Celebration of Christmas 2009

The Indonesian Embassy in Oslo will hold the 2009 Christmas celebration on Saturday, 12 December 2009, at the Residence of Indonesia, at Huk Aveny 3, Bygdøy, Oslo. The Christmas mass will be held at 16.00 and the celebration at 18.00. For further information, please call +47 22125130.

RI Kicks Off Fiber Optic Project To Connect Eastern Regions

Indonesia began on Monday the construction of a 1,041 kilometer-long fiber optic cable connecting Mataram and Kupang; a milestone in the development of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure for the country’s eastern regions. The construction of the Mataram-Kupang Cable System is fully-funded by state-run telecommunications firm PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom), and is scheduled to [...]

Indonesia Re-elected As IMO Council Member

Indonesia has been re-elected as a Category C member of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for the period of 2009-2011 collecting 132 out of 153 votes. The election was done at the 26th IMO Assembly in London on November 26, 2009, the third secretary of the Indonesian embassy in London, Billy Wibisono, said to ANTARA [...]

ADB Earmarks $500 Million for RI`s Mega Power Program

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has earmarked US$500 million in loans to speed up the second phase of Indonesia`s program to build power plants with a combined capacity of 10,000 megawatts, an ADB official said. The ADB loans were intended to finance the construction of geothermal power plants as part of the 10,000 megawatt-capacity power [...]

President: Indonesia Supports Nuclear Disarmament

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has stressed Indonesia`s commitment to supporting the United Nations efforts to rid the world of nuclear armaments. In his address to mark the peak event of the 34th World Peace Day commemoration program in Ambon on Wednesday, President Yudhoyono said the government would support the world body`s campaign to stop the [...]

Indonesia Invites Norway to Invest in Riau

The Indonesian Embassy in Oslo together with the Riau provincial administration held a seminar on Riau’s investment and trade potentials in Norway on Monday, Nov. 23, to boost the bilateral trade partnership between Indonesia and Norway. The seminar which was held in Asker was officiated by the Indonesian Embassy’s Charge d’ Affaires Ad-Interim Mansyur Pangeran [...]

RI Replaces Malaysia as World`s Biggest CPO Producer

Indonesia has developed into the world`s biggest crude palm oil (CPO) producer, replacing Malaysia, Amin Tamin Subandrio, deputy to the research and technology minister said here on Tuesday. He said Indonesia had since last year replaced Malaysia as the world`s biggest CPO producer. Now Indonesia`s CPO production had reached 19.2 million tons per annum, exceeding [...]

Norway Wants to Work with RI on Climate Change: Minister

If every country was like Norway, a small  but rich Nordic country, and every environment minister was like Erik Solheim, our global greenhouse gas emissions might have already been reduced drastically. Unfortunately, we have only one Norway on our planet. Norway is on the one hand a major producer of fossil fuels like oil, a [...]

TNI Prepares Warship for UN Peace Mission

The Indonesian Military (TNI) headquarters is preparing the Indonesian warship KRI Frans Kasiepo for joining the United Nations Peace Mission Maritime Task Force in South Lebanon (Maritime Task Force/UNIFIL MTF). “We have prepared the ship for the continuation of our military participation in the UN Maritime Task Force in South Lebanon,” Operations Assistant to the [...]

Govt Eyes Finalization of Key Airport Projects

Airport development projects will be one of the priorities of the Transportation Ministry next year, including the finalization of ongoing expansion projects at three international airports, and constructing up to 31 smaller airports. The three international airports being upgraded are Kuala Namu International Airport in Medan, North Sumatra, Lombok International Airport in Lombok, West Nusa [...]

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