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The Italian Navy has launched a recruitment campaign not in Italian, but in English.

Some Italians are demanding their English-speaking leaders ‘say it in Italian’

Culture

Italy’s youngest-ever prime minister, Matteo Renzi, likes to use English phrases to describe his political and economic reforms. His use of Italian peppered with English is enough to spark a campaign urging Italian politicians to “say it in Italian.”

Cheese from Southern Italy

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