The top five countries are Singapore, the Netherlands, Germany, and Sweden. Despite Israel's fairly high global ranking, it is ranked at the bottom of industrialized countries

Since the report doesn't mention exactly why Israel's relative rank eroded, it is believed that the low ranking was due to inefficient government bureaucracy and onerous taxation

The German carrier Lufthansa is understood to have been planning the resumption of daily flights from Munich to Tel Aviv, starting in April 2008

The Bank of Israel reported last week that Israel’s GDP per capita, ranks Israel 21st in a descending list that includes Israel and the 30 OECD countries

The $4.36 million in supplies imported in the first six months of the year includes 5.3 million pens, 325,000 notebooks, 2.5 million pencils, one million erasers

According to the newly signed air service agreement,both countries will now be allowed to add flights on the Tel Aviv-Bangkok route, which has been limited to seven weekly flights

A study stresses Haifa's strategic location as the gateway to the Galilee and recommends taking measures to attract cruise ships and to create special packages for the business sector

This year's meeting will discuss "Knowledge Sharing and Capacity Building on Promoting Successful Public-Private Partnerships in the UNECE Region