The celebration was held on board MSC Splendida at the port of Ashdod. MSC Israel president, Edni Simkin, noted that the company will transport TEU300,000 this year, making it the second largest shipping company in Israel

The agreement is paving the way for the transfer of personal data of EU citizens to Israel, resulting opportunities for Israeli companies to enter the European business arena

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)

General Director of the Chamber of Commerce of Torino: cooperation between the Piemonte region and Israeli technology will be beneficial to both parties

Israel improved ranking in the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011, moving to 24 place compared to 27 place last year

Monika Ribar: Panalpina reacted very quickly to the increasing demand in Israel for regular and seamless end-to-end LCL services and the growing customer base

In 2009, the countries of origin from which imports were above one billion US$ were: U.S.A., China, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Japan, U.K., Switzerland, Turkey, France and India

Israel is up from 24th place in 2009. Singapore and Hong Kong have for the first time in decades, topped the USA