The first Olympic Games in Europe may take place in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan  is  a prime candidate to host the first Summer Olympics in Europe in 2015. On Saturday, December 8, according to the Reuters news agency,  the Forty-first General Assembly of the European Olympic Committee (EOC) in Rome to decide on a major world sporting innovation. The main opponent of additional events is the European Association of Athletics with a reference to a very tight tournament schedule.

According to the President of the European Olympic Committee, Patrick Hickey, sport can and should unite, especially the Old World. November 13, while on a visit to Baku, he witnessed the functional readiness of this country, and will support its candidacy at a meeting of the General Assembly of the EOC on December 8.

Nearly 50 national committees have expressed interest to undertake European games in Olympic and other sports, and as many cities have expressed willingness to host European games.

Hickey explained that the competition will be held on 15 kinds  of sports, 12 of which  are the Olympics, and three - non-Olympic. "We do not want to copy large Olympic Games,  we just want to  make the competition that reflects the features of Europe."

It is expected that the first European games will be held in 2015.  Currently the  Asian Games, African Games, Pan American Games are held, according to  the  website olimpikgames.ucoz.  --17D—