Indonesia’s authorities have decided to digitise every street vendor and small shop owner. The Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Maman Abdurrahman, has presented the Sapa UMKM project.
The Balinese government is actively working to make the island even greener. This time, the changes affect taxi services: they will switch to electric vehicles.
This will be supported by cooperation between Balinese transport services and the Vietnamese company VinFast. Cars of this brand are widely used in Vietnam; almost all taxis in the country are electri…
A major fire broke out on the island of Gili Trawangan on the morning of 12 March in a coastal tourist area. The fire started at around 06:30 local time and was brought under control by 09:00. Accordi…
Emirates is once again showing two departures a day on the Denpasar–Dubai route: EK399 at 00:25 on a Boeing 777 and EK369 at 19:50 on an Airbus A380.
Denpasar authorities have warned of an increase in passenger numbers ahead of Lebaran 2026. Lebaran is the Indonesian name for Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of Ramadan. During this period, many Ind…
An illegal mephedrone production lab has been found in Bali. Indonesia’s National Narcotics Agency said the operation took place in Gianyar on 5–6 March.
Russian nationals with the initials N.T. and T.S. were detained. Another suspect is still wanted. The operation was carried out together with customs, immigration and the Bali police.
