2003 in Italy

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Decades:|

* 1980s
* 1990s
* 2000s
* 2010s
* 2020s

See also:|

* History of Italy
* Timeline of Italian history
* List of years in Italy

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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Sovereign states|

* Albania
* Andorra
*   * Armenia
* Austria
*   * Azerbaijan
*   *   *   * Belarus
* Belgium
*   * Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
*   *   * Croatia
* Cyprus
*   * Czech Republic
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*   *   * Estonia
*   * Finland
* France
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*   * Greece
*   *   * Hungary
* Iceland
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* Italy
*   * Latvia
*   * Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
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*   * Malta
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*   * Monaco
*   *   *   *   * Netherlands
*   * Norway
*   *   * Poland
* Portugal
*   * Romania
* Russia
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*   *   * Serbia and Montenegro
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
*   * Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
*   * Vatican City
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recognition

* Abkhazia
*   *   * Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
* Northern Cyprus
* South Ossetia
* Transnistria

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and other territories

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