A new weekly call at Ningbo will be added from 22 September and the present call at Colombo will be removed from 27 October

The Global Competitiveness Report's competitiveness ranking is based on the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), calculated by drawing together data covering 12 categories

ZIM's spokesman: "It is an additional indication to the leading position of our services to the East Med and Black Sea"

In 1992, the bilateral trade stood at USD200 million. Major areas of cooperation: agriculture, science, public health, information technology, telecom and space

The agreement envisages Israel benefiting from Karnataka's human resources and the latter from Israeli innovations

ZIM to restructure and enhance its services network between Asia, India Sub Continent, East-Med and North Europe

A statement by the Obama administration said the US will focus on the reduction of all barriers which affect the smooth flow of services

Israel's growth rate is the highest among the developed countries, and is more than double the OECD average of 1.4%