(ANSA) - ROMA, 30 APR - The Italian Ambassador to Austria, Giovanni Pugliese, conferred the honor of Officer of the Order of the Star of Italy upon General Rudolf Striendinger, Chief of the Austrian Defense Staff. Among other roles in his career, Striedinger headed the National Commission for the Covid Crisis in 2021. In August 2023, the House of Austrian History, the Austrian Museum of Contemporary History, acquired several items from the Commission to document the pandemic period, including...