ITALY.

The article reports on the move of Italy regarding civil defense. The Italian government has decided to form a corps of civil defense volunteers that will be ready to go into action in case of war or natural disaster. With the decision, a new measure has been passed creating in the Ministry of the Interior a new section to be known as the Department of Civil Defense Services. The new section will be tasked to coordinate all civil services that aim at protecting the population and essential factories during war. It will be also empowered to requisition goods and services and to provide immediately for the recruitment of volunteer civil defense workers.