Dili – Timor-Leste needs to do more at the national and district levels to boost disaster preparedness, especially in rural areas, say experts.…

The European Union plans to donate 20.5 million euros to Timor-Leste (East Timor) to repair and maintain roads in three districts of…

Today is the third day of the Development Partners Meeting in Timor-Leste. ANTI notes that the agenda for the Development Partners Meeting did not…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Indonesia and neighboring Timor Leste have agreed to enhance what they deemed "good relations", as well as shoring up…

According to the President of the Parliamentary Women's Group of Timor-Leste, MP Josefa Alvares Soares, now is not the time to localize…

Jakarta – Timor Leste President Taur Matan Ruak is scheduled to meet Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the State Palace…

The State Secretary for Professional Training and Employment (SEFOPE), Elidio Ximenes said the country's law banned children from…

The Timor-Leste Defence Force Chief, Major General Lere Anan Timur, has called on the defence and security institutions in the country…

Jakarta – Belu Deputy Regent Lodovikus Taolin said that Indonesia and Timor Leste would work to uphold law enforcement along the…

Batam – Timor Leste's former prime minister Mari Alkatiri, who is now the country's economic attache, visited the Batam Free Trade…

Fitri Bintang Timur, Singapore – Timor Leste Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao is often said to be the Che Guevara of the country. His charisma and…

Angela Macdonald-Smith – The Timor Sea has never been famed for offering oil and gas operators smooth sailing over the years.

However East…

Jakarta – The Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) Advisory Council Chairman, Prabowo Subianto, exchanged experience with visiting former…

Dili – An increase in new, higher-yield seed varieties is helping some rural communities produce more food in Timor-Leste, but greater support is…

Singapore – The future finances of the young, poor nation of Timor-Leste, formerly East Timor, have become embroiled in allegations of skulduggery…

Dili – 'Tara bandu', a traditional form of conflict resolution, can play a bigger role in mitigating conflict in Timor-Leste at the community…

The National Parliament of East Timor has voted in favour of ordering a review of excessive use of force within the national police…

TJ Burgonio – Timor-Leste Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao on Thursday thanked President Aquino for the latter's renewed expression of…

An Australian parliamentary inquiry into the bilateral relationship with East Timor has come under attack for only hearing from so-called "…

Patricia Denise Chiu – The Philippines and Timor Leste have inked three bilateral agreements in areas of education, policy consultations and…

Jakarta – The Timor Leste Democratic Republic (RDTL) government plans to cooperate with the Indonesian government by exporting goats…

Singapore – Timor-Leste said it is committed to building its human resources in order to contribute fully to the Association of…

Members of Parliament are concerned because the number of people unemployed within the country continues to increase every year.

MP Maria…

Children born as a result of sexual abuse by the Indonesian military during the occupation currently have difficulty obtaining official birth…

Clinton Fernandes – A parliamentary inquiry examining Australia's relationship with East Timor is underway and the proceedings so far do not make…

Ritchie King – That extreme outlier in the chart above, the one throwing off the entire scale – that's East Timor. The value shown is the…

According to an English translation of a report by newspaper Independente, the Deputy Prime Minister of East Timor, Fernando Lasama Araujo, has…

Karen Barlow – Foreign Minister Bob Carr insists Australia and East Timor remain on good terms despite reports the Australian Secret Intelligence…

President Taur Matan Ruak raised has concerns about the number of incest and domestic violence cases in Timor-Leste.

The Secretary of State…

Based on the statistics from the Confederation Syndicate of Timor-Leste (KSTL), from 2001 until 2012 a total of 35% of female workers had their…

Emma Masters, Dili – The Australian Government has returned two decades of weather data to East Timor, after it was rescued by a Darwin…

Head of state: Jose Maria Vasconcelos (Taur Matan Ruak, replaced Jose Manuel Ramos-Horta in May)
Head of government: Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao…

East Timor's Oil Fund grew by US$1.2 billion in the first quarter of the year to US$13 billion at the end of March, said the East…

According to the plan of H.E. the President of the Republic, Taur Matan Ruak, the first meeting on the plan for implementing military conscription…

"The government has been less interested in pursuing difficult reforms than in transforming the image of a country known for too long as a place…

Arif Nurdiansah & Hindijani Novita – Indonesia is a signatory to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against…

Karl Quinn – Kirsty Sword Gusmao answers the door of her mother's house on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula wearing flat-heeled boots, a patterned…

Rory Callinan – A war crimes investigation into the killing of five Australian journalists in East Timor appears in danger of stalling after a key…

Sara Everingham and staff – East Timor is seeking to tear up a treaty with Australia on oil and gas revenues in the Timor Sea, arguing Australia…

East Timor is seeking to tear up a treaty on the sharing of oil and gas revenues with Australia because it says Australia spied on it during the…

ASEAN is currently studying Timor Leste's bid to become a member of the association, secretary-general Le Luong Minh said on Monday.…

The recently created East Timor state oil company, Companhia Nacional de Petroleo de Timor-Leste (CNPTL) plans to start prospecting…

Ted McDonnell – East Timor is now a peaceful and happy place. The scars of the brutal 24 year Indonesian reign still exist, but the East Timorese…

Woodside Petroleum Ltd is unlikely to pursue the use of floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology in its development of the…

Program Manager, Rui Carvalho, of the ISEAN Hivos Program Satellite Office in Timor-Leste, accuses personnel working at the Volunteer Confidential…

John DeFore, New York – Presenting a surprising and privileged viewpoint on the climax of East Timor's long struggle for independence, Alex…

After a private fact-finding visit to East Timor, Democratic Labor Party (DLP) Senator John Madigan says Australia must counter the…

The Inspector For Work of the Secretariat of State for Policy, Professional Training and Employment (SEPFOPE), Rofino Lopes, said there are more…

Paul Toohey – Three months before Indonesia invaded East Timor in December 1975, Gough Whitlam dismissed an Indonesian proposal to send a joint…

The National Director for Social Assistance said the government doesn't have plans to build more shelter homes for victims of gender based…