PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Italy Learns the Price of Rocking with Elton

LONDON—Each year thousands of projects get financing from the European Union, which lavishes billions of euros on its less prosperous regions. The bloc finally drew the line Friday, asking for a refund of money used to pick up the tab for an Elton John concert. After a brief inquiry, the European Commission, the bloc's executive arm, ordered Italy to repay 720,000 euros, or about $983,000, used by local authorities to pay for the concert last year in Naples...

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