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International Summer School "Constitutional Democracy: Modern Challenges" has started within the frames of the partnership between Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University and Mykolas Romeris University. The Summer School has been opened by the Rector of BSU Merab Khalvashi, Dean of the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences - Levan Jakeli, Associate Professor and the Director of the Summer School - Malkhaz Nakashidze, Professor Toma Birmontiene of Mykolas Romeris University and The Head of the Department of Education at the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport of Adjara A.R. - Nazibrola Beridze-Gabaidze. During the week, students from Georgia, UK, Estonia, Belgium, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Armenia will study the topical issues of constitutional law and important institutions of constitutional democracy.

The conference "Action Research to Innovative Science & Career Orientation" has been opened at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. The conference is the concluding event of the ERASMUS + project ARTIST (Action Research to Innovate Science Teaching & Career Orientation). The ARTIST project coordinator is Professor Ingo Eilks (University of Bremen), and the co-coordinator - Professor Marika Kapanadze (Ilia State University). Different higher education institutions are participating in the project from seven countries as follows: Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Israel, Turkey, the Philippines, and Georgia. The project aims at stimulating students` interest in science, increasing motivation to study natural sciences through practical training and improving the quality of teaching.

The 6th International Caucasian Symposium on Polymers and Advanced Materials has been jointly opened by Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University and Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. Scientists from Georgia, Germany, France, Poland, Belgium, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran and other countries have been participating in the international symposium. The symposium aims at discussing the results of modern scientific and technical studies in the field of composites, polymers and composition materials derived from them, as well as exposition of up-to-date and widely used polymeric materials.

The Eleventh Japanese-Mediterranean Workshop on Applied Electromagnetic Engineering for Magnetic, Superconducting, Multifunctional and Nanomaterials (JAPMED’11) has been opened at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. The four-day seminar aims at exchanging of information, experience, new ideas and inventions in the field of Applied Electromagnetics considering the new materials research.

The French National Day was celebrated with several activities jointly by Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, French Language Teachers Association, and Batumi Boulevard. The event was opened by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Georgia Pascal Meunier, Rector of the University Merab Khalvashi and Batumi Mayor Lasha Komakhidze. The foyer of the university was the venue of several expositions: the exhibition of the works of FabLab BSU; the exposition of Old Boulevard; the exposition of the paintings, rendering French literature, by the pupils from Georgian-American school and school "Euro 2000". The music performed by the university band as well as melodies and compositions of classical music instrumented on the accordion and the piano accompanied the event.