The following is a list of events of the year 2021 in Italy.
The year is marked by the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the achievements of Italian representatives in many fields, including the Eurovision Song Contest, Paganini Competition, the Olympic and Paralympic games, UEFA Euro 2020, Sofia Open, European Open, World Pastry Cup and much more.
Incumbents
President: Sergio Mattarella Prime Minister: Giuseppe Conte (until 13 February), Mario Draghi (starting 13 February)
Events Central themes of the year
COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
Protests over COVID-19 policies in Italy
2021 Italian government crisis
January 1 January – New Year 4 January – Murders of Peter Neumair and Laura Perselli. 13 January – 2021 Italian government crisis: Former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi withdraws the Italia Viva party from the governing coalition. 17 January – The first episode of the TV series Mina Settembre premiers on Rai 1, an Italian television network. 21 January – The centennial anniversary of the Communist Party of Italy. 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. 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. 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. 23 February – The president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, meets the family of the Italian ambassador of the Congo, Luca Attanasio, who was killed in the city of Goma. 27 February – The first decree signed by the new prime minister Mario Draghi enters into force. The decree was a ban on travel to areas subject to lockdown.
March 1 March – Marked 160 years of relations and friendship between Iran and Italy. 7 March – Måneskin gets a triumph in Sanremo with the song Zitti e buoni, which gets 49% votes and 13 million plays. 8 March – A feminist strike takes place in Rome. 14 March – Nicola Zingaretti resigns as secretary of the Italian Democratic Party. Zingaretti was replaced by Enrico Letta. 17 March – Marks 160 years from the Italian Unification. 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. This day 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. 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.
April 3 April – Ternana Calcio returns to Serie B after 7 years. 4 April – Easter Day 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. Street vendors also demonstrated and blocked of the streets of Milan with vans and buses. 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. Protests by restaurateurs against the government to ask for the immediate blocking of the A1 motorway in Florence. 25 April – Italian Liberation Day, 76 years after the liberation from fascism and the end of the Second World War in Italy. Como Football returns to Serie B after 6 years of Serie C.
May 1 May – Italian Workers' Day 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. 4 May – Marks 72 years after the Superga Tragedy, which killed the entire Torino team. The Empoli football team returns to Serie A after 2 years of absence. 9 May – A Chinese satellite in free fall risks hitting southern Italy. However, it falls far into the Indian Ocean. 10 May – After 23 years, the Salernitana football team returns to Serie A. 20 May – Juventus wins the 2020–21 Coppa Italia by beating Atalanta 1–2. 22 May – Måneskin wins Eurovision Song Contest 2021 for Italy, giving Italy its first Eurovision win since 1990. 23 May A cable car in Mottarone, Piedmont falls near the summit, killing at least 12 people. Two children, aged 5 and 9, are taken to a hospital in Turin. Milanese team Inter, wins the 2020-21 Serie A after 10 years of domination by the Turin team Juventus. Roma become the first Italian team ever to qualify for the new uefa conference league. 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. 28 May – Venezia Calcio returns to Serie A after 19 years. 31 May – The powerful mob boss Giovanni Brusca is released from prison after 25 years.
June 2 June – Republic Day 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. 13 June – Ardea shooting. 18 June Novara ramming. 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 is found by a reporter sent to cover his disappearance. The child is found several kilometers from his home.
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 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" 11 July – The Italian football team wins the Euro 2020 football final at Wembley Stadium against the England team. 19 July – A homophobic assault occurs on Bacoli beach, where 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. 22 July – Whirlpool workers in Naples protest in Rome after the company confirmed its intention to close the plant and lay off employees. 23 July In Sardinia, fires break out; other regions are affected later. A bus on the island of Capri crashes, causing 28 injuries and the death of the driver.
August 1 August – Marcell Jacobs wins the 100 meters at the 2020 Summer Olympics, becoming the fastest man in the world. 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. 6 August – The Chievo football team is known for 10 years in Serie A and for the climb from amateurs to professions is excluded from the Serie B championship. 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. 8 August – At the end of Tokyo 2020, Olympic Italy concludes the edition with 40 medals. 9 August Italy becomes the first European nation for the number of fires. Mount Etna erupts. 14 August – A child belonging to German tourists is lost in Ancient Pompeii, the child was found later in the Temple of Apollo. 21 August – Serie A, the Italian football championship, will begin on 21 August 2021 and will end on 22 May 2022. 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. 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. 25 August – For the first time in 30 years, the leader of the Lega, Matteo Salvini is not a candidate for the municipality of Milan. Marks 155 years of relations and friendships between Italy and Japan. 27 August – After 3 years in Italy, the Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo leaves Juventus to return to Manchester United. 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. 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. 29 August – Torre dei Moro fire 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"
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. 2 September – President of Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella met Congo president Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo. 1–11 September – The 78th Venice International Film Festival is held at Venice Lido. 4 September – The Italian women's volleyball team wins the Euro volley against the Serbian national team. 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. 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. A whirlwind wind hits the island of Pantelleria, killing 2 people and injuring 9.