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    2003 in Italy

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    See also:
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    Events in Italy in 2003:

    Incumbents

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    • President: Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
    • Prime Minister: Silvio Berlusconi

    Events

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    • January 31: Miss Universo Italia 2003
    • February 12: The newspaper Europa is founded.
    • February 17: Abu Omar is abducted by the CIA and SISMI.
    • March 16: Murder of Davide Cesare.[1]
    • June 16: Lega Nord Leader Umberto Bossi While being Reforms minister says in a controversial interview the Navy should fire live rounds on boats holding illegal immigrants, stating: "After the second or third warning, bang… we fire the cannon."[2][3][4]
    • June 17: Wind Jet starts operating.
    • July 31: Sky Italia is founded by Rupert Murdoch.
    • September 28: 2003 Italy blackout

    Elections

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

    Sport

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    • Serie A 2002–03
    • Serie B 2002–03
    • 2003 Coppa Italia Final
    • 2002 Supercoppa Italiana
    • 2003 UEFA Champions League Final
    • 2003 Italian Grand Prix
    • 2003 San Marino Grand Prix
    • 2003 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
    • 2003 Italy rugby union tour
    • 2003 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge
    • 2003 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
    • 2003 European Curling Championships
    • FIVB World Grand Prix 2003
    • 2003 Giro d'Italia
    • 2003 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
    • 2003 Milan–San Remo
    • 2003 World Rowing Championships
    • 2003 ISSF World Cup
    • 2003 Winter Universiade
    • 2003 World Interuniversity Games

    Film

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    Main article: Italian films of 2003
    • 60th Venice International Film Festival

    Music

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

    Television

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    • 2003 in Italian television

    Deaths

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    • 4 March - Fedora Barbieri, operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1920)
    • 7 July – Mario Pedini, politician (born 1918)
    • 28 October– Sally Baldwin, social sciences professor (born 1940 in Scotland)[5]

    References

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    1. ^ "Davide Cesare". Peace Museum Vienna. 2022-09-30. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
    2. ^ "The Latest News from the UK and Around the World".
    3. ^ "Shoot immigrants says Italian leader".
    4. ^ "Italian minister calls on Navy to open fire on illegal immigrants". 17 June 2003.
    5. ^ Bradshaw, Jonathan (31 October 2003). "Obituary: Sally Baldwin". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
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