Popular: Tempo's Response to NasDem up to the Putin-Prabowo Meeting
Several news items on Tempo’s national channel drew reader attention on Tuesday, 14 April 2026. One of them concerned a demonstration by NasDem party cadres at Tempo’s office in Palmerah, West Jakarta.
In addition, an article about the meeting between President Prabowo Subianto and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia, also garnered attention from Tempo readers. Here are the three most-read news items on Tempo’s national channel on 14 April:
- Tempo’s Response to NasDem’s Protest Regarding Magazine Cover
Tempo’s editorial team responded to the action by several NasDem party cadres who visited Tempo’s office in Palmerah West, Jakarta West, on Tuesday, 14 April 2026. The action was triggered by the main report and cover of this week’s magazine edition featuring a caricature of NasDem General Chairman Surya Paloh.
Tempo Editor-in-Chief Setri Yasra stated that the editorial team appreciates the NasDem cadres’ step to directly convey their aspirations. “Differences in perspectives on reporting are a normal thing in democracy,” Setri said in an official statement on Tuesday, 14 April 2026.
NasDem party members held a peaceful action from around 12:00 WIB to 14:20 WIB. They demanded a public apology, clarification on reporting deemed inaccurate, and a commitment to upholding journalistic ethics. In the action, participants, dominated by dark blue attributes, also carried various demand attributes.
In response to the substance of the demands, Setri emphasised that the main report published had undergone a journalistic process. “The reporting material published by Tempo is journalistic work that has gone through verification, accountability, and is based on the Journalistic Code of Ethics,” she said.
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- Government Implements Nutri-Level Label on Sugary Drinks
The Ministry of Health, together with the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM), has begun implementing the nutri-level labelling system for sweetened beverage products. This policy aims to make it easier for the public to identify the nutritional content of food consumed daily.
Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said that with this policy, the public is expected to be able to independently control sugar consumption, thereby avoiding risks of diabetes, hypertension, and various other diseases. “The hope is that the public can be educated and choose what is good to consume and what should be reduced,” he said at the Launch of Nutrition Labels at the Health Human Resources Building, Jakarta, on Tuesday, 14 April 2026.
Nutri-Level is a food or beverage classification system based on sugar, salt, and fat content. Budi mentioned that in the initial stage, the government will only regulate the implementation of this nutri-level label for beverage products.
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- Putin Invites Prabowo to Russia in May and July
Russian President Vladimir Putin invited Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto to visit Russia again in May and July 2026. Foreign Minister Sugiono revealed Putin’s invitation in a press statement related to Prabowo’s state visit to Moscow, Russia, on Monday, 13 April 2026.
Sugiono said that plans surrounding the strengthening of Russia-Indonesia economic relations to people-to-people relations will be carried out by both countries in the future.
“President Putin also extended an invitation to President Prabowo to attend an event in Kazan to be held in May and also a major industrial exhibition to be held in July,” Sugiono said, quoted from a video statement uploaded on the Presidential Secretariat’s YouTube on Tuesday, 14 April 2026.
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