2003 in Italy

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See also:	History of Italy Timeline of Italian history List of years in Italy

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.
• March 16: Murder of Davide Cesare. ^[1]
• June 16: Lega Nord Leader Umberto Bossi While being Reforms minister says in a 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." ^{[2] [3] [4]}
• 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

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) ^[5]

References

1. "Davide Cesare". Peace Museum Vienna. 2022-09-30. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
2. "The Latest News from the UK and Around the World".
3. "Shoot immigrants says Italian leader".
4. "Italian minister calls on Navy to open fire on illegal immigrants". 17 June 2003.
5. Bradshaw, Jonathan (31 October 2003). "Obituary: Sally Baldwin". The Guardian . Retrieved 5 November 2020.