Jakarta (ANTARA) – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati remains buoyant of the state budget deficit in 2019 staying at its initial projected figure of 2.2 percent despite sluggish tax revenue recorded at only 72 percent of its target. The Ministry’s Directorate General of Tax recorded […]
Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Industry Ministry has projected that the automotive industry will support the national exports by boosting its competitive edge to contribute to the country’s foreign exchange coffers. “As the president has stated, the government is focusing on reducing imports, increasing exports, and […]
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Representative of Indonesia to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) Yuyun Wahyuningrum emphasized the importance of protecting freedom of religion and belief as a vital element of ASEAN Community building and integration. “The promotion of religious tolerance, respect for diversity, […]
Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Japanese government has released a grant worth Rp3.37 billion to improve education and health facilities in several Indonesian provinces including South Sumatra, Yogyakarta, West Java and Maluku. “The grant is issued through grassroots assistance for human security in the first period […]
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – On a warm summer morning of August 5 when the Indian government announced the scrapping of Indian-administered Kashmir’s autonomy, poet Shugufta Zahid says she was devastated. “It is a wound on our hearts and it will never be healed,” she said. “Till […]
European Union leaders have welcomed Boris Johnson’s election triumph and called for a quick Brexit vote in the British Parliament, even as the Czech prime minister warned it was “bad news for Europe”. “It is obviously a giant success for Boris Johnson. He is a […]
Former Prime Minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune was elected Algeria‘s new president after a vote the authorities hope will end months of turmoil, but demonstrators who toppled his predecessor Abdelaziz Bouteflika vowed that their movement would not stop. Tebboune, who served as housing minister under Bouteflika and briefly […]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday hailed a political “earthquake” in Britain after a thumping election victory which clears the way for the country to finally leave the EU next month after years of paralysing deadlock. With all but one result declared for the 650-seat […]
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Vice President Ma’ruf Amin affirmed that the development of sharia-compliant finance should run in parallel with the conventional economy to boost the national economic growth. “The effort to develop the sharia economy and finance should not be made by confronting it with […]
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia and Singapore explored possible collaboration in the areas of fisheries quarantine and farming, Marine and Fisheries Affairs Minister Edhy Prabowo stated. Prabowo noted in a statement here on Friday that the cooperation will also encompass the quarantine of shrimp broodstock after […]
