Section: Indonesia
2014, The year of living dangerously
When economics and geopolitics collide.Sometimes one can see the contours of a “perfect storm” ahead. It is true that, as Niels Bohr once said, “Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.” But 2014 is shaping up as a candidate to become one of those signature years that defines major points of inflection in global...
Ukraine, Moscow clinch deal on Russian gas supply
Moscow and Kiev on Thursday clinched a deal that will guarantee that Russian gas exports flow into Ukraine and beyond to the European Union throughout the winter despite their intense rivalry over the fighting in eastern Ukraine.”There is now no reason for people in Europe to stay cold this winter,” said EU Commission President Jose...
Ukraine-Russia gas talks deadlocked in Brussels
Talks to guarantee that Russian gas imports flow into Ukraine throughout the winter appeared to be at an impasse Thursday because of doubts over payments from Kiev.A European Union official says the negotiations, which were supposed to produce an agreement Wednesday, broke up inconclusively early Thursday, with a draft for a ‘common...
Pro-European parties lead Ukraine poll
With more than one-third of the votes counted, two allied pro-European parties in Ukraine that ran on a platform to enact tough reforms took a joint lead Monday in a parliamentary election.Partial figures showed Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s Popular Front with 21.6 percent of the vote and President Petro Poroshenko’s party at...
Ukraine votes to overhaul parliament
Voters in Ukraine headed to the polls Sunday to elect a new parliament, overhauling a legislature tainted by its association with ousted President Viktor Yanukovych.The election is set to usher in a contingent of largely pro-Western lawmakers. President Petro Poroshenko’s party has campaigned on an ambitious reform agenda and is expected to...
Total CEO killed in Moscow runway crash
Christophe de Margerie, the charismatic CEO of Total SA who helped establish the multinational oil company as one of the world’s biggest, was killed at a Moscow airport when his private jet collided with a snowplow whose driver was reportedly drunk.As well as questioning the driver, Russian investigators said Tuesday they were also...
Obama keeps his schedule clear to focus on Ebola
President Barack Obama, rarely one to leave anything to chance, is keeping a flexible schedule this week as his administration’s response to the Ebola scare continues to evolve.The work-in-progress approach is a departure from the normal practice in which the president’s schedule is previewed days in advance. The blank slate reflects...
Indonesia sets good example of democracy: Ukrainian envoy
Ukrainian Ambassador to Indonesia Volodymyr Pakhil said Indonesia has set a good example of democracy during the Presidential Election held this year which eventually elected Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and M. Jusuf Kalla as President … …read more Source: ANTARA...
Obama switches gears, confronting Ebola head on
President Barack Obama delayed acting on immigration and an attorney general nomination this fall to dodge the politics of the midterm campaign season. But there was one topic he could not push aside — Ebola.The past week’s jarring Ebola developments have put a spotlight on the president’s management skills just as he was earning...
RI acknowledges the importance of Asia-Europe cooperation: Envoy
The Foreign Ministry’s director general for America and Europe, Dian Triansyah Djani, said Indonesia acknowledged the importance of the Asia-Europe cooperation for tackling current global challenges, including development challenges and achieving common prosperity.He said the partnership between the two regions was crucial in promoting the...
