President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo accompanied by Foreign Affairs received Vice-President of the European Union (EU) Federica Mogherini at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Friday (8/4) afternoon. The visit is focussed to discuss the EU-Indonesia and the EU-ASEAN relations. According to Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi, the meeting discussed a range of bilateral issues comprising […]

Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung said that both President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo and Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi  continue monitoring the development of 10 Indonesian nationals being held hostage by a separatist group in the Philippines. According to Pramono, the Government is ready to send personnel of the Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) and the […]

In his directive during the Government Work Meeting attended by governors, regents, mayors, deputy governors, deputy regents and deputy mayors at the State Palace on Friday (8/4), President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo also talked about measures to improve Indonesia’s Ease of Doing Business (EODB) index. According to the President based on the World Bank’s Doing Business 2016 […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo called on all regional heads to support one another until the end of the current term of office rather than arguing with others. “I asked all regional heads to unite, do not only close at the beginning and quarrel at the mid of the term,” President Jokowi said when leading Government […]

The Government ensured that it would propose the 2016 Draft of Revised State Budget (RAPBN-P) to the House of Representatives (DPR) on 17 May. In the RAPBN-P, the Government is still setting the target of economic growth at 5.3 percent; yet, rupiah exchange rate is predicted to fall from Rp13,900 to Rp13,400 per US$.

In a Plenary Cabinet Meeting held at the Main Building of the Ministry of State Secretariat, Jakarta, on Thursday (7/4) morning, President Joko Widodo also mentioned an issue relating with planning and budgeting reforms. “I would like to tell you, once again, that all ministers/heads of institution are obliged to control their budget. Don’t just […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo in a Plenary Cabinet Meeting on Thursday (7/4) at the office of the Ministry of State Secretariat renewed his call to his ministers about three issues to note:  de-regulation, infrastructures, and human resources. Related to de-regulation, the President said that the existing regulations that are too many in number must be […]

The Government will use the list of thousands of names or corporations owned by Indonesian citizens in Panama Papers scandal as an additional reference to increase tax income through tax amnesty. Minister of Finance Bambang Brodjonegoro admitted that there are a lot of people and companies keeping their money in fictious companies in Panama but […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo asserted that Healthy Indonesia Card (KIS) holders do not need to pay if they are referred to hospital for treatment. Therefore, President Jokowi emphasized that the Government would remove heads of hospitals who charge the KIS holders.

President Joko Widodo said that as a big archipelahic country with more than 17 thousands islands, inter-island connectivity is important to unite Indonesia. “Indonesian waters cover two-thirds of the Indonesian territory, while the rest, or one-third, is land. Our concentration is on water because Indonesia is an archipelagic country. Long time ago, Majapahit was successful […]