At three petrol stations in Denpasar, staff have started filling tanks from pre-filled jerry cans: 4 litres for a motorbike and 20 litres for a car.
State-owned oil and gas company Pertamina hopes this will let it serve people faster. In south Bali, people have been waiting hours for fuel for a second week.
On 17 October, the finals of the international beatbox championship Beatland World Beatbox Battle 2026 will take place at the Block 42 venue in Nuanu Creative City.
Many people come to Bali on holiday, then return for a few months and eventually start thinking about moving here.
For long-term stays in Indonesia, there is KITAS, a temporary stay permit.
Ngurah Rai Immigration has deported ten foreigners and banned them from entering Indonesia.
Two of them had been in prison for theft, and the rest had breached the terms of their stay.
Long queues, empty pumps and frustrated drivers have become a familiar sight across southern Bali as the island struggles with a shortage of Pertalite, Indonesia’s cheapest subsidised petrol.
Residents of Bali’s Bukit Peninsula are facing a prolonged water shortage, with some households in Kutuh going more than three weeks without running water.
The crisis has also affected neighboring areas, including Ungasan, Pecatu, Jimbaran, Nusa Dua, and Balangan.
The KM Feronia, a pinisi schooner carrying tourists, capsized and sank off Tatawa Besar island in Komodo National Park.
Of the 30 people on board, 29 were rescued, and three injured foreign tourists are being treated in Labuan Bajo. Divers are searching for a 23-year-old Indonesian woman: when the boat went down, she w…
The immigration office in Singaraja in north Bali is now officially called Kantor Imigrasi Kelas II TPI Buleleng.
Only the name has changed: the address, opening hours and the area the office serves remain the same.
From 15 to 17 October, Thursday to Saturday, kindergartens and schools for grades one to nine in Denpasar are moving to remote learning.
The city education office made the decision because disruptions to petrol supplies may make it hard for teachers and students to get to class.
On Java, Bali's neighbouring island, there are places that look like sets from a fantasy film.
The trees here grow to incredible sizes, their branches intertwine high overhead, and their trunks are covered in thick green moss.
