8 January : due to the worsening of the waste crisis in
Campania and the riots that broke out as a result, the government appoints
Gianni De Gennaro as liquidator and decides to send the Army to the region.
26 January : the president of the Sicilian Region,
Salvatore Cuffaro, resigns amidst the controversy after being sentenced in the first instance to 5 years for personal aiding and abetting against defendants in
Mafia trials.
February
6 February : the President of the Republic
Giorgio Napolitano decrees the dissolution of the chambers and the end of the 15th legislature, after the failure of the exploratory assignment entrusted to the President of the Senate
Franco Marini. General elections are set for 13 and 14 April.
March
15 March: a hundred thousand parade in
Bari against the
mafia in a demonstration organized by
Libera
30 October :
Sardinia becomes the first region in Europe to receive only the digital terrestrial signal, thus carrying out the first switch-off of the analog signal in Italy.
December
31 December: Italy's mandate as non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council expires.
8 January : due to the worsening of the waste crisis in
Campania and the riots that broke out as a result, the government appoints
Gianni De Gennaro as liquidator and decides to send the Army to the region.
26 January : the president of the Sicilian Region,
Salvatore Cuffaro, resigns amidst the controversy after being sentenced in the first instance to 5 years for personal aiding and abetting against defendants in
Mafia trials.
February
6 February : the President of the Republic
Giorgio Napolitano decrees the dissolution of the chambers and the end of the 15th legislature, after the failure of the exploratory assignment entrusted to the President of the Senate
Franco Marini. General elections are set for 13 and 14 April.
March
15 March: a hundred thousand parade in
Bari against the
mafia in a demonstration organized by
Libera
30 October :
Sardinia becomes the first region in Europe to receive only the digital terrestrial signal, thus carrying out the first switch-off of the analog signal in Italy.
December
31 December: Italy's mandate as non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council expires.