Brussels, 21/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - On 18 April, the Council of Ministers of the EU adopted without debate the directive modifying directive 91/477/EEC regarding controls on the acquisition and keeping of weapons. Only Austria abstained over a text which takes up amendments voted on by the European Parliament at first reading (see EUROPE 9554). The directive will create a fair balance between a certain degree of free movement of firearms for civil use within the EU and the need to control...