Brussels, 22/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Friday, the European Commission gave the go-ahead to the launch of an Interreg III programme for the northern periphery of Europe (Finland, Scotland, Sweden, Norway, the Faeroe Islands and Greenland) to the tune of EUR 50 million (EUR 21.3 million of which in EU funding and EUR 29 million from national governments, the private sector and non-EU countries). The programme covers the Highlands and Islands in Scotland, the Objective 1 regions and...