British rock star Phil Collins the former Genesis drummer and solo singer played last Monday night at the Tel Aviv's Bloomfield stadium in front of a crowd of some 15,000 fans

Finance Minister: The OECD Council’s decision marks an important step in the positioning of Israel’s insurance and pension sector and its integration into the global economy

Gad Sheffer, chairman of Israel's Shippers Council addressed last week the ministers of Transport and Agriculture to intervene in order to stop some of the shipping companies from increasing freight rates of refrigerated containers

Mr. Dror Strum Antitrust Authority director general, declared last week that El Al Israel Airlines ltd was a monopoly on four long-distance routes between Tel Aviv and: Johannesburg, Bangkok, Hong Kong and Mumbai (Bombay)

The Bush administration had designated a new Qualifying Industrial Zone ( QIZ) in Egypt and approved the expansion of two zones in the country. The new designated zone is the Central Delta QIZ. The Greater Cairo QIZ and Suez Canal Zone QIZ will be expande

The Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Labor and the Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute opened last week an Israeli economic interests office in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen

The organizers of the 16th International Agritech Exhibition which will be held in Tel Aviv, Israel from May 9th - 11th, 2006 have agreed with the two European leading air-carriers Lufthansa and Swiss to be the official carriers for the exhibition

Following the announcement made by EMTA that they had agreed to slash port of Ashdod congestion surcharge from 7% to 3.5%, the port of Ashdod chair person Mrs. Iris Shtark said the port would continue with its efforts to further reduce the surcharge.