European Union News - 17 May 2011

The 17 May has been marked as the International Day Against Homophobia because the same day in 1990, the World Health Organisation finally removed homosexuality from its list of mental disorders. With regard this day, all European authorities made a statement.

EU ETS emissions increased in 2010 but remain well below pre-crisis level according to the Commission. To the Climate Action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard, the emissions increase in 2010 reflects the economic recovery, but even after the economy coming back to normal, the EU ETS emissions remain well below the cap for the 2008-2012 trading period.

A programme which has been negotiated with the Portuguese authorities by the Commission, in liaison with the ECB and the IMF, will provide EU financial support. Ministers concur with the Commission and the ECB that providing a loan to Portugal is warranted to safeguard financial stability in the euro area and the EU as a whole.

The study, presented by two researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in the United States, has discovered how cells migrate at the developing brain stage and how other types of cells may travel inside the body. A critical stage of human development is how cells manage their migratory patterns in the human body. Another critical element is the process by which they differentiate or evolve from less specialised cells into more specialised cell types. According to researchers, bad coordination could trigger abnormal development, and in turn lead to cancer.

Michèle Sabban, President of the Assembly of European Regions (AER) and the Tunisian Minister for Regional Development, Mr. Abderrazek Zouari, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on regionalization and employment.