First European Olympic Games will be held in Baku on 12-28 June 2015, was announced today at a press conference in Baku on the results of the first meeting of the Coordination Commission of the European Committee for the Olympic Games.
According to Azad Rahimov, the Minister of Youth and Sports, on 19 sports will participate 6351 athletes.
The following competitions are expected: archery, water sports (swimming, water polo, diving), weightlifting, badminton, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling (mountain biking, road), beach soccer, gymnastics (rhythmic , sports, tumbling and acrobatics), judo, karate, shooting (clay pigeon and bullet), table tennis), taekwondo, triathlon, volleyball (beach and hall multiplex), wrestling and fencing.
Chairman of the Coordination Commission of the European Olympic Committee, Spyros Kapralos, said that the number of sports will be enhanced.
In addition to Baku, he competitions will be held in Mingachevir, where in the training base "Kur" will held the competition of rowers.—06D--
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It will be cloudy and rainy in Baku and Absheron on 14 February. Wind will be north-west, gusty. Air temperature at night +2+4, during the day + 5+7. Humidity 75-85%.
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At the "Julfa" customs post of the Nakhchivan customs, during an inspection of a truck from Iran that was transiting to Türkiye, 101.4 kg of methamphetamine was found in the fuel tank and heating system tank.
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This year, 22,000 foreign language teachers and an additional 4,000 teachers who were unable to pass certification last year will be involved in the certification process, the director of the state agency for preschool and general education, Eshgi Bagirov, announced on February 12. According to him, of the 65,000 teachers involved in the certification, 55,000 passed successfully and received salary supplements. At the same time, employment contracts were terminated with 5,000 teachers who did not pass the certification.
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