2003 in Italy
# 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 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)
