Organizing Committee of 43rd World Chess Olympiad and Georgian Chess Federation dedicated another beautiful event to the upcoming Olympiad: On September 4, a showcase match was played between Nona Gaprindashvili and Maia Chiburdanidze, commemorating the latters’ 40th jubilee of World Championship on Ilia Lake!

Within the scope of the EU program "EU4Youth", three new projects are being implemented to ensure the employment of young people. The implementation of the projects began in the spring of 2018, and are fully funded by the European Union. The beneficiary countries are as follows: Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine and Belarus.

Owing to the support of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia, “1 Equilibrium” continues to implement the project - "Culture without Borders", and has reached its third stage of development, covering the regions of Shida Kartli and Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti.

Mikheil Batiashvili - the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia attended the process of handing over the renewed textbooks for I-VI grade, together with the students of Tbilisi public school №61.

Mikheil Giorgadze – the First Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia visited Belarus from August 31 to September 3.

Kutaisi will host its first International Opera Festival on September 16-22 at Kutaisi Meliton Balanchivadze Opera and Ballet State Theater. The aforementioned festival is a joint project of Kutaisi M. Balanchivadze Opera and Ballet State Theater and the International Fund - World Talent”, established by the famous Georgian singer Davit Ghvinianidze. 

The European Commissioner – Johannes Hann, in charge of the European Commission for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations opened The European School in Georgia. 

The Georgian national football team has begun its preparation for UEFA League of Nations. The Georgian team will hold their first match against Kazakhstan in Astana on September 6. The aforementioned match commences at 18:00 Georgian time, and will be played on the “Astana Arena”. The match will be served by the Turkish referee brigade headed by Haleel Othal Melier. Additionally, On September 9, after returning from Kazakhstan, Georgian national team will face the national team of Latvia on “Dinamo Arena” in Tbilisi.

Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia - Mikheil Batiashvili talked about reforms in the field of education with the Ambassador of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Georgia - Justin McKenzie Smith and the director of British Council - Zaza Purtseladze.

A conclusive conference was held at the Community College "Spektri", within the scope of the "Improvement of Quality of Vocational Education and Comparison of Engineering Fields in Georgia" project, where the results of the participation of the private sector and various stakeholders were presented.

Georgian Tennis Player – Nikoloz Basilashvili, has defeated the current top 18^th tennis player, Jack Sock in four sets with the aggregate result of – 4:6, 6:3, 6:2, 7:6 and has qualified to the 16^th final of the tournament. With this victory, Nikoloz Basilashvili has secured 90^th place in the ranking and has earned 156 thousand US dollars.

The chosen Youth Representative will travel to the United Nations Headquarters (New York, USA), where as a full member of the Georgian delegation, she will take part in the General Assembly's events and committee hearings. She will also participate in the elaboration of a youth decision.