The Bali government has set an investment target of Rp18.3 trillion (US$1.9 billion) for this year, with the bulk of the funds expected to go to the tourism sector in the south.

Around 200 people were unable to depart Bali for New Zealand when their aircraft sprung a fuel leak.

An Australian man has been sentenced to eight years in prison, joining a long line of fellow countrypeople serving time in Bali for drugs crimes.

Major Milestone: A Sumatran orangutan believed to be the oldest reproductive specimen in captivity celebrated his 50th birthday on Tuesday at a zoo in western France. As photographers snapped pictures, Major, a 125-kilogramme father of 16, blew out the candles on a strawberry birthday cake at Zoo de la Boissiere near Nantes where he has [...]

DENPASAR Bali’s biggest Indonesian-language newspaper, Bali Post, has lost its long-running battle with Governor I Made Mangku Pastika over misreporting, and has been forced to publish an apology in various local publications. The case began in September last year after the Post ran a front-page story quoting Pastika as calling for the disbandment of Bali’s [...]

JIMBARAN Bali’s Udayana University played host this week to a gathering of academics specialising in Balinese subjects. The Bali in Global Asia – Between Modernisation and Heritage Formation conference ran from Monday to Wednesday, and was attended by over 200 Bali specialists from around the world. The conference, hosted as part of 50th anniversary celebrations [...]

KUTA The Bali authorities are aiming to attract a total of 5 million foreign tourists and 10 million domestic visitors a year by 2015. Speaking this week, Governor I Made Mangku Pastika said that the provincial government intended to keep pursuing ever higher numbers of visitors. “With the stable and conducive political, security and social [...]

KUTA An Italian, an American, and Australian-Balinese man and a Rottweiler dog were involved in a violent attack on a group of Kuta residents on Monday after a dispute about a motorbike accident. According to Bali Police, the incident started when the Italian national, identified as Luca Cavasa, was involved in a crash on Jl [...]