The line offers nine new ports of call in West Africa in addition to six ports already served. The new ports will be directly linked via the port of Salerno

The area in which Israel is least free is the size of government (5), a high marginal tax rate (5) and a high level of government spending (3)

Tel Aviv climbed sharply to the 24th place from the 38th place in 2008. Jerusalem has also become a more expensive city to live in, moving up 12 spots to the 27th place

The special Angola flight took off from Ben-Gurion International Airport with a group of Israeli businessmen on board

India's largest bank, State Bank of India (SBI), inaugurated its first Israeli branch last Thursday

Israel is classified by the survey as “Moderately Free” and is ranked three places lower than in 2006. According to the index the freest economy is Hong Kong

Delegations from 40 countries came to Israel for Agritech 2006, including 20 delegations from China, six from Mexico, five from India, and one from Vietnam

Efrat Cohen: In 2005, a 7% increase in the number of exporters (including diamond exporters) to the United States; an 8% percent increase in the number of exporters to Asia and a 10% decrease to the European Community; the largest number of exporters is t