Heavy snow at the border of Hungary and Austria has blocked the 90 kilometers long highway. Around 50 travelers from Israel are among those who are stuck between Budapest and Vienna.

This group of 50 had come for vacation in Hungary and is now in the bus without food and water, since Thursday afternoon. There are thousands of others who are snowbound at the border.

In a special Israeli exhibit which will be set up in the honor of US President Barack Obama next week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will show the visiting president several technological products that have been developed by the country's high-tech industries.

US president, Barack Obama's first visit to Israel has sparked a lot of excitement in the country; with the Israeli government launching an official logo on Sunday, a new app having been rolled out to follow Obama's visit, and his next Thursday-scheduled speech at Jerusalem's International Convention Center having university students vie for tickets on Facebook.

In a move which apparently is part of Singapore Telecommunications' (SingTel) investment in new technology, the company - along with software provider Amdocs - has opened a tech development center in Israel.

On Wednesday, February 27, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso made a highly notable announcement about the creation of the Science and Technology Advisory Council --- an advisory group on Science and technology that would comprise a cross-section of advisors, including those from universities, businesses, and non-governmental organisations.,

According to a report from Israeli business publication `Globes,' US tech biggie Apple will be opening a new Research & Development center in Ra'anana, Israel, later this year.

In a price-hike which took effect in the beginning of 2013, bigwig Israeli drug-manufacturer Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. increased the costs of Copaxone and Azilect, which are two leading brand drugs of the company.

In its sixth annual report, titled `Israel's Planning and Building Threats to Open Spaces: Annual Report for 2013,' the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI) has accused the planning administration of the Interior Ministry of promoting development at the cost of open spaces.