Section: The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
Thieves score $5.4mln in jewels in Paris smash-and-grab
French police were on Thursday hunting a trio of thieves who made off with a handbag containing five million euros (US$5.4 million) worth of Chanel jewels in a smash-and-grab on the highway between Paris and Charles De Gaulle airport. A Taiwanese art collector was travelling in a taxi Wednesday afternoon through a long tunnel notorious for...
Romanian, US, British troops stage NATO-planned exercises
Some 2,200 Romanian, US, British and Moldovan troops will take part in military exercises in Romania, close to the Ukrainian border, beginning this week. “Wind Spring 15” will start Thursday and continue until April 30 at two locations in eastern Romania: the Mihail Kogalniceanu airbase near the Black Sea port of Constanta and the...
Three Russian ships in English Channel, Britain says
Three Russian ships including a destroyer have entered the English Channel and are being monitored by Britain’s Royal Navy as they pass through, the Ministry of Defense said Tuesday. The incident is the latest in a string of similar incidents and comes amid tense relations between London and Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine and the inquiry...
Russia, Ukraine agree on withdrawal of smaller caliber arms
Russia and Ukraine agreed Monday to call for the pullback of smaller caliber weapons from the front lines in eastern Ukraine as part of a fresh push to end the region’s yearlong conflict.Foreign ministers from the two countries — meeting with their French and German counterparts in Berlin — also agreed to support international monitors and...
Students promote peace through performances
In the spirit of peace and global friendship, around 100 secondary school students from 20 countries around the world introduced their cultures during the International Festival of Language and Culture (ILFC) at Teater Jakarta in the Taman Ismail Marzuki cultural center on Saturday.The countries comprised Turkey, Tunisia, Jordan, Australia,...
Movie men propose Russian fast-food alternative chain
Two of Russia’s best-known movie directors are aiming to create a chain of fast-food restaurants that would be an alternative to Western-style operations such as McDonald’s.The move by Nikita Mikhalkov and Andrei Konchalovsky, who are brothers, comes amid growing animosity toward the West, especially the United States, over the...
IFLC 2015 lights up TIM
Powerful: A Mongolian performer bellows a majestic folk song from his home country during the 2015 International Festival of Language and Culture (IFLC) event at Taman Ismail Marzuki, Central Jakarta.(JP/ Dylan Amirio)Lights, claps, vocals and choreography dazzled the rapturous crowd at the 2015 International Festival of Language and Culture...
Silk Road Economic Belt – a journey without end
Finally, the veil surrounding the Belt and Road — a collective term for the Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road — has been lifted.An 8,300-word document released by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), Chinese foreign affairs ministry (MFA) and the commerce ministry outlined the plans by the Chinese...
Festival of cultures to dazzle Jakarta on Saturday
A grand spectacle of different cultures will take place at Taman Ismail Marzuki arts center, Central Jakarta, on Saturday, in the form of the 2015 International Festival of Language and Culture (IFLC), featuring students from 20 different countries.For the past 12 years, the ILFC was held only in Turkey and showcased a grand show with a cultural...
Sritex expects a boost in uniform exports
Publicly listed Sri Rejeki Isman — popularly known as Sritex — expects a surge in uniform sales in the years to come thanks to an anticipated increase in military spending by North America and Europe, key markets for Southeast Asia’s largest textile manufacturer.Sritex president director Iwan Setiawan Lukminto told The Jakarta Post recently...
