by Editorial Staff After overcoming important obstacles such as those of managing vaccines and the energy emergency due to Russian gas, the European Union is now directing its efforts towards closer integration in the defense sector. This new course could represent a significant step towards a military union, although initially focused on aspects such as […]

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The "Joint Action Day" on hate crimes carried out by the police forces of European countries has just ended. The operational activities were coordinated by Europol and involved the law enforcement agencies of Austria, France, Germany and Italy, with the aim of repressing the online and offline proliferation of hate speech, [...]

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Starting from 20 September 2023, Citibank NA is sending requests for certification of existence to pensioners resident in Europe, Africa and Oceania - with the exception of Scandinavian countries and Eastern European countries already affected by the first phase - to be returned to the Bank by 18 January 2024. If the certification is not […]

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Strategies for food safety in Europe start from Bari On the occasion of World Food Safety Day, the Institute of Food Production Sciences of the National Research Council (ISPA CNR) is proud to present an important round table in Bari to discuss the strategies for food safety entitled: "FOOD SAFETY in [...]

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Updated the Guidelines for the valuation of properties as collateral for credit exposures. The transparency and correctness of the valuation procedures are further strengthened Principles, rules and procedures for the valuation of properties to guarantee credit exposures increasingly based on the transparency and correctness of the property valuation criteria referring overall to transactions [...]

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On Cusano Tv to 'The Entrepreneur and the Others', General Pasquale Preziosa, former Chief of Staff of the Air Force and today president of the Eurispes Security Observatory, treated the question of the war in Ukraine with disarming lucidity, giving a most studied version of the global situation. An analysis that differs from that written on [...]

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(Biagino Costanzo, Company Manager and AIDR Partner) The Annual Report of the AGCM (Competition and Market Authority) was presented on 29 September and, as always, it was very complete in its entirety and particularity of the considerations carried out by the authority. However, from the report by President Rustichelli, data and actions emerged that fall in [...]

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The very delicate Afghan question has once again highlighted how important it is for Europe to achieve real and evident strategic autonomy in all sectors in order to be able to intervene and take positions, thus becoming "part of the solution and not of the problem" in perfect autonomy without waiting or be conditioned by the "decisive" choices of the great super powers [...]

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The English Finacial Times dedicates an article to Mario Draghi and to Italy, seen by many Italian and foreign observers as a new reality capable of favoring and attracting multilateralism. Italy will chair the next G20 in Venice, a forum where high-income countries join together with major emerging economic powers such as [...]

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Europe Day, the initiatives of the Ministry for celebrations A circular has been sent to schools, an event is planned with Minister Bianchi. Schoolgirls and students sing the Ode to Joy An opportunity to reflect, to strengthen the awareness of female students on the theme of European citizenship, understood as belonging to a culture, to values, to [...]

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(by Filippo Moreschi, lawyer and Head of AIDR "Digital Agrifood" Observatory) In the recent Communication of 25 March 2021 (published on 31 March) addressed to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, the European Commission takes a clear position in favor of organic farming, considered central to the recovery, defined as "green and [...]

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While RUSSIA, China and the United States continue to invest in important projects to develop a hypersonic capacity, which now seems destined to completely change the perception of the time needed to travel long distances, "European countries have not invested sufficiently in hypersonic technological research and are not present in this historical change, risking [...]

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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Who would have thought, vaccines used as a strategic weapon at a global level. China distributes them for free in Africa and Latin American countries while the United States decides how, in what quantities to produce them and to whom to distribute them. The only one left behind without a "vision" is Europe, stranded within its own [...]

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(by Alessandro Tittozzi member of AIDR) Beginning of the year with many innovations for the world of drones: from 1 January 2021 the new European regulation issued by EASA for aviation safety came into force, which regulates unmanned aircraft systems. For Italy, ENAC issued the UAS_IT which accepts the provisions of the EASA on January 4, 2021, [...]

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After the identification of the Covid-19 variant in Great Britain, most European countries closed their borders, causing many inconveniences to England, which asked Europe not to be isolated. The European Commission intervened by asking Member States to remove the blocks that prevent the movement of goods with the United Kingdom [...]

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The European Council held on 20 us addressed many issues concerning European security starting with the European Defense Fund and approved the strategic review of the PESCO structured cooperation which will then be able to begin the second phase from 2021 to 2025. (by Pasquale Preziosa ) The European Union and the individual member countries are [...]

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ENIT announces real-time monitoring from 28 foreign offices. Real-time updates on movements, travel possibilities and rules to follow. Enit, which has already been supporting the tourism supply chain since the first lockdown with newsletters on the progress of the sector, is now also photographing the international situation thanks to the Agency's 28 offices around the world, presidia [...]

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Compact team of European police forces working together to combat international organized crime from South Eastern Europe. This is the meaning of the Joint Action Days (JADS), which took place from 24 to 27 September last in 34 countries with the coordination of Europol and which focused attention on three phenomena [...]

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(by Marco Zacchera) I suggest prudence in commenting on the outcome of the European weekend which - according to most commentators - “saved” Italy by covering it with aid. Conte was neither the savior in the homeland nor a braggart: he tried to carry out his task with tenacity, but the results will only be seen concretely between [...]

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“I thank the Commission and the Presidency for the important work carried out in recent months, in close coordination with the Member States, in the darkest moment of the Covid-19 emergency. It is of fundamental importance that the next phases are also marked by close coordination and the absence of discrimination between Member States ”. The minister of [...]

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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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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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An extraordinary plan is needed for agriculture with extra CAP resources "" Ursula von der Leyen's words on the centrality of agriculture and the food supply chain in Europe are important and cross our requests to the Commission: develop a common intervention strategy to support our food systems, prevent speculation and unfair competition, allow with [...]

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In 2019, tariffs in Italy continued to increase: the only ones bucking the trend were gas (-0,9 per cent) and telephone services (-6,1 per cent); these items, together with taxi rides (+0,5 per cent) and tolls, are the only fares to have remained below inflation which, last year, [...]

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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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Bellanova: “More resources are needed for European agriculture. New CAP and external convergence: Italy must be rewarded. The role of the regions is fundamental in the strategic plan "Origin labeling, agricultural policy budget, CAP reform and the nerve center role of the Regions: these are the issues addressed this morning during the bilateral between Minister Teresa Bellanova and the Minister for [...]

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Massimiliano Cannata on Eurispes.it did a wonderful review on the book; "The defense of Europe", by Pasquale Preziosa and Dario Velo. Today more than ever we need Europe, we need to believe in and pursue concrete actions to find a true and credible European identity, an identity which, in the light of the latest events in the Middle East - [...]

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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 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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In a very interesting article, published by Difesa Online, General Pasquale Preziosa, former Chief of Staff of the Air Force, provides a detailed analysis, with many food for thought, on the need for Europe to implement inclusive and strategic in order to become a protagonist in the technological trajectory. An exercise that only the most [...] nations can aspire to.

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He was wanted for instigation to commit a crime with the purpose of terrorism. Two Albanian fugitives have also been tracked He landed in Ciampino, with a flight by the Air Force, GD 27, a Kosovar citizen, wanted because he was struck by an order of custody in prison issued by the Gip at the Court of Brescia for the crime of incitement to crime with [...]

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Chancellor Angela #Merkel in an interview with "Corriere della Sera" expressed her perception on the recent European vote. “I am happy that the turnout in #Germany has increased compared to the previous European elections, as in many countries. We have become the strongest party and this will have its weight in the division of offices within [...]

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(by Adriano Giancane) In a historical moment where the world is looking for a new international order capable of guaranteeing an economic balance that is able to ensure peace and solidarity, we hear more and more often about European #Defense. But how many are really able to build the foundations on which to rest [...]

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Documents acquired by retreating Islamic State fighters in Syria show that the militant group is reportedly planning a series of high-profile attacks in Europe and the Middle East, using newly established sleeper cell units. The information was revealed over the weekend by the British newspaper The Sunday Times. The newspaper […]

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(by Francescomaria Tuccillo) On 4 March the main newspapers of the twenty-eight countries of the Union received an open letter from the President of the French Republic to the citizens of Europe. Title: For a European Renaissance. If it is true, as it is true, that "the means is the message", this unprecedented gesture represents a courageous, far-sighted and profoundly contemporary choice, where [...]

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The Vice President of the Council and Minister of the Interior, Matteo Salvini, a guest at "diMartedì", on La7, said that "the Senate and the Italians must decide whether I am doing something in the interest of the Italian people or not: there are reports specify that criminals, terrorists and drug dealers infiltrate the boats. To every boat that arrives in Italy illegally [...]

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The CNEL, as part of its constitutional prerogatives, has prepared a public consultation on the future of Europe addressed to all citizens, with particular reference to young people and members of all social and productive organizations of the country represented in the Council. Young people will be involved in filling out the questionnaire with the help of the Ministry of Education, University and [...]

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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 the Iranian news agencies Mehr and Tasmnim, the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Bahram Ghasemi, hoped that the major powers could remain faithful to the nuclear agreement signed in 2015. Bahram, during the usual press conference on Monday, revealed that "there are some ambiguities about the implementation of the EU mechanism for [...]

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(by Giovanni D'Agata) One or more types of pesticides have been detected in more than 80% of European farmland, according to a study by the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands, published Wednesday in the scientific journal Science of the Total Environment. Scientists examined the presence of 76 pesticide compositions on agricultural land in eleven countries [...]

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If last year we had had the same tax burden as the EU average, each Italian (including newborns and over 600 years old) would have saved almost 598 euros (2017 to be precise). This was stated by the CGIA Studies Office which compared the tax burden recorded in XNUMX in the main European countries and, subsequently, calculated the differential [...]

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Two Dutch and Australian researches say it: reintroducing certain mammals in territories where they have disappeared or where they never existed could prove useful to fight the damage of climate change (by Giovanni D'Agata) The magazine of the Royal Society dedicates an entire question the reintroduction of wild species as a means of combating global warming. [...]

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(by Pasquale Preziosa) The European Union has long established its own migration policy, which is inspired by the principle of solidarity. The cornerstones of this policy, which refer to art. 79 and 80 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, (TFEU) are: - legal migration; - integration, - the fight against illegal immigration, - readmission agreements, in countries [...]

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(by Francescomaria Tuccillo) In these days of reflections and concerns about the future of Europe, I found in my virtual drawers the original version of a short essay that was hosted by the "Rivista di Studi Politici" back in 1995. The Edification of the New Europa Today I propose the full text, in the same magazine that published it for over twenty years [...]

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(by Francescomaria Tuccillo) Italy in June will have to play its role in Europe. If the sun shines again on the Pacific, then "night" should fall on the Mediterranean. In this new context, and in the absence of projects in a society characterized by this "neo-medieval egoism": - the Mediterranean peoples should remain out of the [...]

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel asked all European Member States to actively contribute to coping with the large influx of migrants. We must work together to stem the flow by strengthening external borders and fighting the problems that cause their lands to flee. Speaking to Parliament, before a meeting with [...]

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  Following Saturday's arrest by the National Anti-Corruption Agency of Latvian Central Bank Governor ABLV, Ilmars Rimsevics, for the first time since taking over euro area banking supervision in 2014, the ECB used its powers to suspend payments from the Latvian bank. Payments from bank ABLV, 3rd [...]

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According to what emerged from the previews of an interview by French President Emmanuel Macron to the BBC, an interview that will be broadcast on Sunday, the French president would have said that a special agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union would be very possible "but this special route must be compatible with the protection of the single market and [...]

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The year of tourism between China and the EU will begin Friday in Venice, with both sides promoting travel and bilateral ties. In a congratulatory message at the opening ceremony, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang expressed the hope that the two sides will see the year of tourism in China-EU as an opportunity to actively expand the [...]

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The site of the Washington State Department, taken by the news "interfax Ukraine," announced that Tillerson, US Secretary of State on January 21 will be in London, where he will meet British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson and the counselor Mark Sedwill for national security, to discuss cooperation and issues relating to [...]

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According to the Nova agency, the Mexican Business Coordination Council (Cce) has announced that the negotiations for the modernization of the free trade agreement between Mexico and the European Union have registered an advance of 90%. The president of the Cce, Juan Pablo Castanon Castanon stressed the importance of accessing the European market in order to allow [...]

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 Government sources quoted today by the "Ana-Mpa" news agency reported that Alexis Tsipras, Greek Prime Minister, said during yesterday's meeting at the European Council that the European Union needs an agenda for a social Europe which counterbalances the budget pact, underlining how the "European pillar" of social rights must be implemented with a view to [...]

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The President of the Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, on the occasion of the second day of work of the European Council, said that a possible backtrack on Brexit "depends on the British Parliament and on British citizens", and that it is not, therefore, for the Europeans decide what the British should do. The President of the Commission explained that in the first phase [...]

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Kosovar President Hashim Thaci, in an interview with the French magazine "Politique internationale" released during his visit to Paris, declared that the European Union does not have a common vision on Kosovo and that Europe cannot hope to speak with one voice only on the most important issues, such as Russia and Syria, if [...]

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The EU Foreign Affairs Council (EWC) meets today in Brussels to discuss issues relating to the latest developments in the Middle East. Among the topics of today's meeting, there are also those inherent to the international agenda, such as the situation in North Korea, Zimbabwe and Myanmar, as well as the development of a task force [...]

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Who will be the next president of the Eurogroup has yet to be decided. The deadline for submitting applications closes this weekend and by Monday afternoon, finance ministers will meet in Brussels to decide. To compete for the position in question, even if formally not yet candidates, are Pier Carlo Padoan, the French [...]

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The Italian University in the Europe of tomorrow. This is the theme that will be discussed on the day dedicated to the future of the University scheduled for tomorrow. The conference will take place at the “Angelicum” Congress Center in Rome. The President of the Council of Ministers, Paolo Gentiloni and the Minister of Instructions, University and Research, [...]

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Europe limits companies to check emails to employees A recent ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) could significantly influence the methods and possibilities of monitoring email messages by companies. The Strasbourg court, in fact, following an appeal lodged by a Romanian citizen dismissed following a check [...]

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It is important to see our Europe with non-European eyes from a geopolitical point of view: this could enrich our knowledge, give us a second opinion, before major events such as the political elections. Europe, today, is waiting for two major elective events that will affect Germany and Italy. The elections in these two countries [...]

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The point now is to grasp the more positive situation in public opinion, with regard to the European project for economic policies that accompany the growth of the Eurozone which is a reality at this time and in the next few years and which should not be depressed but encouraged. This is not the time for relaxation for those who believe in the European project ”. [...]

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