Milan mayor suspends himself over judicial probe


Milan's mayor Giuseppe Sala arrives at La Scala opera house before the opening of the 2016-17 opera season with Puccini's Madama Butterfly in Milan, Italy December 7, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo

MILAN (Reuters) - The mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, said on Thursday he had suspended himself from his duties after learning he was under investigation in a case involving tender bids at last year's Expo world fair.

Sala, elected mayor of Italy's financial capital earlier this year, was the former CEO of Expo Milan 2015.

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