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The fall school of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University "Cultural and International Tourism - Vital Force of Peace" was opened in BSU. About 40 Georgian and foreign professors and students participate in the fall school. The event was opened by BSU Rector Merab Khalvashi, DAAD Tbilisi Regional Office Head Gebhard Royle, BSU Administration Head Merab Diasamidze and Tourism Faculty Dean Irakli Kordzaia.

The Faculty of Humanities of BSU hosted the "Austrian Literary Weekend in Batumi". The project is being organized by the Embassy of Austria in Georgia for the second year and its purpose is to popularize Austrian culture, art and literature in Georgia. At the event held in Batumi, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Austria in Georgia, Thomas Mühlmann, presented a new trilingual educational platform - www.berta-von-suttner.net, which depicts the life and work of the first female Nobel laureate in the field of peace, Berta von Suttner, the years spent by the Suttner family in Georgia. It also offers various multimedia resource to the user.

Jesper Moller, the newly appointed representative of the United Nations Children`s Fund in Georgia, visited Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. Jesper Moller spoke about the achievements and future plans of the BSU Children`s Rights Knowledge Center at an introductory meeting with BSU Rector Merab Khalvashi. Within the framework of the visit, a meeting was also held with professors and students of the Faculty of Exact Sciences and Education of BSU.

A scientific picnic "Blue Policy of the Maritime Country" was held at Shota Rustaveli State University of Batumi. Various higher educational institutions, scientific-research centers and organizations participated in the event along with BSU. In the open air, in about 30 tents the results of various scientific projects depicting the research of the Black Sea and the region, interesting experiments for students, fun activities, interactive exhibitions and quizzes were presented. The "Blue Policy of the Maritime Country" aimed to promote scientific research and innovation and to introduce the achievements of researchers to the general public.

The scientific conference "Black Sea Crossroads of Civilizations II" was opened in the framework of the scientific picnic "Blue Policy of the Maritime Country" at Shota Rustaveli State University of Batumi. The two-day conference was opened and the participants were welcomed by BSU rector Merab Khalvashi, Minister of Education, Culture and Sports of the Autonomous Republic of Ajara Maia Khajishvili, Head of the Science Development Department of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia Ketevan Kokrashvili, Mayor of Batumi Archil Chikovani, Deputy Head of the Science Development Department of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia Zaza Maruashvili, Professor of the University of Warsaw (Poland) Davit Kolbaia and Ostrava University (Czech Republic) professor Vicent Kopechak.