16 February: Three workers are killed, three are injured and two are missing after a collapse during the construction of a new supermarket in Florence.[2]
17 June: Eleven migrants are killed and 64 others are reported missing following sinkings involving two separate vessels off the southern Italian coast.[16]
The Italian Parliament passes a law granting more autonomy to the country's regions following a night of debate. The opposition Democratic Party and former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi express opposition to the bill, with the latter launching a campaign to force a referendum.[18]
21 June – Eight workers are critically injured during an explosion at a factory in Bolzano.[19]
18 July – A court convicts journalist Giulia Cortese for "body shaming" Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on social media and sentences her to pay €5,000 in damages.[26]
23 July – Two people are killed while 12 others are injured after a walkway collapses at a housing complex in Naples.[27]
26 July – Italy appoints an ambassador to Syria after 12 years, becoming the first G7 country to do so since the Syrian Civil War.[28]
19 August – The luxury yacht Bayesiansinks in a heavy storm off the coast of Porticello, Sicily, leaving seven people dead, including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch. Fifteen people are rescued.[30][31]
4 September – Seven people are rescued and at least 21 others remain missing after a boat carrying Syrian migrants from Libya capsizes off the coast of Lampedusa in the Pelagie Islands.[32]
5 September – One person is reported missing following floods near Turin.[33]
6 September – Culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano resigns after admitting to having an affair with a ministry consultant and is replaced by Alessandro Giuli.[34]
12 September – Three Chinese nationals are killed in a suspected arson attack on a shop in Milan.[36]
13 September – The Guardia di Finanza carries out a major operation against video game piracy involving 47 million euros worth of games from the 1980s and 1990s installed on unauthorized consoles and plagiarism of the originals, leading to the dismantling of shops and suppliers in Turin, Naples, and Bari.[37]
22 September – Three people are killed, three others are injured, and one person is reported missing after a two-story building collapses in Naples.[39]
25 September – Three people are killed and three others are injured in a shooting spree in Nuoro. The perpetrator kills himself.[40]
30 September – Nineteen people are arrested by police following nationwide raids on suspicion of involvement with the 'Ndrangheta, including the leaders of the respective ultras of Inter Milan and AC Milan.[42]
3 October – 184 people are evacuated from Ryanair Flight FR8826, a Boeing 737-800 after it caught fire after a no.2 engine surge at Brindisi Airport while taxiing the runway.[43]
7 October – Football player Marco Curto is given a 10-match ban by FIFA, with five them of them suspended, for racially abusing South Korean player Hwang Hee-chan in a pre-season friendly.[44]
14 October – Italy initiates the transfer of migrants to Albania under a new agreement.[46]
16 October – The Senate votes 84-58 in favor of extending a ban on surrogacy to couples who go abroad to avail of the procedure.[47]
18 October – A court in Italy orders a halt to the government's policy of sending migrants to Albania, citing rulings by the European Court of Justice regarding the safety of repatriating migrants to their countries of origin.[48]
20 October –
One person is killed during flooding caused by heavy rains in Botteghino di Zocca (frazione of Pianoro, Emilia-Romagna).[49]
21 October – The government removes Cameroon, Colombia and Nigeria from its list of countries deemed safe to return migrants to in response to legal challenges.[51]
27 October – Authorities announce the arrest of four people as part of an investigation into cyberattacks that targeted law enforcement, tax authorities and other sensitive public data and compromised information regarding 800,000 people as early as 2022 on behalf of a private investigative agency.[52]
19 November – Authorities announce the recovery of Etruscan artifacts valued at 8 million euros ($8.5 million) from an illegal excavation site in Umbria.[54]
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