Events in Italy in 2003:
Incumbents President: Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Prime Minister: Silvio Berlusconi
Events
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. 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." June 17: Wind Jet starts operating. July 31: Sky Italia is founded by Rupert Murdoch. September 28: 2003 Italy blackout
Elections
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
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
60th Venice International Film Festival
Music
List of number-one hits of 2003 (Italy)
Television
2003 in Italian television
Deaths 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)
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