Pompeii will have 'regular maintenance at last'

The Roman city of Pompeii has become a model for Europe just seven years after a string of collapses in 2010 left many concerned for the sites preservation. The European commissioner for regional policy, Corina Cretu, praised the progress of the so-called Great Pompeii Projectthe 105m restoration campaign launched in 2012 by the European Union (EU) and the Italian governmentin February. The original deadline to complete the works was extended from 2015 to 2017. Our sister newspaper, Il Giornale