League party leader Matteo Salvini (R) signs a campaign poster reading "I believe in it and I'll put my signature on it". (Photo by Piero CRUCIATTI / AFP) Italian political goings-on are famously ...

The front pages of Italian newspapers La Stampa and La Repubblica on December 2nd 2019. Photo by Miguel MEDINA / AFP With its musicality and large vocabulary, Italian is one of the most fascinating ...

Hear Miles Hoffman's examples of Italian musical terms in action. Even when it isn't sung, the Italian language sounds like music, which is part of why Italian words are used to tell musicians how to ...

Did you know that the language of Dante Alighieri is the most studied in the world after English, French, and Spanish? It surpasses Chinese, Japanese, and German! La bella lingua has lots of ...

Editor’s Note: Silvia Marchetti is a Rome-based freelance reporter and writer. She covers finance, economics, travel and culture for a wide range of media. Silvia has a master degree in journalism, ...

As indicated by the hodgepodge of attempted dialects in “House of Gucci,” Nicolas Cage’s strangely nasal intonations in “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin,” and Chris Pratt’s misguided voiceover in “The ...