2003 in Italy

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.
 * June 16: Lega Nord Leader Umberto Bossi While being Reforms minister says in an 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)