Iranian officials announced on Wednesday that the country's top nuclear negotiator will meet with the European Union's foreign policy chief for a new round of talks next week.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been invited to an upcoming summit between the European Union and Africa, but Portugal does not want him to attend the summit.

European Union countries are meeting, for the first time, with their poorer Mediterranean counterparts, to find ways to stem the flow of illegal immigration to Europe.

The EU and Serbia initialed a key document paving the way for the Balkan country to join the 27-member bloc, the EU press service said on Wednesday.

EU sees lack of consistency in its asylum policy, with refugees assured of acceptance in some countries and absolutely not in other, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday.

The EU's 27 states bloc's executive Commission are proposing to lay down a anti-terrorism measures that will include collecting data on air travellers and cracking down on militant Web sites.

The British aid agency Oxfam has warned the European Union (EU) that its plan to use more biofuels could prove disastrous for some of the world's poorest people.

European Union and African Union officials are meeting in Ghana's capital Accra Wednesday to set the agenda for a joint summit in Lisbon, Portugal later this year. The summit has stirred controversy as governments wrangle over whether Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe should be invited.

EU officials, three U.S. states, Norway, Canada and New Zealand, are to build a global carbon trading market to resist climate change.

President Vladimir Putin and top European Union officials began a summit near Lisbon on Friday, aimed at addressing key energy and trade disputes, along with international issues.

Slovenia is going to take over the EU presidency in January, and it sees keeping Europe united over Kosovo as a key challenge, the country's foreign minister said Thursday.

EU legislators sought to enlarge funds for development and research in EU budget next year, a package that is supposed to be about Ђ5 billion (US$7.12 billion) higher than what was initially approved.