2024 in Italy explained

Events during the year 2024 in Italy.

Incumbents

• President – Sergio Mattarella
• Prime Minister – Giorgia Meloni
• President of the Constitutional Court – Silvana Sciarra

Events

February

• 6–10 February: Sanremo Music Festival 2024^[1]
• 16 February: Three workers are killed, three are injured and two are missing after a collapse during the construction of a new supermarket in Florence.^[2]
• 25 February: 2024 Sardinian regional election

March

• 10 March: 2024 Abruzzo regional election

April

• 9 April: Four people are killed in and two others are injured in an explosion at a dam in Lake Suviana, outside Bologna.^[3]
• 21-22 April: 2024 Basilicata regional election

May

• 4–26 May: 2024 Giro d'Italia^[4]
• 6 May: Five workers are killed and another is critically injured while carrying out maintenance work on a wastewater lifting tank in Palermo.^[5]
• 20 May: A magnitude 4.4 earthquake strikes the Phlegraean Fields near Naples, resulting in hundreds being evacuated.^[6]

June

• 5 June: A court in Florence convicts American journalist Amanda Knox and sentences her to three years' imprisonment over slander charges related to the murder of Meredith Kercher in Perugia in 2007.^[7]
• 7–12 June: 2024 European Athletics Championships^[8]
• 8-9 June: 2024 Italian local elections
• 9 June:
  • 2024 European Parliament election in Italy: The Brothers of Italy party led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni emerges as the largest party in the Italian contingent to the European Parliament.^[9]
  • 9 June: 2024 Piedmontese regional election
• 12 June: A brawl breaks out in the Chamber of Deputies during a vote on proposals to strengthen regional autonomy, resulting in injuries to M5S deputy Leonardo Donno.^[10]
• 17 June: Eleven migrants are killed and 64 others are reported missing following sinkings involving two separate vessels off the southern Italian coast.^[11]
• 19 June –
  • The European Commission reprimands Belgium, France, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Poland, and Slovakia for breaking budget rules.^[12]
  • The Italian Parliament passes a law granting more autonomy to the country's regions following a night of debate. The opposition Democratic Party and former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi express opposition to the bill, with the latter launching a campaign to force a referendum.^[13]
• 21 June – Eight workers are critically injured during an explosion at a factory in Bolzano.^[14]
• 29 June - 21 July: 2024 Tour de France^[15]

July

• 5 July – Mount Etna and Mount Stromboli erupt, forcing a temporary closure of Catania–Fontanarossa Airport in Sicily.^[16]
• 13 July – Thirty-three Indian farm workers in Verona Province are rescued by the Guardia di Finanza following reports of "slave-like" working conditions, with two other Indian nationals arrested and charged with labour violations.^[17]
• 17 July –
  • Two firefighters are killed in a wildfire in Basilicata.^[18]
  • Authorities place 13 cities throughout the Italian Peninsula under rare severe heat warnings due to predicted heat indexes reaching as high as 44°C (111.2°F) throughout the week.^[19]
  • Archaeologists unearth remains of a medieval papal palace in the square outside the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome.^[20]
• 18 July – A court convicts journalist Giulia Cortese for "body shaming" Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on social media and sentences her to pay €5,000 in damages.^[21]
• 23 July – Two people are killed while 12 others are injured after a walkway collapses at a housing complex in Naples.^[22]
• 26 July – Italy appoints an ambassador to Syria after 12 years, becoming the first G7 country to do so.^[23]
• 27 July – The Appian Way is designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.^[24]

August

• 19 August – The luxury yacht Bayesian sinks after being struck by a waterspout off the coast of Porticello, Sicily, leaving five people dead, including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, and one person missing. Fifteen people are rescued.^{[25] [26]}

Holidays

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• 1 January - New Year's Day
• 6 January - Epiphany
• 31 March - Easter Sunday
• 1 April - Easter Monday
• 25 April - Liberation Day
• 1 May - International Workers' Day
• 2 June - Republic Day
• 15 August - Assumption Day
• 1 November - All Saints' Day
• 8 December – Immaculate Conception
• 25 December - Christmas Day
• 26 December – Saint Stephen's Day

Art and entertainment

• List of 2024 box office number-one films in Italy
• List of Italian films of 2024
• Sanremo Music Festival 2024
• List of Italian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Deaths

January

• 1 January:
  • Giancarlo Filini, 85, footballer (Alessandria, Potenza, Pavia).^[29]
  • Michele Zolla, 91, government official and politician, deputy (1972–1992).^[30]
• 3 January:
  • Germana Dominici, 77, actress (Black Sunday, Mi vedrai tornare, Il ragazzo del Pony Express).^[31]
  • Mario Crescenzio, 81, politician, senator (1994–2001).^[32]
• 4 January: Fabio Fabbri, 90, politician, senator (1976–1994), minister of defence (1993–1994) and European affairs (1986–1987).^[33]
• 5 January:
  • Giulio Santagata, 74, politician, deputy (2001–2013).^[34]
  • Giuseppe Fimognari, 91, politician, senator (1979–1987).
• 6 January:
  • Felice Besostri, 79, lawyer and politician, mayor of Borgo San Giovanni (1983–1988) and senator (1996–2001).^[35]
  • Francesco Amirante, 90, magistrate, president of the Constitutional Court (2009–2010).^[36]
• 7 January:
  • Germana Caroli, 92, singer.^[37]
  • Alberto Colombo, 77, racing driver.^[38]
  • Alessandro Argenton, 86, equestrian, Olympic silver medallist (1972).^[39]
• 8 January: Gian Franco Reverberi, 89, composer (Django, Prepare a Coffin, A Black Veil for Lisa, Cry Chicago) and musician.^[40]
• 10 January: Fernando Gualtieri, 104, painter and footballer (Rimini, Anconitana, Riccione).^[41]
• 11 January:
  • Tony Iglio, 90, arranger, composer (La pagella) and conductor.^[42]
  • Salvatore Mazzarano, 58, footballer (Taranto, Fasano, AC Ancona).^[43]
  • Fabio De Felice, 96, politician, deputy (1953–1958).^[44]
  • Michele Bonatesta, 81, journalist and politician, senator (1996–2006).^[45]
• 13 January: Enzo Moscato, 75, playwright, actor (Libera, The Vesuvians, The Remains of Nothing) and stage director.^[46]
• 15 January: Dana Ghia, 91, actress (Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye, Free Hand for a Tough Cop, California) and singer.^[47]
• 16 January:
  • Ottavio Dazzan, 66, Argentine-born Italian Olympic cyclist (1980).^[48]
  • Sergio Sebastiani, 92, Roman Catholic cardinal, apostolic pro-nuncio to Madagascar (1976–1985) and Turkey (1985–1994), head of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See (1997–2008).^[49]
• 18 January:
  • Giovanni Giudici, 83, Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Milan (1990–2003) and bishop of Pavia (2003–2015).^[50]
  • Orietta Grossi, 64, Olympic basketball player (1980).^[51]
  • Giuseppe Ticli, 44, footballer (Monza, Padova, Pro Patria).^[52]
• 19 January: Attilio Busseti, 90, lawyer and politician, senator (1976–1983, 1987–1992).^[53]
• 20 January: Pietro Omodeo, 104, biologist.^[54]
• 22 January: Gigi Riva, 79, footballer (Cagliari, Legnano, national team).^[55]
• 23 January: Giuliano Musiello, 70, footballer (Atalanta, Roma, Verona).^[56]
• 24 January: Alberto Tanasini, 78, Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Genoa (1996–2004) and bishop of Chiavari (2004–2021).^[57]
• 26 January: Emanuele Catarinicchia, 97, Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Cefalù (1978–1987) and Mazara del Vallo (1987–2002).^[58]
• 27 January:
  • Bruno Segre, 105, lawyer, advocate, partisan and politician.^[59]
  • Maria Giacobbe, 95, Italian-Danish writer.^[60]
• 28 January: Albert Mayr, 80, composer.^[61]
• 29 January:
  • Sandra Milo, 90, actress (8½, Juliet of the Spirits, Vanina Vanini).^[62]
  • Delio Lucarelli, 84, Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Rieti (1997–2015).^[63]
  • Franco Tozzi, 79, singer.^[64]
• 30 January:
  • Roberto Melgrati, 76, football player (Legnano, Como) and coach (Pro Patria).^[65]
  • Orazio Schena, 82, Italian-Belgian footballer (Anderlecht, Liège, Tilleur-Saint-Nicolas).^[66]

February

• 3 February: Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, 86, royal, disputed head of the House of Savoy, and the last crown prince of Italy (since 1983).^[67]

March

• 26 March
  • Enrico Giusti, 83, mathematician.^[68]
  • Giuliano Vangi, 93, sculptor, leukemia.^[69]

April

• 3 April – Stefano Cherchi, 23, jockey, horse riding accident.^[70]
• 12 April – Roberto Cavalli, 83, fashion designer.^[71]

June

• 17 June – Claudio Graziano, 70, general and chair of Fincantieri.^[72]

External links

• Online calendar

Notes and References

1. Web site: 7 July 2023 . Mariani . Cristiana . Festival di Sanremo 2024, ecco le date ufficiali . Sanremo Festival 2024, here are the official dates . 3 November 2023 . . it.
2. Web site: 2024-02-16 . Crollo al cantiere Esselunga a Firenze: tre operai morti, due ancora sotto le macerie, altri tre estratti vivi. "Un botto fortissimo, poi le grida di aiuto". Il sindaco: "Lutto cittadino" . 2024-02-16 . la Repubblica . it.
3. Web site: 9 April 2024 . Italian explosion: Search after deadly blast at power plant . 10 April 2024 . . en.
4. Web site: Giro 2024: Route and stages . Cyclingstage.com . 3 November 2023 . en.
5. Web site: Incidente sul lavoro a Casteldaccia: morti cinque operai, un sesto è grave . 2024-05-06 . PalermoToday . it.
6. Web site: Italian women's prison, hundreds of residents evacuated after 4.4 magnitude quake in southern Italy . 2024-05-21 . Associated Press . 21 May 2024 . en.
7. Web site: 2024-06-05 . Amanda Knox reconvicted of slander in Italian court . 2024-06-05 . NBC News . en.
8. Web site: 18 August 2022 . Roma 2024 European Athletics Championships dates announced . 3 November 2023 . . en.
9. Web site: 2024-06-09 . Italy's Premier Meloni gets domestic, European boost from EU election win . 2024-06-10 . Associated Press . en.
10. News: Fight breaks out in Italy's Chamber of Deputies during controversial vote. Euronews. 13 June 2024. 13 June 2024.
11. News: At least 11 people died and 64 are missing after 2 ships sink off the coast of southern Italy . Associated Press . 18 June 2024. 18 June 2024.
12. News: 2024-06-19 . European Commission reprimands France and six countries for breaking budget rules . 2024-06-19 . Le Monde.fr . en.
13. Web site: June 19, 2024 . Italy divided by plan to grant more powers to its regions . .
14. Web site: 2024-06-21 . Bolzano, esplosione nella fabbrica di Aluminium: sei operai ustionati, quattro sono gravi . 2024-06-21 . Corriere della Sera . it-IT.
15. Web site: Official route of Tour de France 2024. 3 November 2023. www.letour.fr. en.
16. Web site: Sicily closes airport as Etna and Stromboli volcanoes erupt . 2024-07-06 . Al Jazeera . en.
17. Web site: Italian tax police free 33 Indian workers from 'slave-like' conditions on farms . 2024-07-14 . Associated Press . 14 July 2024 . en.
18. Web site: Greece shuts Acropolis, 2 firefighters killed in Italy as southern Europe swelters in a heat wave . 2024-07-18 . Associated Press . 17 July 2024 . en.
19. Web site: How hot it is in Greece, Spain, Portugal, France, and other parts of Europe? . 2024-07-18 . Sky News . en.
20. Web site: July 17, 2024 . Remains of ancient Papal palace believed to have been found in Rome . .
21. Web site: Journalist told to pay damages for mocking Italian PM's height . 2024-07-21 . BBC . en.
22. Web site: Walkway collapses in massive housing project in southern Italy, killing 2 and injuring a dozen . 2024-07-23 . Associated Press . 23 July 2024 . en.
23. Web site: July 26, 2024 . Italy appoints ambassador to Syria to 'turn spotlight' on country, foreign minister says . Reuters.
24. Web site: July 27, 2024 . Italy's Ancient Roman Appian Way included in UNESCO World Heritage List . Associated Press.
25. Web site: August 22, 2024 . Divers recover 5 bodies from wrecked superyacht off Sicily; 1 still missing . Associated Press.
26. Web site: August 22, 2024 . Mike Lynch confirmed dead after yacht sank off Sicily coast during storm . The Guardian.
27. Web site: Italy Public Holidays 2024. 30 October 2023 . Public Holidays Global.
28. Web site: Festività e giornate nazionali. National holidays and days . 3 November 2023 . Presidenza del Consiglio. it.
29. Web site: 2024-01-01 . Alessandria Calcio piange Giancarlo Filini . Alessandria Calcio mourns Giancarlo Filini. 2024-01-03 . AlessandriaNews . it-IT.
30. Web site: 2024-01-02 . Addio a Michele Zolla, esponente storico della Dc e consigliere di Scalfaro . 2024-01-18 . La Stampa . it.
31. Web site: IL MONDO DEI DOPPIATORI - La pagina di GERMANA DOMINICI . 2024-01-04 . www.antoniogenna.net.
32. Web site: Randolo . Marco . Si è spento il senatore Crescenzio . 2024-01-18 . www.polesine24.it . it.
33. Web site: Web . Redazione . Addio a Fabio Fabbri, fu senatore del Psi e tre volte ministro. Aveva 90 anni . 2024-01-18 . www.gazzettadiparma.it . it.
34. Web site: 2024-01-05 . Morto l'ex ministro Giulio Santagata, l'inventore delle due campagne elettorali vincenti di Romano Prodi . 2024-01-05 . la Repubblica . it.
35. Web site: 2024-01-06 . Addio a Felice Besostri . 2024-01-06 . La Nuova Savona . it-IT.
36. Web site: 2024-01-06 . Francesco Amirante, morto a 90 anni l'ex presidente della Corte Costituzionale . 2024-01-18 . Corriere della Sera . it-IT.
37. Web site: Leoni. Gianni. Addio a Germana Caroli, grande voce bolognese . il Resto del Carlino. it. 8 January 2024.
38. Web site: 2024-01-07 . F1 Addio ad Alberto Colombo, il capellone che ha sognato i GP . 2024-01-07 . it.motorsport.com . it.
39. Web site: Rainews . Redazione di . 2024-01-07 . Addio ad Alessandro Argenton, oro alle Olimpiadi di Tokyo nel 1964 . 2024-01-18 . RaiNews . it.
40. Web site: 2024-01-08 . Addio a Gian Franco Reverberi, qualcosa in più di un Maestro . 2024-01-18 . Il Secolo XIX . it.
41. Web site: 2024-01-11 . Addio Fernando Gualtieri, artista che ha dato lustro a Talamello . 2024-01-18 . altarimini.it . it-IT.
42. Web site: 2024-01-12 . Addio al compositore Tony Iglio, era stato anche il portiere del Napoli di Jeppson e Pesaola . 2024-01-18 . Corriere della Sera . it-IT.
43. Web site: Sebastio . Dante . 2024-01-11 . Calcio pugliese in lutto, è morto Salvatore Mazzarano . 2024-01-18 . Antenna Sud . it-IT.
44. Web site: A 97 anni è morto Fabio De Felice: dai Figli del Sole alla accuse di strage una vita da leader nero . 2024-02-03 . FascinAzione.info.
45. Web site: 2024-01-11 . È morto Michele Bonatesta giornalista e politico . 2024-02-03 . Tusciaweb.eu . it.
46. Web site: 2024-01-13 . Il mondo del teatro dice addio a Enzo Moscato, autore e attore della drammaturgia post Eduardo . 2024-01-18 . Corriere della Sera . it-IT.
47. Web site: 2024-01-15 . il necrologio dei giusti - se ne va dana ghia, 92 anni, attrice di una trentina di film negli anni.. . 2024-01-18 . www.dagospia.com.
48. Web site: 2024-01-17 . Lutto - Il ciclismo piange Octavio Dazzan . 2024-01-18 . Federazione Ciclistica Italiana . it.
49. Web site: 2024-01-16 . Morto il cardinale Sebastiani. Il Papa: una vita al servizio del Vangelo - Vatican News . 2024-01-18 . www.vaticannews.va . it.
50. Web site: È morto monsignor Giovanni Giudici – Chiesa di Milano . 2024-01-18 . it-IT.
51. Web site: Pecci . Enrico . 2024-01-18 . È morta l'ex azzurra Orietta Grossi. Le condoglianze del presidente Petrucci . 2024-02-03 . Tuttobasket . it-IT.
52. Web site: Pederzoli . Chiara . 2024-01-18 . Calcio, è morto Giuseppe Ticli: giocò nel Monza in C2, anche senza stipendio . 2024-02-03 . Il Cittadino di Monza e Brianza . it-IT.
53. Web site: Redazione . 2024-01-20 . E' morto Attilio Busseti, ex Sindaco di Andria . 2024-02-03 . Andria Barletta Trani News - Notizie e Video sulla BAT, Cultura, Cronaca, Eventi . it-IT.
54. Web site: 2024-01-21 . Muore a 104 anni il biologo Pietro Omodeo . 2024-02-03 . la Repubblica . it.
55. Web site: 2024-01-22 . Gigi Riva, è morto il mito del calcio italiano: nessuno ha segnato tanto come lui in azzurro . 2024-02-03 . Calcio - La Repubblica . it.
56. Web site: Ideawebtv.it . Redazione . 2024-01-23 . Calcio della Granda in lutto: addio a Giuliano Musiello . 2024-02-03 . www.ideawebtv.it - Quotidiano on line della provincia di Cuneo . it-IT.
57. Web site: Lutto nell'episcopato - L'Osservatore Romano . 2024-02-03 . www.osservatoreromano.va . it.
58. Web site: 2024-01-26 . Chiesa,morto a Mazara vescovo emerito Emanuele Catarinicchia - Notizie - Ansa.it . 2024-02-03 . Agenzia ANSA . it.
59. Web site: 2024-01-27 . È morto a 105 anni Bruno Segre, partigiano e monumento dell'antifascismo . 2024-01-27 . la Repubblica . it.
60. Web site: 2024-01-27 . Maria Giacobbe è morta, scrisse "Diario di una maestrina" sulla passione per l'insegnamento . 2024-02-03 . la Repubblica . it.
61. Web site: Longo . Caterina . 2024-01-30 . "Un suono può farti diventare un'altra persona". Albert Mayr (1943-2024) . 2024-02-03 . Alto Adige Innovazione . it-IT.
62. Web site: 2024-01-29 . Sandra Milo, morta a 90 anni l'attrice musa di Fellini . 2024-01-29 . la Repubblica . it.
63. Web site: Redazione . 2024-01-29 . E' morto il Vescovo Emerito Delio Lucarelli. Aveva 84 anni . 2024-02-03 . Rietinvetrina . it-IT.
64. Web site: 2024-01-30 . Franco Tozzi, fratello di Umberto Tozzi, è morto: il cantante lo ricorda con una foto . 2024-02-03 . La Gazzetta dello Sport . it-IT.
65. Web site: 2024-01-30 . Como in lutto: è morto Roberto Melgrati . 2024-02-03 . www.laprovinciadicomo.it . it.
66. Web site: 2024-01-30 . La RUS Binche est en deuil, Orazio Schena s'en est allé: «Une grande figure du football de la région du Centre» . 2024-02-03 . sudinfo.be . fr.
67. Web site: Roddolo . Enrica . 2024-03-02 . Morto Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia. Quando diceva: «Io re? Rimpiango solo di non essere cresciuto in Italia» . 2024-02-03 . Corriere della Sera . it-IT.
68. https://www.lanazione.it/cronaca/lutto-nel-mondo-scientifico-e-morto-il-grande-matematico-enrico-giusti-ruia3y2w Lutto nel mondo scientifico: è morto il grande matematico Enrico Giusti
69. https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/pesaro/cronaca/morto-giuliano-vangi-scultore-928c3f4a È morto Giuliano Vangi, un gigante della scultura. Ai Musei Vaticani la sua statua di Wojtyla
70. News: 2024-04-03 . Jockey Stefano Cherchi, 23, dies after fall at Canberra racetrack last month . 2024-04-04 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
71. Web site: 2024-04-12 . Italiaanse modeontwerper Roberto Cavalli (83) overleden . 2024-04-12 . nos.nl . nl.
72. News: 2024-04-03 . Chairman of Italy's state-controlled shipbuilder dies . 18 June 2024 . France 24 . en-GB.