Foreigners, he said, own on average 17% of the capital of Italy's four largest banks, compared with 7% of Germany's top four and 3% of France's.
With the world-famous Carnival of Venice in full swing on the eastern side of northern Italy, the capital of the north-west sent off the Games with its own decadent party featuring acrobats, clowns -- and a touch of burlesque.
Milan being the fashion capital of Italy, a competitor opened a second outlet mall neabry, Fidenza Village.
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This in itself could lead to spiralling bond yields and the flight of capital invested in Italy could resume.
Meanwhile images of witches' sabbaths and satanic rituals abound, perhaps a nod to Turin, said to be the black-magic capital of Italy.
These are euros owed to the Bundesbank by the central banks of the economies where there has been the greatest capital flight, names those of Greece, Italy and Spain.
But, as I walk through the twisting alleyways of Italy's capital, songs from both the mighty reds and the Catalans sweep past me.
It is not the intention of European policy makers that capital controls would form part of resolving banks, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands are all in the process of resolving banks with no capital controls.
In January the chief executives of Exxon, Shell, France's Total and Eni of Italy flew to Astana, the new northern capital decreed in 1997 and built almost from scratch.
Italy's super-charged capital boasts one of the world's most inspiring cityscapes.
After all, haven't we been receiving all these "safe haven" capital flows, every time the financial markets panic about the creditworthiness of Greece, Italy or the rest?
According to the Bank of Italy document, the central bank began to question MPS's capital solidity when it first had to evaluate whether to give its green light to the Antonveneta acquisition in 2008.
Only in Spain and Italy of the 22 countries surveyed do a clear majority of people favour free capital movements.
The chief prosecutor in Palermo, Sicily's capital, Giancarlo Caselli, a native of Piedmont in Italy's north-west, says he uses Mr Camilleri's books as a crucial cultural guide.
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