Baku was awarded the right to host of the first European Games, a multi-sport event.<br /> Cityscape with the imposing Flame Towers, an important landmark that supports a hotel, residential and office facilities and that is linked by centrally located retail and leisure areas. Azeri GDP grew 41.7% in the first quarter of 2007, possibly the highest of any nation worldwide, as the country economy completed its post-Soviet transition into a major oil based economy.
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