Articles by October, 2018

The economic and bureaucratic situation of the State of Israel is not encouraging: The 2018 World Economic Forum's (WEF) 2018 International Competitiveness Index reveals that Israel has fallen to 20th place in the International Competition Index from 16th place in the past year. This is a new competitive index - GCI 4.0, which includes weights and other parameters that were not taken into account in past indices. The top five places in the new competitiveness index were the United States, Singapore, Germany, Switzerland and Japan respectively, while the last and least respected (140) in the...

Express Scripts announced that it will not introduce Teva's new drug, Ajovy, to the drug basket that will be funded for health insurance policyholders as of April 2019. Express Scripts has decided to fund the two migraine drugs that compete with Teva's drug Aimovig Amgen and Emgality of Eli Lilly

The insurance volume of Israeli companies investing in African countries has so far reached $ 700 million, and the Ministry of Economy and Industry has decided to double the budget for Israeli companies, through which they will be able to double the volume of their deals. Asha will provide guarantees to a wide range of African countries. Kenya ($ 150 million), Nigeria ($ 105 million), Uganda ($ 70 million), Ethiopia ($ 33 ​​million), Cameroon ($ 60 million), and others

US Treasury Secretary Stephen Menuchin and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon will appoint a joint task force to examine the double taxation treaty between the United States and Israel, and map the clauses in the treaty that need to be updated. At this stage, these are declarations, and both countries see fit to amend the convention. However, the process is expected to take several years to complete

The State Comptroller found in a very serious report that the Water Authority did not properly manage and caused a shortage of water that is not the result only of years of shortage of rainfall. The State Comptroller's report indicates that the lack of sustainable planning of the water sector and its failed management by the PA have once again put the water sector in crisis. Among other things, the Water Authority, according to the comptroller, allowed the water level of the Sea of ​​Galilee to fall below the lower line, which could cause irreparable damage to the water source

The Prime Minister's Conference on Innovation, initiated by the Ministry of Culture and Sport and the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation, hosted dozens of delegations from the United States, China, Italy, France, Australia, Britain, Korea, Mexico, Switzerland, Uganda, Singapore, Italy, Russia, Hong Kong The Israel Innovation Center, and special round-table discussions were held between the international teams in order to create solutions to the large problems faced by many countries in the world and how Israeli technology, research and knowledge can contribute to the development of...

The Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Communications established an inter-ministerial committee for the provision of wireless communication solutions in the field of transportation in Israel

Tention mounts in the southern region of israel near the Gaza strip. 30 rockets were fired into the western Negev. The Iron Dome system intercepted ten of them. Some of the rockets hit open areas. Seven people suffered anxiety.Israelli airforce attacked 80 Hamas targets in the Gaza strip

33.073 of degree recipients from institutions of higher education in Israel, which constitute 5.8% of all academic degree owners, stayed abroad from 1980 to 2011, for at least three years. The situation did not change in 2017, according to figures from the Central Bureau of Statistics, which were revealed by the Knesset's Immigration and Absorption Committee. The committee discussed "brain drain," and ways to bring Israeli academics back from abroad. In the fields of exact sciences and engineering, the percentage of those residing in Israel is higher than that of degree recipients in the...