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Bidadari Island is located in Labuan Bajo, West Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara. This island is a group of islands, located on Komodo Island. Usually, this island becomes a tour package in the Komodo Islands. The mainland of the island is surrounded by hills, trees, and beautiful white sand. Because of the beautiful white sand and calm beaches, Bidadari Island is often also called White Sand Island.

The beauty of the beach on Bidadari Island is often used as a snorkeling spot by local and foreign tourists. The beauty of the marine park owned by this island makes many tourists who come interested in diving or snorkeling. The diversity of coral reefs and fish in the sea around this island is the main attraction for tourists who come to visit this island

To reach Bidadari Island, if you are from Bali, this island can be reached by plane to Komodo airport which takes 1.5 hours. Then, your journey continues across to the island by a motorized boat for approximately 10 minutes. If you want to spend the night, on this island there are already available resorts that you can enjoy.

The Ministry of Industry through the Yogyakarta Batik and Crafts Center held an event called "Dissemination of Technological Innovations and Facilitation of Batik Mark Certificates." It is an effort to improve the competitiveness of the handicraft and batik industry in Indonesia.

Acting Head of the Center for Crafts and Batik, Titik Purwati Widowati in a press release Thursday (10/6) said that the handicraft and batik industry in Indonesia are not only a part of the creative industry, but also the nation's culturally-rooted treasures. Batik handicrafts along with Keris and Noken have even been designated as intangible cultural heritage native to Indonesia by UNESCO.

Titik Purwati also said that to build an independent, competitive, and advanced batik industry, it is necessary to encourage competitiveness through various innovations and standard adjustments. Therefore, the Center for Handicrafts and Batik, which is within the Standardization and Industrial Services Policy Agency of the Ministry of Industry, has actively created innovations that are ready to be applied and help meet batik industry standards. They are the development of development of natural batik based on palm products, exploration of sources of natural dyes from industrial waste, new designs and motifs, development of batik analyzer applications for batik and artificial detection, and application development that helps make formulations of natural dyes.

Specifically in the field of batik quality assurance, the Center for Crafts and Batik facilitates the application and acquisition of Product Certification for the Use of Indonesian National Standard Marks. It also provides guidance in the field of Batik Mark certification, in accordance with the regulation of the Minister of Industry. The Center aims to guarantee the quality of batik, increase the confidence of domestic and foreign consumers, preserve and protect batik products, and provide the identity of Indonesian batik.

Meanwhile, Head of the Standardization and Industrial Services Policy Agency of the Ministry of Industry, Doddy Rahadi said that the creative handicraft and batik industry is one of the sectors that is expected to support the National Economic Recovery agenda due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Therefore, it takes the role of all parties in creating a supportive ecosystem. Moreover, the handicraft and batik industry is one of the industries that actively empowers the community's workforce.

The Indonesian Embassy in Bratislava promoted Indonesian culture at the Teleráno program on one of the private television stations in Slovakia, TV Markiza last Friday (11/6). Teleráno is one of Markiza's 2.5-hour morning TV programs that airs from 06.00-08.30 local time. This promotion aims to further introduce Indonesian culture in Slovakia. This promotion is focused on Indonesian food. The types of food displayed include chicken satay, woku tofu/tempe, young mango salad, yellow rice, and pretty sweet cakes. As for the cooking demonstration, the Indonesian Embassy in Bratislava collaborated with Yusuf, an Indonesian citizen in Bratislava, who is a professional cook at a restaurant in Slovakia. The cooking demonstration was assisted by the cook of the Indonesian Ambassador to Bratislava, Pujiyem. The Indonesian Embassy also took this opportunity to promote the Cenderawasih Dance from Bali.

Chairman of the Golkar Party, Airlangga Hartarto signed a cooperation agreement with the United Russia Party, the party of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Friday (11/6). From the United Russia Party, the agreement was signed by Deputy Secretary of The General Council of the United Russia Party, Klimov Andrey Arkadievich. The signing ceremony was held virtually. Both sides will cooperate in the fields of politics, economy and education. Further cooperation agreements between parties will be discussed at a follow-up meeting on 29 June 2021, during an online meeting between ASEAN and Russia parties.

Norwegian Ambassador to Indonesia, Vegard Kaale said that Norway is ready to strengthen cooperation with Indonesia in the renewable energy sector. This statement was made by Ambassador Kaale in a webinar entitled "Indonesia-Norway Investment Opportunities in Hydro and Solar Energy in Indonesia" which took place on Monday (7/6). In his remarks at the webinar, Ambassador Kaale said that Indonesia and Norway have established good diplomatic relations for more than 70 years, and it is hoped that good relations can continue to be developed in the form of cooperation, including in the renewable energy sector.

Ambassador Vegard Kaale further stated that the use of renewable energy, such as solar energy and hydroelectric power can reduce the impact of global warming, such as gas emissions that pollute the air. Norway has already a lot of experience with renewable energy. Around 98 percent of the country's energy sources come from hydropower to help support people's lives in Norway.

Furthermore, Ambassador Vegard Kaale expressed Norway's willingness to share experiences and information to help Indonesia achieve its target of 23 percent of using new and renewable energy by 2025. As a realization of that commitment, as many as 43 Indonesian professionals have participated in a capacity building and waterways management program at the International Center for Hydropower from Norway. In the training, the participants explored a technical management of hydropower, starting from operations, maintenance, and components of hydroelectric power plants and sedimentation handling.

Meanwhile, Indonesian Ambassador to Norway, Todung Mulya Lubis in the webinar welcomed the cooperation relationship in capacity building training. He also said that this is in line with President Joko Widodo's program which aims to realize Indonesia's transition towards the use of renewable energy. He also hopes that cooperation with Norway can be Indonesia's first step to achieve this goal.