The jobless rate dropped from 5.9% in the previous month. Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz: In April 2009, I declared a historic target of unemployment of under 6% within four years, It was achieved in only two years

The agreement will allow allow more airlines to fly between the two countries. This could see the number of flights between Israel and the Ukraine increasing from 21 flights a week to 48 flights

Taiwanese passport holders with at least six months validity remaining on their passports will be able to enter Israel visa-free, and stay up to 90 days within a 180-day period

Data released by the CBS showed local cows produced an average of 10,208 kilograms (nearly 2,642 gallons, around 10,000 liters) of dairy in 2009, outperforming cows in the US, Japan, the European and Australia

Israel will put on display some of the groundbreaking defensive and weapons systems developed by Israeli industry. The 49th Paris Air Show will take place at Le Bourget exhibition centre from 20 to 26 June 2011

CBS announced at the end of last week that Israel's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose in June by 0.5% to 103.6 points. The CPI has risen by 1.8% so far this year

Israel hosted the second annual Terra Olivo Mediterranean International Olive Oil Competition, “TerraOlivo 2011” where the best olive oils of the region are rated

The Dubbi volcano in Eritrea erupted last week and sent a plume of ash up to 15 kilometres into the air on Monday. People In the north of Israel were surprised on Tuesday morning to awake to rain, an extremely rare occurrence during the summer