ZAGREB, Aug 28 (Hina) - Zagreb Mayor Milan Bandic on Tuesday morning appeared before Zagreb County Court for a preparatory hearing in the case dubbed "public stands" in which he is charged with enabling a nongovernmental association to use public stands for collecting signatures for a referendum petition in a non-transparent manner, and as such, allegedly defrauding the city budget of approximately 41,500 euro.
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