Noordwijk, 17/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - The steering board of the European Defence Agency met for the first time on Friday, in Noordwijk, on the sidelines of the informal meeting of EU defence ministers (see above). On this occasion, the Agency's Director, Nick Witney of Britain, outlined the Agency's working programme for the year 2005. Member States are expected in coming weeks to put concrete ideas forward for contributing to the development of the programme, which is to be approved...