Legendary Genoese musician Fabrizio De André sings a ballad about a fisherman who shares his bread and wine with a murderer.

In Italia (In Italy) is a single by Italian rapper Fabri Fibra, from the album Bugiardo (Liar), released in 2007, and features special guest artist, Gianna Nannini. This piece highlights many of the problems of contemporary Italy, such as unemployment and corruption.

Here are some great lyrics for learning Italian. The video clip is actually a song within a short, inane, comedy. Just about every Italian knows the name Gianni Morandi. He's a very famous and well-loved singer-songwriter and entertainer, and even starred in a TV series called Voglia di Volare (the desire to fly), so the song may very well be a thinly veiled reference to that show. The original song Volare is one of the most famous Italian pop songs of all time.

It was party time in Rome for the winners of the European Cup, with the prime minister and president participating. The Azzurri won 4-3 with penalty kicks.

Leonardo Bonucci, on defense for Juventus, and of the national team, is very proud of how his team believed in themselves and the possibility of winning. And then they actually won the European Cup.

Roberto Mancini, the technical commissioner of the Italian team, and ex-soccer player, expresses his joy at the victory and dedicates the trophy to all Italians.

Pupia TV – The Neapolitan singer Eugenio Bennato sings “Il Mondo Corre” [The World Runs] at a live concert in Catania.

Mothers Day is approaching. Four mothers (including our Marika!) give us their thoughts on what it means to be a mother.

Here's the story of the Italian version of "killing two birds with one stone."

Francesco is in the Province of Avellino and talks to us about one of the Campania Region's most important archaeological sites: the Norman Castle of Avella, destroyed and rebuilt numerous times, but well preserved nonetheless.

The excursion to the Castle of Avella continues and we see the preserved walls of this historic place. Places such as this are common in Campania, thanks to the numerous civilizations that passed through this region in earlier times.

Our two picnickers are talking about their pets. The woman has a nice dog and the man has a grey cat. How about you? And which do you like better, dogs or cats?

Which is better, winter or summer? Let's see what our two friends have to say. And what do you think?

Our two picnickers are hungry, but before having something to eat they take out a bottle of wine and talk about how it should be tasted.

The picnickers are joined by another couple, who have just returned from a trip to India. After a brief disucssion about Indian food, they all agree that Italian food is the best in the world.