Kompas and Detik report that immigration officials in Bali have detained 13 foreign nationals under suspicion of working illegally in the commercial sex trade. The thirteen were arrested on Thursday, 17 September 2026, in joint raids targeting three areas of Bali – Umalas, Seminyak, and Canggu. The Head of the Ngurah Rai Immigration Office, Muhamad […]
KOMPAS reports that Indonesian Airline TransNusa will begin flying four times a week between Denpasar, Bali, and Melbourne, Australia, starting Monday, 19 October 2026. Melbourne will become the second Australian city TransNusa serves, following the recent launch of a Perth-Bali service. TransNusa will operate an Airbus A320 Aircraft on the Melbourne-Denpasar route configured to seat
he Republic of Indonesia now owns and operates its first aircraft carrier. The former Italian light aircraft carrier ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi sailed into Indonesian territorial waters on 17 September 2026, via Indonesian Archipelagic Sea Lane I (ALKI I), where it now cruises under the Indonesian red-and-white flag as KRI Sriwijaya. An official release from the
TRIBUN-BALI reports PT Angkasa Pura Indonesia, the managers of Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, together with the entire airport community, will conduct an Airport Emergency Exercise (AEE) on Wednesday, 23 September 2026. This full-scale emergency response simulation is conducted periodically to ensure the readiness of personnel, procedures, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), as
TRIBUN-BALI reports that PT Angkasa Pura Indonesia (InJourney Airports), one of the world’s largest airport operators, has reaffirmed its position in the global aviation industry. The global organization that represents the interests of world airports, the Airport Council International (ACI), which oversees more than 2,200 airports, announced that 10 airports under InJourney Airports have won
BaliPost reports that Bali’s Badung Regency has canceled its long-standing plan to undertake an October 2026 tourism promotional mission to Fujisawa, Japan. The elaborate tourism mission has been in planning for more than a year, as shown by its inclusion in a budgeted Rp 900 million expenditure from the Badung Regional Budget (APBD) for 2026.
TRIBUN-BALI reports that AirNav Indonesia and The Boeing Company have reached a preliminary agreement in the form of a Letter of Intent (LOI) to study how to optimize aircraft movement operations at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali. AirNav Indonesia’s President Director, Capt. Avirianto Suratno, and Boeing Indonesia Managing Director Indra Duivenvoorde signed the LOI
The State News Agency ANTARA reports that the Indonesian Tourism Minister Widiyanti Putri Wardhana, speaking at a Wonderful Indonesia Gastronomy (WIG) 2026 Press Conference in Jakarta on Tuesday, 15 September 2026, said that 58.34 percent of foreign tourists come to Indonesia to experience the country’s rich culinary tourism and local gastronomy. Wardhana commented that Indonesia,
Bali Workers Slowly Uniting to be Paid a Decent Living Wage NusaBali reports that Bali’s Badung Tourism Workers Union (Serikat Pekerja Pariwisata) hopes the upcoming formulation of Bali’s 2027 Provincial Minimum Wage (UMP) and Regency/City Minimum Wage (UMK) will set wage levels that allow its members a reasonable and decent standard of living (KHL). Moreover,
The State News Agency ANTARA and TribunBali report that the Denpasar City Police in Bali are preparing a formal Criminal Case Termination Document (SP3) in connection with the murder-suicide deaths of Australian Damien John Shaw and his two children at a rented bungalow on Jalan Three Brothers in Central Legian, Kuta, Bali. Denpasar Police Chief