Azerbaijan, Shamkir / Trend corr N. Fatullayeva / A total of 4,303 jobs were opened in the Azerbaijani Shamkir region in 2007, which is 56% more than in the same period in 2006, according to the head of the Shamkir Region Executive Power, Nazim Veysov. According to him, 1,346 jobs are new, 256 - restored, 638 - temporary, and 2,003 - seasonal.
Veysov said that 12,830 jobs (5,473 permanent) had been opened in the region since the adoption of the State Program on Social-Economic Development of the Regions of Azerbaijan Republic.