Events in Italy in 2003:

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (; 9 December 1920 – 16 September 2016) was an Italian politician, statesman and banker who was the President of Italy from 1999 to 2006 and the Prime Minister of Italy from 1993 to 1994. A World War II veteran, C ...

Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

Silvio Berlusconi Silvio Berlusconi ( ; ; 29 September 193612 June 2023) was an Italian Media proprietor, media tycoon and politician who served as the prime minister of Italy in three governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a mem ...

Events

* January 31: Miss Universo Italia 2003 * February 12: The newspaper

Europa Europa may refer to: Places * Europa (Roman province), a province within the Diocese of Thrace * Europa (Seville Metro), Seville, Spain; a station on the Seville Metro * Europa City, Paris, France; a planned development * Europa Cliffs, Alexan ...

is founded. * February 17: Abu Omar is abducted by the

CIA The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA; ) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with advancing national security through collecting and analyzing intelligence from around the world and ...

and

SISMI (; , ) was the military intelligence agency of Italy from 1977 to 2007. With the reform of the Italian Intelligence Services approved on 1 August 2007, SISMI was replaced by Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Esterna (AISE).Legislative Act n.12 ...

. * March 16:

Murder of Davide Cesare The murder of Davide Cesare occurred on the morning of 16 March 2003 in Milan, Italy. Cesare was an anti-fascist activist. Although the perpetrators of the crime denied belonging to any political group, their strong sympathy for far-right circle ...

. * June 16:

Lega Nord Lega Nord (LN; ), whose complete name is (), is a right-wing politics, right-wing, federalism, federalist, populism, populist and conservatism, conservative list of political parties in Italy, political party in Italy. In the run-up to the 201 ...

Leader

Umberto Bossi Umberto Bossi (born 19 September 1941) is an Italian politician and former leader of (Northern League), a party seeking autonomy or independence for Northern Italy or Padania. He is married to the Sicilian Manuela Marrone, and has four sons, ...

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." * June 17:

Wind Jet Wind Jet S.p.A. was an Italian low-cost airline based in Catania, Italy. It was founded in 2003, following the disbandment of Air Sicilia by current CEO Antonino Pulvirenti, also owner of football team Calcio Catania. On 11 August 2012 the airli ...

starts operating. * July 31:

Sky Italia Sky Italia S.r.l. is an Italian satellite television platform owned by the American media conglomerate Comcast. Sky Italia also broadcasts three national free-to-air television channels: TV8, Cielo, and Sky TG24. Pay TV services on the Sky ...

is founded by

Rupert Murdoch Keith Rupert Murdoch ( ; born 11 March 1931) is an Australian - American retired business magnate, investor, and media mogul. Through his company News Corp, he is the owner of hundreds of List of assets owned by News Corp, local, national, a ...

. * September 28: 2003 Italy blackout

Elections

* Italian regional elections, 2003 *

Italian referendum, 2003 Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

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

Sport

Serie A 2002–03 Series may refer to: People with the name * Caroline Series (born 1951), English mathematician, daughter of George Series * George Series (1920–1995), English physicist Arts, entertainment, and media Music * Series, the ordered sets used in ...

Serie B 2002–03 Series may refer to: People with the name * Caroline Series (born 1951), English mathematician, daughter of George Series * George Series (1920–1995), English physicist Arts, entertainment, and media Music * Series, the ordered sets used in ...

2003 Coppa Italia Final The 2003 Coppa Italia Final was the final of the 2002–03 Coppa Italia, the top cup competition in Italian football. The match was played over two legs on 20 May and 31 May 2003 between Roma and Milan. This was the 12th Coppa Italia final a ...

2002 Supercoppa Italiana The 2002 Supercoppa Italiana was a match contested by Juventus, the 2001–02 Serie A winner, and Parma, the 2001–02 Coppa Italia winner. It was the fifth appearance for Juventus (2 victories in 1995 and 1997) and the fourth for Parma (victory ...

2003 UEFA Champions League Final The 2003 UEFA Champions League final was a Association football, football match that took place at Old Trafford in Manchester, England on 28 May 2003 to decide the winner of the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League. The match was contested by two Ital ...

2003 Italian Grand Prix The 2003 Italian Grand Prix (formally the Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 2003) was a Formula One motor race held on 14 September 2003 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy. It was the fourteenth race of the 2003 Formula One season and t ...

2003 San Marino Grand Prix The 2003 San Marino Grand Prix (formally the Gran Premio Foster's di San Marino 2003) was a Formula One motor race held on 20 April 2003 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, with the race taking place on Easter Sund ...

2003 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix The 2003 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 6–8 June 2003 at the Mugello Circuit. MotoGP classification 250 cc classifi ...

2003 Italy rugby union tour The 2003 Italy rugby union tour of New Zealand was a series of matches played in June 2003 in New Zealand by the Italian team to prepare the 2003 Rugby World Cup. No Test match was played Scores and results list Italy's points tally first.'' ...

2003 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge The 2003 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge is the second tournament of the field hockey championship for women. It was held in Catania, on the island of Sicily in Italy from July 5–13, 2003. Squads Head Coach: Peter Lemmen Head Coac ...

2003 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships The 2003 in sports, 2003 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were held in Monopoli, Italy on Saturday February 1 and Sunday February 2, 2003.

2003 European Curling Championships The 2003 European Curling Championships were held in Courmayeur, Italy December 5–13. Men's A tournament Final round robin standings Playoffs =Bronze-medal game= ''December 13th, 14:00'' =Gold-medal game= ''December 13th, 14:00'' Medal ...

FIVB World Grand Prix 2003 The FIVB World Grand Prix 2003 was the eleventh edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, which is the female equivalent of the Men's Volleyball World League. The 2003 edition was played by twelve countries from July 21 to August 3, 20 ...

2003 Giro d'Italia The 2003 Giro d'Italia was the 86th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours. The Giro began in Lecce with a mass-start stage. The race came to a close with a individual time trial that began and ended ...

2003 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships The 2003 IIHF Women's World Championships was set to be held in Beijing, China, from April 4–9, 2003. However, it was cancelled due to the global SARS oubreak. Only the top division event was cancelled, as the lower divisions still had their t ...

2003 Milan–San Remo The 2003 Milan–San Remo was the 94th edition of the monument classic Milan–San Remo and was won by Italian Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini (born 1 April 1974) is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the former coach of the Italia ...

2003 World Rowing Championships The 2003 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 25 August to 1 September 2003 on the lake Idroscalo at Milan, Italy. The international rowing season usually ends with the World Championship regatta. Apart ...

2003 ISSF World Cup For the 2003 ISSF World Cup in the seventeen Olympic shooting events, the World Cup Final was held in October 2003 in Milan, Italy for the rifle, pistol and running target events, and in Rome, Italy for the shotgun events. Rifle, pistol and runn ...

2003 Winter Universiade The 2003 Winter Universiade, the XXI Winter Universiade, took place in Tarvisio, Italy. Total 1,266 athletes from 41 countries performed. Venues Tarvisio * Alpine skiing * Cross-country skiing * Nordic combined * Ski jumping Other venues ...

* 2003 World Interuniversity Games

Film

60th Venice International Film Festival The 60th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 27 August to 6 September 2003, at Venice Lido in Italy. Italian filmmaker Mario Monicelli was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to '' The Re ...

Music

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

Television

2003 in Italian television This is a list of Italian television related events from 2003. Events *8 May – Floriana Secondi wins season 3 of '' Grande Fratello''. Debuts Rai Serials * '' Corto Maltese'' – cartoon from the Hugo Pratt's comic; coproduction wit ...

Deaths

* 4 March -

Fedora Barbieri Fedora Barbieri (4 June 1920 – 4 March 2003) was an Italian dramatic mezzo-soprano and actress. Barbieri was born in Trieste. She performed regularly in Florence for fifty years, and performed internationally through the years. She died, aged ...

, operatic mezzo-soprano (born

1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen in Finland, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its ow ...

) * 7 July – Mario Pedini, politician (born

1918 The ceasefire that effectively ended the World War I, First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people wor ...

) * 28 October– Sally Baldwin, social sciences professor (born 1940 in Scotland)

References

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