Exports to Arab countries in Jan-Sept 2005 up 26%
Industry & Trade
19.12.05
Exports to Arab countries in Jan-Sept 2005 up 26%
Israeli industrial exports, excluding diamonds, to Arab countries rose in January-September 2005 by 26%, compared with the corresponding period of 2004,to $171 million
Driving licenses are now issued for 10 years
Land Transport
19.12.05
Driving licenses are now issued for 10 years
As from last week driving licenses in Israel are being issue for a period of ten years, instead of five years
Haifa-Jordan railway link announced by Transport Minister
Land Transport
19.12.05
Haifa-Jordan railway link announced by Transport Minister
The plan, if approved, would be financed by the European Union, which expressed interest in investing over 300 million euro in joint transportation infrastructure projects among Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority
Export to Jordan over $150 millions in 2005
Industry & Trade
19.12.05
Export to Jordan over $150 millions in 2005
Finance, Trade and Industry Minister Ehud Olmert met last week with the Jordanian Trade Minister Zuabi Sharif at the Sixth World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong
Israel & Morocco agreed to explore joint air service agreement
Air Transport
19.12.05
Israel & Morocco agreed to explore joint air service agreement
Moroccan Minister for Equipment and Transport, Karim Ghellab met last week Meir Sheetrit Israel's Transportation Minister to discuss bilateral air service agreement
Finance and Industry, Trade and Labor Minister Ehu
Industry & Trade
19.12.05
Olmert: "Israel has assumed integration in globalization as a strategic goal"
Finance and Industry, Trade and Labor Minister Ehud Olmert met last Wednesday WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy at the trade conference in Hong Kong
U.S. and Israel to Cooperate on Detecting Illicit Shipments of Nuclear Material
Sea Transport
12.12.05
U.S. and Israel to Cooperate on Detecting Illicit Shipments of Nuclear Material
New equipment will help thwart terrorist attempts to use seaports to smuggle nuclear or other radioactive materials that could be used in a nuclear device or a "dirty bomb"
Finance Minister Ehud Olmert
Industry & Trade
12.12.05
Finance Minister named Jacky Matza tax commissioner
Finance Minister Ehud Olmert announced last week the appointment of Jacky Matza Israel Tax Authority deputy director as Israel's tax commissioner
More news from ישראל Section
>Newly formed Israel Postal Company to begin operating at the end of January/12.12.05 >Flight Guard- Israel's solution to missile threat to civil aviation, successfully tested/12.12.05 >European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to increase Israeli companies involvement by 50%/12.12.05 >Haifa Chemicals convicted of marine pollution/12.12.05 >Ashdod's Eitan Port to get railway connection/05.12.05 >Zuck elected president of Israel's Chamber of Shipping/05.12.05 >High tech exports to reach $16.6 billion in 2005/05.12.05 >Food exports in January-September, reach $500m/05.12.05 >Zim's third quarter net profit $62 million/05.12.05 >Bank of Israel raises interest rate to 4.5%/05.12.05