2022 in Italy
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See also: | Other events of 2022 History of Italy • Timeline • Years |
Events during the year 2022 in Italy
Incumbents
Events
Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
Ongoing – Protests over COVID-19 policies in Italy
January
- 1 January: despite the public ban on not using New Year's barrels throughout Italy there are 14 seriously injured after the use of unauthorized fires.
- 3 January: in Torre del Greco a 40-year-old woman drowns her son in the sea.
- 8 January: in Agrigento (Realmonte) the Scala dei Turchi natural monument is vandalized.
- Serie A decides to close for a round the football stadiums that can accommodate a maximum of 5000 spectators due to the spread of the omicron variant.
- 13 January: 10 years after the sinking of the Costa Concordia in which 32 people died.
- 15 January: in Turin a man kills a little girl by knocking her off a balcony during a game.
- 16 January: in Naples there is a boom in electric bike sales in a single day 15 thousand models are sold.
- 17 January: following the spread of the omicron variant, the Val d'Aosta passes into the orange zone.
- an egalitarian marriage committee is created to speed up the approval process for an egalitarian marriage in Italy.
- Naples appears to be the city that pays more attention to animals, 10 out of 9 stray dogs find a home.
- 19 January: a man from Viareggio suffering from psychological disorders barricades himself at home with his elderly father, will be arrested for attempted murder of a firefighter.
- interior minister Luciana Lamorgese signs a security pact against crime and gomorrah in Naples.
- 20 January: a family from Syria and with serious physical problems will be taken to Italy where they will live in Siena and will be cared for by caritas.
- the royal palace of Caserta celebrates 270 years of construction.
- 21 January: Work begins on the construction of the new Salerno airport which will be completed by 2024.
- the historic Japanese cartoon The Tiger Man turns 40 years after his arrival in Italy.
- the European court of human rights condemns Italy for having separated a mother from her daughter in the city of Brescia.
- 22 January: Silvio Berlusconi withdraws his candidacy a few days before the elections for the president of the republic.
- in Taranto a man injures 2 officers who were chasing his car.
- in Italy there is yet another death at work, it is an 18-year-old boy who worked as an internship in Udine.
- 23 people are arrested between Puglia and Calabria for participating in an international drug dealing from Turkey and the Netherlands.
- Starbucks closes its stores in Milan, however the US chain announces that it has great news for Italy.
- a few dozen people protest in Milan against vaccines and green passes.
- 23 January: in Brescia (Rezzato) there is a terrible accident between a car and a bus 5 young people die.
- 24 January: 2022 Italian presidential election
- following the spread of COVID-19 (omicron variant) the health minister Roberto Speranza has decided to sign an ordinance that puts Piedmont, Sicily and Friuli in the orange zone, while Puglia and Sardinia go yellow.
- 26 January: in Livorno a twelve-year-old is beaten and laughed at by a group of boys for being Jews, a fact that has upset even the white Patrizio Bianchi minister of education.
- 28 January: in Ostia, a girl denounces her parents to the carabinieri following Islamic extremism against her by her family.
- 29 January: the president of the republic in office Sergio Mattarella is elected to the office of president of the republic.
- 30 January: a fire in an apartment in Reggio Emilia kills 2 children.
February
- 1–5 February: Sanremo Music Festival 2022
- 1 February: Russian President Vladimir Putin telephones Prime Minister Mario Draghi for reassurance on gas supplies for Italy.
- 2 February: Rome a group of activists vandalized the headquarters of the ministry of ecological transition.
- in Grumo Nevano (Napoli) a man strangles a 23-year-old woman by killing her, the man is arrested.
- 3 February: Sergio Mattarella swears in as president of the Italian republic starting his second term.
March
- 17 March: 161 years from the Italian unification.
April
- 25 April: Liberation Day