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On Serangan Island in Denpasar, Sira Village Grand Outlet Bali—Bali’s first major international-standard outlet—is almost complete. The project is 92% finished and is due to open on 31 July.

Many entrepreneurs arrive in Indonesia feeling they’ve found the perfect team: staff are polite, calm, don’t argue, and rarely get into conflict. At first, it seems like working together will be easy.

In northern Bali, police arrested British citizen Aaron Mishel. He is suspected of stabbing an employee of the Menjangan Dynasty Resort in the village of Pejarakan, Buleleng.

Bali is preparing for the 48th Bali Arts Festival — Pesta Kesenian Bali. It will take place in Denpasar from 13 June to 11 July 2026 and will bring together around 20,000 artists from Bali, other regi…

On 5 May, hundreds of residents from nearby villages gathered at Anyar Sari Beach in Jembrana. For several hours, they watched a huge sperm whale that was unable to return to the ocean. It had swum to…

At Goa Gajah Temple near Ubud, authorities are looking for a man suspected of stealing money from a donation box. The incident was caught on CCTV, and the video later spread on social media. The foota…

Four tourists from Bali almost missed their trip to Komodo because of an issue with the boat payment. They spent around two hours at Marina Labuan Bajo port while the police and port services tried to…

Bali’s immigration authorities detained 62 foreigners during Operation “Dharma Dewata Patrol”. Checks were carried out from 15 April to 4 May in the areas covered by the Ngurah Rai, Denpasar and Singa…