2009 in Italy

Events of 2009 in Italy.
Silvio Berlusconi controversies.
Berlusconi is involved in several controversies in relation to his career and personal life.
Trial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito.
Knox and Sollecito were tried for and convicted of the Murder of Meredith Kercher.
L'Aquila earthquake.
A major earthquake occurred in Abruzzo on 6 April, killing about 300 people.