Other people's money

EU funds built ski run on flat snow-free Danish island

(COPENHAGEN) - The European Union allocated 100,000 euros (136,000 dollars) to a Danish businessman to build a ski slope on an island where snow rarely falls and no hill rises much above 100 metres (330 feet), a Danish newspaper reported Monday.

"I never thought they (the EU experts) were going to back something so crazy," Ole Harild told the tabloid Ekstra Bladet.

"But since the money had been released there was no reason not to go ahead with the plan."

The ski slope is on the island of Bornholm, in the Baltic Sea, known for its sunny climate and lack of snow.