Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul paid a two-day visit to the region last Wednesday with an agreement to donate $5 million to the Palestinians to rehabilitate an industrial zone in the northern Gaza Strip

Chinese and Israeli representatives signed last week a tourism cooperation deal. The signing ceremony held in the Dan Carmel hotel in Haifa, marked the end of a week-long visit of the Chinese delegation's to promote Chinese tourism in Israel

The Finance Committee dealing with the construction of the SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East) Particle Accelerator met in Amman, on November 7 and 8, 2005

The Council of Ministers of the EU approved last week the extension of the cumulation rules of origin to Mediterranean basin countries. According to a statement issued last week by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the main beneficiaries of the EU exten

According to the chamber Israeli foreign trade, excluding diamonds, totaled $41.2 billion in January-August, 13%, or $4.7 billion higher, than during the corresponding period in 2004

Mr. Uriel Lynn Chairman, Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce was elected last week for the second time to the board of directors of the Eurochambres

Mr. Ehud Olmert, Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor signed last week an administrative order temporarily lifting the need for an import license to goods shipped from Pakistan. The decision was made after recent advances in relations between the two cou

Manufacturers Association's Food Industries Association chairman Ron Kobrovsky said last week that in the first half of 2005 food exports rose by 15.7% to $343.4 million