2024 in Italy

Events during the year 2024 in Italy.

Incumbents

 * President – Sergio Mattarella
 * Prime Minister – Giorgia Meloni
 * President of the Constitutional Court – Silvana Sciarra

February

 * 6–10 February: Sanremo Music Festival 2024
 * 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.
 * 25 February: 2024 Sardinian regional election

March

 * 10 March: 2024 Abruzzo regional election

April

 * 9 April: Four people are killed in and two others are injured in an explosion at a dam in Lake Suviana, outside Bologna.
 * 21-22 April: 2024 Basilicata regional election

May

 * 4–26 May: 2024 Giro d'Italia
 * 6 May: Five workers are killed and another is critically injured while carrying out maintenance work on a wastewater lifting tank in Palermo.
 * 20 May: A magnitude 4.4 earthquake strikes the Phlegraean Fields near Naples, resulting in hundreds being evacuated.

June

 * 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.
 * 7–12 June: 2024 European Athletics Championships
 * 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 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.
 * 17 June: Eleven migrants are killed and 64 others are reported missing following sinkings involving two separate vessels off the southern Italian coast.
 * 19 June –
 * The European Commission reprimands Belgium, France, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Poland, and Slovakia for breaking budget rules.
 * 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.
 * 21 June – Eight workers are critically injured during an explosion at a factory in Bolzano.

July

 * 5 July – Mount Etna and Mount Stromboli erupt, forcing a temporary closure of Catania–Fontanarossa Airport in Sicily.
 * 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 July –
 * Two firefighters are killed in a wildfire in Basilicata.
 * Authorities place thirteen 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.
 * Archaeologists unearth remains of a medieval papal palace in the square outside the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome.
 * 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.

Scheduled

 * 29 June - 21 July: 2024 Tour de France

Holidays
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 * 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

 * 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

January

 * 1 January:
 * Giancarlo Filini, 85, footballer (Alessandria, Potenza, Pavia).
 * Michele Zolla, 91, government official and politician, deputy (1972–1992).
 * 3 January:
 * Germana Dominici, 77, actress (Black Sunday, Mi vedrai tornare, Il ragazzo del Pony Express).
 * Mario Crescenzio, 81, politician, senator (1994–2001).
 * 4 January: Fabio Fabbri, 90, politician, senator (1976–1994), minister of defence (1993–1994) and European affairs (1986–1987).
 * 5 January:
 * Giulio Santagata, 74, politician, deputy (2001–2013).
 * 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).
 * Francesco Amirante, 90, magistrate, president of the Constitutional Court (2009–2010).
 * 7 January:
 * Germana Caroli, 92, singer.
 * Alberto Colombo, 77, racing driver.
 * Alessandro Argenton, 86, equestrian, Olympic silver medallist (1972).
 * 8 January: Gian Franco Reverberi, 89, composer (Django, Prepare a Coffin, A Black Veil for Lisa, Cry Chicago) and musician.
 * 10 January: Fernando Gualtieri, 104, painter and footballer (Rimini, Anconitana, Riccione).
 * 11 January:
 * Tony Iglio, 90, arranger, composer (La pagella) and conductor.
 * Salvatore Mazzarano, 58, footballer (Taranto, Fasano, AC Ancona).
 * Fabio De Felice, 96, politician, deputy (1953–1958).
 * Michele Bonatesta, 81, journalist and politician, senator (1996–2006).
 * 13 January: Enzo Moscato, 75, playwright, actor (Libera, The Vesuvians, The Remains of Nothing) and stage director.
 * 15 January: Dana Ghia, 91, actress (Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye, Free Hand for a Tough Cop, California) and singer.
 * 16 January:
 * Ottavio Dazzan, 66, Argentine-born Italian Olympic cyclist (1980).
 * 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).
 * 18 January:
 * Giovanni Giudici, 83, Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Milan (1990–2003) and bishop of Pavia (2003–2015).
 * Orietta Grossi, 64, Olympic basketball player (1980).
 * Giuseppe Ticli, 44, footballer (Monza, Padova, Pro Patria).
 * 19 January: Attilio Busseti, 90, lawyer and politician, senator (1976–1983, 1987–1992).
 * 20 January: Pietro Omodeo, 104, biologist.
 * 22 January: Gigi Riva, 79, footballer (Cagliari, Legnano, national team).
 * 23 January: Giuliano Musiello, 70, footballer (Atalanta, Roma, Verona).
 * 24 January: Alberto Tanasini, 78, Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Genoa (1996–2004) and bishop of Chiavari (2004–2021).
 * 26 January: Emanuele Catarinicchia, 97, Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Cefalù (1978–1987) and Mazara del Vallo (1987–2002).
 * 27 January:
 * Bruno Segre, 105, lawyer, advocate, partisan and politician.
 * Maria Giacobbe, 95, Italian-Danish writer.
 * 28 January: Albert Mayr, 80, composer.
 * 29 January:
 * Sandra Milo, 90, actress (8½, Juliet of the Spirits, Vanina Vanini).
 * Delio Lucarelli, 84, Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Rieti (1997–2015).
 * Franco Tozzi, 79, singer.
 * 30 January:
 * Roberto Melgrati, 76, football player (Legnano, Como) and coach (Pro Patria).
 * Orazio Schena, 82, Italian-Belgian footballer (Anderlecht, Liège, Tilleur-Saint-Nicolas).

February

 * 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).

March

 * 26 March
 * Enrico Giusti, 83, mathematician.
 * Giuliano Vangi, 93, sculptor, leukemia.

April

 * 3 April – Stefano Cherchi, 23, jockey, horse riding accident.
 * 12 April – Roberto Cavalli, 83, fashion designer.

June

 * 17 June – Claudio Graziano, 70, general and chair of Fincantieri.