Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his large delegation visited President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Wednesday (23/11) afternoon. Arrived at the Palace at around 11.00 a.m., the Prime Minister was welcomed by the President himself. After signing the state guest book, the President took Mark Rutte to the back terrace […]

Despite the shocking result of the victory of Republican Party candidate Donald Trump over the rival candidate Hillary Clinton from Democrat Party at the US presidential election on early November, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo admitted that he is not affected by that. “I am not affected by the news. The shock, people say, causes uncertainty. […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo asked to materialize corruption prevention and eradication actions. These actions should not be just written in some planning documents. There should be some real actions and not just symbolic ones. According to the President, legal reforms have been started by taking an action to eradicate illegal levies that currently is carried […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo welcomed the visit from the 5th President of Republic Indonesia Megawati Soekarnoputri, at Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Monday (21/11). After shaking hands, President Jokowi asked Megawati to have lunch together inside the Merdeka Palace.

Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung tweeted his congratulation for the success of Indonesian men’s and mixed doubles Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo/Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Liliyana Natsir/Tontowi Ahmad in winning the gold medals at China Open Super Series Premier badminton tournament, in Haixia Olympic Sports Center, Fuzhuo, on Sunday (20/11) afternoon.

In order to support national economic development and to accelerate the development of sharia finance sector, the Government considers that it is necessary to strengthen coordination, synchronization and synergy between authorities, ministries/institutions, and other stakeholders in sharia finance sector by establishing a national commitee on sharia finance sector. Therefore, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo has signed […]

Before starting the series of APEC Economic Leaders Meeting, Vice President Jusuf Kalla had a bilateral meeting with the President of Socialist Republic of Vietnam Tran Dai Quang, in Casa Andian Hotel, Lima, Peru, on Friday (18/11). The meeting discussed the action plan to enhance Vietnam-Indonesia strategic partnership for 2014-2018 period, the issues of trade, […]

In regards to the limited budget allocated by the Government in the State Budget for the development of transportation sector, the Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi offers a number of strategic transportation projects.The projects that are proposed to be funded through alternative funding scheme outside the State Budget are, among others, development of Mengwi […]

Gerakan Indonesia Raya (Gerindra) Party Chairman Prabowo Subianto admitted that he purposely visited President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Thursday (17/11) to pay a return visit of President Jokowi to Hambalang. “This time, I came and thanked the President for inviting me for lunch, with grilled fish as the menu. We […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said that Indonesia is one of the 20 countries in the world whose fruit production dominates global trade.Therefore, President Jokowi hopes that production of local fruits is well-managed. “I have told Minister of Agriculture that if palm oil plantation can reach 14 million hectares, for example, fruit plantations should also be […]