An Immigration Lounge has opened at Discovery Mall in Kuta — the first immigration centre in Bali located inside a shopping complex.
Plans for such a centre were announced back in June. The lounge now takes applications for Indonesian passports — up to 40 a day — and for residence permit extensions, with more than 150 applications…
From 1 September, Garuda Indonesia is switching to a piece-based baggage system. Your ticket will state how many bags you may check in and how much each of them can weigh: two pieces of 23 kilograms e…
A protest took place on August 27 outside the parliament building (DPR) in Jakarta: police used tear gas and water cannon, and several streets were closed until midnight.
By the morning of August 28 the situation had returned to normal — the roads were reopened, and police have reported no new demonstrations.
From 28 to 30 August, Tanah Lot will host the seventh art and food festival. Every day, as sunset approaches, a parade of gebogan offerings moves across the grounds to a baleganjur percussion orchestr…
Imagine your baby coming into the world in a tropical paradise, surrounded by jungle and warm air, on an island filled with genuine care and love and the kind smiles of the Balinese, while your postpa…
There are no confirmed cases of the Zika virus in Bali: none have turned up in the island's hospitals or in reports from district health offices. At the same time, the island is expanding laborat…
A bike is an essential part of life in Bali, which is why people expect a lot from it: it has to be comfortable, feel steady on the road and not wear you out on longer rides. The Yamaha NMAX 155 Turbo…
A 27-year-old Australian citizen was taken off a flight to Brisbane at Ngurah Rai airport. Four days earlier, a security camera had recorded him and his female companion behaving indecently in the yar…
Bali's power sector is being turned toward solar. Work has begun in the island on a 300-megawatt plant with a gigawatt-hour storage battery, the aim being to move away from imported fuel: at pres…
Indonesia's immigration service has detained a 39-year-old Russian man who was filming a rally by supporters of West Papuan independence in Wamena. The agency concluded that the filming did not m…
A ban on turning onto Made Lebah Street has moved Ubud's traffic jam onto the surrounding streets. Drivers coming from the south — from Nyuh Kuning, Lodtunduh and Singakerta — can no longer turn…
Denpasar immigration has expelled from Bali a foreigner holding an investor stay permit. During a check he was unable to say what the company whose shares the permit was issued for actually does, or w…
Unlicensed clinics, IV drips in hotel rooms and consultations with foreign doctors who hold no work permit — authorities have now taken all of this on in the resort areas of southern Bali. Owners of v…
The swings and the flying fox at Diamond Beach on Nusa Penida are out of action: inspectors shut down both rides and wrapped the structures in warning tape. The operator was unable to produce a basic…
Ten bars at Perancak Beach (Pantai Perancak) in Canggu have burned to the ground. The structures were made of wood and bamboo, and not a single one could be saved. No one was hurt: the bars were close…
