The local parliament has approved 150 billion rupiah, about $8.3 million, for Tirta Mangutama, the water utility that supplies the Bukit.
The money is to be paid in instalments in 2027, 2028 and 2029. According to the parliament's chairman, it should end the outages first and foremost in Jimbaran, Ungasan and Pecatu.
The immigration office in Singaraja has deported a 46-year-old Czech woman from Bali who was selling a villa in Karangasem, in the east of the island, while on a visa on arrival.
A permanent 570-metre staircase will be built down to Kelingking Beach on Nusa Penida, running from the clifftop all the way to the shore.
It will replace the steep path down the slope. Work will begin this year and is expected to take about six months. Construction will be funded by an Indonesian company in the Trip.соm group, which has…
The Bali authorities have chosen six areas where they will start cutting emissions: Ubud, the island of Nusa Penida, Nusa Dua, Kuta, Sanur and the historic Gajah Mada area in Denpasar.
Anyone who has been to Bali even once has almost certainly seen thatched roofs made of alang-alang, a dry grass traditionally used in Bali to roof villas, restaurants, hotels and other buildings.
The Bali authorities have received 11 electric buses and six charging stations for them.
The buses will run on the first corridor of the Trans Sarbagita bus network, from the Ngurah Rai Sports Complex (GOR Ngurah Rai) in Denpasar to GWK park. Rides will be free during the trial phase.
A Dutch tourist injured her leg while climbing Rinjani and was unable to walk.
She was flown from the volcano on Lombok to the helipad in Benoa, Bali, and from there taken to hospital.
Deus Ex Machina in Canggu is holding Slidetoberfest, its annual surf, motorcycle and music festival.
On Saturday and Sunday, sand races will take place on beaches near Tanah Lot.
The final of the Indonesian Surfing League has wrapped up at Pererenan Beach (Pantai Pererenan) near Canggu.
Bronson Meydi and Kaya Jo Hoyer won the shortboard divisions. Meydi, the 2024 World Surf League junior world champion, also earned the highest wave score of the event: a 9 out of 10 from each of the t…
A banner has gone up in Pererenan banning motorbikes with loud exhausts from entering. The sign is written in three languages.
The banner is signed on behalf of the village. Photos of it being put up were posted by the Pererenan village administration together with a community of local residents and business owners. A day ear…
Over Christmas and New Year, the Indonesian government will cover the full VAT on economy-class tickets for domestic flights on behalf of passengers.
The relief also applies to flights between Bali and other cities in Indonesia. Tickets must be purchased between 20 October 2026 and 10 January 2027, and the departure must fall between 22 December an…
Indonesian airline TransNusa has started flying non-stop from Bali to Melbourne.
The first flight out of Ngurah Rai Airport carried 139 passengers, and the return flight carried 86.
The 23rd Ubud Writers & Readers Festival runs in Ubud from 21 to 25 October. More than 150 writers, journalists, artists and poets from Indonesia and abroad will meet audiences at talks, panels an…
Residents of Denpasar noticed the sky over the city looked hazier than usual and concluded that smoke from the forest fires in Kalimantan had reached Bali.
According to the weather agency's satellite images, the smog that has blanketed Malaysia and Singapore is not reaching the island.
At Kelingking (Kelingking Beach), a wave swept a foreign tourist 15 metres from the shore.
He was rescued by Nandro, a 30-year-old guide who happened to be nearby on a jet ski.
