Italy’s economy and finance minister Vittorio Grilli was explaining to the Parlamento Italiano on Tuesday exactly what the hell’s been going on at the 541 year-old Monti dei Paschi di Siena.
Catch him live, here. And yes, you will need to understand Italian. Read more

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