Three Tehran businessmen are expected to attend the upcoming Agritech -Tel Aviv’s 18th International Agricultural Technology Exhibition in May. According to Ynet news, organizers of the exposition were taken aback when they were contacted by the Iranians who expressed interest …

Take Israel’s tennis star Shahar Peer add Britain’s No. 1 Elena Baltacha and then splice in world No. 8 Agnieszka Radwanska and the result is great tennis in Eilat for the next four days. The Fed Cup Women’s Tennis games …

Israeli biopharmaceutical firm NasVax has attained provisional approval for nearly $1 million in grant money from the Office of the Chief Scientist. The grant to NasVax – which develops improved vaccines and immunotherapeutic products – will be divided. Some $460,000 …

Pita, it would seem, is the new baguette. Israeli pastry chefs won first prize at the Sixth SIGEP Bread Cup international bread baking championship in Italy over the weekend, beating nine other countries along the way.The contest included four categories: …

January has been a good month for Israeli filmmakers. Less than a week after Joseph Cedar’s Footnote was named as a contender for the Oscars,  the Sundance Film Festival 2012 proclaimed Ra’anan Alexandrowicz’s The Law in These Parts the Best …

The United Nations recently said that global food output must increase by 70 percent by 2050 to meet the needs of the world’s population. Israeli scientists say tracking changes in climate can improve harvests.A team of researchers led by Itamar …

Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology are in advanced stages of the development of three new satellites that will operate together in space. The university plans to launch the nano-satellites – weighing just six kg each – to orbit …

Iran and Israel are set for a ritzy confrontation next month as the two go head-to-head for the Best Foreign Language film award at the Oscars. A Separation, the Iranian nominee, and Footnote, Israel’s contender, topped the list of candidates …

In an effort to encourage tourism from Japan to Israel, the Tourism Ministry is taking 130 Japanese priests this week on tour of the major Christianity holy sites. The itinerary includes Jerusalem, Nazareth, Tiberias and the Sea of Galilee. “Israel, …

The Israeli virtual bar application, Shaker, continues its fantastic financing rounds with a $2.3 million injection from Motorola Mobility Ventures, the strategic investment arm of Motorola Mobility Holdings.The investment is part of Shaker’s $15 million financing round made this past …