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Bank Indonesia maintains benchmark interest rate at 7.75%

Bank Indonesia announced on Thursday it decided to maintain its benchmark interest rate (BI rate) at 7.75 percent with ...

Indonesia's SC prepares special judges to settle regional election disputes

Deputy chief justice for civil case affairs Supandi said here on Friday that special judges have been assigned to ...

Minister to promote micro and small jamu businesses

The government will strive to leverage the Indonesian herbal and traditional medicine (jamu) by encouraging the small ...

Indonesia to hold simultaneous regional head elections in early 2016

Despite complaints regarding alleged irregularities and money politics in some regions, 2014 was a year of democracy ...

President Awards Medals to eight governors for promoting food security

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) in a ceremony held at a paddy field in Subang, on Friday, awarded the Adhikarya Pangan ...

President Jokowi reminds farmers of target for rice self sufficiency

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) reminded Indonesian farmers on Friday of the target in three years to achieve rice self ...

Survey: 84 percent Indonesians want direct elections

A survey by Lembaga Survei Indonesia (LSI) showed that 84.1 percent of Indonesians prefer direct elections for ...

Vice president calls for transparency in all institutions

Vice President Jusuf Kalla has urged all institutions to operate transparently for the public to see their performance ...

BI maintains reference rate at 7.75 percent

Bank Indonesias (BI) board of governors decided to keep its reference rate at 7.75 percent, while the Lending Facility ...

Rupiah stronger in Jakarta`s Thursday morning trade

The banks in Jakarta traded Indonesias rupiah at Rp12,325 per US dollar on Thursday morning or it regained 13 points ...

VP prefers democratically elected Golkar leader

Vice President Jusuf Kalla said he preferred a more democratically elected Golkar Party leader. Declining to ...

President Joko Widodo discusses Perppu with predecessor

Former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), in his capacity as president of Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), ...

Tree planting movement to support food sovereignty program

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo attended a national commemoration of Indonesian Tree Planting Day (HMPI) 2014 and ...

Ahok ready to implement presidential instruction on budget efficiency

Governor of Jakarta Basuki Tjahaja Purnama said he is ready to implement presidential instruction (inpres) number ...

Bank Indonesia increases BI rate to offset fuel price hike

Reacting to the subsidized fuel price hike, Bank Indonesia decided Tuesday to increase the BI Rate by 25 bps to 7.75 ...