2024 in Italy
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Events during the year 2024 in Italy.
Incumbents
[edit]- President – Sergio Mattarella
- Prime Minister – Giorgia Meloni
- President of the Constitutional Court – Silvana Sciarra
Events
[edit]February
[edit]- 6–10 February: Sanremo Music Festival 2024[1]
- 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]
- 25 February: 2024 Sardinian regional election
March
[edit]- 10 March: 2024 Abruzzo regional election
April
[edit]- 9 April: Four people are killed in and two others are injured in an explosion at a dam in Lake Suviana, outside Bologna.[3]
- 21-22 April: 2024 Basilicata regional election
May
[edit]- 4–26 May: 2024 Giro d'Italia[4]
- 6 May: Five workers are killed and another is critically injured while carrying out maintenance work on a wastewater lifting tank in Palermo.[5]
- 20 May: A magnitude 4.4 earthquake strikes the Phlegraean Fields near Naples, resulting in hundreds being evacuated.[6]
June
[edit]- 5 June: A court in Florence convicts American journalist Amanda Knox and sentences her to three years' imprisonment over slander charges related to the murder of Meredith Kercher in Perugia in 2007.[7]
- 7–12 June: 2024 European Athletics Championships[8]
- 8-9 June: 2024 Italian local elections
- 9 June:
- 2024 European Parliament election in Italy: The Brothers of Italy party led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni emerges as the largest party in the Italian contingent to the European Parliament.[9]
- 9 June: 2024 Piedmontese regional election
- 12 June: A brawl breaks out in the Chamber of Deputies during a vote on proposals to strengthen regional autonomy, resulting in injuries to M5S deputy Leonardo Donno.[10]
- 17 June: Eleven migrants are killed and 64 others are reported missing following sinkings involving two separate vessels off the southern Italian coast.[11]
- 19 June –
- The European Commission reprimands Belgium, France, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Poland, and Slovakia for breaking budget rules.[12]
- 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.[13]
- 21 June – Eight workers are critically injured during an explosion at a factory in Bolzano.[14]
- 29 June - 21 July: 2024 Tour de France[15]
July
[edit]- 5 July – Mount Etna and Mount Stromboli erupt, forcing a temporary closure of Catania–Fontanarossa Airport in Sicily.[16]
- 13 July – Thirty-three Indian farm workers in Verona Province are rescued by the Guardia di Finanza following reports of "slave-like" working conditions, with two other Indian nationals arrested and charged with labour violations.[17]
- 17 July –
- Two firefighters are killed in a wildfire in Basilicata.[18]
- Authorities place 13 cities throughout the Italian Peninsula under rare severe heat warnings due to predicted heat indexes reaching as high as 44°C (111.2°F) throughout the week.[19]
- Archaeologists unearth remains of a medieval papal palace in the square outside the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome.[20]
- 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.[21]
- 23 July – Two people are killed while 12 others are injured after a walkway collapses at a housing complex in Naples.[22]
- 26 July – Italy appoints an ambassador to Syria after 12 years, becoming the first G7 country to do so since the Syrian Civil War.[23]
- 27 July – The Appian Way is designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.[24]
August
[edit]- 19 August – The luxury yacht Bayesian sinks in a heavy storm off the coast of Porticello, Sicily, leaving seven people dead, including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch. Fifteen people are rescued.[25][26]
Holidays
[edit]- 1 January - New Year's Day
- 6 January - Epiphany
- 31 March - Easter Sunday
- 1 April - Easter Monday
- 25 April - Liberation Day
- 1 May - International Workers' Day
- 2 June - Republic Day
- 15 August - Assumption Day
- 1 November - All Saints' Day
- 8 December – Immaculate Conception
- 25 December - Christmas Day
- 26 December – Saint Stephen's Day
Art and entertainment
[edit]- List of 2024 box office number-one films in Italy
- List of Italian films of 2024
- Sanremo Music Festival 2024
- List of Italian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Deaths
[edit]January
[edit]- 1 January:
- Giancarlo Filini, 85, footballer (Alessandria, Potenza, Pavia).[29]
- Michele Zolla, 91, government official and politician, deputy (1972–1992).[30]
- 3 January:
- Germana Dominici, 77, actress (Black Sunday, Mi vedrai tornare, Il ragazzo del Pony Express).[31]
- Mario Crescenzio, 81, politician, senator (1994–2001).[32]
- 4 January: Fabio Fabbri, 90, politician, senator (1976–1994), minister of defence (1993–1994) and European affairs (1986–1987).[33]
- 5 January:
- Giulio Santagata, 74, politician, deputy (2001–2013).[34]
- Giuseppe Fimognari, 91, politician, senator (1979–1987).
- 6 January:
- Felice Besostri, 79, lawyer and politician, mayor of Borgo San Giovanni (1983–1988) and senator (1996–2001).[35]
- Francesco Amirante, 90, magistrate, president of the Constitutional Court (2009–2010).[36]
- 7 January:
- Germana Caroli, 92, singer.[37]
- Alberto Colombo, 77, racing driver.[38]
- Alessandro Argenton, 86, equestrian, Olympic silver medallist (1972).[39]
- 8 January: Gian Franco Reverberi, 89, composer (Django, Prepare a Coffin, A Black Veil for Lisa, Cry Chicago) and musician.[40]
- 10 January: Fernando Gualtieri, 104, painter and footballer (Rimini, Anconitana, Riccione).[41]
- 11 January:
- Tony Iglio, 90, arranger, composer (La pagella) and conductor.[42]
- Salvatore Mazzarano, 58, footballer (Taranto, Fasano, AC Ancona).[43]
- Fabio De Felice, 96, politician, deputy (1953–1958).[44]
- Michele Bonatesta, 81, journalist and politician, senator (1996–2006).[45]
- 13 January: Enzo Moscato, 75, playwright, actor (Libera, The Vesuvians, The Remains of Nothing) and stage director.[46]
- 15 January: Dana Ghia, 91, actress (Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye, Free Hand for a Tough Cop, California) and singer.[47]
- 16 January:
- Ottavio Dazzan, 66, Argentine-born Italian Olympic cyclist (1980).[48]
- Sergio Sebastiani, 92, Roman Catholic cardinal, apostolic pro-nuncio to Madagascar (1976–1985) and Turkey (1985–1994), head of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See (1997–2008).[49]
- 18 January:
- Giovanni Giudici, 83, Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Milan (1990–2003) and bishop of Pavia (2003–2015).[50]
- Orietta Grossi, 64, Olympic basketball player (1980).[51]
- Giuseppe Ticli, 44, footballer (Monza, Padova, Pro Patria).[52]
- 19 January: Attilio Busseti, 90, lawyer and politician, senator (1976–1983, 1987–1992).[53]
- 20 January: Pietro Omodeo, 104, biologist.[54]
- 22 January: Gigi Riva, 79, footballer (Cagliari, Legnano, national team).[55]
- 23 January: Giuliano Musiello, 70, footballer (Atalanta, Roma, Verona).[56]
- 24 January: Alberto Tanasini, 78, Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Genoa (1996–2004) and bishop of Chiavari (2004–2021).[57]
- 26 January: Emanuele Catarinicchia, 97, Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Cefalù (1978–1987) and Mazara del Vallo (1987–2002).[58]
- 27 January:
- Bruno Segre, 105, lawyer, advocate, partisan and politician.[59]
- Maria Giacobbe, 95, Italian-Danish writer.[60]
- 28 January: Albert Mayr, 80, composer.[61]
- 29 January:
- Sandra Milo, 90, actress (8½, Juliet of the Spirits, Vanina Vanini).[62]
- Delio Lucarelli, 84, Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Rieti (1997–2015).[63]
- Franco Tozzi, 79, singer.[64]
- 30 January:
- Roberto Melgrati, 76, football player (Legnano, Como) and coach (Pro Patria).[65]
- Orazio Schena, 82, Italian-Belgian footballer (Anderlecht, Liège, Tilleur-Saint-Nicolas).[66]
February
[edit]- 3 February: Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, 86, royal, disputed head of the House of Savoy, and the last crown prince of Italy (since 1983).[67]
March
[edit]- 26 March
- Enrico Giusti, 83, mathematician.[68]
- Giuliano Vangi, 93, sculptor, leukemia.[69]
April
[edit]- 3 April – Stefano Cherchi, 23, jockey, horse riding accident.[70]
- 12 April – Roberto Cavalli, 83, fashion designer.[71]
June
[edit]- 17 June – Claudio Graziano, 70, general and chair of Fincantieri.[72]
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