In a bid to break the deadlock between Serbia and Kosovo over the latter's status, the EU has offered to mediate talks between the two sides in Brussels.

• July 27, 2010

China Development Bank offered to co-invest in the planned construction of a nuclear power plant in Belene, Bulgaria, the Serbian government said, citing talks between Serbian Energy and Mining Minister Petar Skundric and a Chinese delegation.

• July 27, 2010

If there is an interstate water dispute or if any state government senses the likelihood of a water dispute because of any executive action or legislation passed or proposed by another state, it can bring it to the Centre's notice.

• July 26, 2010

Iran has announced it is ready to begin immediate discussions with Western powers about its nuclear power swap deal - just as the EU plans to levy its toughest-ever sanctions against the country's oil and gas industry.

• July 26, 2010

EVEN as the petroleum industry continues drilling in the Gulf of Mexico at considerable expense and risk, a single field here in central Asia stands ready to produce two-thirds as much oil each day as the entire gulf does, with less danger to the environment.

• July 26, 2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who arrived in Milan on a working visit on Friday, has begun talks with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

• July 26, 2010

Ukraine plans to increase the trade turnover with neighboring Russia to more than 50 billion U.S. dollars by the end of 2010 from 25.8 billion dollars in 2009

• July 26, 2010

China's reported move to construct two more nuclear power plants in Pakistan was expected to be discussed at the 46-member Nuclear Supplies Group's five-day meeting at Christchurch, New Zealand last month.

• July 24, 2010