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'World War I and Southwest Georgia' –professors of Niko Berdzenishvili Institute at the Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University devoted the scientific conference to the 100th anniversary of World War I; The scholars of the Department of History, Archeology and ethnology discussed century-old historical events happening in Adjara. The Conference presentations focused on the important topics: ‘The socio-economic situation in the south-western Georgia before World War I,’ ‘Adjara during the years of World War I’, ‘The economic difficulties and socio-political situation in Batumi region during World War I," ‘Georgian independent committee and establishment of the Georgian Legion’, ‘Adjarians "high treason" charges and repressions’, ‘South-western Georgia and Adjara after World War I’.

Heinrich Böll Foundation South Caucasus Regional Bureau launched the project ‘Who's Afraid of feminism’, hosted by the Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University; The Foundation sponsored series of lectures by the philosopher Lela Gaphrindashvili, women’s human rights’ defender. The philosopher gave a public lecture on ‘Feminism and women's rights movement from the strand to the center’. The speaker reviewed the history of women's empowerment and the major actors. The audience learnt about the history of Western feminist ideas and its relation to the Georgian reality. The speaker emphasized on the idea of equality and talked about the Georgian feminists who pioneered in the movement for women’s’ rights, hence paving the way for the next generations of women. The BSU will host the series of public lectures every Friday 17:00 through 13 December.

Memorandum of understanding was signed between the NGOs " Rights of the Persons with Disabilities" and the local group “Elsa Batumi” of the European Law Students' Association. The MoA envisages development of the law projects for the Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University students. The projects will focus on the joint programs and trainings.

BSU hosted the event devoted to the International Hospice and Palliative Care Day; The students’ scientific practical conference opened with poster presentations.
Giorgi Lobzhanidze, Chairman of the Georgian Medical Doctors’ Association, TSU professor, Dimitri Kordzaya, Chairman of the National Association of Palliative Care gave panel discussion on the topics relevant to the field. The students of Batumi Shota Rustaveli University and Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University learnt about Palliative Care and visited palliative care patients.

The Adjara Education Fund presented free foreign languages and computer courses at the Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. The Fund officers discussed the current opportunities of the scheduled projects with the professors and the students. The Adjara Education Fund has been implementing the project since 2011 throughout all the municipalities. The project offers free courses in English, German and French languages and computer know-how as well as TOEFL test preparation. The free courses are open to the community. Any citizen of Georgia with the minimum age limit to 18 and above is eligible to apply.