19 January – Ossama Anjiem aka Ossama al-Masri, a Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes during the Libyan Civil War, is arrested in Turin under the ICC warrant but is released and deported to Libya after a court declines to approve his arrest.[4]
30 January – The European Court of Human Rights rules that the Italian government had violated the right to life of residents living near the Terra dei Fuochi area between Naples and Caserta due to neglect of the site, which was contaminated by the disposal of toxic waste by the Camorra since 1988.[5]
February
5 February – A helicopter crashes in Castelguelfo (it) near Parma, killing three people including Lorenzo Rovagnati, the CEO of the salami and prosciutto maker Rovagnati (it).[6]
15 February – One person dies and one is seriously injured after a mass shooting at Piazzale Gambara in Milan.[8]
23 February – An American Airlines passenger aircraft flying from New York to New Delhi is diverted to Rome Fiumicino Airport following a bomb alert that turns out negative.[9]
31 March – Sixteen Tesla electric vehicles are destroyed in a suspected arson attack on a car dealership in Rome.[17]
April
8 April – The Italian Competition Authority imposes fines of up to 20 million euros ($22 million) on six ticketing agencies for unfair business practices regarding admission into the Colosseum.[18]
22 May – The Constitutional Court of Italy rules against limiting the recognition of parentage of children born to same sex-parents to only the biological mother.[25]
12 June – The European Court of Human Rights absolves Italy of liability over the response to the 2017 sinking of a migrant trafficking vessel in the Mediterranean Sea and the subsequent abuses by Libyan authorities on survivors held in Tripoli.[28]
17 June – Sixteen ultras from Inter Milan and AC Milan are convicted and sentenced to up to 10 years' imprisonment for multiple criminal charges including murder and conspiracy.[29]
20 June – The wreckage of the yacht Bayesian, which sunk off the coast of Porticello, Sicily in 2024 killing seven people, is raised.[32]
28 June – A radar failure at the Milan Control Center in Linate Airport blocks air traffic over northern Italy for hours, causing the cancellation of over 300 flights.[33]
3 July – Nicola Borrelli resigns as head of the film department of the Ministry of Culture amid criticism over the agency providing nearly $1 million in tax credits for an American film director wanted for a double homicide in Rome.[35]
4 July –
At least 45 people are injured and one is killed in an explosion at a petrol station in Prenestino-Centocelle, Rome.[36]
Bruno, a sniffer dog who had been recognized by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni for his service to law enforcement, is killed in his kennel in Taranto after having been deliberately fed sausages filled with nails.[37]
8 July – A man dies after being sucked into the engine of a departing Volotea aircraft on the runway of Milan Bergamo Airport.[38]
11 July – Giuseppe Palermo, a suspected leader of the 'Ndrangheta, is arrested in Colombia following an Interpol red notice against him.[39]
31 July – The Italian government signs an agreement with the Holy See to convert the 430-hectare rural site of Santa Maria di Galeria (it) north of Rome into a solar farm as part of efforts by the Vatican City to generate its energy needs and become a carbon-neutral state.[43]
August
1 August – The Court of Justice of the European Union imposes restrictions on the Italian government's policy on fast-tracking deportations of migrants to "safe" countries by subjecting the latter designation to judicial review.[44]
13 August – Two boats carrying migrants sink off the coast of Lampedusa, killing at least 26 people and leaving at least 12 others missing.[46]
15 August – A Palestinian woman suffering from malnutrition dies at a hospital in Pisa after being brought there from the Gaza Strip in a medical evacuation organized by the Italian government.[47]
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