11 August 2011 | General, BMBS, CMST, ESSEM, FA, FPS, ISCH, ICT, MPNS, TUD, TD
COST country focus: Estonia
Estonia has been a member of COST since joining in 1997. The national COST Office is hosted by the Research Cooperation Centre, which is a unit within the Archimedes Foundation based in Tartu.
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10 August 2011 | General, BMBS, CMST, ESSEM, FA, FPS, ISCH, ICT, MPNS, TUD, TD
COST country focus: Denmark
Denmark has been a COST country since 1971 and the national COST Office for Denmark is hosted by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.
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09 August 2011 | General, BMBS, CMST, ESSEM, FA, FPS, ISCH, ICT, MPNS, TUD, TD
COST country focus: Czech Republic
The Czech Republic has been an independent COST member since 1993 and was already a member of COST as a part of Czechoslovakia since 1991. The Czech Republic hosted the COST Ministerial Council in Prague in 1997.
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08 August 2011 | General, MPNS
Tribute to Professor Zsolt Kajcsos
The COST community was saddened by the news that Professor Zsolt Kajcsos, Vice-Chair of the Domain Committee for Materials, Physics and Nanosciences and Domain Committee Rapporteur for many COST Actions, passed away on 27 July 2011.
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08 August 2011 | General, BMBS, CMST, ESSEM, FA, FPS, ISCH, ICT, MPNS, TUD, TD
COST country focus: Cyprus
Having received observer status in 1998, Cyprus became a COST country in 1999. The National COST Office in Cyprus is hosted by the Research Promotion Foundation and is located in Lefkosia.
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05 August 2011 | General, BMBS, CMST, ESSEM, FA, FPS, ISCH, ICT, MPNS, TUD, TD
COST country focus: Croatia
Croatia has been an independent COST member since 1992 and was previously a member as part of then Yugoslavia since 1971. It was the host of the COST Ministerial Council in 2003, which took place in Dubrovnik.
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04 August 2011 | General, BMBS, CMST, ESSEM, FA, FPS, ISCH, ICT, MPNS, TUD, TD
COST country focus: Bulgaria
After receiving observer status in 1998, Bulgaria become a COST country in 1999. The national COST Office in Bulgaria is hosted by the National Science Foundation (Ministry of Education and Science) in Sofia.
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03 August 2011 | General, BMBS, CMST, ESSEM, FA, FPS, ISCH, ICT, MPNS, TUD, TD, President
COST country focus: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia is the latest country to join COST, having been a member since May 2009. The first proposal received from Bosnia and Herzegovina was submitted for the Open Call in March 2010.
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02 August 2011 | General, BMBS, CMST, ESSEM, FA, FPS, ISCH, ICT, MPNS, TUD, TD
COST country focus: Belgium
Joining COST in 1971, Belgium has been a member of COST for its full forty year history. The national COST Office is hosted by the Federal Science Policy Office in Brussels.
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01 August 2011 | General, BMBS, CMST, ESSEM, FA, FPS, ISCH, ICT, MPNS, TUD, TD
COST country focus: Austria
This summer, the COST website visits all the COST countries one by one to highlight their achievements and contributions to the COST Programme. Today, Austria is the first country we visit.
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