Category: Business

[ad_1] Russia will evacuate a village in its far east on August 11 as part of the launch of Russia’s first lunar lander mission in nearly half a century, a local official said on Monday. The Luna-25 lunar lander, Russia’s first since 1976, will be launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome, some 3,450 miles (5,550 km) […]

[ad_1] Creative individuals with innovative and feasible ideas for promoting environmental excellence and responsibility are eligible to win a million shekels from Toyota. The “Israel Earth Prize” by Union Motors, the Toyota importer in Israel, and the Union Group was introduced in Israel last year and is being initiated again this year. Prizes are available […]

[ad_1] Iraq’s telecoms ministry said it has blocked the Telegram messaging app over national security concerns and in order to preserve the integrity of users’ personal data, which it said the app had mishandled. The app is widely used in Iraq for messaging but also as a source of news and for sharing content. Some […]

[ad_1] During the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, many workers grew accustomed to working from home. Many of said workers would have grown accustomed to using the video conference application “Zoom,” whose stock peaked in October 2020 at $559 USD per share, more than 500% of what it was worth in January 2020. Despite Zoom’s […]

[ad_1] A new wage agreement for Hebrew instruction ulpan teachers, signed in the presence of key government officials, is expected to have implications for aliyah integration in Israel. The agreement was signed on Sunday morning by the Treasury, Education, and Aliyah, and Education ministers, as well as the Teachers’ Union Secretary-General Yaffa Ben-David, and seeks […]

[ad_1] Just try to imagine your upcoming paradisaical hotel stay. You step through the main door without a single hotel team member smiling at you or offering assistance. A walk to reception is needless. Your online reservation was followed by a digital key access capability available on your mobile device, for a room you picked […]

[ad_1] Quebec plans to open a representative office to Israel in Tel Aviv in the fall, the province’s government announced on Thursday. The office, to be located within the Canadian embassy, will be Quebec’s first in the Middle East and 35th total. Minister of International Relations and La Francophonie Martine Biron announced on Thursday that […]

[ad_1] Spin doctors, those officials employed to interpret events for the media favorably, have many arrows in their quiver. One of the most effective in Israel has been dubbed “bigger elsewhere.” The “bigger elsewhere” strategy is simple. When one’s client is in the midst of a crisis, redirect, divert, and distract the public’s attention to […]

[ad_1] The recent celebration of Israel’s 75th birthday provided yet another opportunity to reflect on the Jewish state’s many stellar accomplishments since its founding. In areas such as hi-tech, water conservation, agriculture, and defense, Israel has done remarkably, even miraculously, well. Regrettably, however, Israel has been much less successful in other areas.  For instance, social […]

[ad_1] On July 27, the Israeli prime minister dismissed as “silly” a series of negative credit-rating agency reports. They criticized the amendment passed on July 24 that stops the Supreme Court from striking down unreasonable governmental decisions. This raises two serious questions for businesspeople: What is the name of the game? What is the endgame? […]