Brussels, 21/06/2012 (Agence Europe) - The member states, on 20 June, adopted the agreement between the European Parliament (EP) and Council on the proposal for a directive on the basic rights of victims of crime in the EU, the two having reached agreement on applying identical standards of protection to all victims of crime across the EU regardless of the type of crime. The draft directive, brought forward by Commissioner Viviane Reding in May 2011, seeks to strengthen existing national...