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Ukraine's ousted defense chief takes advisory post with Italy
Mykhailo Fedorov, dismissed as Ukraine's defense minister after a public rift with President Zelenskyy, has accepted a role as defense innovation advisor to Italy's Defense Minister Guido Crosetto.
Saverio Gallo · 365 words
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Geography & climate
Hot Mediterranean coasts, cool mountainous interior.
A long mountainous peninsula between two seas — the Sila and Aspromonte massifs, two coasts.
Economy & culture
Agriculture (citrus, bergamot), tourism, ports (Gioia Tauro), remittance-shaped economy.
Magna Graecia and Byzantine roots, Albanian and Greek minorities, the weight of the 'Ndrangheta and of emigration.