Vienna, 16/01/2006 (Agence Europe) - At the informal JHA Council in Vienna on 13/14 January, EU justice and interior ministers pledged to beef up Europol's powers and promote greater cooperation on internal security issues but failed to agree on increasing EU penal law powers. A conference will be held on security under the EU strategy on the external dimension of JHA (see Europe 9080) in Vienna in May, focussing on the Western Balkans. As announced in Europe 9104, Croatian interior minister...