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Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer issued the central bank’s annual report, saying that the economy performed well in the face of significant challenges in 2011.

Israel’s Foreign minister met Albania’s Prime Minister and coincided with a Business Forum between the two countries in the capital Tirana.

So the Japanese brand is opening 18 stores across the country. Attracted by prospects, or something to do with wanting to be in the land of milk and ….?

The old joke was that if Moses had only turned right instead of left, Israel would have had rich oil reserves. Well now we know that Moses was being guided in the right direction after all.

Israelis don’t have access to the variety of fabrics available in other countries. So they invent it themselves. And in the process they have regenerated a whole neighbourhood of Tel Aviv.

Only 5.8% of Israelis were looking for work in April; down from 5.9% in March and an all time record low.

The Israeli café chain Aroma has won the title of Kiev’s best coffee shop for the past two years. It has just opened its 3rd and largest (600 sq meters) branch in the Ukrainian capital.

Mmmmm – a new low-fat Israeli ice cream from goats’ milk. I’ll try the coffee flavour.

Barclays Capital has good things to say about Israel’s prospects

Indian digital marketing company Ybrant Digital Ltd has made its third major investment into Israeli mobile, digital and advertising technology companies.