Baku, Azerbaijan, June 13
By Ilhama Isabalayeva - Trend:
Over 100 million manat have been spent for the opening ceremony of the first European Games in Baku, Azerbaijani Minister of Youth and Sports Azad Rahimov said at a press conference June 13.
Baku 2015 is the first-ever European Games, an exciting and innovative multi-sport event for the continent. The games started on June 12 and will last till June 28, 2015.
There will be a total of 20 sports at Baku 2015: 16 Olympic sports and four non-Olympic sports. More than 6,000 athletes from across Europe will be representing their nations over 17 days of competition.
Baku was awarded the games by the European Olympic Committees (EOC) in December 2012.
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