Events during the year 2021 in
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
.
Incumbents
![Mario Draghi 2021 cropped](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Mario_Draghi_2021_cropped.jpg)
*
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:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
:
Sergio Mattarella
Sergio Mattarella (; born 23 July 1941) is an Italian politician, jurist, academic and lawyer who has served as the president of Italy since 2015.
A Christian leftist politician, Mattarella was a leading member of the Christian Democracy par ...
*
Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier 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. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...
:
Giuseppe Conte
Giuseppe Conte (; born 8 August 1964) is an Italian jurist, academic, and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy, prime minister of Italy from June 2018 to February 2021. He has been the president of the Five Star Movement (M5S) sin ...
(until 13 February),
Mario Draghi
Mario Draghi (; born 3 September 1947) is an Italian economist, academic, banker and civil servant who served as prime minister of Italy from February 2021 to October 2022. Prior to his appointment as prime minister, he served as President of ...
(starting 13 February)
Governors of the regions
Aosta Valley
, Valdostan or Valdotainian it, Valdostano (man) it, Valdostana (woman)french: Valdôtain (man)french: Valdôtaine (woman)
, population_note =
, population_blank1_title = Official languages
, population_blank1 = Italian French
...
:
Erik Lavévaz
Erik Lavévaz (born 15 February 1980) is an Italian politician and entrepreneur. He became the president of Aosta Valley on 21 October 2020, after being president of Valdostan Union
The Valdostan Union (french: Union valdôtaine, UV), also Vald ...
Abruzzo
Abruzzo (, , ; nap, label=Neapolitan language, Abruzzese Neapolitan, Abbrùzze , ''Abbrìzze'' or ''Abbrèzze'' ; nap, label=Sabino dialect, Aquilano, Abbrùzzu; #History, historically Abruzzi) is a Regions of Italy, region of Southern Italy wi ...
:
Marco Marsilio
Marco Marsilio (born 17 February 1968) has been President of Abruzzo since 23 February 2019.
Biography
Born in Rome to parents from Tocco da Casauria, Abruzzo, Marsilio graduated in Philosophy at the Sapienza University of Rome and taught Aesthe ...
Basilicata
it, Lucano (man) it, Lucana (woman)
, population_note =
, population_blank1_title =
, population_blank1 =
, demographics_type1 =
, demographics1_footnotes =
, demographics1_title1 =
, demographics1_info1 =
...
:
Vito Bardi
Vito Bardi (born 18 September 1951) is the 9th and current President of Basilicata since 16 April 2019.
Biography Military career
Bardi joined the Guardia di Finanza in 1970. He was promoted Colonel, on 31 December 1995, and later Army Corps Ge ...
Campania
Campania (, also , , , ) is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islands and the i ...
:
Vincenzo De Luca
Vincenzo De Luca (born 8 May 1949) is an Italian politician, member of the Democratic Party, currently serving as President of the Campania region since 18 June 2015. De Luca also served as Mayor of Salerno for more than 17 years, becoming one ...
Calabria
, population_note =
, population_blank1_title =
, population_blank1 =
, demographics_type1 =
, demographics1_footnotes =
, demographics1_title1 =
, demographics1_info1 =
, demographics1_title2 ...
:
Roberto Occhiuto
Roberto Occhiuto (born 13 May 1969), is an Italian politician, President of Calabria since 29 October 2021.
Biography Comunal and regional councilor
Brother of Mario Occhiuto, mayor of Cosenza from 2011 to 2021, Occhiuto was elected for the firs ...
Emilia Romagna
egl, Emigliàn (man) egl, Emiglièna (woman) rgn, Rumagnòl (man) rgn, Rumagnòla (woman) it, Emiliano (man) it, Emiliana (woman) or it, Romagnolo (man) it, Romagnola (woman)
, population_note =
, population_blank1_title ...
:
Stefano Bonaccini
Stefano Bonaccini (born 1 January 1967) is an Italian politician and member of the Democratic Party (PD). He has been serving as the president of Emilia-Romagna since 24 November 2014.
Bonaccini started his political career in the post-communist ...
Friuli Venezia Giulia
(man), it, Friulana (woman), it, Giuliano (man), it, Giuliana (woman)
, population_note =
, population_blank1_title =
, population_blank1 =
, demographics_type1 =
, demographics1_footnotes =
, demographics1_t ...
:
Massimiliano Fedriga
Massimiliano Fedriga (born 2 July 1980 in Verona) is an Italian Northern League politician.
He is the president of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia autonomous region.
Biography
Born in Verona on 2 July 1980 and raised in Trieste, Fedriga graduated in ...
Lazio
it, Laziale
, population_note =
, population_blank1_title =
, population_blank1 =
, demographics_type1 =
, demographics1_footnotes =
, demographics1_title1 =
, demographics1_info1 =
, demographics1_title2 ...
:
Nicola Zingaretti
Nicola Zingaretti (; born 11 October 1965) is an Italian politician who served as President of Lazio and was Secretary of the Democratic Party from March 2019 until March 2021.
During the 1990s, he was a prominent European youth leader, servi ...
Liguria
Liguria (; lij, Ligûria ; french: Ligurie) is a Regions of Italy, region of north-western Italy; its Capital city, capital is Genoa. Its territory is crossed by the Alps and the Apennine Mountains, Apennines Mountain chain, mountain range and is ...
:
Giovanni Toti
Giovanni Toti (born 7 September 1968) is an Italian journalist and politician, who has been President of Liguria since June 2015. Toti was also elected to the European Parliament, following the 2014 European Parliament election.
Biography
Born ...
Lombardy
Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...
:
Attilio Fontana
Attilio Fontana (born 28 March 1952) is an Italian politician from Varese, Lombardy. He has served as President of Lombardy since 2018 leading a centre-right coalition.
Biography Early political career
A long-time member of Lega Lombarda and Leg ...
Marche
Marche ( , ) is one of the twenty regions of Italy. In English, the region is sometimes referred to as The Marches ( ). The region is located in the central area of the country, bordered by Emilia-Romagna and the republic of San Marino to the ...
:
Francesco Acquaroli
Molise
Molise (, , ; nap, label=Neapolitan language, Neapolitan, Mulise) is a Regions of Italy, region of Southern Italy. Until 1963, it formed part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise, alongside the region of Abruzzo. The split, which did not become effe ...
:
Donato Toma
Donato Toma (born 4 December 1957) is an Italian politician and current president of Molise.
Biography
Toma graduated in Economy at the University of Naples Federico II and became a business consultant, teaching also at the University of Mol ...
Piedmont
it, Piemontese
, population_note =
, population_blank1_title =
, population_blank1 =
, demographics_type1 =
, demographics1_footnotes =
, demographics1_title1 =
, demographics1_info1 =
, demographics1_title2 ...
:
Alberto Cirio
Alberto Cirio (born 6 December 1972) is an Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Italy from 2014 to 2019. He is a member of the centre-right Forza Italia (2013), Forza Italia.
Biography
He studied law at the Universi ...
Apulia
it, Pugliese
, population_note =
, population_blank1_title =
, population_blank1 =
, demographics_type1 =
, demographics1_footnotes =
, demographics1_title1 =
, demographics1_info1 =
, demographic ...
:
Michele Emiliano
Michele Emiliano (born 23 July 1959) is an Italian politician and former judge. He is the incumbent president of Apulia Region since June 2015, and he previously served as mayor of Bari from 2004 to 2014. Emiliano has often been considered a popu ...
Sardinia
Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...
:
Christian Solinas
Christian Solinas (born 2 December 1976) is an Italian politician, leader of the Sardinian Action Party and President of Sardinia.
Biography
Born in Cagliari, Solinas has been a long-time member of the Sardinian Action Party and has been regiona ...
Sicily
(man) it, Siciliana (woman)
, population_note =
, population_blank1_title =
, population_blank1 =
, demographics_type1 = Ethnicity
, demographics1_footnotes =
, demographi ...
:
Nello Musumeci
Sebastiano "Nello" Musumeci (born 21 January 1955) is a right-wing Italian politician. Musumeci is serving as Minister for Civil Protection and Sea Policies since 22 October 2022 in the government of Giorgia Meloni.
He previously served as Presi ...
Tuscany
Tuscany ( ; it, Toscana ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence (''Firenze'').
Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, art ...
:
Eugenio Giani
Eugenio Giani (born 30 June 1959 in Empoli) is an Italian politician.
He started his political activity in the Italian Socialist Party and he was active in the City council of Florence, of which he became president in 2009. He became a member o ...
Trentino Alto Adige
Trentino ( lld, Trentin), officially the Autonomous Province of Trento, is an autonomous province of Italy, in the country's far north. The Trentino and South Tyrol constitute the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, an autonomous region ...
:
Maurizio Fugatti
Maurizio Fugatti (born 7 April 1972) is an Italian politician from the League party. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies 2006–2013 and again 2018–2019. He has been President of the Autonomous Province of Trentino since 2 November ...
Veneto
Veneto (, ; vec, Vèneto ) or Venetia is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about five million, ranking fourth in Italy. The region's capital is Venice while the biggest city is Verona.
Veneto was part of the Roman Empire unt ...
:
Luca Zaia
Luca Zaia (born 27 March 1968) is a Venetian and Venetist politician, who has been President of Veneto since 2010.
Prior to that, Zaia was President of the Province of Treviso from 1998 to 2005, Vice President of Veneto from 2005 to 2008 and M ...
Events
Central themes of the year
COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
The COVID-19 pandemic in Italy is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ().
The virus was first confirmed to have spread to Italy on 31 January 2020, when t ...
Protests over COVID-19 policies in Italy
Between 2020 and 2022 hundreds of people from all over Italy protested against COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, COVID-19 regulations. The protests ended with the abolishment of the majority of restrictions in June 2022. After the 2022 Italian general ...
Italian LGBTQ protests
January
*1 January:
New Year
New Year is the time or day currently at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar's year count increments by one. Many cultures celebrate the event in some manner. In the Gregorian calendar, the most widely used calendar system to ...
*13 January:
2021 Italian government crisis
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 Ministe ...
: Former Prime Minister
Matteo Renzi
Matteo Renzi (; born 11 January 1975) is an Italian politician who served as prime minister of Italy from 2014 to 2016. He has been a senator for Florence since 2018. Renzi has served as the leader of Italia Viva (IV) since 2019, having been ...
withdraws the
Italia Viva
Italia Viva (, IV) is a liberal political party in Italy founded in September 2019. The party is led by Matteo Renzi, a former Prime Minister of Italy and former secretary of the Democratic Party (PD).
History Background
Matteo Renzi started ...
party from the governing coalition.
*17 January: on
Rai 1
Rai 1 () is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It is the company's flagship television channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream and general ...
the first episode of the TV series set in
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
,
Mina settembre, is broadcast.
* 21 January: 100 years since the birth of the
communist party of italy
The Italian Communist Party ( it, Partito Comunista Italiano, PCI) was a communist
Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current ...
, today represented mainly by the
Party Communist (Italy) of
Marco Rizzo
Marco Rizzo (born 12 October 1959 in Turin) is an Italian politician, leader of the Communist Party (PC) and in 2022 with Sovereign and Popular Italy.
Biography
A graduate in political science in 1985, he was a lecturer in vocational guidance ( ...
.
*27 January: as a result of the government crisis, the
Conte Cabinet
The first Conte government was the 65th government of the Italian Republic. It was led by Giuseppe Conte, an independent, and it was in office from 1 June 2018 to 5 September 2019.
The cabinet was formed by a coalition between the Five Star Mo ...
falls, and the
Draghi Cabinet
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.
The Draghi government was formed followin ...
will be formed on 13 February.
*30 January: the
Nintendo Switch
The is a hybrid video game console developed by Nintendo and released worldwide in most regions on March 3, 2017. The console itself is a Tablet computer#Gaming tablet, tablet that can either be docking station, docked for use as a home video ...
totals 15 million sales on the Italian territory, surpassing the sales of the
Wii U
The Wii U ( ) is a home video game console developed by Nintendo as the successor to the Wii. Released in late 2012, it is the first eighth-generation video game console and competed with Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's PlayStation 4.
The W ...
.
February
*5 February: according to a survey, Italy is one of the safest nation on homicides, however femicides are increasing, 50% of which are Italian homicides.
*7 February: a transgender girl is attacked by a squadron in
Torre del Greco
Torre del Greco (; nap, Torre d' 'o Grieco; "Greek man's Tower") is a ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Naples in Italy, with a population of c. 85,000 . The locals are sometimes called ''Corallini'' because of the once plentiful cora ...
(Naples), the sentence comes from a member of
green Europe
Green Europe ( it, Europa Verde, EV), officially Green Europe – Greens (''Europa Verde – Verdi''), is a green political party in Italy. Its leaders are Angelo Bonelli, long-time leader of the former Federation of the Greens, and Eleonora Evi, ...
who declares this thing intolerable and the need for a law to protect LGBT people.
*13 February:
Mario Draghi
Mario Draghi (; born 3 September 1947) is an Italian economist, academic, banker and civil servant who served as prime minister of Italy from February 2021 to October 2022. Prior to his appointment as prime minister, he served as President of ...
is appointed prime minister, the
Draghi Cabinet
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.
The Draghi government was formed followin ...
is born. all parties except the right-wing
Brothers of Italy
Brothers of Italy ( it, Fratelli d'Italia, FdI) is a national-conservative and right-wing populist political party in Italy. It is led by Giorgia Meloni, the incumbent Prime Minister of Italy and the first woman to serve in the position. Accor ...
party take part in the Draghi government.
*22 February: Italian Ambassador to the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
Luca Attanasio
Luca Attanasio (23 May 1977 – 22 February 2021) was an Italian diplomat who served as the ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2017 until his murder there in 2021.
Early life
Attanasio was born on 23 May 1977 in Saronno, ...
is fatally wounded and died in a hospital in
Goma
Goma is the capital of North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located on the northern shore of Lake Kivu, next to the Rwandan city of Gisenyi. The lake and the two cities are in the Albertine Rift, the weste ...
, while his Italian bodyguard and his Congolese driver were directly killed, in an exchange of fire between the rangers of the
Virunga National Park
, iucn_category = II
, iucn_ref =
, location = Democratic Republic of the Congo
, map = Democratic Republic of the Congo
, relief = 1
, coordinates =
, area =
, established =
, nearest_city = Goma
, photo =Virunga National Park-107997 ...
and the probably Rwandan assailants who attacked the convoy of the
United Nations Organization Mission in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
of which it was a part.
* 23 February: the president of the democratic republic of the Congo
Felix Tshisekedi
Felix may refer to:
* Felix (name), people and fictional characters with the name
Places
* Arabia Felix is the ancient Latin name of Yemen
* Felix, Spain, a municipality of the province Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, S ...
meets the family of the Italian ambassador of the Congo Luca Attanasio killed in the city of
Goma
Goma is the capital of North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located on the northern shore of Lake Kivu, next to the Rwandan city of Gisenyi. The lake and the two cities are in the Albertine Rift, the weste ...
.
*27 February: the first decree signed by the new prime minister
Mario Draghi
Mario Draghi (; born 3 September 1947) is an Italian economist, academic, banker and civil servant who served as prime minister of Italy from February 2021 to October 2022. Prior to his appointment as prime minister, he served as President of ...
enters into force, it is a ban on travel to areas subject to lockdown.
March
*1 March: 160 years of relations and friendship between Iran and Italy.
*7 March:
Måneskin
Måneskin are an Italian Rock music, rock band formed in Rome in 2016. The band are composed of vocalist Damiano David, bassist Victoria De Angelis, guitarist Thomas Raggi, and drummer Ethan Torchio. Performing in the streets in their early days, ...
triumph in Sanremo with the song
Zitti e buoni
"Zitti e buoni" (; ) is a song by Italian rock band Måneskin. It was produced by the band and Fabrizio Ferraguzzo, and won the Sanremo Music Festival 2021, Sanremo Music Festival and Eurovision Song Contest 2021. The song was the band's commerc ...
, which gets 49% votes and 13 million plays.
* 8 March: strike of feminists in
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
.
* 14 March:
Nicola Zingaretti
Nicola Zingaretti (; born 11 October 1965) is an Italian politician who served as President of Lazio and was Secretary of the Democratic Party from March 2019 until March 2021.
During the 1990s, he was a prominent European youth leader, servi ...
resigns as secretary of the
Italian Democratic Party
The Italian Democratic Party ( it, Partito Democratico Italiano, PDI) was an Italian right-wing political party founded in 1944.
History
The party was founded by the union of the following clubs and movements:
* Centre of Italian Democracy ('' ...
in his place will be
Enrico Letta
Enrico Letta (; born 20 August 1966) is an Italian politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy from April 2013 to February 2014, leading a grand coalition of centre-left and centre-right parties. Since March 2021, Letta has been secretary ...
.
*17 March: 160 years from the
Italian unification
The unification of Italy ( it, Unità d'Italia ), also known as the ''Risorgimento'' (, ; ), was the 19th-century political and social movement that resulted in the consolidation of different states of the Italian Peninsula into a single ...
.
*18 March:for the first time in Italian football, a lgbt couple will have a baby on the route of the female Juventus player
Lina Hurtig
Lina Mona Andréa Hurtig (born 5 September 1995) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for English Women's Super League club Arsenal and the Sweden women's national team.
Club career
After turning 15, Hurtig, who is ...
and her partner
Lisa Lantz.
** 79 years from the last eruption of
Vesuvius
Mount Vesuvius ( ; it, Vesuvio ; nap, 'O Vesuvio , also or ; la, Vesuvius , also , or ) is a somma-stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples
The Gulf of Naples (), also called the Bay of Naples, is a roughly 15-kilometer-wide (9 ...
in 1944.
*20 March: in
Bolzano
Bolzano ( or ; german: Bozen, (formerly ); bar, Bozn; lld, Balsan or ) is the capital city of the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third la ...
a man kills his parents, the bodies will be found at the bottom of the river and the man will then be arrested.
*26 March: Twitter bans profiles of the far-right
Forza Nuova
New Force ( it, Forza Nuova, FN) is an Italian neo-fascist political party. It was founded by Roberto Fiore and Massimo Morsello. The party is a member of the Alliance for Peace and Freedom and was a part of the Social Alternative from 2003 to 20 ...
movement for inciting hatred and disinformation on
covid-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...
.
*30 March: Protests in
Verona
Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Northern Italy, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and the ...
by artisans, restaurateurs and farmers.
*31 March: a nurse who collaborated in the Denise Pipitone case in 2004, discovers a similarity between Denise Pipitone and olesya rostov a Russian girl, the case turns out to be decisive for reopening the investigation.
April
* 3 April: ternana calcio returns to Serie B after 7 years.
* 4 April:
Easter day
Easter,Traditional names for the feast in English are "Easter Day", as in the ''Book of Common Prayer''; "Easter Sunday", used by James Ussher''The Whole Works of the Most Rev. James Ussher, Volume 4'') and Samuel Pepys''The Diary of Samuel P ...
.
*6 April: Workers protest in front of
Montecitorio
The Palazzo Montecitorio () is a palace in Rome and the seat of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Italian Parliament.
History
The palace's name derives from the slight hill on which it is built, which was claimed to be the ''Mons ...
to ask for the immediate opening of activities blocked due to covid, clashes with the police are recorded while a man is dressed similar to the man who became a symbol of the attack of Donald Trump's supporters on the capitol,
CasaPound
CasaPound Italia (abbr. CPI; "House of Ezra Pound") is an Italian neo-fascist movement and formerly a political party born as a network of far-right social centres arising from the occupation of a state-owned building by squatters in the neighbo ...
also participates in the demonstration which is rejected by the police and by the demonstrators .
** street vendors demonstrate and block all the streets of
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
with vans and buses.
*8 April: the Denise Pipitone case reopens, after noting a similarity with a
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
n girl.
* 19 April:the Italian teams
inter
Inter may refer to:
Association football clubs
* Inter Milan, an Italian club
* SC Internacional, a Brazilian club
* Inter Miami CF, an American club
* FC Inter Sibiu, a Romanian club
* FC Inter Turku, a Finnish club
* FK Inter Bratislava, a forme ...
,
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
and
Juventus
Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...
are involved in the controversial issue of the super league.
** protests by restaurateurs against the government to ask for the immediate blocking of the A1 motorway in
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...
.
* 25 April:
Italian Liberation Day, 76 years after the liberation from fascism and the end of the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
in Italy.
**
Como football returns to Serie B after 6 years of C.
May
* 1 may: Italian
Workers' Day
International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day in some countries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of Wage labour, labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement and occurs every ye ...
* 3 May: the Marsala prosecutor's office returns to investigate the Denise Pipitone case, investigations at Anna Corona's home after 17 years from the disappearance of the 3-year-old girl.
* 4 may: 72 years after the
superga tragedy, which killed the entire Torino team.
** the Empoli football team returns to Serie A after 2 years of absence.
* 9 May: a Chinese satellite in free fall risks hitting southern Italy, fortunately it will fall far into the Indian ocean.
*10 May: after 23 years the
Salernitana
Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919, commonly referred to as Salernitana, is
an Italian football club based in Salerno, Campania. The original club was founded in 1919 and has been reconstituted three times in the course of its history, most recentl ...
football team returns to
Serie A
The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...
.
* 20 may:
Juventus
Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...
wins the
2020–21 Coppa Italia
The 2020–21 Coppa Italia (branded as the TIMVISION Cup for sponsorship reasons during the final) was the 74th edition of the national cup in Italian football.
Napoli were the defending champions, but were defeated by Atalanta in the semi-finals ...
by beating
Atalanta
Atalanta (; grc-gre, Ἀταλάντη, Atalantē) meaning "equal in weight", is a heroine in Greek mythology.
There are two versions of the huntress Atalanta: one from Arcadia, whose parents were Iasus and Clymene and who is primarily known ...
1-2.
*22 May:
Måneskin
Måneskin are an Italian Rock music, rock band formed in Rome in 2016. The band are composed of vocalist Damiano David, bassist Victoria De Angelis, guitarist Thomas Raggi, and drummer Ethan Torchio. Performing in the streets in their early days, ...
win
Eurovision Song Contest 2021
The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 was the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Rotterdam, Netherlands, following the country's win at the with the song "Arcade" by Duncan Laurence. The Netherlands was set to host the , ...
for Italy, giving Italy its first Eurovision win since
1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...
.
*23 May
**A
cable car Cable car most commonly refers to the following cable transportation systems:
* Aerial lift, such as aerial tramways and gondola lifts, in which the vehicle is suspended in the air from a cable
** Aerial tramway
** Chairlift
** Gondola lift
*** Bi ...
in
Mottarone
Mottarone is a mountain in the Western Alps of Piedmont, north-western Italy, with an elevation of 1,492 m. It is located between the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola and that of Novara.
Geography
The peak is in the communal territory of ...
,
Piedmont
it, Piemontese
, population_note =
, population_blank1_title =
, population_blank1 =
, demographics_type1 =
, demographics1_footnotes =
, demographics1_title1 =
, demographics1_info1 =
, demographics1_title2 ...
falls near the summit, killing at least 12 people.
Two children, aged 5 and 9, are taken to a hospital in
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
.
**Milanese team
Inter
Inter may refer to:
Association football clubs
* Inter Milan, an Italian club
* SC Internacional, a Brazilian club
* Inter Miami CF, an American club
* FC Inter Sibiu, a Romanian club
* FC Inter Turku, a Finnish club
* FK Inter Bratislava, a forme ...
, wins the
2020-21 Serie A after 10 years of domination by the Turin team
Juventus
Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...
.
** Roma become the first Italian team ever to qualify for the new uefa conference league.
**
Juventus women
Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), known for commercial purposes as Juventus Women or simply Juve Women, is a women's football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. It was established in 2017 as the women's section of th ...
achieve a historical record as the first official team in women's Serie A to have won 22 matches out of 22.
*27 May: the government intervenes in the case of Denise Pipitone, a parliamentary commission of inquiry is requested on the initiative of the deputies Alessia Morani and Carmelo Miceli of the
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
*Democratic Party (United States)
Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to:
Active parties Africa
*Botswana Democratic Party
*Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea
*Gabonese Democratic Party
*Demo ...
, to analyze any misdirections, conflicts of interest and anomalies of the previous 17 years of investigation work.
* 28 May:
Venezia Calcio returns to Serie A after 19 years.
*31 may: the powerful boss Giovanni brusca is released from prison after 25 years.
June
*2 june:
Republic Day
Republic Day is the name of a holiday in several countries to commemorate the day when they became republics.
List
January 1 January in Slovak Republic
The day of creation of Slovak republic. A national holiday since 1993. Officially cal ...
* 10 june: favij becomes the first Italian YouTuber on the platform with 6 million subscribers in front of me contro te and ipantallas.
*11 June:
euro 2020
The 2020 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2020 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2020) or simply Euro 2020, was the 16th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Europe ...
opens in Rome with Italy-Turkey (won 3-0 by Italy), the opening concert is done by
Andrea Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli (; born 22 September 1958) is an Italian tenor and multi-instrumentalist. He was born visually impaired, with congenital glaucoma, and at the age of 12, Bocelli became completely blind, following a brain hemorrhage resulting fro ...
, the tournament ends on 11 July with the victory of Italy.
*13 June:
Ardea shooting.
*18 June:
Novara ramming.
** the Alessandra football team returns to Serie B after 60 years.
* 21 June: Italservice wins the Italian 5-a-side football championship.
*23 June: A child who went missing in
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
has been found by a reporter sent to cover his disappearance. The child was found several kilometres from his home.
**3 European clubs, including
Juventus
Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...
, speak out against homophobia by coloring their rainbow crests on
Twitter
Twitter is an online social media and social networking service owned and operated by American company Twitter, Inc., on which users post and interact with 280-character-long messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and ...
.
July
*6 July: the filming of the TV series "La Sposa" with
Serena Rossi
Serena Rossi (born 31 August 1985) is an Italian actress, singer and television personality. She has acted in films and on stage, but is best known for her performance in the long-running Rai 3 soap opera ''Un Posto al Sole''.
Biography
Born ...
begins. The series will be broadcast on
Rai channels starting from 2022
*10 July: Islamic terrorism threatens Italy and foreign minister
Luigi di Maio
Luigi Di Maio (; born 6 July 1986) is an Italian former stadium beverage vendor and politician. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2019 to 2022, as Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Minister of Economic Development, Labour and Soci ...
,the terrorists said "we are waiting for the promise of our almighty god, that is
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
the city of the crusades and we will enter it epic battles are coming"
*11 July: The
Italian football team
The Italy national football team ( it, Nazionale di calcio dell'Italia) has represented Italy in international football since its first match in 1910. The national team is controlled by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), the governing body ...
wins the
Euro 2020
The 2020 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2020 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2020) or simply Euro 2020, was the 16th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Europe ...
football final at
Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium (branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium in Wembley, London. It opened in 2007 on the site of the Wembley Stadium (1923), original Wembley Stadium, which was demolished from 200 ...
against the
England team.
*19 July:homophobic assault on
bacoli
Bacoli (; la, Bauli) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about west of Naples.
Geography
Bacoli borders the municipalities of Monte di Procida and Pozzuoli.
Its territory, o ...
beach, people exclaimed to 2 lesbian women to leave because they disturb the children. immediate condemnation of the mayor of Bacoli and of the citizens.
*22 July:
Whirlpool
A whirlpool is a body of rotating water produced by opposing currents or a current running into an obstacle. Small whirlpools form when a bath or a sink is draining. More powerful ones formed in seas or oceans may be called maelstroms ( ). ''Vo ...
workers in
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
protest in Rome after the company confirmed its intention to close the plant and lay off employees.
*23 July: in
Sardinia
Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...
,
fires break out, later other regions will be affected.
**A bus on the island of
Capri
Capri ( , ; ; ) is an island located in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the Sorrento Peninsula, on the south side of the Gulf of Naples in the Campania region of Italy. The main town of Capri that is located on the island shares the name. It has been ...
crashes, causing 28 injuries and the death of the driver.
August
*1 August:
Marcell Jacobs
Lamont Marcell Jacobs Jr. (born 26 September 1994) is an Italian track and field sprinter and former long jumper. He is the 2020 Olympic 100 metres champion, the 2022 60 metres world champion, the 2022 European 100 metres champion, and a memb ...
wins the 100 meters at the
2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
, becoming the fastest man in the world.
*4 August: a report shows the data of complaints by lgbt assaulted, confirming the need for a law to protect LGBT people according to the report in Italy homophobic attacks occur every 3 days.
* 6 August: the Chievo football team known for 10 years in Serie A and for the climb from amateurs to professions is excluded from the Serie B championship.
*7 August: the Milan football team,
Inter
Inter may refer to:
Association football clubs
* Inter Milan, an Italian club
* SC Internacional, a Brazilian club
* Inter Miami CF, an American club
* FC Inter Sibiu, a Romanian club
* FC Inter Turku, a Finnish club
* FK Inter Bratislava, a forme ...
, sells striker
Romelu Lukaku
Romelu Lukaku Bolingoli (; born 13 May 1993) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Inter Milan, on loan from club Chelsea, and the Belgium national team.
Lukaku began his senior club career playing for Ander ...
to
Chelsea
Chelsea or Chelsey may refer to:
Places Australia
* Chelsea, Victoria
Canada
* Chelsea, Nova Scotia
* Chelsea, Quebec
United Kingdom
* Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames
** Chelsea (UK Parliament consti ...
for the sum of 115 million euros. and the most expensive deal in the entire series in recent years.
* 8 August: at the end of
Tokyo 2020
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
, Olympic Italy concludes the edition with 40 medals.
*9 August: Italy becomes the first European nation for the number of fires.
*9 August:
Mount Etna
Mount Etna, or simply Etna ( it, Etna or ; scn, Muncibbeḍḍu or ; la, Aetna; grc, Αἴτνα and ), is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Catania, between the cities of Messina a ...
erupts.
* 14 August: a child belonging to German tourists is lost in ancient Pompeii, the child will be found later in the temple of Apollo.
*21 August:
Serie A
The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...
begins, the Italian football championship, will begin on 21 August 2021 and will end on 22 May 2022.
*22 August: in
Pompeii
Pompeii (, ) was an ancient city located in what is now the ''comune'' of Pompei near Naples in the Campania region of Italy. Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area (e.g. at Boscoreale, Stabiae), was buried ...
a body dating back to 2000 years ago is found it is the body of the freedman Marco Venerio.
*23 August: solidarity and support for the Afghan population is expressed in the city of
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
when they flee from the Taliban regime, the demonstrations take place in a peaceful way and are attended by Afghan refugees and many Neapolitans.
*25 August: for the first time in 30 years, the leader of the
Lega,
Matteo Salvini
Matteo Salvini (; born 9 March 1973) is an Italian politician who has served as Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Italian Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Minister of Infrastructure and Transport since 2022. He has been List of Federal ...
is not a candidate for the
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
.
** 155 years of relations and friendships between Italy and Japan.
* 27 August: after 3 years in Italy, the Portuguese forward
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains the Portugal national team. He is currently a free agent. Widely regarded as one of the greatest p ...
leaves
Juventus
Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...
to return to
Manchester United
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to ...
.
*28 August: near
Monte Fiorino a girl is attacked in the woods by a pack of dogs, the girl will die torn as a result of the blows received by the dogs.
** no green pass demonstrations, tensions between the police and Forza Nuova the movement tries to reach palazzo chigi the police manage to divert their path towards the rai area, the tensions will not be tackled before evening.
*29 August:
Torre dei Moro fire
*31 August: the director of the
Sportitalia
Sportitalia is an Italian terrestrial and satellite television channel owned by Italian Sport Communication, specialized in sports broadcasting 24 hours a day. Sports broadcast include soccer, basketball, tennis, cycling, volley, motoristic spo ...
sports channel,
Michele criscitiello, has announced for this date the opening of a second sports channel dedicated to football called "Sportitalia SI Solo"
September
*1 September: the railway blockade announced by the no vax was to take place on this day in 54 Italian cities, but the demonstration turns out to be a flop.
* 2 September: president of Italian Republic
Sergio Mattarella
Sergio Mattarella (; born 23 July 1941) is an Italian politician, jurist, academic and lawyer who has served as the president of Italy since 2015.
A Christian leftist politician, Mattarella was a leading member of the Christian Democracy par ...
meet Congo president
Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo.
*1-11 September:
78th Venice International Film Festival
The 78th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 1 to 11 September 2021. South Korean director Bong Joon-ho was appointed as the President of the Jury, marking the first time a South Korean director has been picked as the festiv ...
*4 September: the
Italian women's volleyball team wins the
Euro volley against the Serbian national team.
*6 September: a chat
telegram
Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages where the sender uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than a physical exchange of an object bearing the message. Thus flag semaphore is a method of telegraphy, whereas p ...
called "stop dictatorship" belonging to the no vax is seized by the Turin prosecutor, on the chat there are telephone numbers of the parliamentarians of
Palazzo Chigi
The Chigi Palace ( it, Palazzo Chigi ) is a palace and former noble residence in Rome which is the seat of the Council of Ministers and the official residence of the Prime Minister of Italy. Since 22 October 2022, the tenant of the Chigi Palace h ...
, well-known politicians, virologists and government programs.
*10 September: hornets recurring to the Asian race are sighted in the city of
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
. This is the first time that the insect has been sighted in Italy, after the cases in the United States and Canada.
*a whirlwind hits the island of
Pantelleria
Pantelleria (; Sicilian: ''Pantiddirìa'', Maltese: ''Pantellerija'' or ''Qawsra''), the ancient Cossyra or Cossura, is an Italian island and comune in the Strait of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, southwest of Sicily and east of the Tunis ...
, killing 2 people and injuring 9.
*11 September: the Napoli-Juventus match will be the most watched Italian match in the world, with coverage in Africa, Europe, Canada, the United States, China, Japan, Australia and India.
*19 September: the
Italian men's volleyball team wins the
men's euro volleyball against Slovenia 3-2.
*20 September: the right-wing
Brothers of Italy
Brothers of Italy ( it, Fratelli d'Italia, FdI) is a national-conservative and right-wing populist political party in Italy. It is led by Giorgia Meloni, the incumbent Prime Minister of Italy and the first woman to serve in the position. Accor ...
party and the movement in favor of the protection of
The People of Family
The People of Family ( it, Il Popolo della Famiglia, PdF), is a social conservative political party in Italy. Its leader and President is Mario Adinolfi, writer and director of ''La Croce'' newspaper and former member of the Democratic Party.
I ...
children ask for the censorship of advertising for
sex education
Sex education, also known as sexual education, sexuality education or sex ed, is the instruction of issues relating to human sexuality, including emotional relations and responsibilities, human sexual anatomy, Human sexual activity, sexual acti ...
in Milan, and also ask for the targ +18 on the Netflix series.
*24 September: to date, about 67% of Italians (40 million inhabitants) are vaccinated against COVID-19.
** Friday for future takes place in
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
, demonstrations by environmentalists against governments for the protection of the environment.
*26 September: the Italian basketball championship will start.
** the
pastry world cup is won by Italy for the third time.
*28 September: Italy wins the largest pumpkin in the world with a weight of 1226 kilos.
October
* 1 October: new demonstrations in Milan for Friday for future, school strikes and demonstrations throughout the city.
* 3 October: a private plane
crashes into a building in
San Donato Milanese
San Donato Milanese (Milanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan. It is served by the San Donato underground station right on the borderline betw ...
near Milan, killing all 8 people on board.
** during the
Serie A
The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...
Fiorentina-Napoli match won 1-2 by the Neapolitan team, racist insults against the players
Kalidou Koulibaly
Kalidou Koulibaly (born 20 June 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Chelsea and the Senegal national team.
Koulibaly began his professional club career with French team Metz in 2010, before mo ...
,
Victor Osimhen
Victor James Osimhen (born 29 December 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Napoli and the Nigeria national team.
Born in Nigeria, Osimhen began his senior career in Germany at VfL Wolfsburg in 2017. Fol ...
and
André-Frank Zambo Anguissa
André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (born 16 November 1995) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Napoli and the Cameroon national team.
Club career
Zambo Anguissa joined Marseille in 2015 from Stade de Reims. H ...
manifest themselves among the fans. the culprits will be identified and banished from the Artemio Franchi stadium.
* 3–4 October:
2021 Italian local elections
The 2021 Italian local elections were held on 3 and 4 October. Originally scheduled as usual between 15 April and 15 June with run-offs two weeks later, the Government of Italy announced on 4 March that they were postponed to after the summer due ...
* 5 October: the physicist
Giorgio Parisi
Giorgio Parisi (born 4 August 1948) is an Italian theoretical physicist, whose research has focused on quantum field theory, statistical mechanics and complex systems. His best known contributions are the QCD evolution equations for parton densit ...
wins the nobel prize for physics.
* 6 October: a referendum is requested to legalize same-sex marriage through a petition, the current Italian system does not allow referendums for approval but only abrogations but with 50,000 signatures the government will be obliged to discuss it to date Italy is the only nation in Europe not having same-sex marriage.
* 6–9 October: 6 - The
2021 UEFA Nations League finals take place in
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
, and are won by
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
.
* 8 October:
Eurovision Song Contest 2022
The Eurovision Song Contest 2022 was the 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Turin, Italy, following the country's victory at the with the song "" by Måneskin. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and h ...
will be hosted in
turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
.
* 9 October: Violence in
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
, 12 arrests including the leaders of neo-fascist organization
Forza Nuova
New Force ( it, Forza Nuova, FN) is an Italian neo-fascist political party. It was founded by Roberto Fiore and Massimo Morsello. The party is a member of the Alliance for Peace and Freedom and was a part of the Social Alternative from 2003 to 20 ...
Fiore and Castellino are also in handcuffs, In the clashes 38 officers were injured, 600 protesters identified.
** the men's volleyball championship starts.
* 10 October: following the events that took place the day before, the
Democratic Party (Italy)
The Democratic Party ( it, Partito Democratico , PD) is a social-democratic political party in Italy. The party's secretary is Enrico Letta, who was elected by the national assembly in March 2021, after the resignation of the former leader Nico ...
presents a motion to dissolve the fascist organizations including
CasaPound
CasaPound Italia (abbr. CPI; "House of Ezra Pound") is an Italian neo-fascist movement and formerly a political party born as a network of far-right social centres arising from the occupation of a state-owned building by squatters in the neighbo ...
and
Forza Nuova
New Force ( it, Forza Nuova, FN) is an Italian neo-fascist political party. It was founded by Roberto Fiore and Massimo Morsello. The party is a member of the Alliance for Peace and Freedom and was a part of the Social Alternative from 2003 to 20 ...
, while many will hold an anti-fascist demonstration on October 16.
*11 October:
fifa 22
''FIFA 22'' is a football simulation video game published by Electronic Arts. It is the 29th installment in the ''FIFA series'', and was released worldwide on 1 October 2021 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Windows, Xb ...
dominates the Italian video game market, becoming the first game by number of purchases by Italian gamers
* 12 October: the postal police decided to block the official website of the far-right
Forza Nuova
New Force ( it, Forza Nuova, FN) is an Italian neo-fascist political party. It was founded by Roberto Fiore and Massimo Morsello. The party is a member of the Alliance for Peace and Freedom and was a part of the Social Alternative from 2003 to 20 ...
movement after the attacks in Rome, the movement allegedly incited hatred, inequality, racism including the attacks of Rome through they portals.
*14 October: for the first time, 2 transgender girls underwent sex change in the same hospital, operating room and schedule in Florence hospital.
*15 October:no vax and no green pass demonstrations, take place in various Italian cities, there are few demonstrators in Naples (300 people), while in Rome Milan and Genoa count a few thousand people, the peak is in
Trieste
Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into provi ...
with 5 miles of people on the street where try to infiltrate the crowd the far-right groups
Forza Nuova
New Force ( it, Forza Nuova, FN) is an Italian neo-fascist political party. It was founded by Roberto Fiore and Massimo Morsello. The party is a member of the Alliance for Peace and Freedom and was a part of the Social Alternative from 2003 to 20 ...
and
CasaPound
CasaPound Italia (abbr. CPI; "House of Ezra Pound") is an Italian neo-fascist movement and formerly a political party born as a network of far-right social centres arising from the occupation of a state-owned building by squatters in the neighbo ...
and some
far-left
Far-left politics, also known as the radical left or the extreme left, are politics further to the left on the left–right political spectrum than the standard political left. The term does not have a single definition. Some scholars consider ...
groups both rejected by the demonstrators and the police to maintain order after the events in
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
.
**the historic airline
Alitalia
Alitalia - Società Aerea Italiana Società per azioni, S.p.A., operating as Alitalia (), was an Italian airline which was once the flag carrier and largest airline of Italy. The company had its head office in Fiumicino, Metropolitan City of ...
changes its name to ita airways.
** 18 Italian films are nominated for the Oscars as best foreign film.
** to date
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fil ...
has 4 million subscribers compared to 2020 (2 million subscribers), subscriptions have increased thanks to the Korean series
squid game
''Squid Game'' () is a South Korean survival drama television series created by Hwang Dong-hyuk for Netflix. Its cast includes Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-joon, HoYeon Jung, O Yeong-su, Heo Sung-tae, Anupam Tripathi, and Kim Joo-ryou ...
.
**
Giorgia Meloni
Giorgia Meloni (; born 15 January 1977) is an Italian politician who has been serving as the Prime Minister of Italy since 22 October 2022, the first woman to hold this position. A member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2006, she has led the ...
leader of
Brothers of Italy
Brothers of Italy ( it, Fratelli d'Italia, FdI) is a national-conservative and right-wing populist political party in Italy. It is led by Giorgia Meloni, the incumbent Prime Minister of Italy and the first woman to serve in the position. Accor ...
is rejected by a visit to the jewish community, after the words of the candidate for mayor in Rome
Enrico Michetti.
* 16 October: the demonstration against fascism is held in
rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
, 60,000 people participate in defense of italian democracy, in support of the institutions affected last Saturday the demonstration presented a slogan "no more fascisms",while the government evaluates the dissolution of
New Force.
*16-17 October:
2021 Turin municipal election
The 2021 Turin municipal election took place in Turin, Italy, on 3 and 4 October 2021, to elect the mayor and the 38 members of the Turin city council. Since no mayoral candidate won a majority of votes on the first round, a runoff was held on 17 ...
and
2021 Rome municipal election
Municipal elections took place in Rome, Italy, on 3 and 4 October 2021, with a runoff round on 17 and 18 October 2021. Open for election were the post of Mayor of Rome and the 49 seats of the City Council of Rome, as well as the presidents and cou ...
final ballot
*18 October: 26 people investigated in Napoli, Caserta, Avellino, Siena, Roma, Torino, Ragusa, Lecce e Ferrara, are investigated for instigation to neo-nazism and supremacism.
** violence of no vax and no green pass in
Trieste
Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into provi ...
, demonstrators attack the police by overturning a police van, more than 2000 people participate, four people are reported.
**
Alessandra Amoroso
Alessandra Amoroso (; born 12 August 1986 in Galatina, Province of Lecce) is an Italian pop/soul singer, songwriter, producer and TV personality. She was the winner of the 2009 edition of the Italian talent show ''Amici di Maria De Filippi''. S ...
releases her album
Tutto Accade, on the same day she starts her tour in
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
.
*19 October: the former senator of
brothers of Italy
Brothers of Italy ( it, Fratelli d'Italia, FdI) is a national-conservative and right-wing populist political party in Italy. It is led by Giorgia Meloni, the incumbent Prime Minister of Italy and the first woman to serve in the position. Accor ...
,
Giancarlo Pittelli
Giancarlo is an Italian given name meaning "John Charles". It is one of the most common masculine given names in Italy and is often short for "Giovanni Carlo". Notable people with the name include:
List
A
* Giancarlo Agazzi (1933–1995), Italia ...
, is arrested in an anti-mafia bliz.
**
Rome film festival 2021,
quentin tarantino
Quentin Jerome Tarantino (; born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, writer, producer, and actor. His films are characterized by stylized violence, extended dialogue, profanity, Black comedy, dark humor, Nonlinear narrative, non-lin ...
is awarded as best director.
*20 October: starting from this day the digital terrestrial channels will broadcast only in HD, in view of the television revolution that will take place in 2023.
**hacker attack on the
SIAE
SIAE ( en, Italian Society of Authors and Publishers, Italian: Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori) is the Italian copyright collecting agency. Founded in 1882 in the Kingdom of Italy, it is the monopolist intermediary between the author ...
** in the town of
Ercolano
Ercolano () is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania of Southern Italy. It lies at the western foot of Mount Vesuvius, on the Bay of Naples, just southeast of the city of Naples. The medieval town of Resina () was bui ...
an employee is fired after she has performed live hot in her office.
*21 October: the Korean mosquito spreads to northern Italy.
*23 October:10 years after the death of the pilot
Marco Simoncelli
Marco Simoncelli (;
20 January 198723 October 2011), nicknamed Sic (), was an Italian professional motorcycle racer. He competed in the MotoGP World Championship for 10 years from 2002 to 2011. He started in the 125cc class before moving up to ...
** at
expo dubai, the cuisine of
Lazio
it, Laziale
, population_note =
, population_blank1_title =
, population_blank1 =
, demographics_type1 =
, demographics1_footnotes =
, demographics1_title1 =
, demographics1_info1 =
, demographics1_title2 ...
wins the gratitude of the sheikhs.
* 24 October: the MotoGP rider
Valentino Rossi
Valentino Rossi (; ; born 16 February 1979) is an Italian former professional motorcycle road racer and nine-time Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champion. Nicknamed ''The Doctor'', he is widely considered to be one of the greatest motorcyc ...
runs his last race in Italy in his career.
** 1942 years from the first largest eruption of
Vesuvius
Mount Vesuvius ( ; it, Vesuvio ; nap, 'O Vesuvio , also or ; la, Vesuvius , also , or ) is a somma-stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples
The Gulf of Naples (), also called the Bay of Naples, is a roughly 15-kilometer-wide (9 ...
which destroyed ancient
Pompeii
Pompeii (, ) was an ancient city located in what is now the ''comune'' of Pompei near Naples in the Campania region of Italy. Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area (e.g. at Boscoreale, Stabiae), was buried ...
.
*21-24 October: The Europa Cup of Sails will be held in
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
on the
isla of Nisida.
*25 October: covid infections in Italy return to rise,
Trieste
Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into provi ...
becomes the city with more 139 positive infections out of 100 thousand inhabitants following the no vax and no green protests.
** an Afghan soldier threatened by the Taliban because she is a woman, is welcomed in Italy and will have residence in Verona.
*26 October: The Medicane hurricane formed in the Mediterranean strikes Sicily and Calabria, causing 2 victims, The mayors close the schools and ask the population to stay at home to avoid damage.
* 27 October: the secret vote wanted by the right-wing parties (
league for salvini premier
Lega ( en, League), whose official name is Lega per Salvini Premier ( en, League for Salvini Premier; abbr. LSP or LpSP), is a right-wing populist political party in Italy, led by Matteo Salvini. The LSP is the informal successor of Lega Nord ( ...
and
Forza Italia
Forza ItaliaThe name is not usually translated into English: ''forza'' is the second-person singular imperative of ''forzare'', in this case translating to "to compel" or "to press", and so means something like "Forward, Italy", "Come on, Ital ...
) block the zan bill the anti-discrimination law, the greatest shame is recorded in the senate where right-wing exponents rejoiced over the pain of
LGBT
' is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use since the 1990s, the initialism, as well as some of its common variants, functions as an umbrella term for sexuality and gender identity.
The LGBT term is a ...
.
** in Italy the entertainment platform
Pluto TV
Pluto TV is a free, ad-supported video streaming service owned and operated by the Paramount Streaming division of Paramount Global. Co-founded by Tom Ryan, Ilya Pozin and Nick Grouf in 2013 and based in Los Angeles, California, in the United Sta ...
lands, the Italian country becomes the 26th country of the platform.
* 28 October: In
Ercolano
Ercolano () is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania of Southern Italy. It lies at the western foot of Mount Vesuvius, on the Bay of Naples, just southeast of the city of Naples. The medieval town of Resina () was bui ...
(province of Naples) 2 boys are killed after a man has mistaken them for thieves.
* 30–31 October: change of time, Italy will adopt solar time from this day until March 2022.
**the
G20
The G20 or Group of Twenty is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union (EU). It works to address major issues related to the global economy, such as international financial stability, climate change mitigation, ...
will be held in
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
and will be in the red zone for reasons of public order.
*30 October: marco rizzo's communist party organizes a demonstration against Draghi outside the G20 headquarters, playing the anthem of the soviet union however only 300 protesters are registered.
** violence of no green passes in
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
kicked by police, insults to the mayor
Giuseppe Sala
Giuseppe "Beppe" Sala (born 28 May 1958) is an Italian manager and politician, currently mayor of Milan. He was CEO of Expo 2015 in Milan from 2010 to 2015. He became mayor of Milan in 2016, supported by the centre-left coalition, and he was con ...
and attack on a television truope the people involved are 4000.
** the city of Naples from Posillipo and the Spanish quarters pays homage to
Diego Armando Maradona
Diego Armando Maradona (; 30 October 196025 November 2020) was an Argentine professional football player and manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he was one of the two joint winners of the FI ...
on the day of his 61st birthday, the football legend played for Naples between 1985 and 1991, many emotions after the death on November 25, 2020 of the former football player.
**
Måneskin
Måneskin are an Italian Rock music, rock band formed in Rome in 2016. The band are composed of vocalist Damiano David, bassist Victoria De Angelis, guitarist Thomas Raggi, and drummer Ethan Torchio. Performing in the streets in their early days, ...
are nominated for the
American Music Awards
The American Music Awards (AMAs) is an annual American music awards show, generally held in the fall, created by Dick Clark in 1973 for ABC when the network's contract to air the Grammy Awards expired, and currently produced by Dick Clark Produc ...
.
* 31 October: Italy wins gold and silver at the 2021 butterfly-style rhythmic gymnastics world championships.
** in Serie A
S.C.C Napoli and
Salernitana
Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919, commonly referred to as Salernitana, is
an Italian football club based in Salerno, Campania. The original club was founded in 1919 and has been reconstituted three times in the course of its history, most recentl ...
face each other after 73 years the derby is won by the Neapolitan team for 0-1, the last official match in Serie A between the 2 teams dates back to the
1947-1948 Serie A.
** Italy becomes European champion in American football, beating Sweden 41 to 14.
November
*1 November:
All Saints' Day
All Saints' Day, also known as All Hallows' Day, the Feast of All Saints, the Feast of All Hallows, the Solemnity of All Saints, and Hallowmas, is a Christian solemnity celebrated in honour of all the saints of the church, whether they are know ...
.
** Brazilian president
Jair Bolsonaro
Jair Messias Bolsonaro (; born 21 March 1955) is a Brazilian politician and retired military officer who has been the 38th president of Brazil since 1 January 2019. He was elected in 2018 as a member of the Social Liberal Party, which he turn ...
receives honorary citizenship of
Anguillara will be greeted by a crowd of applause and protests from the Brazilian community in Italy.
** the Italian Jewish community protests in
Novara
Novara (, Novarese: ) is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With 101,916 inhabitants (on 1 January 2021), it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin. It is ...
against the no green pass and no vax since the latter compare vaccines and green passes to the Jewish tragedy during the Nazi and Fascist regimes.
**the first Lady
Jill Biden
Jill Tracy Jacobs Biden (born June 3, 1951) is an American educator and the current first lady of the United States since 2021, as the wife of President Joe Biden. She was the second lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017 when her hus ...
visit the city of Naples, remembering the traditions of her grandparents she is moved.
** the mayor of
Terni
Terni ( , ; lat, Interamna (Nahars)) is a city in the southern portion of the region of Umbria in central Italy. It is near the border with Lazio. The city is the capital of the province of Terni, located in the plain of the Nera river. It is ...
approves an ordinance against prostitution by violating miniskirts and necklines in some areas, many are the criticisms that according to many undermine the freedom of women.
*2 November:
Commemoration of the dead.
**
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
is flooded, 140 cm of water cover the city.
** the killer Igor who killed a bartender in the province of
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...
and a man in
Ferrara
Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream ...
is arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment.
**in
Ferrara
Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream ...
homophobic attack on gay boys, the assailants aged between 15 and 25 using phrases "Mussolini would have burned you" immediate condemnation from all over Italy.
* 3 November: the last film (io sono babbo natale) ever by
Gigi Proietti
Luigi "Gigi" Proietti (2 November 1940 – 2 November 2020) was an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian, musician, singer and television presenter.
Early life
He was born in Rome to Romano Proietti, originally from Umbria, and Giovanna Ceci, a ...
is released one year after the actor's death.
** the cyclone Poppea affects a large part of Italy inconveniences especially in
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
and
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
.
** the discontent of LGBT people continues after the non-approval of the zan bill by the center right, the demonstrations in 44 Italian cities in
Pescara
Pescara (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Pescàrë; nap, label= Pescarese, Piscàrë) is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 119,217 (2018) residents (and approxim ...
banners mention "it's shameful to grab it" .
*4 November:
National Unity and Armed Forces Day
National Unity and Armed Forces Day is an Italian national day since 1919 which commemorates the victory in World War I, a war event considered the completion of the process of unification of Italy. It is celebrated every 4 November, which is the ...
.
** Italy signs COP26 interrupting all financing to countries that invest in fossil fuels, therefore Italy is the 21st country to sign.
** the government officially bans homophobic and transphobic advertisements used by many marches of groups such as pro vita, the movement for families and sometimes by the far-right movement Forza Nuova, so many criticisms have come from groups for families.
** the tar rejects the appeal of the unions and
Whirlpool
A whirlpool is a body of rotating water produced by opposing currents or a current running into an obstacle. Small whirlpools form when a bath or a sink is draining. More powerful ones formed in seas or oceans may be called maelstroms ( ). ''Vo ...
of Naples workers confirming the layoffs.
** robbers kidnap a goldsmith in
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
holding employees hostage for 2 hours, steal watches and jewels worth 1 million euros.
* 5 November: The
carabinieri
The Carabinieri (, also , ; formally ''Arma dei Carabinieri'', "Arm of Carabineers"; previously ''Corpo dei Carabinieri Reali'', "Royal Carabineers Corps") are the national gendarmerie of Italy who primarily carry out domestic and foreign polic ...
arrest 3 people including 2 drug dealers in the city of
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
, the police also confiscated 320 euros for a tour that would have amounted to 1 million euros.
** the governor of the
Campania
Campania (, also , , , ) is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islands and the i ...
region
Vincenzo De Luca
Vincenzo De Luca (born 8 May 1949) is an Italian politician, member of the Democratic Party, currently serving as President of the Campania region since 18 June 2015. De Luca also served as Mayor of Salerno for more than 17 years, becoming one ...
is under investigation for corruption.
* 6 November: the demonstration in favor of research into the treatment against breast cancer is held in
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
, the new mayor of Naples
Gaetano Manfredi
Gaetano Manfredi (Ottaviano, 4 January 1964) is an Italian university professor and politician. He has been mayor of Naples since 2021, and has served as the Minister of University and Research in the second government of Giuseppe Conte from 2 ...
and the president of the Napoli soccer team
Aurelio De Laurentiis
Aurelio De Laurentiis (born 24 May 1949) is an Italian film producer through his company, Filmauro, and the owner of Italian Association football, football clubs S.S.C. Napoli, Napoli (of which he is also chairman) and S.S.C. Bari, Bari.
He is ...
and player
Kalidou Koulibaly
Kalidou Koulibaly (born 20 June 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Chelsea and the Senegal national team.
Koulibaly began his professional club career with French team Metz in 2010, before mo ...
also participate.
** new important discovery in
Pompeii
Pompeii (, ) was an ancient city located in what is now the ''comune'' of Pompei near Naples in the Campania region of Italy. Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area (e.g. at Boscoreale, Stabiae), was buried ...
the entire slave room re-emerges.
** 4000 people show up at the no green pass demonstration in
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
journalists are still attacked and clashes with the police are recorded, the situation worsens even in
Trieste
Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into provi ...
where 8000 people clash with the police, all demonstrators will be reported.
** Italy of the six nations gets a historic result 20 minutes 0-0 against
All blacks
The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks ( mi, Ōpango), represents New Zealand in men's international rugby union, which is considered the country's national sport. The team won the Rugby World Cup in 1987 ...
, however there is a resounding defeat for 49-9
* 7 November: 800 illegal immigrants from africa land in
Sicily
(man) it, Siciliana (woman)
, population_note =
, population_blank1_title =
, population_blank1 =
, demographics_type1 = Ethnicity
, demographics1_footnotes =
, demographi ...
, harsh criticism from center-right leader
Matteo Salvini
Matteo Salvini (; born 9 March 1973) is an Italian politician who has served as Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Italian Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Minister of Infrastructure and Transport since 2022. He has been List of Federal ...
.
** Italy returns to the podium of the New York marathon, the 28-year-old faniel of Eritrean origin is ranked third.
** the ski season opens with regard to the Italian winter tourist season.
** the former Minister of Sport
Vincenzo Spadafora comes out live on TV as a homosexual.
** the
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
reopens the borders to Italy after 20 months that have been closed for covid-19.
* 8 November: bad weather in Italy, 7 regions (Puglia, Lazio, Campania, Molise, Abruzzo, Sicily, Basilicata,) are on yellow alert.
**
Trento
Trento ( or ; Ladin and lmo, Trent; german: Trient ; cim, Tria; , ), also anglicized as Trent, is a city on the Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th centu ...
is confirmed as the greenest city in Italy, in the Trentino city there is the highest respect for the environment in Italy for 2021.
* 9 November: the viminale block no green pass group from tomorrow yes to demonstrations but no to demonstrations in historic centers, no to parades and demonstrations with masks.
** for green pass demonstration
Trieste
Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into provi ...
become first city in
Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...
for infections covid-19.
* 10 November: in
padua
Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...
there is a no vax demonstration where 340 people participate, on the same day the workers of the square of Padua organize a counter demonstration because they are unable to work due to the no vax demonstrations.
** Avian flu returns to Italy, there are 20 cases in the north-east of the country while there is a case in
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
.
* 11 November: the sports streaming platform
DAZN
DAZN ( "da zone") is a global sports entertainment platform. Different to traditional linear and satellite broadcasting, DAZN is an over-the-top (OTT) streaming service meaning that it is delivered directly to viewers via the internet.
The ...
blocks dual subscribers in an attempt to stop piracy.
* 12 November: Vasco Rossi's new album "siamo qui" will be released.
**arrests and investigations into money laundering allegations from italy to albania, 2 arrests.
*13 November: demonstrations of the no green pass flop all over Italy, in
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
an attempt is made to create a forbidden procession but this is immediate by the police,2 arrest and 30 identified.
** the premiere of the house of gucci film is held in
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
, with the participation of the world-famous actress and singer
lady Gaga
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta ( ; born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her image reinventions and musical versatility. Gaga began performing as a teenag ...
and the transgender italian actress
Vittoria Schisano.
** in
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
the 145CM Christmas lights are turned on cover the city that already breathes the air of Christmas.
* 14 November:
Valentino Rossi
Valentino Rossi (; ; born 16 February 1979) is an Italian former professional motorcycle road racer and nine-time Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champion. Nicknamed ''The Doctor'', he is widely considered to be one of the greatest motorcyc ...
Italian legend of motogp, disputes his last race in his career.
** at MTV ema 2021,
Måneskin
Måneskin are an Italian Rock music, rock band formed in Rome in 2016. The band are composed of vocalist Damiano David, bassist Victoria De Angelis, guitarist Thomas Raggi, and drummer Ethan Torchio. Performing in the streets in their early days, ...
become the best rock band, the first for Italy.
*15 November: sensationally, Italy football lacks direct access to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and will therefore have to go through the playoffs.
** searches of 17 activists present in the telegram group enough dictatorship, users allegedly threatened imprisonment against those who got vaccinated, death of some state officials including prime minister
Mario Draghi
Mario Draghi (; born 3 September 1947) is an Italian economist, academic, banker and civil servant who served as prime minister of Italy from February 2021 to October 2022. Prior to his appointment as prime minister, he served as President of ...
, references to fascism and possession of weapons.
*16 November: a maxi police operation arrests 12 men in
Catania
Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also by ...
for importing drugs from Holland and Albania.
**a man kills his son and seriously injures his wife in
Viterbo
Viterbo (; Viterbese: ; lat-med, Viterbium) is a city and ''comune'' in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo.
It conquered and absorbed the neighboring town of Ferento (see Ferentium) in its early history. ...
, the case becomes national.
* 17 November: in the city of
Sassuolo
Sassuolo (; egl, label=Modenese dialect, Modenese, Sasól ) is an Italian town, ''comune'', and industrial centre of the Province of Modena in Emilia-Romagna.
Standing on the right bank of the river Secchia some southwest of Modena, the town ...
a man exterminates his family, especially his wife, 2 children and mother-in-law while he commits suicide.
** in
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
14 arrests are made for corruption, those involved had tried to enter the armed forces by paying.
** 2 tornadoes hit the Sicilian city of
Ragusa Ragusa is the historical name of Dubrovnik. It may also refer to:
Places Croatia
* the Republic of Ragusa (or Republic of Dubrovnik), the maritime city-state of Ragusa
* Cavtat (historically ' in Italian), a town in Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Cro ...
causing one death.
* 18 November: Alessandra Amoroso's Italian tour ends to
Bergamo
Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ...
.
*19 November: as in all of Europe, the remakes of the games pokemon,
pokemon diamond and
pokemon Pearl arrive in Italy.
** in the province of
Caserta
Caserta () is the capital of the province of Caserta in the Campania region of Italy. It is an important agricultural, commercial, and industrial ''comune'' and city. Caserta is located on the edge of the Campanian plain at the foot of the Camp ...
a building collapses following a gas leak, a woman will be extracted alive from the rubble.
** grandmother peppina, symbol of the earthquake victims in central Italy, dies.
*20 November: a no green pass restaurant is closed by the police for violations of the anti-covid rules near
rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
.
** in
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
there is a demonstration of the no green passes, among the shame stands out the references to conspiracy theory on covid-19 and vaccines and the comparison between the state of emergency and the Shoah, while in
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
the police identify 257 people and 2 are put under investigation after trying to reach piazza del duomo using violence.
** at about 10:30 the only surviving person of the collapse of the
Caserta
Caserta () is the capital of the province of Caserta in the Campania region of Italy. It is an important agricultural, commercial, and industrial ''comune'' and city. Caserta is located on the edge of the Campanian plain at the foot of the Camp ...
building which occurred due to a gas leak the previous day dies, the woman died as a result of burns on the body.
*21 November:
World day of italian sandwich.
** a baby Gang carries out acts of violence in the city of
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
, 20 boys between 16 and 18 insult, kidnap, and beat their peers including 2 girls.
*23 November: 41 years after the irpinia earthquake in
Avellino
Avellino () is a town and ''comune'', capital of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by mountains east of Naples and is an important hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento. ...
.
** throughout Italy there are demonstrations against violence against women, in the city of
Bari
Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy a ...
red ceramic shoes are put on the square.
* 25 November: the photo of the green-eyed Afghan girl is rescued in Italy.
** a year after the death of Maradona a statue is inaugurated in the city of
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
, the former captain of Naples Giordano puts the captain's armband on the statue.
* 26 November: Italy and France sign a treaty of friendship and cooperation, strengthening cultural, economic and political ties.
**due to the new variant of the
covid-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...
virus, Italy blocks travel from African countries South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia and eSwatini.
*27 November:
Juventus
Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...
is being investigated for capital gains and false financial statements in the operation that brought
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains the Portugal national team. He is currently a free agent. Widely regarded as one of the greatest p ...
to Juventus in 2018.
* 28 November: first italian case of the new omicron variant of covid-19 identified in south africa, it is a citizen residing in
Caserta
Caserta () is the capital of the province of Caserta in the Campania region of Italy. It is an important agricultural, commercial, and industrial ''comune'' and city. Caserta is located on the edge of the Campanian plain at the foot of the Camp ...
who had been in
Mozambique
Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...
.
** the president Aurelio De Laurentiis, the former president of the company Corrado fellaini, the new mayor of Naples gaetano Manfredi inaugurate a statue in honor of
Diego Armando Maradona
Diego Armando Maradona (; 30 October 196025 November 2020) was an Argentine professional football player and manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he was one of the two joint winners of the FI ...
a few hours before Naples-Lazio that will be placed in the stands.
* 29 November: due to the increase in
covid-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...
cases following the no green pass and no vax events,
Friuli Venezia Giulia
(man), it, Friulana (woman), it, Giuliano (man), it, Giuliana (woman)
, population_note =
, population_blank1_title =
, population_blank1 =
, demographics_type1 =
, demographics1_footnotes =
, demographics1_t ...
passes from the white area to the yellow area with consequent return to restrictions.
December
*1 December: the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is available to over 40s.
*2 December:
Facebook
Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin M ...
removes a no vax network intending to carry out acts of harassment and vandalism between Italy and
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
.
* 4 December: a no VAX protest in
Trieste
Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into provi ...
and
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
where 500 people participate (Trieste) 3000 (Rome) shows a high tension with the police while the demonstrators incite hatred chants against
Mario Draghi
Mario Draghi (; born 3 September 1947) is an Italian economist, academic, banker and civil servant who served as prime minister of Italy from February 2021 to October 2022. Prior to his appointment as prime minister, he served as President of ...
and the vaccinated Italians.
* 5 December: as per tradition every year, the
Trentino Alto Adige
Trentino ( lld, Trentin), officially the Autonomous Province of Trento, is an autonomous province of Italy, in the country's far north. The Trentino and South Tyrol constitute the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, an autonomous region ...
region as well as neighboring
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
celebrates
krampus
Krampus is a horned, anthropomorphic figure in the Central and Eastern Alpine folklore
Folklore is shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group. This includes oral tra ...
.
* 6 December:
Massimo Ferrero the president of the Genoa football team
Sampdoria
Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria (), is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa.
The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, ...
, arrested for bankruptcy.
** the super green pass comes into effect, an enhanced version of the normal green pass.
** in
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
, a peaceful protest by school principals and principals takes place in front of the ministry of education, following the lack of importance in helping the school in the
covid-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
.
* 7 December: in
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
an 82-year-old man is killed with a chainsaw by a man of Romanian origin who broke into the old man's house.
*8 December:
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, also called Immaculate Conception Day, celebrates the sinless lifespan and Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary on 8 December, nine months before the feast of the Nativity of Mary, celebrate ...
.
** 1800 users in
Varese
Varese ( , , or ; lmo, label= Varesino, Varés ; la, Baretium; archaic german: Väris) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 has reached 80,559.
It is the c ...
are sanctioned for having viewed the
Sky
The sky is an unobstructed view upward from the surface of the Earth. It includes the atmosphere and outer space. It may also be considered a place between the ground and outer space, thus distinct from outer space.
In the field of astronomy, ...
and
Dazn
DAZN ( "da zone") is a global sports entertainment platform. Different to traditional linear and satellite broadcasting, DAZN is an over-the-top (OTT) streaming service meaning that it is delivered directly to viewers via the internet.
The ...
broadcasters for free.
*9 December: transphobia in a hairdressing school in
Palermo
Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...
, a transgender girl is forced to go to the boys' bathroom with insults on her personality, an immediate complaint arrives.
* 12 December: in
Ravanusa
Ravanusa ( Sicilian: ''Rivinusa'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo and about east of Agrigento.
Ravanusa is near the Monte Saraceno archaeological sit ...
a building collapses following a gas leak killing all residents of the building.
*13 December:
Calabria
, population_note =
, population_blank1_title =
, population_blank1 =
, demographics_type1 =
, demographics1_footnotes =
, demographics1_title1 =
, demographics1_info1 =
, demographics1_title2 ...
becomes the yellow zone for
covid-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...
.
* 14 December: due to
covid-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...
, the Italian birth rate is decreasing.
** a sushi place in
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
is closed, after having recorded cases of salmonella and the death of a boy who had eaten sushi in this place.
* 15 December: following the rise in
covid-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...
infections, the Italian government extends the state of emergency until March 31, 2022 with lockdown on unvaccinated and limitations on national and international flights.
*16 December:
AC Milan
Associazione Calcio Milan (), commonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan, is a professional football club in Milan, Italy, founded in 1899. The club has spent its entire history, with the exception of the 1980–81 and 1982–83 seasons ...
celebrates 122 years from its foundation.
*17 December:state funeral for the victims of the Ravanusa tragedy.
*18 December: an earthquake is recorded throughout Lombardy with its epicenter in
Bergamo
Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ...
, the quake was also felt in other regions including the city of
Trento
Trento ( or ; Ladin and lmo, Trent; german: Trient ; cim, Tria; , ), also anglicized as Trent, is a city on the Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th centu ...
.
** the president of the Campania region
Vincenzo De Luca
Vincenzo De Luca (born 8 May 1949) is an Italian politician, member of the Democratic Party, currently serving as President of the Campania region since 18 June 2015. De Luca also served as Mayor of Salerno for more than 17 years, becoming one ...
, prohibits New Year's and Christmas parties and feasts in the square, a measure also taken by the mayor of Rome and the government, the no vax are not there and promise to be in Piazza del Popolo in Rome to celebrate without authorization.
** in
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
a crane collapses killing 3 workers and injuring passers-by.
*20 December: Prime Minister
Mario Draghi
Mario Draghi (; born 3 September 1947) is an Italian economist, academic, banker and civil servant who served as prime minister of Italy from February 2021 to October 2022. Prior to his appointment as prime minister, he served as President of ...
meets the new German Chancellor
Olaf Scholz
Olaf Scholz (; born ) is a German politician who has served as the chancellor of Germany since 8 December 2021. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Social Democratic Party (SPD), he previously served as Vice Chancellor of German ...
at
Palazzo Chigi
The Chigi Palace ( it, Palazzo Chigi ) is a palace and former noble residence in Rome which is the seat of the Council of Ministers and the official residence of the Prime Minister of Italy. Since 22 October 2022, the tenant of the Chigi Palace h ...
.
** in
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
the police seize a ton of powerful bombs made and sold illegally.
*21 December: for the first time since May, infections in Italy rise to 30,000 while 153 deaths from Covid.
** the Italian government approves an amendment that makes it illegal to raise animals to produce fur.
** a fire near
Agrigento
Agrigento (; scn, Girgenti or ; grc, Ἀκράγας, translit=Akrágas; la, Agrigentum or ; ar, كركنت, Kirkant, or ''Jirjant'') is a city on the southern coast of Sicily, Italy and capital of the province of Agrigento. It was one of ...
in Sicily kills a 2-year-old girl.
*22 December: the project is presented to create the new Milan stadium by 2027, which will host the matches of
Inter
Inter may refer to:
Association football clubs
* Inter Milan, an Italian club
* SC Internacional, a Brazilian club
* Inter Miami CF, an American club
* FC Inter Sibiu, a Romanian club
* FC Inter Turku, a Finnish club
* FK Inter Bratislava, a forme ...
and
A.C milan.
* 23 December:
Catania Calcio
Catania S.S.D., commonly known as Catania, is an Italian football club based in the city of Catania, Sicily, that plays in .
Originally founded in 1908 as ''Associazione Sportiva pro Educazione Fisica'', the club boasts 17 appearances in the t ...
was declared bankrupt after 75 years and the club currently played in
Serie C
The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C.
The unification of the Lega Pro ...
.
** for the first time since March 2020, the Italian football federation suspends entire days these are the
Serie B
The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...
matches that should have been played on 26 and 29 December the suspension is due to the defense of the omicron variant of the
covid-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...
.
* 24 December: a fishmonger is killed during a robbery in
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
.
** former
Sampdoria
Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria (), is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa.
The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, ...
president
Massimo Ferrero arrested weeks before is released from prison however he will have to remain under house arrest.
*25 December: Italian
Christmas
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating Nativity of Jesus, the birth of Jesus, Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people Observance of Christmas by country, around t ...
*26 December:
Saint Stephen
Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ''Stéphanos'', meaning "wreath, crown" and by extension "reward, honor, renown, fame", often given as a title rather than as a name; c. 5 – c. 34 AD) is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first ...
* 27 December: a fire in a factory generates a cloud of smoke near
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
at 11:00 am.
**
Marco Lanna
Marco Lanna (; born 13 July 1968) is an Italian former professional footballer who played at both club and international levels as a defender. He is the current chairman of Sampdoria.
Playing career
Born in Genoa, Lanna began his career with Sa ...
becomes the new president of
Sampdoria
Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria (), is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa.
The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, ...
after the arrest of the former president Ferraro.
* 28 December:
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
bans New Year's barrels for December 31st.
* 31 December: last year-end message of President
Sergio Mattarella
Sergio Mattarella (; born 23 July 1941) is an Italian politician, jurist, academic and lawyer who has served as the president of Italy since 2015.
A Christian leftist politician, Mattarella was a leading member of the Christian Democracy par ...
's mandate.
** despite the ban on not using barrels, barrels are used at midnight, injuring 500 people in different regions.
Deaths
January
*1 January –
Emanuele Chiapasco
Emanuele Chiapasco (27 July 1930 – 1 January 2021) was an Italian baseball player, sporting director, and entrepreneur. He was one of the pioneers of Italian baseball and served as CEO of department store chain Standa
Standa was an Italian c ...
, baseball player (b. 1930)
* 1 January –
Pierantonio Costa, diplomat, entrepreneur (b. 1939)
* 2 January –
Rodolfo Calanca, astronomical (b. 1953)
* 2 January –
Marco Formentini, politician, officer (b. 1930)
*3 January –
Giulio Camarca Giulio () is an Italian given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Giulio Alberoni (1664–1752), Italian cardinal and statesman
* Giulio Alenio (1582–1649), Italian Jesuit missionary and scholar
* Giulio Alfieri (1924–2002), Italian a ...
, guitarist (b. 1941)
* 3 January –
Rosa Giannetta Alberoni, writer, journalist, lecturer (b. 1945)
* 4 January –
Franco Loi, poet (b. 1930)
* 5 January –
Emilia De Biasi, politician (b. 1958)
*9 January –
Lara Vinca Masini, art critic (b. 1923)
* 10 January –
Antonio Sabàto,actor (b. 1943)
*11 January –
Fabio Enzo
Fabio Enzo (22 June 1946 – 11 January 2021) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a striker. He was born in Cavallino-Treporti.
Career
Enzo played for four seasons (46 games, 8 goals) in the Serie A for A.S. Roma and Hellas Ve ...
, football player (b. 1946)
*12 January –
Ugo Cardea, actor (b. 1936)
*14 January –
Romano Misserville, politician (b. 1934)
*15 January –
Paola Veneroni
Paola Veneroni (15 January 1922 – 15 January 2021) was an Italian film and stage actress. She rose to prominence in the 1940s, starring in films such as the comedy ''The Twentieth Duke'' (1945) before switching to working in theatre. She was al ...
, actress (b. 1922)
*15 January –
Alberto Malavasi, football player (b. 1936)
*19 January –
Emanuele Macaluso, politician (b. 1924)
*21 January –
Cecilia Mangini
Cecilia Mangini (31 July 1927 – 21 January 2021) was an Italian film director, considered the first female documentary filmmaker in Italy.
In 1958, her first documentary was released, titled ''Ignoti alla Città'' (''Unknown to the City''). W ...
, director, documentary maker, set designer, photographer (b. 1927)
* 21 January –
Aldo Vianello, poet (b. 1937)
* 22 January –
Rocco Caccavari, politician (b. 1938)
March
* 18 March –
Elsa Peretti
Elsa Peretti, OMRI OMM (1 May 1940 – 18 March 2021), was an Italian jewelry designer and philanthropist as well as a fashion model. Her jewelry and design pieces for Tiffany & Co. are included in the 20th century collection of the British Mu ...
, jewelry designer, philanthropist, and fashion model (b. 1940)
* 28 March –
Gianluigi Colalucci
Gianluigi Colalucci (24 December 1929 – 28 March 2021) was an Italian Master Restorer and academic most known for being the chief restorer of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City from 1980 to 1994.
Career
Colalucci graduated in the resto ...
, restorer and academic (b. 1929)
June
* 22 June –
Antonio Salines
Antonio Salines (1 July 1936 – 22 June 2021) was an Italian actor and director.
Biography
Born in La Spezia, the son of the composer Enrico, at ten years old Salines started his career as a child actor, appearing in several stage works in the ...
, actor and director (b. 1936)
July
* 5 July –
Raffaella Carrà
Raffaella Maria Roberta Pelloni (18 June 1943 – 5 July 2021), better known as Raffaella Carrà (), was an Italian singer, dancer, television presenter, actress and model.
She was well known in Europe and Latin America as a result of her many ...
, singer and TV host (b. 1943)
* 15 July –
Libero De Rienzo
Libero De Rienzo (February 24, 1977 – July 15, 2021) was an Italian film actor, director, and screenwriter.
Career
De Rienzo was born in Naples and raised in Rome.
In 2001, De Rienzo appeared in three films: ''Fat Girl'', ''Gioco con la morte ...
, Actor,director and set designer (b. 1977)
August
* 21 August –
Nicoletta Orsomando
Nicoletta Orsomando (born Nicolina Orsomando; 11 January 1929 – 21 August 2021) was an Italian television personality. She was the first Italian continuity announcer to appear on television, on 22 October 1953, and is considered the "dean" of ...
announcer (b. 1929)
*26 August –
Guido Castelnuovo Tedesco, politician (b. 1988)
October
* 20 October –
Dino Felisetti, politician and lawyer,
deputy
Deputy or depute may refer to:
* Steward (office)
* Khalifa, an Arabic title that can signify "deputy"
* Deputy (legislator), a legislator in many countries and regions, including:
** A member of a Chamber of Deputies, for example in Italy, Spai ...
(1972–1987) (b. 1919)
* 29 October – Rossano Rubicondi,
latin lover
Latin lover is a stereotypical stock character, part of the Hollywood star system. It appeared for the first time in Hollywood in the 1920s and, for the most part, lost popularity during World War II. In time, the type evolved, developing var ...
, actor, television personality and fourth husband of
Ivana Trump
Ivana Marie Trump (, ; February 20, 1949 – July 14, 2022) was a Czech-American businesswoman, media personality, socialite, fashion designer, author, and model. Ivana lived in Canada in the 1970s before relocating to the United States and ...
. (b.1972)
See also
Related timelines for current period
*
2021
File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...
*
2021 in politics and government
*
2021 in Italian television
*
2020s
The 2020s (pronounced "twenty-twenties" shortened to "the '20s" and referred to as the twenties) is the current decade, which began on January 1, 2020, and will end on December 31, 2029.
The 2020s began with the COVID-19 pandemic — the first ...
References
{{Year in Europe, 2021
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
2020s in Italy
Years of the 21st century in Italy