out during the World Cup and, sporadically, during periods of national crisis or calamity. . Not even a very poisonous pandemic that with its lethality has [...]
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The German Constitutional Court declared the purchases of government bonds by the European central bank partially illegitimate. The ECB, coldly replied: "We take note". The German ruling of the Karlsruhe Court is a boulder weighing on the ECB, but also on the European Court of Justice. The German judges want to stem, [...]
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Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte during the interview with the director of the Press said that the government is solid and that it manages to work well with Senator Matteo Renzi's Italia Viva. Strange, because for days the two have been launching real blows. Conte says that in the majority there are those who follow his "particular", citing [...]
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India to counter the spread of Covid-19 has made it mandatory to use an app for tracking all public and private employees. The central government's announcement came at a time when it was thought to loosen the restrictive measures. It was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who declared this yesterday while raising awareness among the population [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The first night of the presidency of the parliamentary halls by the League has passed, they will continue to the bitter end until their requests are heard and evaluated. The Carroccio parliamentarians want the next government decisions to pass through the Parliament, as it always was before the Covid-19 health emergency was decreed. [...]
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Yesterday an extreme measure. The parliamentarians of the League occupied, day and night, the two halls of Parliament, they slept between the benches of the hemicycles. A symbolic protest to bring to everyone's attention the centrality of the "sovereign" Parliament, the only place to share and battle over choices that affect all Italians, represented through parliamentarians [...]
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The total value of the assets seized and confiscated from the mafias amounts to 32 billion euros, equal to 1,8% of the Gross Domestic Product before the crisis induced by the pandemic. This is highlighted by Eurispes which proposes to create a holding company to better manage this heritage, "organized in close collaboration with the National Agency for Confiscated and Seized Assets [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The speech of the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, on Sunday evening, did not convince anyone, from politics to journalists, from commentators to ordinary citizens. A premier too clumsy, tense, with an inappropriate vocabulary and far from the measured and well-timed one he had accustomed us to in previous releases [...]
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(John Blackeye) The press conference of the President of the Council of Ministers was expected for about 20:30 and when the President Conte appeared on TV, millions of Italians were ready to memorize the new detailed indications on the behavior to be adopted to face the reopening of the company while it is still [...]
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The government will ask the two houses of Parliament for authorization for an additional deficit, which is considered indispensable for the maneuver of the records that will have effects on the accounts for the next twelve years. We are talking about 411,53 billion of additional debt between now and 2031, 112,6 billion only in 2020-2022, to which is added a footnote of 29,2 billion per year from 2032. He writes [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Last night in a “flash” speech the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, at the end of the European Council meeting announced: “Italy is in the front row asking for the Recovery Fund. Such an instrument was unthinkable until now and will make the European response more solid and coordinated ”. As everyone now [...]
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Belgium's two major intelligence agencies have released a declassified report warning that national groups linked to the far left and far right are using the COVID-19 pandemic to destabilize society. The report was published Wednesday on the website of the State Security Service (VSSE), the main intelligence agency […]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, with a report to the two branches of parliament, drew a summary of the Government's action and then hinted at some openness to the use of the much discussed Mes (fund save states ). The climate recorded was very tense, characterized by the indifference of the parliamentarians of the Democratic Party, by the skepticism of the M5S and [...]
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Thus the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte on his Fb profile: "In these hours the work of the Government continues unabated, assisted by the team of experts, in order to coordinate the management of 'phase two', that of living with the virus . As you already know, the current restrictive measures have been extended until 3 May. Lot of […]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Thursday 23 April there will be another summit via videoconference between the Heads of State and Government to decide on the measures to be implemented to stem the damage to the economy, caused by Covid-19. These days the close contacts between the European chancelleries and the Sherpas of the economy continue. The [...]
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Thus the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte on his fb profile: "The meeting of the control room between the Government, Regions and local authorities has just ended, during which, with the competent ministers, I wanted to update the delegation of governors, mayors and provincial presidents on the work plan for 'phase two' which [...]
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Very interesting for the contents and for the analysis made, the article by General Pasquale Preziosa, President of the Eurispes Security Observatory, and by prof. Dario Velo, well-known economist who contributed to the construction of the European Union by collaborating with A. Spinelli, J. Monnet and other European leaders. Published on leurispes.it, Preziosa and Velo, after a clear and detailed description of the [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Ursula Von der Leyen, yesterday in front of the European Parliament: “my deepest apologies to Italy for the delay in the intervention”. The parliamentarians then discussed a non-binding resolution presented by popular, socialists, liberals and greens, in which the contours of the necessary European response to the health and economic crisis are outlined. [...]
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The Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte has just posted on his Fb profile, his position on the much discussed MES (Save States Fund), in the light of the EU Council meeting on April 23. “A debate is rising about the Mes which risks dividing the whole of Italy according to opposing supporters and rigid contrasts. My location […]
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(by Francesco Matera) A granite rock, made up of Prodi, Zingaretti, Renzi, Speranza, Berlusconi and all the ministers, except those of the M5S, strongly support the use of the Mes (Save States Fund) which would bring Italy an equal figure to 2 per cent of GDP, about 37 billion euros. Immediately available money which, according to the Eurogroup, can be used [...]
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The US Department of Defense has banned its employees from using the Zoom application, the popular application used for video conferencing. The fear is that foreign intelligence agencies may use developers' software to gather information. The Pentagon made the announcement after the United States Senate had advised [...]
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According to the British newspaper The Guardian, analysts from British intelligence agencies, the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and the Security Service (MI5), have signaled to policymakers that the Chinese government is promoting the narrative that their Covid-19 contrast system was more effective and successful than [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) “Something unheard of has happened. A point of no return in our democracy. Such a thing is out of this world, it is worthy of a totalitarian regime! Where has it ever been seen that a prime minister convenes a press conference with unified networks to talk not about what he does and will do [...]
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The Chief of Defense Staff, General Enzo Vecciarelli, accompanied by the Commander of the Operational Command of the Joint Defense Force (COI), the Army Corps General Luciano Portolano, went to Bergamo to meet the men and women of the Armed Forces and the representatives of the various institutions, which for over 45 [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) “It's still not enough. And it won't be enough until we have quickly accessible European bonds, the rest matters little ”. This is the position expressed by the Italian premier, Giuseppe Conte, who does not move the position held towards Brussels by an inch. No to Mes, Yes to corona bond. Today at 17.00 [...]
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The Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, as he had announced, consulted the technical-scientific committee to receive information on "phase 2", or the gradual reopening of the country's production activities. During the meeting, the prime minister wanted to clarify: "The protection of health remains in first place, but the engines of the country cannot remain off [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Nations, under normal conditions, thrive in the belief that their institutions are able to manage disasters, stop their impact and restore stability. When the pandemic due to Covid-19 ends, the institutions of many countries will go into crisis because they will have realized that they have failed in their mission. The reality is [...]
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(by John Blackeye) We are satisfied with a Premier who shows up on television a couple of times a week to take stock of the situation and to anticipate what the Government has decided to do for the following days. Great Britain, a former European colony, is waiting for the Queen's speech tonight. Useless [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The spread of the virus from Covid-19 occurs quickly and it seems that the containment measures implemented are not effective enough, decisive. The social distance set at one meter, the use of masks (surgical and with filters, type FFP2-3), the limitations imposed on any activity to be carried out outdoors and many other measures [...]
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(by Admiral div. res. Nicola De Felice and Massimiliano D'Elia) The government is waiting for solutions from Europe to find the necessary funds to face the next emergency that is already on the horizon, the economic one. In the meantime, the EU Commission suspended the Fiscal Compact and the ECB bought Italian bonds worth 15 billion [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Attached to that television that feeds us everything we do not need, there are many Italians who often hear about the European Union between one newscast and another, imagining it as an immense organization of bureaucrats and controllers, located in the center of Europe and which does not compromise on anything. The European Union is [...]
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(by John Blackeye) I had never heard of universal income. In this period of world pandemic in which the virulence of the contagion could really make us think of a sort of Last Judgment, I never thought that someone could offer a universal income, that is, an income for everyone, regardless. The details […]
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Find the differences: "In Germany, the Covid-19 immunity passport is being studied, in Italy over 50 positives walking around the street" (by Massimiliano D'Elia) Germany, the country where there was the number one patient on the European continent, is addressing the Covid-19 pandemic with absolute rigor by issuing few rules, followed to the letter by the population and [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) "We fear social protests", this is the concern among the officials of the Interior Ministry who, according to what the Republic writes, say: "It is a very delicate situation that we follow with extreme attention in its profiles of public order but to be defused above all with social interventions. It is evident that in an emergency of [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The 27 heads of state and government agree only on one front: to implement greater coordination on the health aspects of the emergency. On the rest they remain separated in a house made of cardboard and without foundations. Yesterday, for the first time, the summit of the 27 heads of state and government took place [...]
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(by John Blackeye) The dismayed face of the Governor of the Lombardy Region, Avv. Fontana says a lot about the situation of the epidemic in that part of Northern Italy. The data they would have liked to read are others. A hint of a decline in the epidemic and deaths had bode well in the past two days. Someone had talked about the light in [...]
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“For over a month we have been constantly committed to contributing with all our energies within the country system to provide concrete answers every day to a health emergency that has unfortunately affected the habits and lifestyles of the families of an entire nation. I am deeply proud of how much the [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Around 18.00 the usual war bulletin read by the representative of the Protection. Hundreds of deaths announced every day, we have broken a sad world record. Faced with this merciless scenario, the "assumptions" of the experts follow one another in the various television programs and in the major Italian newspapers. From the most catastrophic when the same [...]
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Yuanyuan Zhu was in the gym in San Francisco on March 9, as he was about to do his last workout, a man started yelling at him, offending her about the epidemic that broke out in China. She immediately left the gym and headed for the bus stop. It was followed by the same "screamer" who, close to the [...]
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This morning the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella telephoned the leader of the League, Matteo Salvini, after the joint request of the center-right, to fix an urgent meeting, in the light of recent events. The center-right had asked to be received at the Quirinale to offer its support to the coronavirus emergency, given that up to now the Government has not [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) In the most delicate moment for our country, for health, the lives of our citizens are uncovered, palace maneuvers to tear down the castle of the Conte government. Matteo Salvini continues to call Prime Minister Conte to contribute with the League's proposals to the ongoing emergency: it is a pity that on the other side [...]
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first rapid diagnostic test for coronavirus, with a detection time of approximately 45 minutes, said developer of the test, California-based molecular diagnostics company Cepheid. The Company stated that it has received FDA clearance for the test, [...]
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Merchant ships prevent migrants from reaching Europe. Patrick Kingsley's investigation published in the New York Tiimes is very interesting. The Panther, a merchant ship flying the German flag, does not deal with rescues at sea, but one day a few months ago the Libyan Coast Guard ordered him to divert the route, save 68 migrants [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Yesterday was the day that most marked Italy where, with 3405 deaths, we surpassed those of China. Then in the morning on the social networks there were the dramatic images of the parades of the coffins of Bergamo, transported by Army vehicles. The songs of the Italians from the balconies have ended, today at 11.00 [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The contents "screamed" by the leader of the Brothers of Italy Giorgia Meloni on a Fb video that has totaled more than 7 million views have not gone unnoticed by those who have to check on the so-called "family jewels". We are talking about those national assets and assets of a strategic nature that in a moment of emergency [...]
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The numbers and the subdivision of the 25 billion of the #curaItalia decree have finally been disclosed which, according to the forecasts of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, will activate cash flows for 350 billion. 3,5 billion are for Healthcare and Civil Protection, while 10 billion for support for employment, income and workers. [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) "Scholars have been warning decision makers for years: 'Pandemics are real threats to humanity" but decision makers are always found unprepared and people do not follow them ". Thus wrote in an article published by Eurispes, Pasquale Preziosa former head of the Italian Air Force and today President of the Observatory on Security. To resume [...]
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"We stay apart today to embrace each other more warmly and to run faster tomorrow. All together we will do it". Shops, bars, pubs, restaurants, hairdressers and company departments that are not essential for production will be closed until 25 March. Tobacconists, food shops and newsstands remain open. "In the rough moment [...]
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On 9 March, French President Emmanuel Macron received Libyan general Khalifa Haftar, commander of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) at the Elysée, for a meeting held secret, which had not even been included in the agenda. The newspaper "Le Monde" reports it. Sources close to the dossier let it be known that the visit of the Libyan general is part of the [...]
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Last night in the “extraordinary edition” format with unified networks, the Italian Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte anticipated the contents of the decree that would come out a few hours later. All of Italy is a safe zone, it is forbidden to move, schools and churches remain closed, the football championship is suspended, as well as all the others [...]
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Checks at airports, stations, motorway toll booths; self-certification for citizens who move; jail risk for those who violate the quarantine. These are the directives sent by the Interior Ministry to the prefects for a "unitary and correct" application of the Dpcm approved during the night by the government and for the activation of controls in the "reinforced containment areas" of Lombardy and [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) So the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte responded to the press on the sidelines of the live broadcast from Palazzo Chigi for the announcement of the new Dpcm on the coronavirus emergency: "We are forced to take these measures, I tell the Italians that it's time to be smart ”. The reference to those citizens, very few, who have moved away [...]
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(Francesco Matera) If it is in times of emergency that you need to have steady nerves and a steady pulse, the departments of the Italian ministerial scenario are showing flaws on all sides. More than a million public employees at the mercy of "non-decision". More than a million Italians would have expected a solution taken since the [...]
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An American study on Coronavirus genetics has revealed that the first infected in Europe comes from Germany and not from Italy. The scientific study, in addition to certifying how the disease landed in Europe via Germany, which together with France saw the very first certified cases of Covid-19, also illustrates another factor [...]
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Defense One reported that Lockheed Martin has paused production of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft at a Japanese factory of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries due to the outbreak of the #coronavirus outbreak. This was stated by a senior Pentagon official. To some employees of an Italian company interested in the production of parts of the F-35, of [...]
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"The situation is serious, not to be underestimated" and there will be "an evolution of global diffusion for a few more weeks". Minister Roberto Speranza would have said this, speaking at Palazzo Chigi, during the summit on the coronavirus emergency in the presence of all the parliamentary forces. The news is reported by AdnKronos. For Speranza the goal is [...]
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EU High Representative Josep Borrell and Crisis Management Commissioner Janez Lenarcic will be in Ankara today and tomorrow for high-level meetings "with the Turkish authorities and to discuss the escalation in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib, humanitarian consequences for the population, and the situation of Syrian refugees in Turkey. It [...]
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Everything has a price. Macron made us the "package", to stay in the Neapolitan environment. Unlocking of the joint venture Fincantieri Stx France, new more ambitious European budget and redistribution of migrants, these are the main measures of the agreement between French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte during the Naples summit. Perhaps on the horizon also [...]
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Yesterday in Naples the summit between Italy and France, with Emmanuel Macron and Giuseppe Conte present, in the evocative setting of the Royal Palace. After a brief visit to the San Ferdinando Theater and a walk in the city center, the French president declared on the sidelines of the summit: “It is the summit of diplomatic peace, of the relaunch of cooperation [...]
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Six days after the appearance of the virus in Italy, the infected reached 424, 12 dead. Health Minister Roberto Speranza in his urgent briefing last night to the Chamber: "Initially they seemed distinct but they proved to be connected". According to the extraordinary commissioner for the emergency Angelo Borrelli, more than half of the positives do not [...]
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Eleven victims and 357 infected in Italy, one person recovered. Food shops stormed, amuchina disinfectant and unobtainable masks. We are talking about panic in the pure state created by a "cheerful" and uncoordinated communication by the institutions. Tired of the controversy of our politicians, we try to understand something more about the coronavirus directly from the experts. Gianni [...]
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The Guardian reported that Austria will stop people from Italy suspected of being infected with the coronavirus at the border. The Austrian government has released an "alert" for travel to the affected places in Lombardy and Veneto, following an extraordinary meeting of the coronavirus task force. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz […]
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Fausto Biloslavo in il Giornale talks about a secret defense plan. 19 would be the barracks identified for quarantine with 3.500 beds available. Two thousand would be the military in an "alarm" position, that is immediately available and usable for the emergency. In the meantime, the repatriation of compatriots from areas at risk abroad continue, even all [...]
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Coronavirus hit Italy for the first time in Lombardy. There are 15 confirmed infections, two more in Veneto, in Vo 'Euganeo, in the Padua area. In the evening, one of the two pensioners infected in Veneto died, he was 78 years old. Health Minister Roberto Speranza has reached Milan to take stock with the governor [...]
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Matteo Renzi continues in the slow political attrition to try to send Giuseppe Conte home, considered an obstacle, not just, to the rise of Italia Viva on the Italian political scene. Matteo Renzi hosted by Bruno Vespa has put on the table "detonating" requests for the majority, such as the cancellation of the citizenship income or the review of [...]
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(Francesco Matera) The Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte yesterday issued an ultimatum to the Renzians: “Your behavior in recent days has not been that of a majority force that works with a spirit of collaboration. You need a clarification internally, if necessary even by taking a few days, to evaluate well if you intend to continue [...]
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In seven days, the Democratic Party and the IV will meet in two respective assemblies to try to understand if there is still room for moving forward with this government. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte would be looking for a majority outside of Italia Viva, with some "responsible" senator, Goffredo Bettini of the Democratic Party calls them, [...]
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Yesterday morning the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte went up to the Quirinale to talk about the hottest foreign policy dossiers and assure the President of the Republic that the numbers in the Senate are there. The holding of the majority in the Senate would be ensured by at least 5 senators of Italia Viva disappointed by the policies of Matteo Renzi [...]
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A communication from the Ministry of Health of Egypt reported that there is a patient infected with the new Wuhan coronavirus. He is a foreign citizen, but his nationality has not yet been specified. Local media speak of a 33-year-old Chinese. The arrival of the coronavirus in Africa complicates the situation because the systems [...]
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Very interesting for the contents and for the analysis made, the article by General Pasquale Preziosa, former Chief of Staff of the Air Force until 2016, published by Formiche.net. (by Pasquale Preziosa) In an article in the Nikkei Asian Review (Hiroyuki Akita) of 4 February, the concerns of Japan and South Korea for the [...]
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The US President, Donald Trump presented the Fiscal Year 2021, many innovations that affect new ambitious goals. A $ 4.800 billion budget, writes Il Sole 24Ore, with major cuts to social programs in favor of defense and border control. "A Budget for America's Future", this is the title of the maneuver, [...]
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A winning and above all effective synergy the one that our Armed Forces expressed on the occasion of the health emergency, which became global, caused by the coronavirus epidemic. In a press release, the Defense Staff made known the words of thanks of the Chief of Staff of the Italian Defense, General Enzo Vecciarelli: "My thanks go to [...]
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The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) released a statement highlighting the results of the first phase of the talks of the joint military committee composed of 5 senior officers from the Government of National Accord (GNA) and 5 from the Libyan National Army (LNA ). The talks took place in Geneva, in the presence of the UN special envoy [...]
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(by Francesco Matera) The situation in Kosovo is apparently very calm even if the resentment between the two major ethnic groups of Kosovo, Albanians and Serbs, is strong. Albanians, especially the younger generations, nurture and harbor day to day, a resentment that is difficult to control and tame. What the Serbs have done to their [...]
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The district anti-mafia and anti-terrorism management of Genoa arranged for the arrest and search of the ship "Bana", currently stopped at the Messina terminal in Genoa. The Digos and the harbor master's office are carrying out a joint search, "they confiscated the ship's black box, maps, PCs, ship's books and all [...]
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(by Luigi Alfano) Politics brings with it an intrinsic "charm", capable of "bewitching" and "intoxicating". The article on Italian affairs (www.affaritaliani.it) is highlighted by the latest events on the political scene. A more moderate and less Salvinian Carroccio could facilitate the rapprochement between the two Matteo. The rumors of the Palazzo tell that the Renzians could also hypothesize the [...]
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The Libyan Joint Military Commission met in Geneva, moderator: the special envoy Ghassam Salamé directly. Five representatives from the Government of National Accord (GNA) and five from the Libyan National Army (LNA). The comment of the President of the High Council of State Khaled al-Meshri was positive: "the choice of the Presidential Council to participate in the proceedings is not a failure [...]
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He left. The Boeing KC767A of the 14 ° Stormo of the Italian Air Force this morning at dawn detached the wheels from the runway near the Roman coast to head towards China. https://www.facebook.com/150994628399911/posts/1480227765476584/?vh=e After about 11 hours, the aircraft will land in Wuhan to carry out a delicate mission that in just over 30 hours will bring home about 67 [...]
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The New York Times lashes out against the Chinese government accusing it of lying. WHO was warned by Beijing last December 31, while it warned its population only a few days ago. The Chinese government informed the World Health Organization (WHO) of the existence of the coronavirus as early as December 31, but until [...]
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The World Health Organization, Reuters reports, has just declared that the coronavirus epidemic in China now constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director general, announced the decision after a meeting of his emergency committee, an independent group of experts, after evidence that the virus has [...]
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Euronews reports that Chancellor Angela Merkel would like to bring the countries of the Northern Balkans to the European Union. Macron's France is against the proposal. Yesterday Merkel met the Albanian Prime Minister, Edi Rama, in Berlin. From Merkel's words, it is legitimate to deduce that the meeting was characterized by great cordiality: "In the name [...]
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US President Donald Trump will hold a series of consecutive meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz on Monday, and is likely to share some details of his peace plan, according to an American source. Middle East. Trump's lineup of meetings includes [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) A few days ago there was the extraordinary meeting of the COPS - Political Security Committee - on Libya. The representative of the European External Action Service (Seae) represented to the various ambassadors who attended the plan for a remodeling of the EunavforMEd - Sophia mission for the surveillance of the UN resolution on the embargo of [...]
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NBC News reported that the Pentagon spokesman revealed that as many as thirty-four US military personnel suffered concussions and brain injuries following the Iranian missile attacks on Ain al-Asad airbase in Iraq earlier this month. Iran has launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against two Iraqi airbases [...]
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What would happen if one of our countrymen abroad were infected? Fortunately, or foresight, we have a unique ability worldwide. (Andrea Pinto) Italy, together with Great Britain and the United States is the only nation in the world that possesses a very special and essential capacity in modern times, safe air transport in bio-containment. A capacity [...]
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Among the many reports of the Secretary General of the United Nations to the Security Council, that of 21 January highlights an "alert" for the constant threat of ISIS which continues in southern Libya: "there is a concrete possibility that the security situation in the south of Libya could deteriorate further, allowing the organization and other extremist groups [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Matteo Salvini challenges his opponents, he wants them to come out and, as he said on social media and on TV, he wants to see them in the eyes in the Senate while they vote against him. A political strategy that many think will give the final push to the government majority that has [...]
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THE RESULT OF THE BERLIN CONFERENCE The delegations of Fayez al Serraj and that of General Haftar refused to meet during all phases of the Berlin Conference. Tripoli Prime Minister Fayez al Serraj also told the Dpa agency that "If the aggression of General Khalifa Haftar resumes, we will continue to defend ourselves vigorously until [...]
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Trump does not mince words and speaks of a phenomenal understanding: "Buy new tractors, a great season for business is coming". The Chinese will buy $ 197 billion worth of American goods over the next two years and the US pledges to buy $ 156 billion worth of Chinese goods. The dead line of 19 [...]
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The director of the British national intelligence agency has rejected the American warning to stop sharing intelligence information if London decides to use Chinese-made telecommunications hardware. Washington has hindered Huawei Technologies, one of the world's leading telecommunications hardware manufacturers, from entering into contracts to build the infrastructure [...]
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According to reports from La Stampa, the truce will be signed today in Moscow between Fayez al Sarraj, president of the Government of national agreement, General Khalifa Haftar, the president of the Tobruk parliament Agila Saleh, and the head of the Tripoli State Council, Khalid al -Mishri. It sounds strange that this important passage in the "dossier" [...]
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This is a real scoop of La Stampa. The general who controls Cyrenaica, Khalifa Haftar was in Rome on January 8 to meet with US Deputy National Security Advisor Victoria Coates (in charge of Libya and North Africa), and Richard Norland, American ambassador for Libya. The news emerged by crossing the information [...]
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Donald Trump: "Someone on the other side may have made a mistake", Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: "The plane was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile". These are the two statements, supported by clues provided by American intelligence that thanks to satellite surveys they would have identified the firing of a Russian-made surface-to-air missile that would have hit a part [...]
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In today's meeting of the Parliamentary Committee for the Security of the Republic (COPASIR) we worked on the establishment of the calendar of hearings relating to the issue of security in the economic sector and in particular a list of possible subjects to be audited is being prepared. It was unanimously agreed to begin the deepening of the banking-insurance sector in order to [...]
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Iran has launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at two Iraqi military bases where US and allied personnel are based, according to reports from military in the region and confirmed by the Defense Department tonight. The personnel of the Italian military contingent (about 900 units present in Iraq) [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The US military leaders in Iraq have informed their Iraqi counterpart that US troops are starting preparations to "leave" the country. Brigadier General William Seely, head of the US task force in Iraq, wrote a letter to the Iraqi chief of joint operations, viewed by the AFP. The Iraqi Parliament, in reaction to the killing [...]
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La Verità, certainly prompted by someone from the Defense, has announced that the former Minister of Defense, Elisabetta Trenta has not yet left the service accommodation that had so interested the front pages of the major Italian newspapers. After the appropriate internal investigations, the entire affair was clarified directly by the Minister of Defense Lorenzo Guerini who with a [...]
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Taylor Adam on the WP explains in detail what is happening in Iraq between the US and Iran and why Iraq is important to the whole region. Tensions between the United States and Iran have increased throughout 2019, but on New Year's Eve, they took on a surge that saw the US embassy [...]
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Le Monde interviewed the UN special envoy for Libya Ghassan Salamé. Very interesting is the examination of the latest events in Libya by the senior diplomat who for years has been trying to metabolize a political solution, always opposed by the parties involved. Now, argues Salamè, the credibility of the UN is at risk, should the military solution prevail [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The Turkish Parliament will meet in extraordinary session on Thursday 2 January at 14, when in Italy it will be 12, to anticipate the vote on President Erdogan's AKP motion authorizing the sending of troops to Libya in support of the government of national accord of Fayez al-Sarraj against the offensive of the militias of [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Libyan interior minister Fathi Bashagha said his government will send Turkey an official request for military support to fight mercenaries alongside Khalifa Haftar. Erdogan replied that on the 7th the Turkish parliament (certainly of the majority) will approve the sending of troops to support Tripoli. On the 8th [...]
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked, during a visit to Tunisia to allow Tunis, Algeria and Qatar to be part of the Berlin conference on the Libya dossier to be held on January 14-15, 2020. Erdogan added, in a joint press conference with Tunisian President Kais Saied, to be sure that Tunis [...]
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(by Pasquale Preziosa) Who will defend the Europe of tomorrow? There is no answer to this question, none of the European countries has a precise idea and any innovative initiative triggers, in European countries, the spring of conservatism, creating stagnation of thought. According to the founding fathers, European countries will have to live together to avoid further disasters after two [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Service accommodation of Minister Elisabetta Trenta, a terrible speculation against the former Minister of Defense. For political expediency, the former Minister of Defense did well to leave the service accommodation, however it is not fair that his spouse, Major Passarelli, had to do so, as read in the response of [...]
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"Colossal stupidity". The comment of Senator Gianluigi Paragone, interviewed by Affaritaliani.it, is dry and categorical, to today's indiscretion of Repubblica according to which Paragone and ten other 5 Stars would be ready to leave the group to form an autonomous one, copying the Renzi operation . "But in your opinion, one thing makes sense for me to leave the group [...]
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(by Pasquale Preziosa) The European Community had launched, at the time of Donald Tusk, a "warning" to Turkey for the respect of national sovereignties, after the ships of the Turkish Navy had prevented the ship chartered by our ENI from continuing the journey towards the exclusive economic area belonging to the Greek Cypriots, to explore the possible presence of gas [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Today will be a day of fire for the Government, especially for the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte. It starts with the vote of confidence in the Senate on the Budget Law and then moves on to a majority summit in the evening, in order to take stock of the first hundred tumultuous days of government [...]
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The Libyan National Army of Khalifa Haftar, writes the Agi, advances towards the Libyan capital Tripoli and is close to hitting the government of national agreement, protected by the Misrata militias and recognized by the UN. The armed forces of the strong man of Cyrenaica, which in the last hours of intense battles have lost at least six fighters - according to Tripoli between [...]
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The Egyptian press reported that General Khalifa Haftar announced “zero hour for the start of the decisive offensive on Tripoli. The Cyrenaica general even gave his men his final instructions: "do not touch private homes and properties". There are, however, four European countries, Italy, France, Germany and Great Britain that still hope to be able to find [...]
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he could intervene in support of the Libyan government of national unity of Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj. The basis of the possible Turkish intervention, writes Il Giornale, is the Tripoli-Ankara agreement signed on November 27, a memorandum of understanding that ranges from military collaboration to gas drilling in the Mediterranean. The Turkish Parliament [...]
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Il Mattino di Mantova reported the news of the existence of cooling helmets, to allow women undergoing chemotherapy to maintain their hair, thus improving the quality of life during the treatments. The new Paxman devices, named after the British company that developed them, were donated to Usi 6 by the associations "Altre Parole" and [...]
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Matteo Renzi's fear is that Orlando wants to set a trap for him during the revision of the electoral law, pushing for the Spanish system. A punch in the eye for Italia Viva. "That - Renzi reassured his parents - only Orlando wants to scare me, but in reality they are against Forza Italia, Brothers of Italy, [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The Quirinale made itself heard on the delay of the economic maneuver, so much so that the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte yesterday had to climb to the highest hill in Rome to provide reassurance and update the President of the Republic on the work progress. At the moment, the most discussed measures are frozen, the [...]
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Mes forward with small changes, node prescriptions and the two currents of the Movement of the Stars
Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri went to Brussels to look for some small concession that would alleviate the hot political climate created in Italy following the forthcoming signing of the reform of the Mes - European Mechanism Save States: "The possibility of a sub- aggregation of securities in a mechanism that makes the [...] clauses
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The Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte from London, in the middle of the NATO summit, was interviewed by the press: "On the Mes I reconstructed what happened, and until a signature is signed there is always room for improving a Treaty, I don't care if other countries consider the deal closed. Not even for [...]
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“I am here for the information on the changes to the ESM also because I have always tried to ensure clear and transparent dialogue with Parliament. Those in the opposition are showing a poor culture of rules and a lack of respect for the institutions. Neither on my part nor on the part of any member of my Government [...]
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On 12 and 13 December next, the EU Council will have to launch the Mes - the European fund for saving States - and in Italy there will be a succession of top and mini-top leaders. Yesterday the leader of the Movement, Luigi Di Maio asked for a meeting with the representatives of the government parties to negotiate, discuss a probable [...]
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Soon #Gazprom will announce the start of liquefied gas supplies to China through the “Power of Serbia” pipeline. With this work, Russia is preparing to conquer world leadership in the distribution of energy, in particular of liquefied gas. As Bellomo writes in Il Sole 24Ore, the Russian move will tend to [...]
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Remote duel on the Mes, on the European state-saving fund. «If Salvini is a man of honor, I say this: go to the Prosecutor's Office to make the complaint. I don't have immunity because I'm not a parliamentarian. He has it and has already taken advantage of it for the Diciotti case. Now see this time, because I will sue him for slander, not [...]
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An agreement was signed with CDP for the definition of joint sustainable development initiatives in Africa In the presence of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Eni President Emma Marcegaglia, Prime Minister of Ghana Yaw Osafo-Marfo and Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi inaugurated today in Dormaa East, in the Bono region, the center [...]
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A minute of silence in the French Parliament to remember the 13 French soldiers who died in the clash between two helicopters in Mali, the news was reported by Euronews. The military was engaged in an anti-jihadist operation, as announced by the Elysée, specifying that the two aircraft were flying at low altitude. Now, however, an investigation will clarify [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Beppe Grillo went down to Rome to bring the Movement back on the right track, the one on the left. The pentastellati parliamentarians are no longer in the skin because they feel the ground, under the comfortable armchairs in Parliament, more and more friable. Beppe Grillo did not convince both the managers and the very agitated supporters of the base. [...]
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“Since I have been prime minister, I can't remember how many regional votes there have been. It's not like every regional vote is a referendum on the government. The MS is going through a transition phase and Luigi Di Maio also said it needs an internal renovation. So we have to give a moment of time to [...]
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A glimmer can be seen in the ArcelorMittal government negotiations. Ilva one step away from the abyss begins to glimpse a faint light of hope. The stakes placed on the negotiating table are immovable: up to the 5 thousand structural redundancies declared by ArcelorMittal and compliance with the commitments on an industrial and environmental level, with a push on the transition for [...]
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Another storm for the majority. The new topic on which there will be much to clarify is the ESM, the European Stability Mechanism that can be used to give financial assistance to the eurozone countries that are in difficulty and which could push the countries that will use it to restructure the debt, including Italy. . The mechanism [...]
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The ius soli is not in the government program. There are other emergencies in the country at the moment. The Foreign Minister and political leader of the Five Star Movement Luigi Di Maio, speaking to Rtl 102.5, explains the reasons for his "bewilderment" at the speech given by the secretary of the Democratic Party, Nicola Zingaretti, before the [...]
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Not only Venice, other cities and other areas of the country are also in difficulty due to bad weather, but general attention is focused only on Venice. Luigi Di Maio, political leader of the M5s, with a post on Facebook, shines a light on the emergency situations that are affecting Italy, from North to South, and invites [...]
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(Francesco Matera) Between sardines in the square and tuna fish in the halls of parliament, it is increasingly fashionable to approach Italian political events with fish references. The sardines, 15 thousand in Bologna have shaken the left. As if to say, we will take care of the squares to counter Matteo Salvini. Monday evening piazza Mazzini in Modena and [...]
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New alarm for a possible rise of water beyond the guard level in Venice. In the morning, with the expected peak at 11.20, an exceptional tide of 160 centimeters is expected, 10 more than the previous forecast. Enough to trigger the "red code". In the Serenissima, the alarm sirens were heard already at 6.39, [...]
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The dl on cyber security is state law. Yesterday the majority approved the yellow-red government decree, the opposition abstained. The law, writes Il Sole 24Ore, provides for the creation of a national "perimeter" where, within four months, public administrations, national bodies and operators - public and [...]
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While in Italy there is always discussion of internal politics and the usual national trifles, Emmanuel Macron yesterday met the president of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi. During the meeting, a press release from the Elysée reads, the two heads of state shared the desire to establish a true strategic partnership between the two countries to address [...]
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An unprecedented amount of data including usernames, IP addresses and even the contents of thousands of private chat logs has been revealed on the net. The data belonged to the IronMarch website, which was founded in 2011 by Alexander Mukhitdinov, a Russian far-right activist who uses the [...]
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Task Force 44 yesterday in Iraq in Kirkuk ran into a rudimentary device known as IED during a training patrol on the street. 5 of the injured, 3 of which seriously, suffered damage to the lower limbs and one had to amputate part of his leg. The attack took place close to November 12, when [...]
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The cyber security of Italy and, therefore, of its strategic structures will be entrusted to a team of IT experts from the secret services. About thirty IT 007 will be included in the newborn national #Csirt (computer security incident response team), an organization already present in many countries. The Csirt, writes Il Sole 24Ore is located at the Dis, the [...]
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US authorities have accused two Twitter employees and a staff member of the Saudi Arabian royal family of spying for Riyadh. The Federal Bureau of Investigation filed a suit Wednesday in San Francisco, accusing the three men of "acting as agents" for Saudi Arabia. According to the FBI, the [...]
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For the government, relaunching Ilva and Taranto is a priority. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said this during the press conference at the end of the Council of Ministers dedicated to the situation of the Apulian plant and to the executive's need to stem the desire to disengage from the ArcelorMittal group. "We believe that industrial pole of strategic interest [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) I, too, son of Ilva. I lived my childhood and adolescence in Taranto, my father worked at Ilva in Taranto, at the time Italsider. Italsider has allowed us to live, study and for most of us also to get sick. At the age of 30, to the amazement of doctors and health statistics, I [...]
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Alessandro da Rold interviewed the honorable member of the Lega Giulio Centemero, now a member of the Finance Commission, on La Verità. The reason for the interview is the parliamentary question on the latest moves by Luxottica's owner Leonardo Del Vecchio in Mediobanca. Just read the newspapers, explains Centemero. "The president of Luxottica would have developed a team of directors giving a mandate [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Luigi Di Maio and his loyalists do not appear at all resigned to disappearing from the political scene. The negative trend recorded in all recent electoral competitions is read as the result of an irreversible decline of the M5S phenomenon. Di Maio wants to run for cover and according to Corriere della Sera he is studying [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The League in Umbria won its bet with 37,3% of preferences, also guessing its candidate Donatella Tesei, supported by all the center-right who reached an exciting 57,3%, the civic candidate Vincenzo Bianconi stood at 36,2%. What worries the government majority is the "political thing to [...]
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Iraqi security sources told Reuters that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in an American-led military operation in Syria. The leader was reportedly shot while trying to get his family out of Idlib to the Turkish border. The operation, taken after the identification of his hiding place in Brisha, a [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The US gives criminal relevance to the “Russiagate” dossier, therefore the heads of the American services at the time of the Obama administration will be questioned. Federal Judge Beryl Howard has ruled that the United States Department of Justice must deliver the unedited version of Special Adviser Robert Mueller's report to the House of Representatives by […]
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Two 21-year-old boys were arrested on suspicion of the murder of 24-year-old Luca Sacchi, on 23 October evening, in the Appio Latino district. At the end of a very long interrogation at the Police Headquarters, conducted jointly by the Police and the Carabinieri, the two young people were held in custody. From the first reconstructions, to what [...]
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Yesterday the day of the hearing of the premier at Copasir. At the end of the meeting with the Committee, Conte immediately attacked the media, accusing them of having reconstructed in recent days, imaginative plots on the Russiagate affair and the alleged Italian implications. It was an ordinary hearing, linked to the half-yearly report, but during which, the premier says, "not [...]
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The Iranian government may have used a female intelligence officer to lure a leading Iranian dissident from his home in France in Iraq, where he was then kidnapped by Iranian security forces and secretly transported to Iran. The Iranian authorities gave the news of the arrest of Ruhollah Zam last October 15, news also confirmed [...]
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A coffee between the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte and the grillino leader, Luigi Di Maio, seems to have diluted, for now, the tension recorded in the last hours between the majority forces. The crux is the maneuver conceived by Conte and Gualtieri that does not convince Luigi Di Maio, especially as regards the measures for [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Giuseppe Conte, after the attacks on the maneuver by some illustrious members of the M5S and Italia Viva, was succinct by launching an invitation to obedience, "you need to get right, or get out of the way". The pentastellato leader Luigi Di Maio immediately replied: "The tones either do it like this or go home [...]
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Roberto Gualtieri on the sidelines of the meeting of the IMF and the World Bank and the G20 in Washington said at a press conference: "The reduction of the public debt is all the more credible the more realistic it is". Gualtieri is convinced that with the economic maneuver presented in Brussels, which has yet to pass the examination of the Parliament, [...]
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Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte absolutely rejects any accusation of hypocrisy by President Tayyp Erdogan. Conte himself said this during the press conference after the European Council, responding to those who spoke to him about the accusations of hypocrisy that Erdogan launched against Western leaders who in the past few days have [...]
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Marco Liconti of Adnkronos wrote a beautiful page on the international intrigue “Russiagate”. From the news agency it emerged that the Italian 007s were heard who categorically denied any involvement in the affair of the delivery of the two cell phones of Professor Joseph Mifsud to members of the American services. The fact is that the data extrapolated from [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The official visits of the President of the Italian Republic to the US have always been "symbolic" and "institutional", they have rarely seen the two presidents discuss "bilateral" issues in such detail and with tones that are not exactly relaxed. Trump immediately entered with a straight leg: "Italy did a good thing by buying the new fighter-bombers [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The council of ministers started just before midnight, around 23pm after a “very tense” day within the majority. Giuseppe Conte, at one point, sent a text message to the Minister of Economy Gualtieri, to suggest that he focus on the fight against tax evasion. On a maneuver that should amount to 31 billion [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Yesterday a council of ministers was scheduled in the late evening: black smoke. There are so many disputes registered within the majority so much so that the "last chance" meeting of the council of ministers was fixed for this evening at 21 pm. Tonight, therefore, it is mandatory to bring out the tax decree and the programmatic document [... ]
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The "80 euros" of the Renzi government could magically turn into tax deductions for incomes of up to 35 thousand euros. The Conte 2 government is studying them all to try to get out of the hat measures welcome to the middle class which for years has felt besieged by direct and indirect taxes. The [...]
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Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio on the escalation of Turkey in Syria said: “I hope that the European Union can take measures. Italy will ask for international law to be respected, not to put the lives of civilians at risk and an end to all military action ”. Di Maio also hinted that he wanted to [...]
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NATO secretary general Jean Stoltenberg was in Italy where he met Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio. Stoltenberg spoke with concern of the military escalation in Syria at the hands of Turkey, because ISIS could be reinvigorated in that area. On the sidelines of the meeting with Giuseppe Conte, Stoltenberg said: [...]
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In a report, the New York Times argues that Russian intelligence is using an elite espionage unit whose sole objective is to carry out operations to subvert European political and economic systems. The unit allegedly carried out a series of intelligence operations in recent years, ranging from espionage to disinformation campaigns and even [...]
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Andrea Malaguti on La Stampa interviewed the leader of Italia Viva, Matteo Renzi. Many topics were discussed, but one of all was to remove the sphere of secret services from the competence of the Prime Minister. It is no coincidence that all governments prior to those of Giuseppe Conte appointed a delegated Authority for Services [...]
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An AI-based program managed to design a new drug in 46 days instead of the eight years it takes on average for 'human' researchers. The work of the Insilico Medicine start-up and the University of Toronto, which have sought a potential cure for fibrosis, that is, the scarring of tissues that occurs in some [...]
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The two agents hit during a shooting inside the Trieste police station died. The two dead agents had suffered very serious injuries, Pierluigi Rotta and Matteo De Menego were about thirty years old. According to reports from Ansa, three other agents and one of the two attacking brothers were injured in the shooting, but none would be in danger of life. The two […]
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Last August, Attorney General William Barr with a small team of his staff met with the leaders of our secret services. But who gave the authorization? The only one who has the right is the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte who is in charge of services. It is no coincidence that the Copasir - committee [...]
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"Thousands of embarrassing emails about Hillary Clinton", held by the Russians. This is what Link Campus University professor in Rome Joseph Mifsud would have said to George Papadopoulos, advisor in Donald Trump's election campaign. This revelation provided further clues to prosecutor Robert Mueller who is investigating a possible plot against [...]
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Yesterday evening the Nadef, the update note to the economic and finance document that dictates the line of the budget law for the year 2020, came out from the Council of Ministers. 30 billion foreseen in a maneuver that will ask Europe to increase the deficit of 1,4 percent to recover 14 billion euros to [...]
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The Minister of Economy and Finance Roberto #Gualtieri, guest of Lucia Annunziata at "Half an hour more", on Rai3 spoke of a maneuver worth about 30 billion, which will exploit "to the maximum the margins of flexibility allowed by European rules and that it will lead to a small expansion “. A maneuver that will focus on a major investment plan [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The failure of the Doha negotiations between the US delegation led by Zaimay Khalizaid and the Taliban one led by mullah Ab-dul Ghani Baradar has made Afghanistan a highly flammable powder keg. In the month of July alone, about 1500 people were killed and injured. The attacks and the fighting also between [...]
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The Ministry of the Treasury is convinced that the incentive to use credit cards can bring into the state coffers several billion euros, from three to five. The novelty would be the tax discount for those who use credit cards, between two and four percent of the expenses incurred. Refunds would take place [...]
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The match between IRAN and the US continues after the crisis that resulted from the US exit from the nuclear deal. The Iranian president, Hassan Rohani, in the accord of an interview with the broadcaster "Abc", declared "Today the ball is in the US field" urging his US counterpart Donald Trump to take initiatives that "restore the [... ]
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Over 7 billion made available to Italian companies that choose to operate in China. According to the ABI survey, this is the amount of the ceiling made available by banks operating in Italy to support the commercial and financial operations of companies in high-potential sectors of the Chinese market. The data was presented today [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) "A historic step forward, a decisive turning point on repatriation", so the Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on the sidelines of the meetings held at the UN headquarters in New York. Prime Minister Conte refers to the Malta agreement between the ministers of the interior of EU countries. The Italian proposal, agreed with the European Commission, [...]
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(Andrea Pinto) The Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte participates in all political demonstrations of any color, from Article One of Leu to Atreju of FdI. The invitations, however, had been made in unsuspected times, during the yellow-green government. "Being here is stimulating for me", begins the premier who arrived in Atreju together [...]
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Last night at Palazzo Chigi in the apartment of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, dinner with Emmanuel Macron. The two countries, after the turbulent months of the yellow-green government, come together again to try to solve common problems. At least this is the intention of the government led by Giuseppe Conte, to try to deal with the Libya dossier in a structural way [...]
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The cold split made by Matteo Renzi did not go unnoticed at Palazzo Chigi. Giuseppe Conte said that Renzi could decide before the formation of the government "for a duty of correctness, linearity and institutional transparency". Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte then went up to the Quirinale for a brief exchange of ideas with the [...]
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Collaboration continues with national research institutions, universities and industries aimed at developing the technology of innovative small satellite launchers for aerial platforms. Tuesday 17 September at the Casa dell'Aviatore in Rome, in the presence of the President of the National Research Council (CNR), Prof. Massimo Inguscio, and the Head of [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) “The decision to leave is taken. What's the point of waiting any longer? To hear yet another appeal, perhaps not entirely sincere, to unity? The decision is made, confirms a loyal of Renzi. The confirmation last night when Matteo Renzi, before returning from England, phoned Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to inform him of the [...]
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It was already in the air and confirmation was not long in coming. From Pontida Salvini launches the challenge to the new government by proposing a referendum to change the electoral law. “Enough small parties that hold the country hostage, with 3-4%. Italians want clarity. So on with the referendum. In the coming months we will have a government of [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The yellow-red government from 36% of positive opinions last week has passed to 38% today, the approval rating increases by two points to 43. This was written by Nando Pagnoncelli in Il Corriere della Evening. A government that appeals to one in two Italians and that is under the magnifying glass [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte had made it clear, he wanted to close the game of appointments of sub-government positions at the Council of Ministers this afternoon, scheduled for 15.30 pm. The delay is due to the continuous disputes within the Movement, so many suitors for just over twenty places, it seems an attack [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) For sub-government positions there is a brawl between the grillini, at the Democratic Party, they say: "We are ready". The fight to grab a seat of power risks blowing up the "dead line" requested by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, "by tonight I want the names". Pentastellati contest the method, that is to reward [...]
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Luigi Di Maio: "I will have the last word and I will choose on the basis of skills but you must propose the candidates to me". (by Massimiliano D'Elia) Luigi Di Maio, besieged by over forty disappointed grillini, has only just over 20 places to assign. In order not to have sole responsibility for the choices, he told the presidents of the 28 Chamber committees [...]
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Giuseppe #Conte quotes Giuseppe #Saragat: “Let the face of this Republic be a human face, democracy is not only a relationship between majority and minority but also a relationship between man and man. Where these relationships are human, democracy exists; where they are inhuman, it is nothing but the mask of a [...]
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Zingaretti from the stage in Ravenna: "Believe me, these faces, those volunteers in the kitchens ranging from 15 to 90 years, this generous humanity is our platform". (by Massimiliano D'Elia) Nicola Zingaretti with the wit of Matteo Renzi (I would say Renzi's cynicism) brought the party to the government. No one would have bet on such a scenario after [...]
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“I don't want conflicts but to work peacefully. Please do not respond to provocations but tell the Democratic Party not to behave like the League "(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Password: avoid open confrontation and do not give in to provocations. The grillini did not like the statements of the Minister of Infrastructure Paola De Micheli (Pd), on the Gronda [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Rousseau, the platform of Davide's company #Casaleggio started the yellow-red government, it's not a joke. Luigi Di Maio had said the day before that the outcome of the vote would be decisive for the fate of the alliance with the Democratic Party. Institutions, party leaders, citizens, the international press, in short, everyone [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Yesterday In the late morning Luigi Di Maio buried the hatchet: “the problem of the vice premier no longer exists”. The political leader of the Movement has always kept the bar high, during the excited days of interlocution with the Democratic Party. After the 10 programmatic points, which cannot be renounced, he raised with another 10, so much so that the guarantor [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Last night on the Blog of the Stars the news of the consultation of the Rousseau platform. Many thought of a question with a trap with an interpretable meaning, but it is very clear: "Do you agree that the 5 Star Movement starts a government, together with the Democratic Party, chaired by Giuseppe Conte?". _____________________________________________________________________________________ From the Blog of the Stars [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Yesterday a small appetizer of what could happen with a yellow-red government. Luigi Di Maio, after meeting with the prime minister in charge, Giuseppe Conte, put the ball back in midfield by relaunching with 20 indispensable MoVement proposals. The security decree bis is not touched, it will be necessary to proceed with progressive autonomy, remove the [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Finally, the solution to the crisis has come after a series of stops and resumes the dialogue between the 5-star Movement and the Democratic Party, the Italians will finally have a new government that the media have branded as a "Conte Bis" , or "Conte due" There are many questions that Italians [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Today second day of consultations with the poisoned tooth of Giorgia Meloni who from the Quirinale, during the meeting with the press after the meeting with Mattarella, invokes the square: appointment in Montecitorio during the oath of the yellow government -red. Thus the leader of Fratelli d'Italia, Giorgia #Meloni: “We reiterated our clear and simple position. [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Last night after the meeting at Palazzo Chigi, between Giuseppe Conte, Luigi Di Maio and Nicola Zingaretti, the grillini showed all their resentment: “Zingaretti is pulling too hard. He just came to talk to us about armchairs and would like one for himself too. It's not like that “. The negotiation is not [...]
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The negotiations between the parties are becoming more and more tightened and by now they have a few hours available to reach a solid political agreement and form a new government that avoids the polls and puts an end to the government crisis. According to parliamentary sources, by this evening the Quirinale intends to issue the calendar of [...]
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“Mandatory, as Luigi has always said: never with Bibbiano's party. But why don't you consult us voters? " (by Andrea Pinto) The sentence in a comment on a post by Luigi Di Maio, a sentence that was flooded with likes; this gives the idea of the will of the grillina base that loudly invokes #Rousseau, [...]
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5Stelle social media are the turmoil. Please stop, I sincerely hope for consistency, I can't do it, these are some of the phrases that bounce between the various accounts. About 90 percent of the grillina base is against the agreement with the Democratic Party. "A powder keg, that of social media, which we cannot ignore", says [...]
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Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio is already having dinner with the secretary of the Democratic Party, Nicola Zingaretti, as reported by Il Messaggero. The dinner took place around 20 when there was telephone contact between the M5S leader and the secretary of the Democratic Party. They'll eat a pizza, leaked from their respective staff. In the menu, according to qualified sources of [...]
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The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella around 20.00 announced the outcome of the consultations as follows: “I will carry out new consultations that will begin next Tuesday to draw conclusions and take the necessary decisions. Only governments that win the confidence of Parliament are possible with agreements by groups on a program to govern the country, in [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The "monster" is the name Matteo Salvini of any government that might arise between M5S and Pd. The "beast", is called by Salvini's opponents, the League's communication machine led by the young "spin doctor", Luca #Morisi. Only the "beautiful" is missing, to paraphrase a famous Disney film. Instead the "beautiful", which would displace everyone [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Yesterday the "soap opera" of Italian politics saw one of the worst episodes. Three hours and 45 minutes in the Chamber at the #Senato we witnessed the "decline", the debasement of the role that the highest Chamber of the #Repubblica should have. No institutional intervention, it seemed to be in the square. Only and only attacks [...]
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In an interview with the 'Cadena Ser' radio, Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Carmen Calvo complains about the position of the Open Arms: “We offered him all kinds of help, medical care, food. We don't understand the Open Arms position. We understand that the situation is critical due to uncertainty and despair; but once they have a safe harbor and the [...]
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“I don't even want to think of a return to the government of Renzi, Lotti and Boschi, natural disasters. We reason about everything, but not about this ". (by Andrea Pinto) In this sentence there is the synthesis of the strategy of the leader of the Northern League who wants to avoid the return of the PD to the government at all costs. An M5S government, [...]
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Mattarella anticipates the return and expects "clarity". The first contacts already over the weekend
"I'm ready to talk, my phone is always on". So Matteo Salvini opens a window to the 5 Stars for a possible Count bis. In the meantime, the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, has anticipated his return from holidays in Sardinia and as the quirinalist Breda writes, in the Corriere della Sera, the president does not hide [...]
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Salvini “is now sorry, but now the omelette is done. Everyone is the creator of their own destiny. Good luck!". Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio writes it on Fb. “On August 20, we Ministers of the 5 Star Movement will be alongside Giuseppe Conte in the classroom to support him against the distrust of the league. We are waiting for them at the gate! " adds [...]
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Repubblica.it writes that since dawn the ship has dropped anchor in the Cala Francese area, a few hundred meters from the port of Lampedusa. Personnel from the Port Authority, the Guardia di Finanza and the Cisom doctors went up for an inspection on board the boat of the Catalan NGO that headed for the island of the Pelagie, [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The "soap opera" Italian Government Crisis continues. Every day a twist that sends all political scientists and constitutionalists into a tailspin. Yesterday the Senate voted to schedule the no-confidence motion presented by the League to the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte. Lega, Forza Italia and the Brothers of Italy would have liked to vote for it [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Daniele Di Mario on Il Tempo made a real journalistic “scoop”. Late yesterday no agency talked about it and today the article explaining the meeting between the PD secretary, Nicola #Zingaretti and an ex who never wants to lose the scene in the moments that matter in politics [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Marzio Breda in Corriere della Sera talks about the silence of the Quirinale on the complicated Italian political crisis. A silence dictated by the still very fluid situation, where the political teams are trying to make up their minds on possible alternative majorities to avoid going to the early elections already in the autumn and giving [...]
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Matteo Salvini does not want to waste time and wants Parliament to vote no confidence in the government before mid-August. The Speaker of the Chamber, Roberto Fico, however, reminds him that only “the Presidents of the Chamber and Senate convene the Chambers. Nobody else". How to summon the parliamentarians? Il Giornale writes: How? By phone? Mail? Whatsapp? No, […]
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The leader of the League Matteo Salvini with a text message "summoned all the parliamentarians of the League on Monday in Rome", to clarify the reasons for the crisis in Parliament. Yesterday the League also filed a motion of no confidence in the Senate against the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte. On Monday the conference of [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Yesterday a real political chaos. In the wake of the “tzunami” model of the motion of the pentastellates “no Tav”, the perfect storm was generated. In the Senate, right on the Tav it was certified that there is no longer a "credible" majority and above all useful for legislating. Salvini in the light of the result of the Chamber immediately raised his shields [...]
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Matteo #Salvini thus in a note after the meeting at Palazzo Chigi with the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte: "It is useless to go on with no shots and quarrels, as in recent weeks, Italians need certainties and a government what do you do, don't say 'Mr. No'. We do not want more armchairs or ministers [...]
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Tension is skyrocketing in the government, amid exchanges of accusations and threats to bring everything down. The Ansa has beaten an agency in which it confirms that the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte had an interview with the Head of State Sergio Mattarella this morning. The premier, returning to Palazzo Chigi did not answer the questions of [...]
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Sergio Mattarella awaits the developments of the political situation in Castelporziano. Only after it has been clarified will he take a few days off, and in the meantime he examines the security dl bis before signing with which the law is promulgated. An accurate examination for a provision that, like the previous security one, [...]
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The Senate rejected with 181 "no" the motion presented by the 5 Star Movement against the realization of the Turin-Lyon Tav. 180 yes to the motion in favor of the Tav presented by the Democratic Party, 181 for the pro Tav motion presented by Emma Bonino, 181 yes to the pro Tav motion of the Brothers of Italy and 182 [...]
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The Senate approves the confidence in the Security decree bis with 160 votes in favor. The 5 pentastellated rebels who left the Chamber abstained. 57 votes against, most of them are senators of the Democratic Party who wear a t-shirt with the words "Let's not waste humanity". While in front of Palazzo Madama [...]
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The goal of M5s and Lega is to reach an altitude of 158 ′ on tonight's vote on confidence in the Security Decree bis: below the threshold of 161 votes needed when an absolute majority is needed, but enough bar to make 'that no Ferragostano earthquake arrives in the last week of parliamentary work. M5s has [...]
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High noon in the Senate. The cards will be revealed on the bis security decree and most likely it will go to the vote of confidence. 1.240 are the amendments to the decree to be discussed and voted on in committee but there is no time because it must be converted into law before the parliamentary work ceases for the pause [...]
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The League celebrates in Milano Marittima with 39 percent of the latest polls. Its leader Matteo Salvini does not give up for a moment and also in August announced to continue touring Italy from Lazio to Sicily, from Calabria to Campania, passing through Genoa and then closing August in Trentino, in [... ]
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It is worrying to note how in a world context where the super powers change and update their trade and defense strategies, Europe lacks its own plans capable of strongly contrasting those of China and Russia. It is precisely the lack of a common European strategic policy that suggests to individual countries to [...]
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“But what does Luigi Di Maio want? I am not a minister, or rather an undersecretary, I have not sworn on the French Constitution ”, so Macron's new adviser, the Italian Sandro Gozi, responded to the Italian controversy in an article in the Republic. It should be remembered that Sandro Gozi was a politician in the ranks of the Democratic Party and undersecretary for [...]
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The Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies, Sen. Gian Marco Centinaio, received the new Chinese ambassador to Italy LI Junhua in Rome today to talk about the future relations between Italy and China in the field of tourism and agro-food. “We are now working on the 2020 Italy-China Year of Culture and Tourism. For […]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Vittorio Feltri on Libero, focuses on some gaps that underlie the death of our carabiniere Mario Rega Cerciello, killed by 11 stab wounds by two spoiled American bullies. Feltri highlights as the first lacuna the circumstance according to which an American boy arrived in Italy with a knife - blade [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) "What are the Five Stars doing in a government that will make the Tav?" So yesterday the League has prodded the government allies, in view of the decisions on Tav, the security decree bis and autonomy to the regions. The response of the pentastellati was not too late and defined the government allies as "bullies". [...]
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Tiziana Paolocci and Stefano Vladovich in il Giornale trace what will ultimately be a difficult intrigue to solve. A super-witness to SkyTg24 says: “The two Americans were drunk and stuck. The two Americans were sitting here, they had stolen a bag in Campo de Fiori. Then the two carabinieri in civilian clothes arrive and they flee. [...]
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Matteo Salvini after having won on all fronts for the Tav, now wants the flat tax, in default he announces the early elections: "We must challenge the EU because either we can cut taxes for many with a maneuver worth tens of billions or we ask the opinion to the Italians. I still don't understand what the idea is [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) On the "superc ....... the" information in the Senate of the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte on the "Russiagate" affair leaked a sentence not dictated by emotion but by a very specific strategy (perhaps with the Placet of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella) because the speech was written and read in its entirety: "... ..If the conditions for a [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Wednesday of fire. At 16.00 the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte will report to the Senate on the “#Russiagate” affair. The vice premier, Matteo Salvini at the same time summoned the "National Committee for Safety" to the Interior Ministry. Just to understand to the Italians that he works on serious matters, the safety of citizens. At [...]
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According to the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence, the Islamic Republic has discovered an alleged "CIA network" operating in some sensitive private sector companies and government agencies that deal with defense, aerospace and energy. 17 alleged spies were reportedly arrested and sentenced to death. Tehran officials also said that all [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) A decisive week for the government. The issue on autonomy has become too thorny for Matteo Salvini, the north is in turmoil. Last night the Northern League leader "thundered": "We are in government only to do the important things. If we fail, we will go alone but we don't stop. We do not accept a no, the government [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Matteo Salvini yesterday launched another dig at the government ally through one of his ministers: “If they think that the issue of the government crisis is closed, then their calculations have been wrong. Matteo can break even in mid-August ”. Salvini is far from Rome and is thinking about the strategy for next week. [...]
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The Guardians of the Islamic Revolution of Iran are responsible for the seizure of an oil tanker in the Gulf waters. This was read in a statement issued today and taken up by Iranian state television. The Pasdarans say that "a foreign tanker loaded with one million liters of smuggled fuel" was seized in the south of the island [...]
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The #Flyboard air, the flying platform created by Frenchman Franky Zapata and built by Zapata Industries, has captured the attention of armies from all over the world. The French newspaper "Les Echos" writes it, explaining that it is a kerosene-powered device, equipped with five mini-turbojets and capable of flying up to 190 km / h with [...]
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The denial on the existence of funding to the League comes directly from Moscow. "Russia has never given money to any politician or party in Italy". Dmitri Peskov, spokesman for the Kremlin, in answering the questions posed by the Agi, explained Moscow's position of extraneousness to the story linked to the alleged negotiations between Russians and militants of the League, [...]
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Today the declaration on behalf of the EU by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign and Security Policy, Federica #Mogherini, on the situation of the Intermediate Interval Nuclear Forces Treaty (Inf). "The European Union calls on all states to uphold the integrity of the rules-based international system with effective multilateralism as a key principle, indispensable for maintaining [...]
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The fifteenth mission, which began at 1:53 am last night from the spaceport of Kourou, in French Guiana, under the aegis of Arianespace, was interrupted about two minutes after the departure due to an anomaly in the push phase of the second stage Zefiro 23 of the carrier, which aborted its ascent trajectory when it was [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Apparently the Italian Union of Military - Aeronautics does not allow itself a moment of rest. After being audited at the IV Defense Commission of the Chamber of Deputies on 2 July, yesterday he organized a Round Table entitled "Unionization of the Armed Forces", sponsored by PRP Channel which [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Tense nerves, indeed very tense between Viminale and Defense. At the center of the question is the use of the Navy to defend Italian territorial waters. The intent would be to position a large military ship in front of the waters of Lampedusa. To have a psychological impact. At the same time, use more naval means, radar and aircraft [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Perhaps it is appropriate to remind everyone of the “primary” task of the Italian Armed Forces. “The primary task of the Armed Forces is the defense of the state. They also have the task of operating for the purpose of achieving peace and security in accordance with the rules of international law and the decisions of [...]
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The humanitarian traffickers of Mediterranea, the NGO of the convicted Casarini, after having refused Malta, are preparing to violate Italian waters. In this regard, Admiral Nicola De Felice intervenes, an officer of the Navy in the position of auxiliary who invites the armed force of the Sea to intervene with the right of visit, arrest of the commander and crew, kidnapping [...]
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Yesterday the meeting “# Africa's development dynamic report 2019” in Milan, at Assolombarda. Talking about it was Roberto Da Rin of “Sole24Ore”. The data that will be announced in the Report available in a few weeks have been anticipated. The Report is the result of a partnership between the African Union and the OECD. But before the economic data, the [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Carola Rackete is free, the reasons are given on page 9 of the ordinance: “She chose to sail to Lampedusa and not to other ports, where migrants could have landed. The investigating judge writes: "The ports of Malta were also excluded, because they were more distant, and Tunisian ones, because according to the same evaluation [...]
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Yesterday the meeting of the EU Council for the appointment of the new leaders of the highest offices of the European institutions. Prime Minister Conte during the various meetings and during the works has always been anchored to the phone to discuss with his two deputies, Di Maio and Salvini and during the final press conference he said: "Not [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Composure and determination. This is the mantra that the SIM Aeronautica, the first syndicate in the history of the Arma Azzurra, brought as a dowry to the Defense Commission today 2 July 2019. In 40 minutes of audition - it exceeded the canonical 30 minutes - all the issues were addressed "Hot" for which [...]
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US President Donald #Trump met with North Korean leader, #Kim Jong Un, in the so-called Joint Security Area (JSA), patrolled by soldiers from both Koreas, warmly shaking hands and expressing both hopes for peace. , thus sealing the third meeting between the two leaders in just over a year [...]
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Fabio Tonacci, correspondent of the Republic, reports that the Sea Watch is docked in Lampedusa around 1,50 am. The German captain Carola Rackete entered the port without prior authorization, invoking the state of necessity. After an hour, the financiers boarded and arrested the captain on charges of "resistance or violence against a warship", [...]
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The captain of the Sea Watch3, Carola Rackete, was entered in the register of suspects for aiding in illegal immigration and for refusing to obey a warship, according to the provisions of the navigation code. The registration in the register of suspects, by the Prosecutor of Agrigento, was made after the acquisition of the annotation of the Guardia di Finanza. [...]
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Report of the Central Control Section on the management of state administrations "The Fund's revenues do not constitute real public reserves because they can be claimed by the entitled parties (holders or successors mortis causa) within the ten-year ordinary limitation period through an assessment procedure essentially devoid of discretionary profiles ". This is what [...]
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France, Germany and Luxembourg are the EU countries that could welcome SeaWatch migrants. The negotiation is still ongoing. Meanwhile the ship remains 500 meters off the coast of Lampedusa. Another node is the application of the security law decree bis and the initiatives of the judicial authority. The security decree bis provides that the competent prosecutor [...]
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“I expect that, if I attend a meeting, this will serve to bring things forward…”. So Salvini left the summit early with Prime Minister Conte and the other Deputy Prime Minister Di Maio. (by Massimiliano D'elia) The mini summit between Conte, Di Maio and Salvini did not lead to any substantial news. Regional autonomies [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) On July 2 the Commission will confirm the opening of the procedure for excessive debt and will turn the ball to Ecofin for the verdict of July 9. Give to keep in mind, because around the corner. In Italy, however, the grueling "skirmishes" between the two vice premieres continue. The Luigi Di Maio case and the Deputy Minister [...]
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The vice president of the Council, Matteo #Salvini just can't relax and yesterday from Milano Marittima, between a crepes and an ice cream, the “ace from the hole” came out: “Found the money for the flat tax”. He announced it via SkyTg24, they claim to have found the 15 billion to make the flat tax and warns: "Yes [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Davide #Casaleggio and Alessandro Di Battista together in Catania. An important signal for the fate of the movement. The appearance on the stage of the two "apparent marginalized" met with the icy reaction of the leader Luigi Di Maio who is grappling with the various regional assemblies throughout Italy, to build the electorate network directly on [...]
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Laura Naka Antonelli on FOL highlighted the issue of German Bunds valued at 850 billion dollars, which could offer zero returns. This is the result of the zero interest rate era, caused by the expansive monetary policy of the ECB, which increasingly characterizes the government bond market of the Eurozone countries [...]
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Trump in a long speech explains what happened last night, when he stopped the attack on Iran, minutes before it began. “I asked how many people would die. '150, sir', I was answered by a general. So, I stopped everything ten minutes from the attack, which would not have been proportionate to the shooting down of a drone ”. The contents […]
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Last night at around 20 pm, Washington time, Donald Trump ordered an attack on specific Iranian targets, in retaliation for the shooting down of the US spy drone in the Gulf. The entire military device had already been started and were in position to launch the attack. But before launching the operation, Trump canceled the operation, [...]
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The process of modifying the # ESM - European Stability Mechanism - started on 13 June and will end in December. The government, according to rumors of the majority in Parliament, would be ready to veto. As reported by AGI, the parliamentarians affirm: "This is a treaty that must also be ratified by Parliament and we [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) On June 21, Admiral Valter Girardelli will leave the Navy, the invitations for the “blank” alternation ceremony have already arrived without the name of the new Chief of Staff, it had never happened! Even this evening at the end of the Council of Ministers, apparently, the name did not come out [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) A summit is underway at Palazzo Chigi between premier, vice premier and Giovanni Tria to decide the line to be proposed in Brussels. A high-tension summit as Matteo Salvini, fresh from American investiture, as Trump's major ally in Europe, does not retreat one millimeter on new fiscal measures, also through [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The Italian vice president of the council Matteo #Salvini flew to Washington. A visit that had already been postponed before the elections. Today, however, after the outcome of the European elections, where there was a plebiscite in favor of the League, the visit takes on a different connotation, especially with an EU Commission always of [...]
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Yutaka Katada, the president of Kokuka Sangyo, the Japanese company that chartered the Kokuka Sangyo oil tanker, said the ship was hit by a torpedo and not a mine, as US officials claim that Iran is blaming it. The President of the United States, Donald Trump, reiterated that the attacks against [...]
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Yutaka Katada, the chairman of Kokuka Sangyo, the Japanese company that chartered the oil tanker Kokuka Sangyo, said the ship was hit by a torpedo and not a mine, as US officials claim, who blame Iran. "We have received reports that something has flown to the ship," Katada said in [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Troubled waters for the next head of Palazzo #Marina. The new chief of staff is due to be appointed on 21 June and the government still sails on the high seas. From what we learn from the article by Chiara Giannini in “Il Giornale”, there would be many frictions within the executive for the prestigious appointment. #Salvini [...]
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Salvini: “Things are not going the right way. Get ready for any eventuality ". (by Massimiliano D'Elia) Yesterday morning the government summit hosted by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. In addition to the two vice premieres, there was the Minister of Economy Giovanni Tria and a large number of technicians from his ministry. The meeting was wanted by [...]
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#Eurogroup and #Ecofin as early as July could trigger the formal opening of the infringement procedure for excessive deficit. (by Massimiliano D'Elia) Yesterday, the Economic and Financial Committee approved the technical conclusion of the EU Commission, confirming that Italy has violated the stability pact for 2018 and 2019. Immediately after, the president [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Yesterday late in the evening, around 22 pm, with an hour late, the showdown between the premier and his two deputies. Giuseppe Conte, feels under siege and tries to launch phase 2 of the government, in accordance with the "faded" contract. Salvini and Di Maio, on the other hand, dictate the line to take [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Europe today has to face a thorny problem which, if solved, could constitute the beginning of a future ambitious collaboration in the world of defense. We are talking about the two future fighter aircraft: the British Tempest and the Franco-German FACS, Spain has recently also entered the program. "Italy should also" get on board "the [...]
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“I want to find that money now. #Conte and #Tria provide in some way ”, so Matteo #Salvini made his debut yesterday, while talking about the credits that the companies have left over from the Public Administration. (by Massimiliano D'Elia) The dry No to #minibot came directly from the Minister of Economy Giovanni Tria, from the president of the ECB, Mario [...]
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American agents have arrested hundreds of people who have recently fled Africa (by Massimiliano D'Elia) Donald Trump is thinking about how to fight the migrants from South America who cross the border via Mexico to reach the United States. Many contacts with the Mexican authorities to mitigate the effects of the start of duties on Mexican products. [...]
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Cristina Carlini on Adnkronos summarizes all the matches open with France and those already closed. Apparently France is doing "shopping" in Italy. The jewels of the beautiful country are targeted. The waters do not have time to calm down, at least apparently, for a dossier that immediately another ends up in the eye of the storm: not [...]
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In a press release, FCA announced that it had withdrawn the proposed merger with the French company Renault. It was clear from the start that the French government - partly a Renault shareholder - was beginning to dictate too unbalanced conditions. One of the major interests of the transalpines was to ensure the full employment of [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) #Salvini “he doesn't know what to do, he's full of doubts”, confesses those who manage to talk to us. There are many rumors in parliament among the leaguers. There is the front that wants a break immediately and a more wait-and-see. What is certain is that by June we will have to decide. It is the border beyond which [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Giuseppe #Conte in the long-awaited direct from Palazzo Chigi spoke to the Italians, indeed no, only to the two vice premier. An unusual way to send messages to the two majority leaders. This is usually done in a closed-door meeting, or the situation in the Chamber is discussed in front of the [...]
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“At 18.15 pm I will hold a press conference at Palazzo Chigi, I have some important things to say to all of you”. Thus Prime Minister Giuseppe #Conte announces the time of the press conference inviting, on twitter, to follow him "live streaming" on his Facebook page. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is playing the last card for himself and for the government. Self […]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The truth is that the Ministry of Defense "eats" ministers and undersecretaries, a kind of "curse". In recent history, Ignazio La Russa, Giampaolo Di Paola, Mario Mauro, Roberta Pinotti and many undersecretaries followed one another at the dicastery in via XX Settembre. Almost all of them, after the ambitious mandate, have finished their career [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) It did not go unnoticed that only #Salvini and the economists of the Lega had moved for the reply to the letter from Brussels. The meeting in via XX Settembre the other day. Yesterday a letter began to circulate in the media, complete with signatures and headed paper. The contents were very destabilizing. They promised [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The Undersecretary of State for Defense, honorable Angelo #Tofalo yesterday on the facebook profile thundered against his Defense Minister, Elisabetta Trenta: "I tried for a year to be next to Minister Trenta and to explain to her that the enemy does not is Salvini, or who knows who else, but who, within the apparatus, wants to continue to [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Today could be D-Day. The ruling on the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Edoardo #Rixi, on trial for embezzlement, in reference to the “crazy” expenses in the Region is coming. Any first degree conviction is a reason for resignation for M5S because it is expressly provided for in the contract. The question arises, but is this contract still valid? [...]
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So on the Facebook profile, Prime Minister Giuseppe #Conte reported on the meeting with the two vice premieres Mateo #Salvini and Luigi #DiMaio, after the outcome of the European elections. This morning I first met Vice President Salvini and then Vice President Di Maio. I had long talks with both of them, which provided an opportunity to exchange some assessments [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Yesterday Giuseppe #Conte flew to Brussels to meet the other heads of government and discuss Europe and discuss part of Italy's destiny, as always under the magnifying glass due to its high public debt . Yesterday the "spread" also returned to take the stage, jumping to over 290 points [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) As reported by La Stampa, a visit by #Salvini to the #Colle, at the beginning of last week, had not gone unnoticed, and maybe there were others that were not known. This demonstrates that the collaboration between the Head of State and the Minister of the Interior is active and in the canons of correctness [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) According to the projections released by the various agencies, the #Lega is the first party in Italy with 33,2% of the votes, the # M5S collapses, inexorably, to third place below 20% , also surpassed by the #Pd which stood at 22,2 percent. Matteo #Salvini's hot comments: “I ask for an acceleration [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) On 5 March the # M5S closed the electoral round with a resounding 32 percent and the #Lega reached the important milestone of 17 percent, establishing itself as the first party of the center-right. What everyone thought and hoped would not happen then came true: the yellow-green government was born. In the summer Salvini began [...]
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In consideration of the latest "envelopes" detected in the study, analysis and approval process of the well-known law on military unionization proposed by the Honorable Emanuela Corda of the M5S, the trade unions of the #Armate Forces and the #Police Forces of military order informed with a letter, last May 13, directly from the #President of the #Repubblica. TO […]
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(by Cleto Iafrate, General Secretary SIM Guardia di #Finanza) The #DIA - Antimafia Investigative Direction - is a joint investigative body employed in the fight against the mafia. It was conceived in 1991, in a context of serious mafia emergency, by Giovanni #Falcone to support the anti-mafia judiciary in the most delicate and complex investigations. The Magistrate warned the [...]
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(Massimiliano D'Elia) Meeting at the Four Seasons in Milan between Giancarlo #Giorgetti and the US Ambassador in Italy Lewis #Eisenberg. It was a meeting to celebrate American and Italian industries. Giorgetti and Eisenberg also talked about Matteo #Salvini's trip, scheduled for June 9 to the US, where he should meet the vice president [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Matteo #Salvini, live, while last night he was interviewed by Massimo #Giletti on La7, he learned that the Agrigento prosecutor Luigi #Patronaggio was making disembark from the Sea Watch, seized a few hours earlier by the financiers, well 47 migrants. 18 had already been transferred hours before to Lampedusa (children, women and some sick people). While […]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Government at loggerheads. Over 30 are the reasons for the clash, between autonomy, flat tax, justice reform, bis security decree, #Tav, major works, appointments, #Defense etc, etc .. Now the issue of migrants and the #Sea takes center stage Watch that would like to dock in Italy in Lampedusa. Salvini on the Sea Watch: [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The Italian surface-to-air defense, ensured by #Aspide missiles is now 40 years old and will end its operational cycle at the end of 2020. The staffs had, wisely, foreseen a budget of about 545 million spread until 2031 , for a new integrated and interoperable weapon system. Defense Minister Elisabetta #Trenta [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The #spread yesterday stood at 281 basis points. The constant quarrels between Di Maio and Salvini is a great opportunity for the markets to keep Italy on a leash. Luigi Di Maio warns: “Stop shooting from irresponsible people. It is not possible to exceed 3% of the deficit-GDP ratio ”. Matteo Salvini, on the other hand, replies: "We must and [...]
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The Islamic State has announced the establishment of a new overseas province in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The announcement was made over the weekend by Amaq, the Islamic State news agency. According to the press release, the Islamic State (also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) has appointed the new province [...]
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Iran is capable of destroying the US aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln with a single missile, which yesterday crossed the Suez Canal after setting sail for a mission in the Middle East. This was stated by Ayatollah Yousef Tabatabai-Nejad, representative of the province of Isfahan in the Assembly of Experts of the Islamic Republic. "Their ship, which cost billions of [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) As every year, La Difesa participates in the 32nd edition of the Turin Book Fair to promote and advertise the products and editorial initiatives of the Armed Forces. The theme of this year's edition of the International Book Fair is “The Game of the World”. A world for which the Italian Armed Forces [...]
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"The current situation in Libya" involves a worsening of the rift between Cyrenaica and Tripolitania ", while inertia is" shifting more and more "in favor of General Khalifa Haftar, commander of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA)." Umberto Profazio, analyst at the NATO Defense College Foundation and the International Institute for Strategic [...] told the Italian news agency Nova.
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The new headquarters of the Italian 007, since yesterday, has moved to Piazza Dante, at number 25, Esquilino district. Present at the inauguration were the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, the presidents of the Senate and the Chamber, Elisabetta Casellati and Roberto Fico, the directors of Dis, Aise and Aisi, Gennaro Vecchione, Luciano Carta and Mario [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Today's Council of Ministers will have to play "the dead man" with no ifs and buts. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and the leader of the pentastellati Luigi Di Maio had hoped that the Northern League undersecretary Armando Siri had taken a step back independently. In reality, the council of ministers will not count [...]
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Emiliano Fittipaldi on l'Espresso wrote a really interesting editorial that brings to light a truly disturbing background. The investigations are carried out by the Rome prosecutor's office. We are talking about thousands of photographs, private chats, audio voices and sensitive data intercepted by our secret services released to a private Calabrian company which kept them in a [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte did not digest the lack of respect on the part of the League and Matteo Salvini on the Siri affair. The statements on his resignation after the meeting with the magistrates (not yet fixed) were not acceptable to Conte, because the premier had asked the League's undersecretary, under investigation for an alleged [...]
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On the story of the Northern League undersecretary Armando Siri, yesterday Giuseppe Conte expressed the future line of the government. “I will propose the removal of the undersecretary on the agenda of the next Council of Ministers. We must be credible, responsible: resignations are either given or not given, future resignations do not make much sense. Especially since any [...]
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A T-6 Texan II training plane from Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, crashed on May 2, some officers at the base reported. The incident occurred just before 00:40 am near Lake Waurika, in Oklahoma, about XNUMX miles from the base, according to a post published on social media [...]
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Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte met the Northern League undersecretary Siri on Monday night and said from Tunis: "We are in the middle of a path, my jacket cannot be pulled too much". Conte talked about it with Matteo Salvini during the flight to Tunis where Luigi Di Maio had already landed the night before. [...]
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Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on the reopening of the consulate in Benghazi, scheduled for yesterday 28 April, said: "The Libyan foreign ministry has asked to postpone the opening of the consulate due to the ongoing conflict". Sources of farnesina say that there are several anti-Italian demonstrations and there is a certain resentment towards our country. It [...]
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The Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is concerned about the “risk that in the perspective of fighting the Islamic radicals, their transmigration to Tunisia and then also to Italy could be encouraged. A risk that we must all avert, I am trying to sensitize everyone ”. The problem is Libya where the Islamic State, taking advantage of the country's instability [...]
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Donald Trump, without consulting with the State Department, supported General Haftar, creating embarrassment also for Italy which found itself almost alone in supporting the Libyan contender Al Serraj, the only one legitimized by the international community. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte from China had to review the Italian position: "Our position is not at [...]
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The first ever summit between the president of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un began this morning with a private interview at the Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok. This was reported by the news agency "Sputnik", adding that, at the end of a meeting in the restricted format, the two sides will continue the consultations [...]
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Today in Rome, Foreign Minister Moavero Milanesi will meet the UN special envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame. The appointment after those had in recent days with the Emirati and Qatari colleague. Despite Trump's phone call to Haftar, Italy intends to pursue inclusive policy with all the players in the field. A policy that will be underlined [...]
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Interior Minister Matteo Salvini raised the alarm on the risk of terrorist attacks also in Italy, given the escalation of recent days in Sri Lanka: «We must organize ourselves so that this does not happen in Italy. The police are checking thousands of points that could be at risk and therefore we count on them, which are among the best in [...]
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Easter of blood and terror in Sri Lanka: at least six simultaneous explosions at 8.45am and two more a little later hit five churches during mass and three luxury hotels, causing at least 156 deaths, including 35 foreigners, and more than 400 wounded in three cities on the island. The budget is provisional and between [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The CEO of Leonardo Alessandro Profumo, in an article by Tom Kingdom on Defense News, expressed his opinion on the German embargo against Saudi Arabia, spoke about Brexit and the repercussions on the industry of European defense, also in light of the two programs for sixth generation aircraft, the British Tempest and the FACS [...]
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Great Britain intervenes in the Libyan crisis and makes its voice heard at the UN. The proposed proposal appeals to both sides to "refrain from bellicose rhetoric" and avoid "any new action". But in reality it is a point in favor of Prime Minister Payez al-Sarraj because he invites you to refer to the special envoy [...]
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Defense Minister Elisabetta Trenta, yesterday at the Army building called a meeting with all the heads of the armed forces to investigate and find innovative solutions in the field of advancement and career progression of military personnel. The meeting was attended by the Chief of Defense Staff, the Chiefs of Staff of the [...]
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According to the first investigations, the fire would have developed from a scaffolding present on site for the restoration work. During the works, 16 copper sculptures were removed, depicting Jesus, the 12 apostles and the symbols of the evangelists, which should return to their place in 2021. French President Emmanuel Macron said: “Notre-Dame in […]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The Minister of Defense, Elisabetta Trenta, guest of "Circo Massimo", on Radio Capital, said that the F35 program "will be revised, but the modalities for the revision and the conditions will be dealt with directly by Conte together with Trump. Resized? It can mean changing pace, acquiring, or buying less ”. The campaign continues [...]
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The United States sends the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group to the Mediterranean. The “Carrier strike group” will be operational in the area of the US Sixth Fleet based in Naples, where the United States Naval Forces Europe Command is also located. The aircraft carrier entered European waters "to train, patrol and show strength [...]
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Khalifa Haftar fighters carried out new air strikes south of Tripoli, particularly in the Ain Zara area, not far from the Basheer al Sadawi migrant center. This was reported by the Libyan television broadcaster "Libya Ahrar", whose headquarters are located in Doha, Qatar. The bombing, according to this source, would not have caused [...]
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Japan is still searching at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean for the wreckage of its F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, two days after the plane crashed in the waters off northern Japan. Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya, who addressed the media on Friday morning in Tokyo, said the navy [...]
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Libya, Macron blocks the EU resolution, the wrath of Salvini. A Falcon brought Haftar's son to Paris
Diplomacy among the "secret" Falcons. The Republic reports that a Falcon jet transported Haftar's envoys to Paris: they wanted to obtain France's consent to the attack on Tripoli. According to Libyan sources, the son of General Haftar led them. On Monday, an Italian Falcon carried Haftar to the Italian premier Giuseppe Conte. Frictions between France [...]
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France and Italy are "the outsiders who have the most to lose" from the ongoing fighting in Libya, and for this reason they should put aside their differences and jointly press for a peaceful solution to the conflict in the North African country. This was stated by "Bloomberg", in an editorial signed by the management, which underlines how Donald's United States [...]
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The Economics and Finance Document for the year 2019 has been approved. As regards the Defense sector, the Government intends to improve and make the sector more efficient, assigning high priority to the issue of security through an effective modern military instrument. To adequately face the complexity of the rapid changes already underway, the Government intends to optimize [...]
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Today a Japanese F-35A disappeared from the shores of northern Japan. A research mission is currently underway. Local media reported that contact with Lockheed Martin's stealth fighter was lost just before 7:30 am. local time, with the aircraft's last reported position identified in the Pacific Ocean at approximately [...]
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Italy with the Hippocrates mission does not move from Libya. Between diplomats and military 500 are the Italians who have not left the African country. The UN is pushing for Haftar to withdraw and start the Gadames conference on April 14. Italy with Giuseppe Conte and the Italian ambassador in Tripoli Giuseppe Buccino and the High Representative [...]
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Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte from Vinitaly spoke of Libya: “We have been following the Libya dossier for some time and we are also following it in the last stages. It is an evolution that worries us and I must confess that it does not leave us completely surprised because obviously, following the evolution, we had grasped this possible evolution. We are certainly trying to [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Adnkronos reported in an agency the tortuous story of the delivery of the first two new generation vertical take-off aircraft, destined for the Air Force rather than the Navy: "A real 'snatch' by of the blue weapon. Behind there would be the 'hand' of the Chief of Defense Staff, Enzo Vecciarelli, who from the Air Force [...]
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Interior Minister Matteo Salvini had a telephone conversation with Libyan Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Maitig. This was announced by the Interior Ministry, according to which the two discussed the latest developments in Libya. The Libyan situation was also addressed during the G7 in Paris: Salvini asked the other ministers to work for [...]
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In his speech for NATO's 70th anniversary, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg recalled “the fight against terrorism” which “also requires our collective effort”. In this regard, the attacks of 11 September 2001 proved it. “NATO's response to those attacks was swift. Within 24 hours, and for [...]
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Several times, the Security Services have warned European governments about foreign funds reaching Islamic communities. An important flow of money that tends to favor the processes of Islamization of the communities that instead need integration. A sort of dangerous antechamber where it is easy to sprout extremist thrusts and [...]
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Russia on a par with China is very active in Africa. Weapons and logistical assistance, this is the bargaining chip with African countries to gain access to mineral and energy resources and territorial political influence. The countries where Russia is actively interfering are Libya, Sudan, Mali, Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Mozambique, Angola. [...]
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US Ambassador Lewis Eisenberg in “Il Corriere della Sera” talks about NATO, Italy and the importance of having countries with mature democracies together in a strategic, defensive alliance. “The strength of NATO lies in its unity and in its being faithful to the principles and objectives for which it was created. Our commitment to defense [...]
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Huawei announced that it had achieved a record of profit and international growth in 2018: "despite a difficult environment" marked by the US boycott campaign against it ". This was reported by the Italian news agency Nova. In 2018, the company achieved a global turnover of 721,2 billion yuan (approximately 105,2 billion dollars), in [...]
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Steve Bannon, in an interview with "Il Messaggero" traces the analysis of the Italian political situation, in relation to the upcoming European elections up to mention the newly elected Brazilian president Bolsonaro who judges, together with Matteo Salvini and Trump, the main world politicians defenders of Judeo-Christian values. Matteo Salvini announced that in mid-April he will organize in Rome [...]
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Last week Reuters reported that the US may soon freeze the supply of F-35 aircraft to Turkey, a move that could emphasize the rift between Ankara and Washington. Turkey will most likely be excluded from the F-35 program. The experts' dilemma is on Ankara's fundamental role in the process of building the [...]
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On the occasion of the summit between the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, Paris and Beijing signed a series of agreements covering various sectors, such as aerospace, energy and agri-food. In total there are 14 agreements signed before the two presidents, for a total value of several tens of billions of euros. [...]
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Russian media confirmed that a plane carrying 100 Russian soldiers arrived in Caracas on Saturday, raising tension between Washington and Moscow over the escalating crisis in Venezuela. The arrival of Russian troops in the Venezuelan capital was first reported on Saturday morning by Venezuelan reporter Javier Mayorca, who said on [...]
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Xi Jinping landed on the Cote d'Azur and in Nice Macron as soon as he met the Chinese president said: "I am happy to welcome you to France". The agenda is very dense with a bilateral meeting at the Elysée, signing of commercial agreements and then a state dinner. Tomorrow the meeting at the Elysée with Chancellor Angela Merkel and the President of the Commission [...]
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There are 29 agreements included in the Memorandum of Understanding signed today in Villa Madama between China and Italy during the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Italy that in fact mark the birth of the New Silk Road. The signature was placed in the presence of the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, and [...]
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Italy is the first G7 country that decides to do so, but also the fifth in the European Union. The former minister explains in an interview with “La Stampa” that Angela Merkel is right when - she did so at the last Davos summit - she says that the future of all of us is around shared institutions. This agreement [...]
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It is very interesting what the Chinese media write about Italy and about their president's trip to our country. Italy is one of the first countries in the world to do sci-tech cooperation with China. In 1978, the two countries signed an agreement in Rome for the exchange of funds for researchers, knowledge and sci-Tech. The fields […]
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(by Pasquale Preziosa) According to some American analysts, Afghanistan's National Security has deteriorated further since NATO, in 2014, reduced its presence on the ground and did not allow the Afghan security forces to reach the training levels required by the US plans. This is not the case, this is just a little "superfine" way [...]
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"Why did a person with such a history drive a bus to transport children?" (by Francesca Proietti Cosimi) As soon as the news reached the Viminale, Matteo Salvini immediately set to work to "see clearly". Why, what happened this morning on the provincial road 415 that connects Pantigliate to San Donato Milanese, in the province [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The delegation of Chinese President Xi Jinping is made up of at least 500 people. Security measures in the capital have been increased beyond belief and the two ceremonials are on the verge of a nervous breakdown: there is also discussion about the number of pens to be placed on the tables of the various meetings. After various ups and downs, between [...]
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For Lega leader Matteo Salvini, the Flat Tax is a priority, and the coverage is there. The opinions within the government majority are conflicting. The pentastellates do not believe that the necessary resources can be found to extend the "flat tax" to families as well. About 60 billion euros are needed for [...]
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The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter did not stand up to the comparison in aerial combat with the older F-15s during US military exercises in Nevada. The confrontation between Lockheed Martin's F-35 and Boeing's F-15EX is not only fought in the skies but also spills in and around Congress, which is thinking [...]
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Theresa May intends to propose to the municipalities a new Brexit agreement that will have to be approved before the European Council scheduled for next Thursday only if the agreement does not pass then the possible alternative is an extension of article 50 which, explains the Chancellor of the Hammond chessboard, will be voted on only if there is support [...]
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US Defense officials have announced that they intend to test the first space weapon in 2023. The reason is to give greater impetus to the study of various types of space weapons. They therefore asked for an additional 304 million dollars in the 2020 budget to develop new beam weapons, more powerful lasers and [...]
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At the end of the meeting at Palazzo Chigi between Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Defense Minister Elisabetta Trenta, the Government's line on the F-35 and on weapons programs emerged: "In the coming months, all the defense sectors, under the coordination of Minister Trenta, will be called to carry out a survey of the specific defensive needs of Italy, in [...]
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The President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella gives the green light to the signing of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the New Silk Road, after a working lunch at the Quirinale. Sitting at the table, the prime minister Giuseppe Conte and the ministers Luigi Di Maio, Matteo Salvini, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, Giovanni Tria, Elisabetta Trenta and […]
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The Defense Staff considered it appropriate to correct the draft of an article reported by La Stampa by Francesco Grignetti, entitled "Staff against Defense", according to which there would be a conflict between the Armed Forces and the government on the revision of the program F-35. The Defense Staff underlines that what [...]
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389 million euros are to be paid to Lockheed Martin to honor the supply of the F35 fighters already delivered to Italy. The invoices, as reported by La Stampa, show the date of the Gentiloni government, since then the Defense has never ordered payments. The dicastery, caught in the chestnut: “We will immediately fulfill what is due. Within [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The United States are very resentful of the Chinese drift of one of its most important allies, Italy. All the American resentment appeared on the Global Times website, an appendix to the People's Daily. It is highlighted in the article that Rome's accession to the Belt and Road Initiative (Bri) "will in some way also influence [...]
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Tav, towards the solution to help the M5S and guarantee the Lega line. The Government does not fall.
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Telt (Tunnel Euralpin Lyon Turin) ¸ is a transalpine company owned 50% by the French State and 50% by the Italian State Railways, through Rfi. On Monday at 11.00 in Rome the Italian Board of Directors will meet in teleconference with the one in Paris to kick off the publication of the 2,3 [...]
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Giuseppe Conte is in favor of the No Tav. The strategy to block the work, that is to delay the decision is to try to ask for a complete revision of the project with France and Brussels, under the pretext of unfair burden sharing. However, the EU Commission has already sent a letter to Telt to proceed with [...]
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The political confrontation between Lega and 5Stelle continues The Minister of the Interior, Matteo Salvini, who spoke in Potenza at a meeting for the presentation of the Lega candidates in the next regional elections scheduled for next 24 March, reiterated his intention to carry on the TAV . "Italians ask me, deserve and expect growth [...]
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The Tav was the subject of a grueling night-time summit between the leaders of the government majority. Referee, Giuseppe Conte, result: still white smoke. The pentastellati are looking for the slightest quibble to delay the decision. Now they are asking to clarify with France the financing criteria of the Tav because it is thought that the French funds are lacking [...]
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"I believe in a choice by Friday". Prime Minister Conte said this at the end of the Tav summit with the two Deputy Prime Minister Di Maio, Salvini and Minister Toninelli. "I will also be a guarantor that preliminary positions do not weigh on the table". Regarding the government, the premier said: "Since we will take the best choice for the citizens, obviously the [...]
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Today at the San Vitale police headquarters in Rome, Nicola Calipari was remembered, the official of the Aise (External Information and Security Agency) who died March 4, 2005, killed by "friendly" American fire during the liberation of the journalist Giuliana Sgrena. The Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte intervened at the solemn ceremony, maintaining [...]
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The French president Macron was a guest of Fabio Fazio on Rai in the show “Che Tempo che fa”. The event was preceded by quite a few controversies on the part of some Italian politicians. Heading Giorgia Meloni of Fratelli d'Italia who thundered from Washington against the conductor Fabio Fazio: have the courage to ask [...]
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The Italian 007 points the finger at NGOs active in the Mediterranean The report of the Italian secret services presented by the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte together with Gennaro Vecchione, director of DIS, by Luciano Carta and Mario Parente, respectively directors of AISI and AISE, justifies and promotes the line adopted by the government and the Interior Ministry which [...]
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The Trump administration plans to spend about $ 2 billion in new funding over a five-year period to create its Space Force. 15.000 will be the employees already employed in the offices dedicated to the space that will pass through the new service. In a Defense News article, the first details of what [...]
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Nigerian Mafia, the motion of the Brothers of Italy passes to the House which in some passages states: "According to some estimates, the affiliates of the Nigerian mafia in Italy would be 00 thousand and constitute a branched and powerful group, which represents a serious threat to public order and to civil life ". The motion is based on the reports of the National Anti-Mafia Directorate [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Berlusconi went on a rampage after reading in the newspapers that Matteo Salvini doesn't want to hear about old alliances. Moreover, some have labeled him as an "old man". Matteo Salvini immediately picked up the phone and called Arcore: "Silvio, I assure you that I have been given phrases that [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Forza Italia is courting the League with the intent of creating a government crisis and returning to the old alliance, FI, Lega and FdI. This time Salvini is more explicit than usual and puts a "tombstone" on the ambitions of the forces: "I will never return with the old center-right, this must be clear we govern [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Luigi Di Maio after the analysis of the vote in Sardinia: “Continue with the reorganization, between today and tomorrow there will be important news for the MSS. It is useless to compare the administrative with the policies. Nothing changes for the government ”. There is an air of crisis within the pentastellato movement. The outcome of the votes in Sardinia [...]
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The exit poll data on the vote of the OPINIO ITALIA consortium for Rai. At 7.00 the undressing will begin. Center-right candidate Christian Solinas would fluctuate between 36,5% and 40,5% while Massimo Zedda of the center-left would be between 35 and 39%. The pentastellated candidate Francesco Desogus is given, however, between 13,5 to [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Air of reversal, say the private polls reached by Rocco Casalino at Palazzo Chigi that give the M5S well below the psychological threshold of 20%, almost close to 17-18%. Europeans fear overtaking the PD. Luigi Di Maio, therefore, would be thinking of a plan "B". Surveys also known to [...]
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The under-the-table actions of the French government in Libya do not end. Transalpine diplomacy is reportedly working to organize a summit between the head of the Libyan National Accord Government (GNA), Fayez al Sarraj, and the commander of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar. French concerns arose from the recent escalation of clashes south of [...]
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The former governor of Lombardy, Roberto Formigoni, was definitively sentenced to 5 years and 10 months for corruption. On trial for the crash of the Maugeri and San Raffaele foundations, he will go to prison. As soon as the device of the sentence of the Cassation is transmitted, the substitute pg Antonio Lamanna, holder of the file, will issue the execution order [...]
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A high-ranking intelligence adviser to late Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, Abdullah al-Senussi, reportedly told French investigators that the Libyan government "donated" $ 8 million to former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for the election campaign 2007 An accusation harshly denied by Sarkozy himself: "During a 20-minute television interview, Sarkozy described [...]
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Yesterday the President of the United States Donald Trump signed the SPD-4 directive for the establishment of a Space Force, under the command of the Air Force. In addition to the opportunities of the Space Economy, it is clear that space is the next frontier of the military sector, the next terrain in which the superpowers and others will express all [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) High tension within the Five Stars after the vote for the Diciotti affair. The Council for Immunities also saves Matteo Salvini and states, with 16 yes and 6 no, that the owner of the Interior Ministry will not go to trial before the Court of Ministers of Catania. The vote must, however, be approved [...]
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The Senate elections and immunities junta voted in favor of Maurizio Gasparri's proposal, that is to deny authorization to proceed against Matteo Salvini on the Diciotti case. The M5s, Lega, Forza Italia, Fratelli d'Italia and Autonomie voted in favor. Against the Pd and the two commissioners of the mixed Group, Pietro [...]
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Voting on the Diciotti case on the Rousseau platform closed at 21.30pm today. Participation, from the early hours, was particularly high. 52.417 subscribers voted. The yeses were 30.948 (59,05%) and the no 21.469 (40,95%). Today's vote - we read on the Blog of the stars - “enters the history of Rousseau for having been [...]
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Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte “denies having expressed, even if only in an informal way, a position or comment regarding the consultation underway on the Rousseau platform. What he had to say has already officially declared in the document that was sent to Minister Salvini and attached to the documents that are to the attention [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Today from 10.00 to 19.00 the M5S base is called to intervene directly on the fate of the ally Matteo Salvini, with reference to the Diciotti case and the request for authorization to proceed by the Court of Ministers of Catania. The referendum question published yesterday on the "Blog of the Stars" [...]
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The violence had been going on for five years. Sexual abuse of the daughter, now sixteen, who two months ago denounced her father, having him arrested. It is a 45-year-old soldier, now locked up in the Velletri prison. Against him the investigating judge of the court of Velletri Ilaria Tarantino, at the request of the prosecutor Rita Caracuzzo, [...]
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In Tirana, the Albanian opposition led by Lulzim Basha is demonstrating against the government of the socialist premier Edi Rama (elected in 2017) to ask for "a transitional government that prepares early elections that are free and in compliance with international standards". A group of demonstrators stormed the government building, trying to break through the main entrance, but [...]
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The Bank of Italy certified the Italian public debt for the year 2018: it rose by 53,2 billion to 2.316,7 billion. Economist Renato Brunetta of Forza Italia immediately commented on the data: “With Italy entering recession from the fourth quarter of 2018, the 2019 debt / GDP ratio will be higher than the estimated 2,04%, probably between [ ...]
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The French ambassador to Rome, Christian Masset, returns today. in Italy. This was announced by the Minister for European Affairs, Nathalie Loiseau, to the microphones of the radio “RTL”. "I think Italy needs France," Loiseau said. "The President of the Italian Republic Mattarella called President Macron, they spoke to each other", recalled the minister, adding [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The lifeline for all crises across the border is the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella. More and more often the leaders of other countries turn to the Quirinale to resolve and dissolve "embarrassing" situations. This time the French president Macron did not delay a moment and addressed the Italian president [...]
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ISIS leaders have set aside millions of pounds to finance a new wave of attacks on Britain and the West - as the cult of death is on the verge of fading. The news is reported by The Sun. UN experts believe that the group has the availability of at least [...]
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Russia is increasingly active in cyber space: it would be thinking of its own web outside the world internet network. An "independent" web, immune from any external cyber attack. Industry insiders explain that the Moscow initiative is nothing more than an expedient to increase control and censorship on the internet, [...]
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EU states should exercise the right of veto over decisions of the European Commission on industrial mergers. This is what was stated by the French economy minister, Bruno Le Maire, and the German finance minister, Olaf Scholz, in a joint press conference on the sidelines of the Ecofin meeting. The statements of Le Maire and Scholz, note [...]
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The intervention of the Foreign Minister, Enzo Moavero, is scheduled for today, who will report to the Chamber, at 12.00, and to the Senate, at 15.30, on the crisis in Venezuela to finally clarify the position of the government and the majority with respect to the crisis that has broken out in the country led by Maduro who brought Juan Guaidò, president of the National Assembly [...]
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La Stampa reports the idea of the yellow-green to use part of the gold reserves to cover the deficit in public spending in order to avoid a corrective maneuver and the increase in VAT, in next year's budget law. The idea starts from a post in Beppe Grillo's personal blog and from a law signed by the no-euro economist, [...]
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Embarrassing detachment of Marco Marsilio of the center-right at the regional of Abruzzo. With over 50% of the votes counted, it is ahead with 49,8%. The center-left candidate Giovanni Legnini follows with 31,4% and that of the 5-star Movement Sara Marcozzi with 18,2%. League first party with 28,7%; Pd at 11,6%. Turnout down at [...]
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According to the Agi, the Guarantor Authority for the protection of personal data in a memorandum presented to the Permanent Commission of the Senate highlighted that the rules for accessing databases, "monitoring" on the use of the card, and Isee certifications, website present "significant critical issues". The mechanism - said the Privacy Guarantor - [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The French ambassador to Italy leaves Rome: "It is impossible to know how long he will remain in France," a source from the ministry told French radio. The French Foreign Ministry had announced the return of the ambassador, Christian Masset, for consultations, following a series of "outrageous statements" and "groundless or previous attacks" by [...]
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Libyan air fighters loyal to General Khalifa Haftar yesterday conducted a series of air strikes on the village of Marzuq, south of Sebha, where there are believed to be gatherings of Chadian rebels. This was revealed by the spokesman of the local civil society associations, Suleiman Sida, to the Libyan newspaper “al Ayam”. According […]
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From the frying pan to the grill because Italy could support the candidacy of Jens Weidmann, president of the Bundesbank, the German central bank, for the presidency of the European Central Bank (ECB). This is what was declared by the Minister of Economy and Finance, Giovanni Tria, to the German newspaper “Die Welt”. In particular, Tria said: “I am open-minded, the decision does not [...]
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Where is the treasure of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi? Il Sole24Ore tries to retrace the "obstacle" road of the immense river of money that many estimate to amount to about 60 billion US dollars. A few months after the start of the Libyan spring when Gaddafi controlled Tripolitania and fought the transitional government that had established itself in Cyrenaica, [...]
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The Minister of Defense Elisabetta Trenta wished, on the twitter profile, a good job to the new Italian ambassador in Tripoli, Giuseppe Buccino Grimaldi. The minister greeted the Italian diplomat who officially started the mission in Libya today following the approval of the government concerned. The Farnesina then reported the [...]
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War on NGOs, so the government with Interior Minister Salvini in the lead is trying to counter the activity of “suspicious” boats towards the Italian coasts. “They are offensive because they harm the peace, good order and security of the state; seal the territorial waters to unwelcome means such as those of NGOs ". With this finding Salvini would like [...]
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Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced at a press conference the formation of a new government after an eight-month deadlock following the elections on May 6, 2018, the Italian news agency Nova reports. At the end of a meeting with the head of state Michel Aoun at the Presidential Palace of Baabda, the [...]
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The protest movement of the inhabitants of southern Libya called “Fezzan's Anger” was born just over three months ago and continues its activity to ask for security, work and development. This was reported by the Italian news agency Nova. Also following the launch in mid-January of a military offensive by forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar, [...]
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The 47 migrants who are aboard the Sea Watch will soon leave the ship. "In a few hours the landing operations will begin", announced the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte from Milan, where he met the mayor Giuseppe Sala. "Luxembourg has also been added to the list of friendly countries that responded to the [...]
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The Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, said he did not "feel a stranger" to the story of the Diciotti ship, which led to the accusation of kidnapping and of minors and the possible authorization to proceed against the Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini from part of the Senate. On the sidelines of the fifth summit of the countries of the southern shore of the Union [...]
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The British Security Service (MI5) has over 700 officers - over 20% of its entire force - stationed in Northern Ireland, due to fears that the Brexit process could reignite the historic conflict. In 1922, the nationalist rebels managed to remove Ireland from the British Empire. But six counties in the north of Ireland [...]
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The Aachen agreement between France and Germany could penalize the Italian military industry which needs to actively participate in new programs. The alternative to the Franco-German axis could be to look more closely at the Anglo-Saxon industrial world. Very interesting what is written by Sole24 on the fact that Italy could look to Great Britain, where there is already [...]
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Juan Guaidò, leader of the Venezuelan opposition, in a video posted on Twitter, launched an appeal to the Venezuelan population asking them to take to the streets, next Wednesday and Saturday, to demonstrate against President Nicolas Maduro. Guaidò, explained that the first national demonstration, which will be held Wednesday from noon to 14 pm (from 17 pm to 19 pm [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) On the Sea Watch affair, the government is compact, granite: "No migrant goes down and no one goes up". In Europe there are no countries willing to accept a portion of the 47 migrants and the Netherlands has officially replied that it has no obligation despite the Sea Watch flying the Dutch flag. The minister […]
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Julen died the same day as the fall. The body of little Julen, the child who fell into a well near Malaga on 13 January and was found dead, has an "important cranial-brain trauma" and "multiple traumas compatible with the fall". These are the first results of the autopsy, reported by the El Mundo site, in the Institute of [...]
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Disembark the minors who are on board the Sea Watch. To ask is the Public Prosecutor of Catania. But also this time the government holds the point. For the ministers Toninelli, Di Maio and Salvini, Holland must take care of the 47 migrants on board. "Until there are agreements [...]
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The Indian CBI (Central Boureau of Investigation) reported that AgustaWestland had given Christian Michel 42,27 million euros to pay Indian politicians and officials for the VVIP helicopter order, the Indian online newspaper Timesnownews.com reports. Christian Michel, the alleged intermediary in the order, was extradited from Dubai to India after [...]
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The Court of Ministers of Catania forwarded the request to the Senate of the Republic in order to proceed against the Minister of the Interior on the case of the Diciotti ship. "They try again. Risk from 3 to 15 years in prison for blocking the landings of illegal immigrants in Italy. I have no words. Fear? Zero. I will continue to work for [...]
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The premier of the Libyan national agreement government, al Fayez al Sarraj and the president of the Libyan High Council of State, Khalid al Mishri, intend to react to the military operation conducted by General Khalifa Haftar in southern Libya. According to Tunisian diplomatic sources to the Libyan information site "al Marsad" in Benghazi, Sarraj will take an initiative in [...]
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The State Police, delegated by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate of Catania, has notified an order of precautionary custody in prison against the 32-year-old citizen of Catania Giuseppe D´IGNOTI, for the crime of condoning the crime of terrorism using telematic tools . The provision was issued by the GIP of the Court of Catania, upon request [...]
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Germany suspends participation in the 'Sophia' operation, the EU's naval deployment to combat human trafficking across the Mediterranean. According to information received by the Dpa, after the deployment of the 'Augusta' frigate, no other ships of the German navy will participate. Berlin's decision would be the consequence of the Italian government's reluctance to allow refugees to disembark, the Dpa still reports. In front of […]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) On the eve of the Europe-Africa Interministerial Council, the Italy-France affair becomes a diplomatic case due to the controversial exchange on migration issues. The French Foreign Ministry summoned the Italian ambassador, Teresa Castaldo, to ask her for clarification on the declarations defined as "hostile and unmotivated" made by Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio, who had spoken [...]
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Illusion, this is the feeling that hovers among European countries after yet another tragedy that took place in the Mediterranean, 117 drowned in front of Tripoli. They had left with an already deflated dinghy. The 3 survivors said that it is better to die than to remain in the "lager" collection centers in Libya. They would suffer [...]
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On yesterday's rubber dinghy in front of Tripoli there were 120 people, according to the spokesman of the IOM, Flavio Di Giacomo. “The three survivors who arrived in Lampedusa told us there were 120 - he explains -. After 11 hours of navigation, they took on water and began to sink. Many in the water began to drown others [...]
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(by Salvatore Calleri and Pier Paolo Santi) One of the first rules in Intelligence consists in the targeted individualization of the internal and external enemy. Our country has a particularly dangerous and versatile internal enemy, with the potential to be a portal, a platform for external enemies represented by foreign organized crime, jihadist terrorists and even intelligence [...]
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Clashes have resumed in Tripoli after weeks of silence in a moment in which the premier of the Government of Libyan national agreement, Fayez al Sarraj, appears increasingly weak while, albeit slowly, his rival, General Khalifa Haftar, strengthens his positions in Cyrenaica seeks to expand its influence in the south by occupying [...]
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan, president of Turkey, in an article published by the Russian newspaper "Kommersant", returned to talk about the recent controversy with US President Donald Trump, who in recent days threatened to "economically devastate" Turkey in the event that the latter "attacks the Kurds" in northern Syria. "Turkey is not looking for [...]
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Loud explosions and gunshots were heard near the Dusit luxury hotel on Chiromo Road, Nairobi. According to local media reports, at least three people were killed and 14 injured in an explosion in Nairobi, in the Dusit hotel located in an elegant residential complex consisting of hotels and [...]
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It is a fight against time to save little Yulen, just two years old, who fell into a very deep can of 110 meters. With the whole of Spain clinging to a thread of hope, which becomes more and more weak with the passing of the hours. And in Italy it brings to mind those dramatic hours of 37 years [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) While the Transatlantic Alliance is preparing for its 70th anniversary in April 2019, the Organization born to guarantee lasting world peace is losing its specific weight, under the combined weight of Trump, the division of strategic interests in the countries of the Southeast and due to the bivalent politics of Turkey. After two [...]
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Mission in the Sahel region for the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, who will be in Niger tomorrow and in Chad on Wednesday The area, which in recent years has become a crucial and strategic point for thousands of migrants trying to reach Europe, is affected by instability caused by the regional crises, the terrorist threat and the infiltration of Islamic extremism. One [...]
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Ansa has just beaten an agency: "Federal MP Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, celebrates on Twitter the arrest of former terrorist Cesare Battisti, captured in Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia:" Matteo Salvini, the ' little gift 'is coming, ”he writes. “Battisti has been taken! Democracy is stronger than terrorism ”. Thus the Italian ambassador in [...]
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Members of the presidential council of the UN-backed government of national accord of Libya, Vice Premier Ahmed Maiteeq, and Vice-Presidents Fathi al Majbari and Abdel Salam Kajman, have issued a statement announcing the possible collapse of the executive led by the prime minister Fayez al Sarraj. This was reported by the Italian press agency [...]
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Porta a Porta by Bruno Vespa: audience boom. Guest Matteo Salvini. Auditel recorded about 1,7 million viewers, marking a new record in relation to the other episodes in the late evening. Millions, therefore, the Italians who remained attached to the TV to follow the intervention of the Minister of the Interior and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini. The curiosity of the event [...]
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Powerful dinghies capable of reaching 40 knots that transport “special” migrants, rich and with not exactly peaceful intentions, to the Sicilian coasts. This is what emerges from the investigations by prosecutors Gery Ferrara and Claudia Ferrari, of the district anti-mafia Directorate, directed by Francesco Lo Voi and the adjunct Marzia Sabella who speak openly of "current and [...]
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48 days after the kidnapping of the Italian aid worker Silvia Costanza Romano in the village of Chakama, in Kenya, uncertainty is the setting for the whole story. The news coming from the local authorities is few and often smoky. Thus Possibile's secretary, Beatrice Brignone: "More than a month and a half after his death, the kidnapping [...]
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A solution will probably soon be reached in the case of the 49 migrants stranded off the coast of Malta on the Sea Watch and Sea Eye ships. About ten countries have offered their willingness to welcome them (Italy, Germany, France, Portugal, Luxembourg, Holland and Romania) only and only after the government of Malta starts [...]
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The Units for the Protection of Peoples (YPG), a Syrian Kurdish militia, today announced the death of the Italian citizen Giovanni Francesco Asperti, a native of Bergamo. This was reported by the Italian news agency Nova. The man of about 50, known by the battle name of "Hiwa Bosco", was "martyred in an unfortunate accident while he was in [...]
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Annalisa Cretella, correspondent of Ansa Italia from Malta, provides some clarifications on the odyssey of Sea Watch 3 and the Sea Eye with 49 migrants on board. One piece of news is certain, namely that the various proposals of the mayors to welcome migrants occurred only through the media: No written proposal was made, except that of [...]
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The most anticipated decree (income and citizenship pension and "quota 100") is ready to be examined in pre-council on Tuesday 8 January and then goes on the agenda of the first useful Council of Ministers. The provision will take effect from 1 April and consists of two titles and 27 articles for one [...]
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The problem of the security decree and its application on the territories has unleashed the wrath of the mayors of Milan, Naples, Palermo, Cagliari, Sassari, Nuoro, Bari and Pesaro, about thirty throughout Italy. The request is to actively participate in new changes to the provision to adapt it as much as possible to the real needs of the municipalities. On the other hand [...]
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Viability Italia continues to monitor the evolution of weather conditions and traffic in relation to the snowfall that is taking place in Abruzzo, Molise and in the hilly areas of Marche, Northern Puglia, Basilicata and Calabria. During the night, the snow also fell in the provinces of Frosinone, Caserta, Avellino and Salerno, without [...]
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The draft of the decree that will give way to citizenship income was revealed by Il Messaggero. The citizenship income will be established starting from April 2019 and the support will start from the month following that of the request. A timing detained by budgetary constraints, following negotiations with [...]
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The Guardians of the Iranian Revolution have announced that they intend to upgrade their fast boats used in the Gulf with stealth technologies to avoid radar and equip them with new missile launchers. At the end of a long absence of US aircraft carriers in the region, the USS John C. Stennis entered the Gulf last week and [...]
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The toll is still provisional and records four people dead and dozens are missing in a gas explosion that occurred around 4 am in an apartment building in Magnitogorsk, a Russian town in the Urals. Rescuers are at work in the rubble after having extracted four people alive, including two children. The frost and the [...]
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergej Lavrov in an interview with the television network "Rossiya-1" said that "Russia will provide a mirror answer in the event of the placement of US missiles in Europe, prohibited by the Treaty on medium-range nuclear forces (Inf ). Unfortunately, our European colleagues, whose independence we wish to be reflected in their [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The maneuver of 31 billion yesterday obtained the yes of the Chamber to the third "call" on as many parliamentary passages. The trust collected 327 yes 228 no and one abstention. The last passage today always in the House had 313 votes in favor and 70 against. By 31st the text will go to [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Coupon of the government contract and possible reshuffle. The sentences pronounced by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte yesterday at the press conference at the end of the year that threw the majority shareholders of the yellow-green government into panic. It is not the first time that Giuseppe Conte has started to take his head off the sack and try [...]
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The death toll rose to four in the explosion that hit a tourist bus yesterday afternoon near the pyramids of Giza, Egypt. In addition to two Vietnamese tourists who were killed on the spot, a third tourist and an Egyptian tour guide died within hours of arriving at the hospital due to the serious injuries sustained. [...]
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The political situation of the European Union is in these days at the center of the attention of the British press, especially in view of the European Parliament elections to be held in May 2019. The Italian agency Nova reports that the newspaper "The Guardian" highlights the rise of populist parties, both right and left, in several EU member states. Between […]
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According to the Nova Agency, the Minister of Defense, Ursula von der Leyen, intends to allow enrollment in the Armed Forces of Germany, "especially to Italians, Poles and Romanians". Among the young people of these countries, the document of the German Defense Ministry reads, there is "a quantitative potential" for the Bundeswehr. According to the dicastery's calculations, [...]
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The latest test was a success and Russia has new hypersonic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads at its disposal. President Vladimir Putin proudly announced it to the nation stating that the weapons could be operational as early as next year. Let's talk about the new strategic missile system, the Avangard, capable of hitting targets [...]
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After the warning from the US State Department, the Barcelona police have stepped up security checks at some of the most recognizable monuments of the Spanish city. The surprise warning came in the form of a post on the popular Twitter social network on Sunday 23 December. In the tweet, the State Department [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The symbol of Libya's opening towards the outside has been attacked. The headquarters of the foreign ministry has suffered an attack which, as the hours pass, takes on an increasingly symbolic meaning. Libya, still divided and in conflict after the dismissal and killing of Gaddafi, seeks the path of stabilization through [...]
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At least two terrorists hit the Libyan foreign ministry headquarters in Tripoli, opening fire before blowing themselves up once inside the building. A ministry employee said three people were killed and six injured. The ministry of health confirmed the death toll of one death and nine [...]
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After the chaotic scenes at the British Gatwick Airport, which was closed for three days due to reports of drone sightings, images released by the Islamic State appear on social media showing drones carrying packages to large western cities. The images, which appear to be counterfeit, have rekindled concerns that the [...]
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Hundreds of victims were affected by a tsunami triggered by a volcanic eruption that hit Indonesia, in the Sunda strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra. President Joko Widodo has announced that the death toll is over 280 dead and a thousand injured, but the toll could increase considerably given that [...]
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Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte met with President Al Serraj in Tripoli, followed by the President of the High Council of State, Khaled Al Meshri. Then the Italian premier met with General Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi. A mission through which to carry forward, with the work of diplomacy and intelligence, the plan proposed with the Conference [...]
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The Army will plug the holes in Rome. "In order to face the road safety emergency, the assignment to Rome capital of a financial endowment equal to 40 million euros for the year 2019 and 20 million euros for the 'year 2020 for extraordinary restoration of the road platform of the major road network to be carried out with [...]
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Gian Marco Giura on Milano Finanza dealt with a very current topic, electric propulsion for aircraft, and for which, however, huge investments are needed to achieve an epochal turning point in air transport. Easyjet is working to establish short-haul flight lines (within 500 km) with planes powered entirely by [...]
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Apparently the path of dialogue has produced a solution that lies between the Italian requests and the need of the EU Commission to demonstrate that the rules are respected. Indeed, the credibility of important EU institutions was also at stake. Nobody wanted it to come to the infringement procedure. An overly "fiscal" provision that [...]
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According to reports from Adnkronos, the meeting of the heads of cabinet of the European Commission ended in Brussels in the late afternoon, convened to decide the agenda of the meeting of the college of commissioners which will meet on Wednesday 19 December. The negotiations between the Commission and the Italian government on changes to the maneuver, as far as we know, continue and therefore it is too early [...]
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