Events in Italy in 2003:
Incumbents
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.
- 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."[1][2][3]
- 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
Music
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)[4]
References
- ^ "The Latest News from the UK and Around the World".
- ^ "Shoot immigrants says Italian leader".
- ^ "Italian minister calls on Navy to open fire on illegal immigrants". 17 June 2003.
- ^ Bradshaw, Jonathan (31 October 2003). "Obituary: Sally Baldwin". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 November 2020.