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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10260

20 November 2010
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/cohesion
Inappropriately-used funds in Italy to be reimbursed

Brussels, 19/11/2010 (Agence Europe) - The sum of €720,000 from Community regional development funding - that was the amount used by Naples to set up a concert with British singer Elton John given in the region in September 2009 as part of the Piedigrotta festival. Questions are being raised as to whether the funding was appropriately used.

The affair was revealed by Mario Borghezio, MEP who is a member of La Lega Nord (Italy), and who had denounced this use of European regional funds by...

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