In a bid to improve and secure the priorities of the implementation of the 2017 State Budget, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on 22 June 2017 signed a Presidential Instruction Number 4 of 2017 on the Budget Efficiency Measures in Ministries/Institutions Expenditures on Goods in the Implementation of the 2017 State Budget. Under that Presidential Instruction, […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo, accompanied by First Lady Ibu Iriana Joko Widodo as well as several high-ranking officials such as Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung and Head of Investment Coordinating Board Thomas Lembong, on Wednesday (5/7) morning, departed from Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base to start his series of visit to Turkey and Germany. Head of […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said that despite the fluctuation, the success of the Indonesian Composite Index (IHSG), which hits 5,900, proves that Indonesia has a good prospect to invest. This indicated that we gain the confidence that our economy is sound. The President also mentioned that a one-year money flow from January to December 2016 […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Tuesday (4/7) made an impromptu visit to the Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX) in Jakarta. Upon arrival at the IDX at around 11.15 am, the President directly headed to Tower 1 and Tower 2 at the IDX Compound until 1 pm. On that occasion, President Jokowi was accompanied by Minister of […]

The number of foreign tourist visiting Indonesia in May 2017 reached 1.6 million or grew by 26.6 percent than that in May 2016 which was 951.21 thousand. The figure also showed an increase of 1.49 percent compared to that in April 2017. Head of National Statistics Agency (BPS) Suhariyanto said that during January to May […]

Statistics Indonesia (BPS) informed that the number of airplane passengers who travel on domestic routes in May 2017 was 7.2 million people or increased by 2.47 percent compared to April 2017. Meanwhile, the number of passengers on international routes decreased by 3.83 percent or only 1.3 million people. “During January-May 2017, the number of domestic […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo is slated to make state visits to Ankara, Turkey and Hamburg, Germany from Wednesday (5/7) to Saturday (8/7). Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi said that President Jokowi would first visit Ankara, Turkey, which is one of Indonesia’s important partners, mainly given Indonesia and Turkey are the largest Muslim country, in which […]

Indonesian President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo is set to meet with US President Donald Trump, di Hamburg, Germany, in the near future. Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi said the meeting would be done on the sidelines on the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, 7-8 July. She added that many countries have requested to have bilateral […]

To anticipate the returning flow of mudik (annual exodus), Minister of Transportation asked the operators of trucks to start to operate on Monday (3/7) at 00.00 Western Indonesia Time. Previously, Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi, on Thursday (29/6), thorugh Circular Letter of Directorate General of Land Transportation, has prohibited trucks to operate 4 days […]

Head of Bureau for Press, Media, and Information Affairs, Secretariat of the President Bey Machmudin denied the rumor that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has got a salary increase. “Up until now, the salaries of President Jokowi and Vice President Jusuf Kalla were still based on Law Number 7 of 1978 on the Financial and Administrative […]