Italy

US Moving 200 Marines to Sicily for Libya: Italy

Jorge Benitez — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:42:47 -0500

From AFP: Italy on Wednesday said the United States was transferring 200 marines and two planes to its base at Sigonella in Sicily to deploy in Libya in case US diplomats come under attack as they did last year.

Italy's Defense Minister Seeks More EU Defense Cooperation

Jorge Benitez — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:09:00 -0500

From Julian Hale, Defense News: Italian Defense Minister Mario Mauro called for EU leaders to cooperate more on defense at the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee meeting here Monday.

Italy's Andreotti, leading postwar politician, passed away at 94

Jorge Benitez — Mon, 06 May 2013 14:23:46 -0500

From Philip Pullella, Reuters: Giulio Andreotti, who served as Italian prime minister seven times and whose name was synonymous with political survival and cunning in the land that gave the world Machiavelli, died on Monday at the age of 94.

New foreign and defense ministers of Italy sworn in

Jorge Benitez — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:05:42 -0500

From Xinhua: Italy's new cabinet, lead by Prime Minister Enrico Letta, was sworn in on Sunday, starting their task for breaking the impasse the country had been locked for months.

NATO team wins cyber defense exercise

Jorge Benitez — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:48:31 -0500

From NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence: International Cyber Defence Exercise Locked Shields ended yesterday evening with NATO’s Blue Team receiving the first place among the ten teams participating.

Sharp rise in EU terror attacks and deaths in 2012: Europol

Jorge Benitez — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:19:14 -0500

From Alexandria Sage, Reuters: The terrorism threat in Europe remains elevated, with a quarter more attacks in the European Union in 2012 than in the previous year, pan-European police force Europol said on Thursday.

Poland to join NATO drone project in 2014

Jorge Benitez — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 07:35:39 -0500

From Polish Radio: Minister of Defence Tomasz Siemoniak has announced that from 2014 Poland will participate in the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) programme.

64th Anniversary of the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty

Jorge Benitez — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:06:56 -0500

From Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State: In this agreement, the United States, Canada, Belgium, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the United Kingdom agreed to consider attack against one an attack against all, along with consultations about threats and defense matters.