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Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University solemnly celebrated the 80th anniversary. The higher education institution exhibited unknown photographs, academic and scientific achievements. The exponents (monographs, textbooks, etc.) witnessed the vibrant life of the University. BSU’s Rector Merab Khalvashi met professors, scientists, staff and students at the Assembly Hall within the framework of the anniversary to congratulate on the event and award certificates and medals for outstanding work. The University dedicated a book: “Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University Place of Education – 80” to the jubilee. The bilingual anniversary volume offers rich unique archive materials, describing the history and the progress of BSU. The festive evening ended with the presentation of the newly composed hymn of the Univerwsity (author poet Davit Tedoradze, composer Ana Kasrashvili). BSU’s ensemble “Tbeti” and various folklore ensembles performed in the evening.

The International Conference Christianity and Economics was dedicated to the Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University 80th anniversary. The conference was jointly organized by Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilis State University Faculty of Economic and Business and Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University Faculty of Economic and Business. The international conference was represented by 80 scholars from five countries, including Georgian, German, Ukrainian, Lithuanian and Belarus professors. The conference discussed importance of the religious factors on the economy, theoretical – methodological aspects, and social-economic reforms.

Trabzon University of Eurasia hosted a special meeting of the Rectors of the Black Sea regions universities. The participant university Rectors discussed extensive multilateral collaboration opportunities and prospective cooperation. The parties planned joint international projects, exchange of students and professors, seminars, conferences and cultural events.
The meeting participants involved Merab Khalvashi, Associate Professor, Acting Rector of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Professor Marina Giorgadze, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Professor Irakli Sharabidze, Rector of the Batumi Maritime Academy, Professor Ermile Meskhia, Rector of the Batumi Art Training University, Yasin Temizkan, Consul General of Turkey in Batumi, Professor Aşkın Asan, Rector of the Trabzon University of Eurasia, Professor Hikmet Oksuz, Vice Rector of the Trabzon Karadeniz Technical University, Professor Mehmet Duman. Rector of the Artvin Çoruh University, Professor Orhan Karsli, Vice Rector of the Recep Tayyip Erdogan University.

Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University hosted international summer school as part of the project, Institution-Centered Conflict Studies (ICCS) on 17-27 August. The summer school had international participants, experts, as well as professors, scholars, educators and students of BSU. The summer school focused on the study of institutional approaches to the conflict resolution, ways of their research and application in practice.

Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University and Graz University, Austria, jointly organized III international summer school through the cooperation framework European Law in the South Caucasus (EULISC).
The summer school was opened by Merab Khalvashi, Associate Professor, Acting Rector of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Professor Adam Makharadze, Dean of the Faculty of Law at BSU, Giorgi Ermakov, Batumi Mayor, Zaza Vashakmadze, Chairman of the Religious Issues State Agency, Giorgi Barabadze, Chairman of the Georgian Agency of Competitiveness. The project participants came from various international high schools, including Georgian, German, Austrian, Chez, Serbian, Armenian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Azerbaijani, Russian, Kazakh, Polish students. The future lawyers are being trained by the international experts. The summer school intends to rise interest and motivation of the students to study legal and political issues of the EU and the South Caucasus.