March 2008: Unemployment up
Industry & Trade
26.05.08
March 2008: Unemployment up
Adjusted unemployment figures for March 2008 show a 1.9% rise in the number of unemployed, compared with February
Minister Bar-On: Israel to complete OECD joining process by end of 2009
Industry & Trade
19.05.08
Minister Bar-On: Israel to complete OECD joining process by end of 2009
Bar-On met with the heads of the OECD membership steering committee and received a briefing on the progress to date in the membership process
Nasardishi. All the way to the top
Industry & Trade
19.05.08
Yehuda Nasradishi to head Israel's Tax Authority
Nasradishi has held 16 different positions at the Tax Authority and is the first chief to have started at the bottom and risen to the top
CBS: April inflation hits five-year high
Industry & Trade
19.05.08
CBS: April inflation hits five-year high
The global rise in oil and food prices are the main factors for the recent months' high inflation. April inflation was 1.5%, the highest rate for the month since 2002
Renault demonstrated Israeli electric car technology
Industry & Trade
19.05.08
Renault demonstrated Israeli electric car technology
Israeli consumers will be able to purchase an electric car by the end of 2010 for around the price of a regular car
Israel Post Co. accuses Communications Minister of not implementing agreements
Industry & Trade
19.05.08
Israel Post Co. accuses Communications Minister of not implementing agreements
due to dispute with Communications Minister the company said it would lay off 150 employees immediately and cancel the planned hiring of 700 contract employees as regular employees
Israel Tax Authority: Vehicle imports rise sharply
Industry & Trade
12.05.08
Israel Tax Authority: Vehicle imports rise sharply
17,142 passenger cars were imported in April 2008, 242% more than in April 2007. Imports of all vehicles totaled $265 million in April, up 166% on the corresponding month
EU congratulates Israel on its 60th anniversary
Industry & Trade
12.05.08
EU congratulates Israel on its 60th anniversary
Hundreds of project proposals by Israeli researchers have received EU funding. srael is now close to being granted ‘special status’ within the EU's neighbourhood policy
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