Eight Ambassadors from our friendly countries submit Credentials Letter to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) on Monday (13/10) evening at Credential room of Istana Merdeka, Jakarta. Those eight Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassadors (LBBP) for Indonesia are LBBP Ambassador of Denmark Casper Klynge, LBBP Ambassador of Mongolia Shagdar Battsegseg, LBBP Ambassador of Belgium Patrick Hermann, and […]

After almost ten years at President office, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) in last weeks of his Presidency starts to prepare personal things from the office at Istana Negara, Jakarta. A photo taken by photographer of the palace shows one of President SBY activities in cleaning up the office together with staffs. Most of President […]

In order to avoid the case such as Supersemar (an acronym of Surat Perintah Sebelas Maret – Letter of March 11) will not happen anymore, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) is going to give more than 26 data compiled in more or less 2000 books to the RI’s National Archive. The Presidential Staff for Information […]

Related with the enactment of Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (Perppu) Number 1 of 2014 on the Election of Governors, Regents and Mayors which order that local elections conducted directly by voters, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on October 2, 2914 also published the Government Regulation in Lieu of Law Number 2 of 2014 concerning […]

Amid his working visit to Bali in order to open Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) VII, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) conferred Adipurna Stars, the highest awards which Indonesian government can confer on foreign citizens, on the Philippines President Benigno Simeon Aquino III and East Timor Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao, in Bali International Convention […]

Toward the end of his tenure, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) on Friday morning (10/10) opened Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) VII, in Nusa Dua, Bali. The forum had the theme “Evolving Regional Democratic Architecture: The Challenges of Political Development, Public Participation, and Socio-Economic Progress in the 21st Century”. Concerning the continuation of BDF in the […]

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) reaffirmed his stance that he opposed the Pilkada Act (the Act of Regional Head Election) stipulated by the plenary meeting of House of Representatives RI on September 26, 2014. For that reason, he issued the Government Regulation in Lieu of a Law to revoke that Pilkada Act. “I oppose the […]

Vice President (VP) Boediono said that government strove to secure batik industry from being merely controlled by big players. Batik industry should be maintained as economic power of the people.  “There are still spaces to develop batik, not only as the archipelago’s cultural value, but also as economic products which can provide welfare for the […]

Coordinating Minister for People Welfare (Kesra) Agung Laksono handed Raskin (Rice for the poor) Award of 2014 at Oryza Room, BULOG, on Gatot Subroto road Kav. 49 in Jakarta, on Thursday (9/10), to several Regency / City Authorities that assessed to have properly conducting Raskin Program. For General category three Regencies and three Cities are […]

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), on Friday (10/10) in Nusa Dua, Bali, is scheduled to open Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) VII which has the theme “Evolving Regional Democratic Architecture: the Challenges of Political Development, Public Participation, and Socio-Economic Progress in the 21st Century.” Presidential Special Staffer for International Relations Teuku Faizasyah in his press conference […]