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The European Union is in Europe.10 FEAST members are from The European Union and 26 have collaborative links with The European Union.

Every six months the presidency of the European Union rotates. Please find below a summary of when which country holds the presidency of the European Union.

periodcountry
1 January – 30 June 2011Hungary
1 July – 31 December 2010Belgium
1 January – 30 June 2010Spain
1 July – 31 December 2009Sweden
1 January – 30 June 2009Czech Republic
1 July – 31 December 2008France
1 January – 30 June 2008Slovenia
1 July 2006 – 31 December 2007Portugal
1 January – 30 June 2007Germany
1 July 2006 – 31 December 2006Finland
1 January – 30 June 2006Austria
1 July 2005 – 31 December 2005United Kingdom
1 January – 30 June 2005Luxembourg
1 July 2004 – 31 December 2004Netherlands
1 January – 30 June 2004Ireland
1 July 2003 – 31 December 2003Italy
1 January – 30 June 2003Greece

Europa Media in Hungary (www.europamedia.hu) has compiled an interesting document summmarizing the major European Funding opportunities in 2006 and 2007 (beyond R&D, and including social funds and CAP).

S&T agreements

The European Union has S&T agreements with the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Egypt, India, Israel, Japan, Jordan, South Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, Tunisia, Ukraine, United States of America.

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