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Cultural performances ‘tedak siten’ for the Serbian
Indonesia as an archipelagic country with a variety of ethnic and rich in cultural treasures and traditional arts, the community has also captured the heart of Serbian to get to know more about the traditional culture of Indonesia. By utilizing the moment coffee morning activities for members of the International Women Club in Belgrade, held [...]
‘Indonesians and Russians have always been friends’
Russian Ambassador to Indonesia Alexander A. Ivanov said on Friday that he expected trade between Indonesia and Russia to continue despite the recent crash involving the Sukhoi Superjet 100 in Bogor, West Java. The Superjet 100 was the military aerospace company’s first foray into civilian aircraft, and the crash may scupper deals with three local airlines – [...]
RI, Malaysia shoe makers sign agreement
Indonesian and Malaysian footwear producers agreed on Friday to help each other in taking advantage of the growing shoe markets in the two neighboring countries amid the decline in orders from Europe. Under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the Malaysian Footwear Manufacturers Association (MFMA) and the Indonesian Footwear Association (Aprisindo) in Jakarta on [...]
Balinese designers sense good times from Asia, Australia
Balinese fashion retailers are forecasting sunny sales growth as the market is increasingly reliant on domestic buyers, dispelling the effects of financial gloom lingering within crisis-ridden European and US tourists. Agung Subamia, general manager of the Biasa label, said the European and US crisis, which has affected the industry “as it is affecting other industries [...]
Pirates hijack tanker off Oman carrying oil for Indonesia
Suspected pirates have hijacked an oil-tanker carrying 945,000 barrels (135,000 metric tonnes) of crude oil destined for Indonesia in the Arabian Sea off Oman, news agencies and Indonesian officials said on Friday. The vessel, M/T SMYRNI, a Liberian flagged tanker, is owned by a Greek company. It lost contact with Dynacom Tankers Management, which manages [...]
Jamsostek to compensate Sukhoi victims
State-owned insurance company PT Jamsostek is preparing to pay more than Rp 1 billion (US$108,483) of occupational-accident compensation to the relatives of Kornel Sihombing, a senior executive of state-owned PT Dirgantara Indonesia, who died in the Sukhoi Superjet 100 crash on Mount Salak, Bogor, West Java, on Thursday. Jamsostek’s director of services Djoko Sungkono said [...]
Indonesia to continue promoting reduction of nuclear weapons
Indonesia will continue urging that nuclear weapons be reduced, while working to prevent an increase in the stock of weapons of mass destruction to assure the world`s political order and security remains stable. “In recent talks with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon we agreed we are not yet satisfied with the development of nuclear weapons [...]
Many companies in Bali, Nusa Tenggara in red category
Twenty four companies in the Bali and Nusa Tenggara regions have been classified in the red category by the Ministry of Environment. “We have classified 24 out of 32 companies in Bali and Nusa Tenggara in the red category,” said Minister of Environment Balthasar Kambuaya in Denpasar on Thursday. He noted that the red category [...]
No victims in Paris blast near Indonesian embassy
No casualties or victims were reported after a bomb blast took place near the Indonesian Embassy in France at 5:15 am, said the Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry`s spokesperson Michael Tene, in a press release received here on Wednesday. The bomb is said to have damaged a number of glass windows at the Indonesian embassy in [...]
10 the oldest Railway Station in Indonesia
Stasiun Ijo (1880) Stasiun Ijo (IJ) is a railway station which lies on the west Stasiun Gombong. Administratively, the station is located in the Village Bumiagung, subdistrict Rowokele, Kebumen Regency. In addition to as station crossing, the other function is as a railway tunnel controller (called a terowongan Ijo) which located on the east side [...]