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Sriwijaya Football Club or commonly known as Sriwijaya [sriwiˈdʒaja] or SFC, is a professional football club based in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, which currently competes in the highest tier of Indonesian football, the Liga 1. The club was founded on 23 October 2004 after the South Sumatra government bought Persijatim Solo FC which was based in Surakarta. Their current home stadium is Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium in Jakabaring in southern section of Palembang. The club is widely known by their nickname, which is Laskar Wong Kito. Sriwijaya is the first club in Indonesia which achieves double titles achievement in the same season.
Anak Agung Gede Ngurah Puspayoga is an Indonesian politician, currently serving as Indonesia's Minister of Cooperatives and Small & Medium Enterprises under President Joko Widodo's Working Cabinet since 2014. Previously, he served as the Vice Governor of Bali from 2008 to 2013 and Mayor of Denpasar, Bali's capital city, from 2000 to 2008.
Anies Rasyid Baswedan is an Indonesian academic, activist, and politician who currently serves as the Governor of Jakarta.
Widodo Cahyono Putro is a retired Indonesian football player and current manager of Persita Tangerang, who gained fame for scoring a goal with a bicycle kick in a match against Kuwait in the 1996 Asian Cup.
The Great Indonesia Movement Party is a political party in Indonesia. In the 2014 presidential election, the party was represented by former Indonesian Army Strategic Reserve Command and Indonesian special forces commander Lieutenant General Prabowo Subianto. Prabowo lost to Joko Widodo in the election, earning 46.85% of the vote to Widodo's 53.15%.
The Ministry of Tourism is the ministry in Indonesia concerned with administration of tourism.
Christmas in Indonesia, which has approximately 25 million Christians, is celebrated with various traditions throughout the country. In the regions with a majority of Christians, there are Christmas celebrations with ceremonies and local food. In big cities, the shopping centres are mostly decorated with plastic Christmas trees and Sinterklas. Most local television channels broadcast Christmas musical concerts and the annual, national Christmas celebration which is organised by the government. In addition to traditional foods, generally every Christmas Day is filled with cookies, like nastar, kastengel, or 'putri salju'.
Presidential elections were held in Indonesia on 9 July 2014, with former general Prabowo Subianto contesting the elections against the governor of Jakarta, Joko Widodo; incumbent president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was constitutionally barred from seeking a third term in office. On 22 July the General Elections Commission announced Joko Widodo's victory. He and his vice president, Jusuf Kalla, were sworn-in on 20 October 2014, for a 5-year term.
Rudi Widodo is an Indonesian footballer who currently plays for PSS Sleman in the Liga 1 as forward.
Plans and studies have been in the works for high-speed rail (HSR) in Indonesia since before 2010. A new plan to build a HSR was announced by Indonesian Government in July 2015. Indonesia's first – and possibly also Southeast Asia's first – high-speed rail project was expected to connect the national capital Jakarta with Bandung in neighboring West Java province, covering a distance of around 140 kilometres. Plans were also mentioned for a possible later extension of the HSR to Indonesia's second largest city, Surabaya in East Java.
Iriana is the First Lady of Indonesia since 20 October 2014 and the wife of the current President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo.
The Inauguration of Joko Widodo as seventh President of Indonesia took place on Monday, October 20, 2014 at the DPR/MPR Building, Jakarta. This ceremony marked the commencement of the five-year term Joko Widodo as president and Jusuf Kalla as vice president.
The Working Cabinet was sworn in on 27 October 2014, by President of Indonesia Joko Widodo.
Retno Lestari Priansari Marsudi is an Indonesian diplomat and the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Working Cabinet. She is the first female minister appointed to the post. She was previously the Indonesian Ambassador to the Netherlands from 2012 to 2014, as well as Ambassador to Iceland and Norway from 2005 to 2008.
Arief Yahya is the current Minister of Tourism of Indonesia from 27 October 2014 in the Working Cabinet of President Joko Widodo. Prior to becoming a minister, he had been the CEO at state-owned Telkom Indonesia between 2012 and his appointment.
Ilham Udin Armaiyn is an Indonesian footballer who currently plays as a winger for Liga 1 club Bhayangkara and the Indonesia national team.
Feby Eka Putra is an Indonesian professional football player who currently plays as a Midfielder for Liga 1 club Bali United and the Indonesia U-19 team.
Effendi Muara Sakti Simbolon is an Indonesian politician of PDI-P who has been a member of the People's Representative Council since 2004. Despite coming from the same political party, Simbolon was a noted critic of president Joko Widodo, especially in Widodo's first years as president.
