Indonesian Embassy’s Participation On The 11th International Christmas Bazaar, Athena, 27-28 Nov 2010

Cancun, Mexico. Despite doubts about the creation of a binding treaty to cut greenhouse gas emissions at the United Nations Climate Change Conference here, Indonesia is still hopeful of a “balanced outcome.” Tazwin Hanif, the head of Indonesia’s negotiating team at the conference, which opened on Monday, said the host country hoped to avoid the [...]

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia says it will establish formal diplomatic relations with almost two dozen nations to boost trade and protect its citizens. After Indonesia forges new ties with 21 countries, mostly in Africa and the Caribbean, the nation will have diplomatic relations with every country in the world except Israel and Taiwan due [...]

Magelang, C Java (ANTARA News) – Borobudur temple, which was covered by Merapi ashes several days ago, was ready for being visited by tourists in New Year`s holiday, the Head of Borobudur Heritage Conservation Association Marsis Sutopo said here Sunday. “We have targeted that volcanic ashes and sand can have been cleared from the temple [...]

Jakarta (ANTARA News) – The government will focus on the development of Arabica coffee next year, a cabinet minister said. “Indonesia`s arabica coffee is quite popular in the world market, therefore, the government will focus on the development of arabica coffee. This type of coffee had contributed 30 percent to national coffee production so that [...]

Jakarta (ANTARA News) – The Culture and Tourism Ministry will use Komodo (a rare species of giant lizard on an Indonesia island) as a national tourism theme for 2011, a ministry official said. “Next year, we will make Komodo as a main theme for our tourism,” Secretary to the directorate general of tourism ministry Noviendi [...]

Jakarta (ANTARA News) – The Indonesian government is committed to doubling the tiger population in their Sumatra habitats by 2022, a Forestry Ministry official said. “This commitment is achievable as there is sufficient basic data on the population of Sumatran tigers, along with conservation programs already implemented in priority conservation landscapes,” said I Made Subadia [...]

The House of Representatives on Thursday selected Busyro Muqoddas to be the new chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) after two rounds of voting. In the first round of votes, Busyro was selected by members of the House’s legal affairs commission to be a member of the KPK leadership, beating out the only other [...]

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appointed former deputy attorney general Basrief Arief as the new attorney general, a surprise decision hailed by prosecutors and deplored by antigraft activists. “I decided to name Basrief the new attorney general after advice from many parties, including the Vice President,” he told a press conference at the Presidential Office on [...]

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Industry Minister MS Hidayat said his office was preparing a grand strategy on energy conservation and reduction of green house gases in the industrial sector that will be implemented in 2010-2020. “The program for the implementation of CO2 emission reduction in the industrial sector is a follow up to the government’s commitment [...]