2015 in Italy
overview of Italy-related events during the year of 2015
The following lists events have happened in 2015 in the Italian Republic.
Incumbents
President: Giorgio Napolitano (until 14 January), Sergio Mattarella (starting 3 February)
Prime Minister: Matteo Renzi
Events
January
January 14 – President of Italy Giorgio Napolitano announces his resignation.
March
March 3 – South of Sicily, Italy's Coast Guard saves 941 trafficked migrants aboard five motorized dinghies and two larger vessels near southern Italian ports. Ten people are unaccounted for.
April
April 9 – A man shot and killed three people and wounded two others at a Milan courthouse.
April 18 – shipwreck in the Sicilian channel of a boat loaded with 887 migrants off the Libyan coast, accidentally impacted with the King Jacob ship. Over 800 deaths, the highest number of victims ever recorded.
May
May 1 – October 31 – Expo 2015 is held in Milan, Italy.
May 15 – A man fired from the balcony of his home in Secondigliano, Calabria, killing five people (including two relatives and a police officer) and wounding five others before being arrested.
July
July 11 – Bombing of the Italian Consulate in Cairo.
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