Brussels, 18/03/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 17 March, the president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, and Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou (education, culture, youth and multilingualism) reiterated their strong support for the MEDIA fund for cinema. They described the “rumours” whereby the Commission intends to abolish this programme and reduce funding (see also EUROPE 10330 and 10329) as “completely unfounded”, adding that, on the contrary, “our plan is to...