2022 in Italy


The following is a list of events from the year 2022 in Italy.
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, Italy's economy was affected by a global inflation surge. In January, President Sergio Mattarella was re-elected for a second term. In February, the Italian government responded to the Russian invasion of Ukraine as a partner of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization , authorising List of military aid to [Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War|weapons shipments] to Ukraine. Later in the year, a government crisis led to subsequent elections, which brought into office Giorgia Meloni, the first female Prime Minister of Italy.

Incumbents

Events

Ongoing

January

  • 1 January – Despite a public ban on the use of New Year's barrels, 14 people across Italy were seriously injured due to unauthorized fireworks.
  • 3 January – A 40-year-old woman drowns her son in the sea off Torre del Greco.
  • 8 January
  • * The Scala dei Turchi monument in Agrigento, is vandalized.
  • * Serie A announces the closure of football stadiums with a capacity of over 5,000 due to the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 [Omicron variant|Omicron variant].
  • 13 January – The tenth anniversary of the sinking of the Costa Concordia, in which 32 people died.
  • 15 January – In Turin, a man knocks a child off a balcony while playing a game with her, resulting in her death
  • 16 January – Electric bicycle sales rose significantly in Naples, reportedly reaching 15,000 units in a single day.
  • 17 January
  • * Following the spread of the Omicron variant, the Aosta Valley is put in the orange zone.
  • * An egalitarian marriage committee is created to speed up the approval process for same-sex marriage in Italy.
  • 19 January
  • * A man from Viareggio suffering from psychological disorders barricades himself at home with his elderly father and is arrested for attempted murder of a firefighter.
  • * Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese signs a security pact against crime in Naples.
  • 20 January
  • * A family from Syria with serious physical disabilities is taken to Siena to be cared for by Caritas.
  • * The Royal Palace of Caserta celebrates the 270th anniversary of the start of its construction.
  • 21 January
  • * Construction work begins on the new Salerno Airport, which will be completed by 2024.
  • * The 40th anniversary of the Italian debut of the Japanese cartoon Tiger Mask.
  • * The European Court of Human Rights condemned Italy for having separated a mother from her daughter in the city of Brescia.
  • 22 January
  • * Silvio Berlusconi withdrew his candidacy a few days before the presidential election.
  • * In Taranto, a man injures 2 officers who were chasing his car.
  • * An 18-year-old boy dies while working as an intern in Udine.
  • * Twenty-three people are arrested between Apulia and Calabria for participating in international drug dealing from Turkey and the Netherlands.
  • * Starbucks closes its stores in Milan.
  • * A few dozen people protest in Milan against vaccines and green passes.
  • 23 January
  • * In Brescia, an accident between a car and a bus kills 5 young people.
  • * A survey is released naming Milan the most expensive city in Italy, with the cost of food 47% higher than in Naples. Naples, Palermo, and Pescara are named the cheapest cities.
  • 24 January
  • * The 2022 Italian presidential election occurs.
  • * Following the spread of COVID-19, the Health Minister Roberto Speranza signs an ordinance that puts Piedmont, Sicily, and Friuli in the orange zone, while Apulia and Sardinia are put in the yellow zone.
  • 26 January
  • * A 12-year-old Jewish student in Livorno reported being assaulted by a group of peers, an incident condemned by the Minister of Education, Patrizio Bianchi.
  • * The houses of illegal IPTV broadcasters, who provided free viewing of Sky channels, DAZN and films, are searched in the regions of Calabria, Campania, Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany.
  • * The financial police confiscate 50 smartphones and shut down an illegal service where Sky's paid service was broadcast completely free of charge.
  • 28 January – In Ostia, a girl denounces her parents to the Carabinieri.
  • 29 January – Sergio Mattarella is re-elected as President for a second term.
  • 30 January – A fire in an apartment in Reggio Emilia kills two children.

February

  • 1–5 February – The Sanremo Music Festival 2022 takes place in Sanremo.
  • 1 February
  • * Russian president Vladimir Putin speaks by phone with Prime Minister Mario Draghi seeking reassurances on gas supplies for Italy.
  • * In the city of Agrigento, a policeman kills his son with a service pistol.
  • * In Cagliari, a newborn is hit by a hijacker in front of his mother; the man is later sentenced.
  • 2 February
  • * In Rome, a group of activists vandalizes the headquarters of the Ministry of Ecological Transition.
  • * In Grumo Nevano, Naples, a man strangles a 23-year-old woman to death; He was arrested afterwards.
  • 3 February – Sergio Mattarella is sworn in as President of Italy, starting his second term.
  • 5 February
  • * Milan is classified as a Major European city, with a total of 20 skyscrapers.
  • * CBS broadcasts the Derby di Milano to promote football in the United States. The match was broadcast live from San Siro.
  • 8 February
  • * Carabinieri search a Roma camp in Giugliano, Naples, finding ultra-light aircraft engines stolen the night before.
  • * In Como, an elderly woman who had died two years earlier is found by the police sitting on a chair in a state of complete decomposition.
  • 9 February – Following an investigation into corruption in Salerno, five people are arrested, including the PM Roberto Penna.
  • 11 February – Mount Etna erupts during the night.
  • 15 February – A man from Rome finds a note inside a COVID-19 mask, allegedly written by an African slave in China. However, there is no evidence to confirm its authenticity.
  • 18 February
  • *In Turin, during a demonstration for the protection of young interns, a group of students attacks the confindustria building and throws eggs at the police; seven injuries are recorded.
  • * A ship traveling between Italy and Greece is damaged by a fire.
  • 19 February – Protesters consisting mainly of university students and activists protest the Green Pass in Milan.
  • 24 February – Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio condemn Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.
  • 27 February
  • * Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Prime Minister Mario Draghi announces that Italy aligns itself with the harsh sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine|sanctions] of the European Union against Russia.
  • * The Italian government closes its airspace to Russian planes.
  • 28 February
  • * The first Ukrainian refugees arrive, mostly by bus, at Italian cities such as Trieste, Milan, Rome and Naples.
  • * The Italian government sends weapons and equipment to Ukraine, while Italian soldiers are positioned in Romania alongside other NATO forces.

March

April

  • 1 April
  • * A bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in Italy is presented for the first time in the Senate.
  • * After a year, the parliamentary commission closes the Denise Pipitone case, ending without progress.
  • 3 April – Bari Calcio returns to Serie B after 5 years.
  • 5 April – Thirteen earthquakes are recorded in the Phlegraean Fields.
  • 11 April – Catania Calcio is expelled from the Serie C championship and declares total bankruptcy.
  • 16 April – Mario Draghi and Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio travel to Angola for an agreement on the import of gas.
  • 17 April
  • * An attack in Piazza San Carlo near the Diego Armando Maradona stadium in Naples kills a 25-year-old man.
  • * Numerous attacks take place in Trieste and Trento; a 14-year-old boy is seriously injured in a stabbing.
  • 18 April – During the Napoli-Roma football match, 91 cars are seized, 135 reports are made, and 27 squatters are apprehended.
  • 21 April – Foreign minister Luigi Di Maio signs an agreement for gas supplies to Italy with the Republic of the Congo.
  • 24 April
  • * For the first time in the history of Italian football, a team from Trentino Alto Adige, Is Südtirol, lands in Serie B.
  • * Modena F.C returns to Serie B.
  • 25 April: Liberation Day
  • * A brawl occurs between "baby gangs" in Naples, reflecting the growing problem of "baby gangs" in main Italian cities such as Naples and Milan.
  • * Crotone Calcio definitively collapses, ending a cycle of alternating between Serie A and Serie B, and returns to Serie C after 13 years.
  • * The secretary of the PD Enrico Letta is harshly contested by a far-left group that calls for Italy to leave NATO.
  • 27 April
  • * In Nola, Caritas welcomes around 120 Ukrainians who fled the war.
  • 28 April
  • * A 60-year-old bartender from Pesaro is sentenced to three years in prison for pedophilia.
  • * Football prosecutor Mino Raiola is hospitalized urgently for lung disease; rumors about his death begin to circulate and are immediately denied.
  • 30 April
  • * The court of cassation canceled the acquittal of Simone Pillon; after 6 years, the Senator of the Lega will return to trial for homophobic discrimination.
  • * Reports are made that, according to a former Russian minister, Russia is preparing an attack on the NATO countries and a target to hit would be in Aviano.
  • * After two days of speculation, the death of Mino Raiola is announced by his family.

May

  • 1 May
  • *The government lifts all major restrictions against COVID-19 except for mask requirements.
  • * Some owners of a fishmonger in Naples are attacked while opening the shop.
  • * Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov threatens Italy, saying it would be in the front row against Russia.
  • 2 May – The Roman rock group Måneskin joins the Spotify Billions club.
  • 4 May
  • * A woman from Macerata is brutally beaten by her husband after he discovers her divorce intentions.
  • * The Samarate massacre occurs.
  • * Postal police and Save the Children recommend greater attention to online games, as pedophile victims have risen 47% across Italy.
  • * Car thefts occur in Somma Vesuviana, with the carabinieri arresting two people.
  • 5 May
  • * In Milan, a 90-year-old woman is robbed by thieves who had offered to help her with an ATM.
  • * Roma becomes the first Italian team to reach the UEFA Conference League final.
  • 6 May
  • * Cremonese returns to Serie A after 26 years.
  • * Lecce returns to Serie A after two years.
  • 7 May
  • * Dimitri Roveri, a provincial footballer for Mantova 1911, dies on the pitch following a cardiac arrest.
  • * The dead body of a boy is found in Milan.
  • * An illegal Labrador puppy mill in the city of Sessa Aurunca is closed.
  • 8 May
  • * A man from Somma Vesuviana manages to escape from a robbery attempt while thieves shoot at his car.
  • * In the city of Alessandria, a lesbian woman is beaten and sent to the emergency room.
  • * San Donato Tavarnelle arrives in Serie C for the first time. Its promotion confirms the best period for the provincial teams since 2010.
  • 10–14 May – Eurovision Song Contest 2022 is held in Turin, and won by Ukrainian folk rap group Kalush Orchestra with the song "Stefania".
  • 10 May – A drug dealer from Rome escapes on a scooter after being chased by the police, and is subsequently arrested inside a McDonald's.
  • 11 May – 2021–22 Coppa Italia final Inter-Juventus. Inter win 2–4.
  • 13 May – Milan becomes the first city in Italy to use QR codes to pay bills in restaurants without waiting.
  • 14 May
  • * A retirement home in San Vitaliano gives expired drugs to the elderly.
  • * The Filadelfia Stadium in Turin is reopened.
  • 15 May
  • * Two boys are stabbed while walking in the maritime area of Naples.
  • * After 15 years in Serie A, Genoa are relegated to Serie B.
  • 16 May
  • * Rome is put on red alert zone for swine fever spread because of boars.
  • * In the town of Brusciano, 17 representatives are arrested from groups linked to Camorra.
  • 17 May – Milan is proclaimed an area of freedom for LGBT people, and also recognizes the sex change of trans people.
  • 20 May – Monkeypox arrives in Italy.
  • 22 May
  • * Milan wins Serie A after 11 years.
  • * Salernitana becomes the first team not to be relegated to Serie B with 31 points.
  • 23 May
  • * The 30-year anniversary of the Capaci massacre, where the anti-Mafia judge Giovanni Falcone was killed.
  • * First hospitalization for monkeypox in Arezzo.
  • 24 May
  • * In Turin, the police seize an orange truck containing drugs; the two drivers are arrested.
  • * The first positive cases of monkeypox in Lombardy.
  • 29 May – A shooting takes place in the comune of Qualiano.
  • 30 May
  • * In a school in Bergamo, a cylinder explodes and 5 children are burned.
  • * Two sisters are scarred with acid in Naples.

June

  • 3 June – Milan becomes the first municipality to approve a gender registry.
  • 10 June – The case of Chievo Verona, which could return to Serie B, is reopened.
  • 18 June – In Catania, an 11-year-old girl is killed by her mother.
  • 21 June – The political party Movimento 5 Stelle splits following the departure of Luigi Di Maio, who will form a new party.
  • 27 June – After the Caserta pride parade, homophobic graffiti and attacks were recorded.

July

August

  • 9 August – Domino's Pizza announces that it will pull out of the Italian market after seven years.

September

October

November

December

  • 7 December – In Verona, 13 people from groups linked to the fascist extreme right use sticks and iron chains to attack a group of Moroccan families celebrating Morocco's victory over Spain.
  • 22 December – In the Denise Pipitone case, former prosecutor Maria Angioni is arrested for making false claims about the investigation to find the girl who disappeared 18 years earlier.