Professor Jarosław Tomaszewski, head of the international cooperation centre at the Wroclaw School of Banking, visited Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University to present Erasmus+ exchange program opportunities to the students and academic personnel of BSU. Professor Tomaszewski held a workshop at the Faculty of Business and Economics. The students of the Faculty attended the workshop, which dealt with the European economy.
The celebration of Georgia’s visa liberalization with the EU made an event at BSU. Zurab Pataradze, Head of the Adjara Government and Rector of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University Merab Khalvashi met the students, professors and educators who had visited European leading universities through various exchange scholarship programs. The Head of the Government congratulated the students on the historic day of visa-free travel to the European Union, and talked about the advantages and opportunities of visa liberalization for Georgia and citizens of Georgia. He put emphasis on the importance of involvement of the youth in the joint international projects, and participation in the trade, economic, cultural relations and processes. Inga Shamilishvili, Minister of Minister of Education of Adjara attended the meeting at BSU.
Head of Analytical Reporting and Outreach Department (AROD) of EUMM, Dr. Kaupo Kand held a public lecture at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. Dr. Kaupo Kand talked about the EU Monitoring Mission, the activities carried out within the mandate and future plans of the EUMM.
His excellency Mariusz Maszkiewicz, Ambassador of Poland to Georgia visited Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. The envoy met Merab Khalvashi, Rector of the high educational institution and discussed political, cultural and educational relations between Georgia to Poland. The parties planned the prospective implementation of the joint educational and research projects and exchange programs. Another significant agreement made at the meeting was opening of the Room of Georgia-Poland Interrelation at BSU, and establishment of the memorial board of the Polish architect of BSU Alexander Szymkiewicz.
Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University hosted the presentation of the Georgian-Farsi Dictionary by Mohamad Rigi. The academic event was attended by Rector of the host High Education Institution Merab Khalvashi, Consul General of the Iran’s Islamic Republic to Georgia, Head of the Department of Culture at the Embassy to Georgia of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mojtaba Kamranfard. BSU students, professors, and the interested Georgian community attended the event. There are 29 683 entries in the dictionary, which makes the first attempt to develop and publish a large volume of the bilingual translational dictionary. Editing of the Georgian part has been done based on such academic sources as Explanatory Dictionary of Georgian Language (8 volumes), Orthographic Dictionary of Georgian Language”. The dictionary is intended for the students, translators and interpreters, scholars and educators whose professional activities are related to Iran and the Iranian world. Georgian – Farsi Dictionary was published with the sponsorship of the Department of Culture at the Embassy to Georgia of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
