2003 in Italy explained

Events in Italy in 2003:

Incumbents

• President: Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
• Prime Minister: Silvio Berlusconi

Events

• January 31: Miss Universo Italia 2003
• February 12: The newspaper Europa is founded.
• February 17: Abu Omar is abducted by the CIA and SISMI.
• June 16: Lega Nord Leader Umberto Bossi While being Reforms minister says in an controversial interview the Navy should fire live rounds on boats holding illegal immigrants, stating: "After the second or third warning, bang… we fire the cannon."^{[1] [2] [3]}
• June 17: Wind Jet starts operating.
• July 31: Sky Italia is founded by Rupert Murdoch.
• September 28: 2003 Italy blackout

Elections

• Italian regional elections, 2003
• Italian referendum, 2003
• Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election, 2003
• Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections, 2003
• Valdostan regional election, 2003

Sport

• Serie A 2002–03
• Serie B 2002–03
• 2003 Coppa Italia Final
• 2002 Supercoppa Italiana
• 2003 UEFA Champions League Final
• 2003 Italian Grand Prix
• 2003 San Marino Grand Prix
• 2003 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
• 2003 Italy rugby union tour
• 2003 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge
• 2003 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
• 2003 European Curling Championships
• FIVB World Grand Prix 2003
• 2003 Giro d'Italia
• 2003 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
• 2003 Milan–San Remo
• 2003 World Rowing Championships
• 2003 ISSF World Cup
• 2003 Winter Universiade
• 2003 World Interuniversity Games

Film

See main article: Italian films of 2003.

• 60th Venice International Film Festival

Music

• List of number-one hits of 2003 (Italy)

Television

• 2003 in Italian television

Deaths

• 4 March - Fedora Barbieri, operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1920)
• 7 July – Mario Pedini, politician (born 1918)
• 28 October– Sally Baldwin, social sciences professor (born 1940 in Scotland)^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Latest News from the UK and Around the World.
2. Web site: Shoot immigrants says Italian leader .
3. Web site: Italian minister calls on Navy to open fire on illegal immigrants . 17 June 2003 .
4. Web site: Bradshaw . Jonathan . Obituary: Sally Baldwin . . 5 November 2020. 31 October 2003.