Euro currency anti-counterfeiting programme extended

The European Parliament has approved extending the European Union’s (EU) ‘Pericles’ euro currency anti-counterfeiting programme, which will now continue to spend €1 million annually until 2013. MEPs also agreed to expand its scope to EU countries – such as Britain and Sweden – not using the euro. The programme supports seminars, meetings, workshops and conferences plus exchanges of technical, scientific and operational expertise on fighting euro counterfeiting.