27 January: As a result of the government crisis, the Conte Cabinet falls, and the Draghi Cabinet gets formed on 13 February.
30 January: The Nintendo Switch totals 15 million sales on the Italian territory, surpassing the sales of the Wii U.
February
5 February: According to a survey, Italy is one of the safest nations based on number of homicides, however femicides are increasing, 50% of which are Italian homicides.[4]
7 February: A transgender girl is attacked by a squadron in Torre del Greco (Naples). A member of Green Europe condemned the act, declared the event intolerable, and the need for a law to protect LGBT people.[5]
13 February: Mario Draghi is appointed Prime Minister, and the Draghi Cabinet is established. All parties except the right-wing Brothers of Italy party take part in the Draghi government.
22 February: Italian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luca Attanasio, was fatally wounded and died in a hospital in Goma, while his Italian bodyguard and his Congolese driver were directly killed, in an exchange of fire between the rangers of the Virunga National Park and the assumed Rwandan assailants, who attacked the convoy of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo of which Attanasio and the rest of the personnel were part of.[6]
27 February: The first decree signed by the new prime minister Mario Draghi enters into force. The decress wass a ban on travel to areas subject to lockdown.[8]
March
1 March: Marked 160 years of relations and friendship between Iran and Italy.[9]
18 March: For the first time in Italian football, an LGBT couple will have a baby. The parents of the baby are female Juventus player Lina Hurtig and her partner Lisa Lantz.[13] 198 March also marks 79 years from the last eruption of Vesuvius in 1944.
20 March: In Bolzano, a man kills his parents, the bodies were found at the bottom of the river and the man was subsequently arrested.
26 March: Twitter bans profiles of the far-right Forza Nuova movement for inciting hatred and disinformation on COVID-19.
30 March: Protests in Verona by artisans, restaurateurs, and farmers.[14]
31 March: A nurse who collaborated in the Denise Pipitone case in 2004 discovers a similarity between Denise Pipitone and Olesya Rostov, a Russian girl. The similarity case turns out to be decisive for reopening the investigation.[15]
April
3 April: Ternana Calcio returns to Serie B after 7 years.[16]
6 April: Workers protest at Montecitorio and demand for the immediate opening of activities blocked due to COVID-19, clashes with the police are recorded. An Italian man who was dressed similar to the American man who became a symbol of the attack of Donald Trump's supporters on the Capitol was also recorded. CasaPound also participates in the demonstration which is rejected by the police and by the demonstrators.[17] Street vendors also demonstrated and blocked of the streets of Milan with vans and buses.[18]
8 April: The Denise Pipitone case reopens, after noting a similarity with a Russian girl.
19 April: The Italian teams inter, Milan and Juventus are involved in the controversial issue of the super league.[19] Protests by restaurateurs against the government to ask for the immediate blocking of the A1 motorway in Florence.[20]
3 May: The Marsala prosecutor's office returns to investigate the Denise Pipitone case, and investigations at Anna Corona's home after 17 years from the disappearance of the 3-year-old girl resume.[22]
4 May: Marks 72 years after the Superga Tragedy, which killed the entire Torino team.[23] The Empoli football team returns to Serie A after 2 years of absence.[24]
9 May: A Chinese satellite in free fall risks hitting southern Italy, fortunately it will fall far into the Indian ocean.
Roma become the first Italian team ever to qualify for the new uefa conference league.[29]
Juventus women achieve a historical record as the first official team in women's Serie A to have won 22 matches out of 22.
27 May: The government intervenes in the case of Denise Pipitone, a parliamentary commission of inquiry is requested on the initiative of the deputies Alessia Morani and Carmelo Miceli of the Democratic Party, to analyze any misdirections, conflicts of interest and anomalies of the previous 17 years of investigation work.
11 June: UEFA Euro 2020 opens in Rome with Italy-Turkey (won 3-0 by Italy), the opening concert is done by Andrea Bocelli, the tournament ends on 11 July with Italy Winning the Tournament Defeating England in the final at Wembley.
the Alessandra football team returns to Serie B after 60 years.
21 June: Italservice wins the Italian 5-a-side football championship.
23 June: A child who went missing in Italy has been found by a reporter sent to cover his disappearance. The child was found several kilometers from his home.[32]
July
6 July: The filming of the TV series "La Sposa" with Serena Rossi begins. The series will be broadcast on Rai channels starting from 2022[33]
10 July: Islamic terrorism threatens Italy and foreign minister Luigi di Maio, the terrorists said "we are waiting for the promise of our almighty god, that is Rome the city of the crusades and we will enter it epic battles are coming" [34]
19 July: Homophobic assault on Bacoli beach, people exclaimed to 2 lesbian women to leave because they disturb the children. Immediate condemnation of the mayor of Bacoli and the citizens occurred subsequently.[35]
22 July: Whirlpool workers in Naples protest in Rome after the company confirmed its intention to close the plant and lay off employees.[36]
4 August: A report shows the data of complaints by LGBT assaulted, confirming the need for a law to protect LGBT people according to the report in Italy that states homophobic attacks occur every 3 days.[39]
7 August: The Milan football team, Inter, sells striker Romelu Lukaku to Chelsea for the sum of 115 million euros. This was recorded as the most expensive deal in the entire series in recent years.[41]
8 August: At the end of Tokyo 2020, Olympic Italy concludes the edition with 40 medals.[42]
9 August: Italy becomes the first European nation for the number of fires.[citation needed]
14 August: A child belonging to German tourists is lost in Ancient Pompeii, the child was found later in the Temple of Apollo.[43]
21 August: Serie A, the Italian football championship, will begin on 21 August 2021 and will end on 22 May 2022.[44]
22 August: In Pompeii, a body dating back to 2000 years ago is found. It was identified as the body of the freedman Marco Venerio.[45]
23 August: Solidarity and support for the Afghan population is expressed in the city of Naples when they flee from the Taliban regime, the demonstrations take place in a peaceful way and are attended by Afghan refugees and many Neapolitans.[46]
28 August: Near Monte Fiorino, a girl is attacked in the woods by a pack of dogs, the girl was torn apart and killed by the dogs.[50]
No green pass demonstrations, tensions between the police and Forza Nuova occur. The movement tries to reach Palazzo Chigi, however the police manage to divert their path towards the rai area, the tensions will not be tackled before evening.[51]
31 August: The director of the Sportitalia sports channel, Michele Criscitiello, has announced for this date the opening of a second sports channel dedicated to football called "Sportitalia SI Solo" [52]
September
1 September: The railway blockade announced by the no vax was to take place on this day in 54 Italian cities, but the demonstration turns out to be a flop.[53]
6 September: A Telegram group called "stop dictatorship" belonging to the no vax is seized by the Turin prosecutor, on the chat there are telephone numbers of the parliamentarians of Palazzo Chigi, well-known politicians, virologists and government programs.[56]
10 September: hornets recurring to the Asian race are sighted in the city of Naples. This is the first time that the insect has been sighted in Italy, after the cases in the United States and Canada.[57]
A whirlwind wind hits the island of Pantelleria, killing 2 people and injuring 9.[58]
11 September: The Napoli-Juventus match will be the most watched Italian match in the world, with coverage in Africa, Europe, Canada, the United States, China, Japan, Australia and India.[59]
20 September: The right-wing Brothers of Italy party and the movement in favor of the protection of The People of Family children ask for the censorship of advertising for sex education in Milan, and also ask for the targ +18 on the Netflix series.[61]
24 September: To date, about 67% of Italians (40 million inhabitants) are vaccinated against COVID-19.
Friday for future takes place in Milan, demonstrations by environmentalists against governments for the protection of the environment.[62]
26 September: The Italian basketball championship will start.
28 September: Italy wins the largest pumpkin in the world with a weight of 1226 kilos.[64]
October
1 October: new demonstrations in Milan for Friday for future, school strikes and demonstrations throughout the city.[65]
3 October: a private plane crashes into a building in San Donato Milanese near Milan, killing all 8 people on board.[66]
during the Serie A Fiorentina-Napoli match won 1-2 by the Neapolitan team, racist insults against the players Kalidou Koulibaly, Victor Osimhen and André-Frank Zambo Anguissa manifest themselves among the fans. the culprits will be identified and banished from the Artemio Franchi stadium.[67]
6 October: a referendum is requested to legalize same-sex marriage through a petition, the current Italian system does not allow referendums for approval but only abrogations but with 50,000 signatures the government will be obliged to discuss it to date Italy is the only nation in Europe not having same-sex marriage.[69]
9 October: Violence in Rome, 12 arrests including the leaders of neo-fascist organization Forza Nuova Fiore and Castellino are also in handcuffs, In the clashes 38 officers were injured, 600 protesters identified.[71]
the men's volleyball championship starts.
10 October: following the events that took place the day before, the Democratic Party presents a motion to dissolve the fascist organizations including CasaPound and Forza Nuova, while many will hold an anti-fascist demonstration on October 16.[72]
11 October: FIFA 22 dominates the Italian video game market, becoming the first game by number of purchases by Italian gamers[73]
12 October: the postal police decided to block the official website of the far-right Forza Nuova movement after the attacks in Rome, the movement allegedly incited hatred, inequality, racism including the attacks of Rome through they portals.[74]
14 October: for the first time, 2 transgender girls underwent sex change in the same hospital, operating room and schedule in Florence hospital.[75]
15 October:no vax and no green pass demonstrations, take place in various Italian cities, there are few demonstrators in Naples (300 people), while in Rome Milan and Genoa count a few thousand people, the peak is in Trieste with 5 miles of people on the street where try to infiltrate the crowd the far-right groups Forza Nuova and CasaPound and some far-left groups both rejected by the demonstrators and the police to maintain order after the events in Rome.[76]
18 Italian films are nominated for the Oscars as best foreign film.[78]
to date Netflix has 4 million subscribers compared to 2020 (2 million subscribers), subscriptions have increased thanks to the Korean series Squid Game.[79]
16 October: the demonstration against fascism is held in Rome, 60,000 people participate in defense of italian democracy, in support of the institutions affected last Saturday the demonstration presented a slogan "no more fascisms",while the government evaluates the dissolution of New Force.[81]
18 October: 26 people investigated in Napoli, Caserta, Avellino, Siena, Roma, Torino, Ragusa, Lecce e Ferrara, are investigated for instigation to neo-nazism and supremacism.[82]
violence of no vax and no green pass in Trieste, demonstrators attack the police by overturning a police van, more than 2000 people participate, four people are reported.[83]
20 October: starting from this day the digital terrestrial channels will broadcast only in HD, in view of the television revolution that will take place in 2023.[87]
25 October: COVID infections in Italy return to rise, Trieste becomes the city with more 139 positive infections out of 100 thousand inhabitants following the no vax and no green protests.[95]
an Afghan soldier threatened by the Taliban because she is a woman, is welcomed in Italy and will have residence in Verona.[96]
26 October: The Medicane hurricane formed in the Mediterranean strikes Sicily and Calabria, causing 2 victims, The mayors close the schools and ask the population to stay at home to avoid damage.[97]
27 October: the secret vote wanted by the right-wing parties (league for salvini premier and Forza Italia) block the zan bill the anti-discrimination law, the greatest shame is recorded in the senate where right-wing exponents rejoiced over the pain of LGBT.[98]
in Italy the entertainment platform Pluto TV lands, the Italian country becomes the 26th country of the platform.[99]
28 October: In Ercolano (province of Naples) 2 boys are killed after a man has mistaken them for thieves.[100]
30–31 October: change of time, Italy will adopt solar time from this day until March 2022.
the G20 will be held in Rome and will be in the red zone for reasons of public order.[101]
30 October: marco rizzo's communist party organizes a demonstration against Draghi outside the G20 headquarters, playing the anthem of the soviet union however only 300 protesters are registered.[102]
violence of no green passes in Milan kicked by police, insults to the mayor Giuseppe Sala and attack on a television troupe the people involved are 4000.[103]
the city of Naples from Posillipo and the Spanish quarters pays homage to Diego Armando Maradona on the day of his 61st birthday, the football legend played for Naples between 1985 and 1991, many emotions after the death on November 25, 2020 of the former football player.[104]
31 October: Italy wins gold and silver at the 2021 butterfly-style rhythmic gymnastics world championships.[106]
in Serie A S.C.C Napoli and Salernitana face each other after 73 years the derby is won by the Neapolitan team for 0-1, the last official match in Serie A between the 2 teams dates back to the 1947-1948 Serie A.[107]
Italy becomes European champion in American football, beating Sweden 41 to 14.[108]
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro receives honorary citizenship of Anguillara will be greeted by a crowd of applause and protests from the Brazilian community in Italy.[109]
the Italian Jewish community protests in Novara against the no green pass and no vax since the latter compare vaccines and green passes to the Jewish tragedy during the Nazi and Fascist regimes.[110]
the first Lady Jill Biden visit the city of Naples, remembering the traditions of her grandparents she is moved.[111]
the mayor of Terni approves an ordinance against prostitution by violating miniskirts and necklines in some areas, many are the criticisms that according to many undermine the freedom of women.[112]
Venice is flooded, 140 cm of water cover the city.[113]
the killer Igor who killed a bartender in the province of Bologna and a man in Ferrara is arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment.[114]
in Ferrara homophobic attack on gay boys, the assailants aged between 15 and 25 using phrases "Mussolini would have burned you" immediate condemnation from all over Italy.[115]
3 November: the last film (io sono babbo natale) ever by Gigi Proietti is released one year after the actor's death.[116]
the cyclone Poppea affects a large part of Italy inconveniences especially in Naples and Venice.[117]
the discontent of LGBT people continues after the non-approval of the zan bill by the center right, the demonstrations in 44 Italian cities in Pescara banners mention "it's shameful to grab it" .[118]
Italy signs COP26 interrupting all financing to countries that invest in fossil fuels, therefore Italy is the 21st country to sign.[119]
the government officially bans homophobic and transphobic advertisements used by many marches of groups such as pro vita, the movement for families and sometimes by the far-right movement Forza Nuova, so many criticisms have come from groups for families.[120]
the tar rejects the appeal of the unions and Whirlpool of Naples workers confirming the layoffs.[121]
robbers kidnap a goldsmith in Milan holding employees hostage for 2 hours, steal watches and jewels worth 1 million euros.[122]
5 November: The carabinieri arrest 3 people including 2 drug dealers in the city of Naples, the police also confiscated 320 euros for a tour that would have amounted to 1 million euros.[123]
6 November: the demonstration in favor of research into the treatment against breast cancer is held in Naples, the new mayor of Naples Gaetano Manfredi and the president of the Napoli soccer team Aurelio De Laurentiis and player Kalidou Koulibaly also participate.[125]
new important discovery in Pompeii the entire slave room re-emerges.[126]
4000 people show up at the no green pass demonstration in Milan journalists are still attacked and clashes with the police are recorded, the situation worsens even in Trieste where 8000 people clash with the police, all demonstrators will be reported.[127]
Italy of the six nations gets a historic result 20 minutes 0-0 against All blacks, however there is a resounding defeat for 49-9 [128]
7 November: 800 illegal immigrants from africa land in Sicily, harsh criticism from center-right leader Matteo Salvini.[129]
Italy returns to the podium of the New York marathon, the 28-year-old faniel of Eritrean origin is ranked third.[130]
the ski season opens with regard to the Italian winter tourist season.[131]
the United States reopens the borders to Italy after 20 months that have been closed for COVID-19.[133]
8 November: bad weather in Italy, 7 regions (Puglia, Lazio, Campania, Molise, Abruzzo, Sicily, Basilicata,) are on yellow alert.[134]
Trento is confirmed as the greenest city in Italy, in the Trentino city there is the highest respect for the environment in Italy for 2021.[135]
9 November: the viminale block no green pass group from tomorrow yes to demonstrations but no to demonstrations in historic centers, no to parades and demonstrations with masks.[136]
for green pass demonstration Trieste become first city in Europe for infections COVID-19.[137]
10 November: in padua there is a no vax demonstration where 340 people participate, on the same day the workers of the square of Padua organize a counter demonstration because they are unable to work due to the no vax demonstrations.[138]
Avian flu returns to Italy, there are 20 cases in the north-east of the country while there is a case in Rome.[139]
11 November: the sports streaming platform DAZN blocks dual subscribers in an attempt to stop piracy.[140]
12 November: Vasco Rossi's new album "siamo qui" will be released.[141]
arrests and investigations into money laundering allegations from italy to albania, 2 arrests.[142]
13 November: demonstrations of the no green pass flop all over Italy, in Milan an attempt is made to create a forbidden procession but this is immediate by the police,2 arrest and 30 identified.[143]
the premiere of the house of gucci film is held in Milan, with the participation of the world-famous actress and singer lady Gaga and the transgender italian actress Vittoria Schisano.[144]
in Naples the 145CM Christmas lights are turned on cover the city that already breathes the air of Christmas.[145]
14 November: Valentino Rossi Italian legend of motogp, disputes his last race in his career.[146]
at MTV ema 2021,Måneskin become the best rock band, the first for Italy.[147]
15 November: sensationally, Italy football lacks direct access to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and will therefore have to go through the playoffs.
searches of 17 activists present in the telegram group enough dictatorship, users allegedly threatened imprisonment against those who got vaccinated, death of some state officials including prime minister Mario Draghi, references to fascism and possession of weapons.[148]
16 November: a maxi police operation arrests 12 men in Catania for importing drugs from Holland and Albania.[149]
a man kills his son and seriously injures his wife in Viterbo, the case becomes national.[150]
17 November: in the city of Sassuolo a man exterminates his family, especially his wife, 2 children and mother-in-law while he commits suicide.[151]
in Naples 14 arrests are made for corruption, those involved had tried to enter the armed forces by paying.[152]
2 tornadoes hit the Sicilian city of Ragusa causing one death.[153]
18 November: Alessandra Amoroso's Italian tour ends to Bergamo.[154]
in the province of Caserta a building collapses following a gas leak, a woman will be extracted alive from the rubble.[155]
grandmother peppina, symbol of the earthquake victims in central Italy, dies.[156]
20 November: a no green pass restaurant is closed by the police for violations of the anti-COVID rules near Rome.[157]
in Rome there is a demonstration of the no green passes, among the shame stands out the references to conspiracy theory on covid-19 and vaccines and the comparison between the state of emergency and the Shoah, while in Milan the police identify 257 people and 2 are put under investigation after trying to reach piazza del duomo using violence.[158]
at about 10:30 the only surviving person of the collapse of the Caserta building which occurred due to a gas leak the previous day dies, the woman died as a result of burns on the body.[159]
a baby Gang carries out acts of violence in the city of Turin, 20 boys between 16 and 18 insult, kidnap, and beat their peers including 2 girls.[161]
23 November: 41 years after the irpinia earthquake in Avellino.[162]
throughout Italy there are demonstrations against violence against women, in the city of Bari red ceramic shoes are put on the square.[163]
25 November: the photo of the green-eyed Afghan girl is rescued in Italy.[164]
a year after the death of Maradona a statue is inaugurated in the city of Naples, the former captain of Naples Giordano puts the captain's armband on the statue.[165]
26 November: Italy and France sign a treaty of friendship and cooperation, strengthening cultural, economic and political ties.[166]
due to the new variant of the COVID-19 virus, Italy blocks travel from African countries South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia and eSwatini.[167]
27 November:Juventus is being investigated for capital gains and false financial statements in the operation that brought Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus in 2018.[168]
28 November: first italian case of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 identified in south africa, it is a citizen residing in Caserta who had been in Mozambique.[169]
the president Aurelio De Laurentiis, the former president of the company Corrado fellaini, the new mayor of Naples gaetano Manfredi inaugurate a statue in honor of Diego Armando Maradona a few hours before Naples-Lazio that will be placed in the stands.[170]
29 November: due to the increase in covid-19 cases following the no green pass and no vax events, Friuli-Venezia Giulia passes from the white area to the yellow area with consequent return to restrictions.[171]
December
1 December: the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is available to over 40s.[172]
2 December: Facebook removes a no vax network intending to carry out acts of harassment and vandalism between Italy and France.[173]
4 December: a no VAX protest in Trieste and Rome where 500 people participate (Trieste) 3000 (Rome) shows a high tension with the police while the demonstrators incite hatred chants against Mario Draghi and the vaccinated Italians.[174]
the super green pass comes into effect, an enhanced version of the normal green pass.[177]
in Rome, a peaceful protest by school principals and principals takes place in front of the ministry of education, following the lack of importance in helping the school in the COVID-19 pandemic.[178]
7 December: in Milan an 82-year-old man is killed with a chainsaw by a man of Romanian origin who broke into the old man's house.[179]
1800 users in Varese are sanctioned for having viewed the Sky and Dazn broadcasters for free.[180]
9 December: transphobia in a hairdressing school in Palermo, a transgender girl is forced to go to the boys' bathroom with insults on her personality, an immediate complaint arrives.[181]
12 December: in Ravanusa a building collapses following a gas leak killing all residents of the building.[182]
14 December: due to covid-19, the Italian birth rate is decreasing.[184]
a sushi place in Naples is closed, after having recorded cases of salmonella and the death of a boy who had eaten sushi in this place.[185]
15 December: following the rise in covid-19 infections, the Italian government extends the state of emergency until March 31, 2022 with lockdown on unvaccinated and limitations on national and international flights.[186]
16 December: AC Milan celebrates 122 years from its foundation.
17 December:state funeral for the victims of the Ravanusa tragedy.[187]
18 December: an earthquake is recorded throughout Lombardy with its epicenter in Bergamo, the quake was also felt in other regions including the city of Trento.[188]
the president of the Campania region Vincenzo De Luca, prohibits New Year's and Christmas parties and feasts in the square, a measure also taken by the mayor of Rome and the government, the no vax are not there and promise to be in Piazza del Popolo in Rome to celebrate without authorization.[189]
in Turin a crane collapses killing 3 workers and injuring passers-by.[190]
in Naples the police seize a ton of powerful bombs made and sold illegally.[192]
21 December: for the first time since May, infections in Italy rise to 30,000 while 153 deaths from Covid.[193]
the Italian government approves an amendment that makes it illegal to raise animals to produce fur.[194]
a fire near Agrigento in Sicily kills a 2-year-old girl.[195]
22 December: the project is presented to create the new Milan stadium by 2027, which will host the matches of Inter and A.C milan.[196]
23 December: Catania Calcio was declared bankrupt after 75 years and the club currently played in Serie C.[197]
for the first time since March 2020, the Italian football federation suspends entire days these are the Serie B matches that should have been played on 26 and 29 December the suspension is due to the defense of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.[198]
24 December: a fishmonger is killed during a robbery in Naples.[199]
former Sampdoria president Massimo Ferrero arrested weeks before is released from prison however he will have to remain under house arrest.[200]
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