A German tourist has died in Lombok after his motorbike was struck by a pickup truck. The vehicle was driven by a foreign national and had two passengers on board.

The 2026/2027 cruise season in Bali was opened by the expedition ship Heritage Adventurer.

It called at Benoa Port for one day on its way from Komodo Island to Sumbawa.

Indonesia's Ministry of Communications has promised to send specialists to Nusa Penida to check on the ground where the island has a weak signal or none at all.

You can now play padel with an ocean view at the new Club Lacoste Bali.

The French brand has opened its own courts at W Bali — Seminyak. And it's not just for hotel guests: the club is open to everyone.

A porter has been detained at Ngurah Rai airport: he pulled cash out of a backpack that a passenger had checked in as luggage.

The passenger was missing 18 million rupiah, and 15.8 million was found at the detained man's home in Kuta.

Food delivery is taking to the skies in Bali.

A new trial allows orders placed through the Grab app to travel part of their journey by drone, potentially bypassing traffic congestion and difficult terrain.

Queues have formed at some petrol stations in Denpasar and Kuta for Pertalite, the subsidised petrol used mainly by local residents.

A few stations ran out of it. The provincial authorities say supplies are gradually being restored.

Balinese bartender Gede Rico Hardiana Widnyana took second place at the flair world championship (TDuB World Championship) in Las Vegas and received the silver champion's belt.

Indonesia has introduced a new system for collecting VAT on foreign digital services.

Known as SPP-TDLN, it has been operating since September 25 and applies to certain digital goods and services purchased from overseas providers by customers in Indonesia.

Starlux Airlines has launched direct flights between Bali and Taipei.

The service operates five times a week — on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays.

The first flight from Taipei landed at Ngurah Rai International Airport on October 1. Flight JX765 departs Taipei Taoyuan International Airport at 10:10 and arrives in Bali at 15:40. The return flight…

A two-storey villa in Tibubeneng burned down along with everything inside after a guest set fire to paper in the bathroom to drive out spiders.

The villa had an alang-alang thatch roof, and the dry grass caught fire within minutes. No one was injured, and police put the damage at around 2 billion rupiah.

On Monday evening Indonesia's main stadium, Gelora Bung Karno in Jakarta, was packed: all 67 thousand tickets had sold out long before kickoff.

The stands, dressed in the national red and white, drove their players forward from the opening minutes.

Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali has begun rolling out a facial recognition system for passengers on domestic flights.

In the future, it will allow travellers to confirm their identity without having to show an ID document every time.

The fourth Fight For A Cure martial arts tournament, which raises money for cancer research, has taken place at Nuanu.

Forty fighters — amateurs and professionals from various countries — represented more than thirty gyms from all over Bali, and around one and a half thousand spectators watched the bouts.

The KMP Nusa Jaya Abadi, the main vessel on the Padangbai — Nusa Penida crossing, made its first run after repairs on the morning of October 5, according to the local transport authority.