President Ilham Aliyev has urged the attraction of local and foreign investments in Azerbaijan's regions for their faster development, Azertag reported on September 14.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today arrived in Shamkir for a visit.

A miniature composition "Azerbaijan Wedding", painted on the wall of Shamkir Museum of History and Ethnography may be included in the Guinness Book of Records.

With its spectacular landmarks Shamkir, an ancient city in the north-west of Azerbaijan, mesmerizes everyone who has a chance to see it.

With its warm climate and untamed, mountainous countryside, Azerbaijan is home to some of the most charming villages in the world.

The National Fund for Entrepreneurship Support (NFES) of Azerbaijan has started to receive investment projects in priority spheres of development in Shamkir region, the Ministry of Economy said on February 21.

German ambassador in Baku Michael Kindsgrab has visited German Lutheran Church in the city of Shamkir.

Shamkir is very old region of the country. According to historical sources, the city was known as “Shamkur” since the fifth century and served as a large trade and commercial center.

A joint Azerbaijani-German archeological expedition still continues excavations near Shamkir’s Garajamirli village, at the site of an ancient town believed to have been founded 2,500 years ago.

A protocol on cooperation has been signed between the Youth centers of Azerbaijan`s Shamkir and the Belarussian Nesvizh cities as the Belarussian youth visited Shamkir, Trend states.