Brussels, 12/03/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 11 March, the Council of EU finance ministers approved the third programming period for the Pericles programme (for 2014-2020) that was launched in 2002 to protect the single currency from counterfeiting and other forms of fraud. Pericles 2020 will have a budget of €7.34 million, which will be used, for example, to finance the purchase of equipment to be used by specialised anti-counterfeiting authorities. The programme will support the...