Costa Crociere S.p.A.,operating as Costa Cruises,is an Italian cruise line founded in 1948 and organized as a wholly owned subsidiary of Carnival Corporation &plc since 2000. Based in Genoa,Italy,the cruise line primarily caters to the Italian cruise market,but the company's 10 ships,which all sail under the Italian flag,provide itineraries sailing to countries globally.
Costa Concordia was a cruise ship operated by Costa Crociere. She was the first of her class,followed by her sister ships Costa Serena,Costa Pacifica,Costa Favolosa and Costa Fascinosa,and Carnival Splendor built for Carnival Cruise Line. When the 114,137-ton Costa Concordia and her sister ships entered service,they were among the largest ships built in Italy until the construction of the 130,000 GT Dream-class cruise ships.
Francesca Rettondini is an Italian actress and television presenter. She is internationally known for the role of a songstress by the name of Francesca in the 2002 film Ghost Ship.
Sergio Mattarella is an Italian politician and jurist who has been President of Italy since 2015. He is the longest-serving president in the history of the Italian Republic. Since Giorgio Napolitano's death in 2023,Mattarella has been the only living Italian president.
The Five Star Movement is a political party in Italy,led by Giuseppe Conte. The party was established on 4 October 2009 by Beppe Grillo,a political activist and comedian,and Gianroberto Casaleggio,a web strategist. The party is primarily described as populist of the syncretic kind,due to its long-time insistence that it had no place in the left–right political spectrum. The party has been a proponent of green politics and direct democracy,and,more recently,progressivism,social democracy and left-wing populism. In 2024 the party officially described itself as "independent progressive".
Francesco Schettino is an Italian former shipmaster who commanded the cruise ship Costa Concordia when the ship struck an underwater rock and capsized off the Italian island of Giglio on 13 January 2012. Thirty-two passengers and crew died. In 2015,he was sentenced to sixteen years in prison for his role in the incident. He began serving his sentence in 2017 after exhausting his appeals.
On 13 January 2012,the seven-year-old Costa Cruises vessel Costa Concordia was on the first leg of a cruise around the Mediterranean Sea when it deviated from its planned route at Isola del Giglio,Tuscany in order to perform a sail-by salute,sailed closer to the island than intended,and struck a rock formation on the sea floor. This caused the ship to list and then to partially sink,landing unevenly on an underwater ledge. Although a six-hour rescue effort brought most of the passengers ashore,32 people died:27 passengers and 5 crew. A member of the salvage team also died following injuries received during the recovery operation.
The 2018 Italian general election was held on 4 March 2018 after the Italian Parliament was dissolved by President Sergio Mattarella on 28 December 2017. Voters were electing the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate of the Republic for the 18th legislature of the Italian Republic since 1948. The election took place concurrently with the Lombard and Lazio regional elections. No party or coalition gained an absolute majority in the parliament,even though the centre-right coalition won a plurality of seats as a coalition,and the Five Star Movement (M5S) won a plurality of seats as an individual party.
Luigi Di Maio is an Italian politician who has been serving as EU Special Representative for the Gulf region since 1 June 2023. Di Maio also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2019 to 2022,as Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Minister of Economic Development,Labour and Social Policies from 2018 to 2019,and as Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies in the 17th Italian legislature.
Roberto Fico is an Italian politician and member of the Five Star Movement. He served as the Chairman of the RAI Supervision Commission from 2013 to 2018 and President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from 2018 to 2022.
Legislature XVIII of Italy started on 23 March 2018 and ended on 12 October 2022. The composition of the Chamber of Deputies and of the Senate is the one resulting from the 4 March 2018 election,called after the dissolution of the Parliament announced by President Sergio Mattarella on 28 December 2017.
Vito Bardi is an Italian general and politician. He is serving as the 9th and incumbent president of Basilicata since 16 April 2019. Bardi joined the Guardia di Finanza in 1970. He was promoted colonel on 31 December 1995 and later army corps general in 2009. He served as deputy general commander of the Guardia di Finanza from 5 September 2013 to 4 September 2014.
Action is a liberal political party in Italy. Its leader is Carlo Calenda,a former minister of Economic Development.
The 2020 Italian by-elections were called to fill seats in the Parliament that became vacant after the 2018 general elections. In 2020,by-elections were held for the Chamber of Deputies the Senate of the Republic.
Feltri,Mattia. "Appello ai costituzionalisti". HuffPost Italia. This page lists individuals and organisations who publicly expressed an opinion regarding the 2020 Italian constitutional referendum.
The 2021 Italian government crisis was a political event in Italy that began in January 2021 and ended the following month. It includes the events that follow the announcement of Matteo Renzi,leader of Italia Viva (IV) and former Prime Minister,that he would revoke IV's support to the Government of Giuseppe Conte.
The Draghi government was the 67th government of the Italian Republic,led by former President of the European Central Bank,Mario Draghi. It was in office between 13 February 2021 and 22 October 2022.
Alternativa is a populist and Eurosceptic political party in Italy. It was established in February 2021 as a parliamentary sub-group of the Mixed Group named L'Alternativa c'è. Its members are former deputies of the Five Star Movement who were expelled from the party for having voted against Mario Draghi's government.
The 2022 Italian presidential election was held in Rome between 24 and 29 January 2022. The president of Italy was elected by a joint assembly composed of the Italian Parliament and regional representatives. The election process extended over multiple days,culminating in incumbent president Sergio Mattarella being confirmed for a second term,with a total of 759 votes on the eighth ballot. This was the second most votes ever received by a presidential candidate. Mattarella became the second president to be re-elected,his predecessor Giorgio Napolitano being the first.
The following is a list of events during the year 2022 in Italy.
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