Timor-Leste (East Timor) is preparing to liberalise its telecommunications market in the first quarter of 2013, which is expected to drive prices…

Dili – The United Nations ended its peacekeeping mission in East Timor on Monday, leaving the country without any direct security assistance for…

Gianrigo Marletta – The UN ends its peacekeeping mission in East Timor after 13 years in Asia's youngest nation following a bloody transition to…

New York – The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Timor-Leste today ended its operations, in line with the expiration of its mandate and…

A UN "liquidation team" will take over in East Timor on Monday from peacekeepers who put a lid on deadly unrest in the tiny nation marking a first…

With the UN giving up its peacekeeping mission in East Timor at the end of this year, 2013 will open up a whole new chapter in the history of the…

Raimundos Oki – The UN ends its peacekeeping mission on Monday after 13 years in Asia's youngest nation East Timor, with the country still hoping…

The National Parliament of Timor-Leste is considering drafting legislation criminalizing prostitution in efforts to control the prostitution…

The national Timorese Alliance for an International Court (ANTI) and Amnesty International demand the United Nations (UN) together the…

This week, Timor-Leste's Government will send its proposed General State Budget for 2013 to Parliament for approval. La'o Hamutuk appreciates that…

Three former militia members and a former commander of the Besi Merah Putih (BMP: "Red White Iron in Indonesian) were imprisoned by…

Dili – Australia withdrew its last remaining police officers from East Timor Saturday as international forces wind up a 13-year presence in Asia's…

Liam Cochrane – The Australian Foreign Minister, Senator Bob Carr, is advocating that East Timor should make moves to join the Commonwealth of…

Australia's Foreign Minister Bob Carr is in East Timor on a two day visit, meeting senior leaders including President Taur Matan Ruak and Prime…

In a landmark decision that will strike a blow against rampant corruption, the East Timor Court of Appeal has dismissed former Justice…

Young prisoners and adults are held in the same prison but PRADET says this will impact their mental health.

At least 21 minors are being…

Despite the large number of people who disappeared during the 24-year Indonsesian occupation, Timor-Leste has not ratified the Missing Persons…

According to data from conflict monitoring NGO Belun, in 2012 some 15 member of Timor-Leste's armed forces (F-FDTL) were involved in violent…

Cillian Nolan – The UN peacekeeping mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) is now in the final stages of its long-planned withdrawal. By the end of…

A new health project in East Timor is hoping to harness the power of the mobile phone to promote better infant and maternal health.

East…

In 1975, Jose Ramos-Horta, the then foreign minister of the newly-liberated nation of East Timor, was sent by his country's prime minister to New…

Mouzinho Lopes de Araujo – East Timor is readying to stand on its own feet as international forces withdraw by the year-end. But for some in the…

Charlotte Maugham – There is no doubt that much is being done politically to tackle gender inequality in Timor-Leste. The government is redressing…

Ati Nurbaiti, Baucau/Ermera/Dili – The UN mission in Timor Leste is closing down next month and at least 1,000 local staffers are seeking other…

Jakarta – Indonesian diplomats and scholars recalled the arduous struggle of former foreign minister late Ali Alatas during the 1991 Santa Cruz…

Portugal withdrew the bulk of its police officers from East Timor on Saturday as international forces wind up a 13-year mission in the country.…

Havana – East Timor's Education minister Bendito dos Santos Freitas underscored Cuba's cooperation with his country in the fields of…

Paris – The Minister of Education of Timor Leste, Benito dos Santos Fleitas, highlighted on Friday at the Unesco headquarters the…

Australia is ending its security mission in East Timor, six years after sending troops to restore stability.

The Australian-led…

Australia has quietly ended its military mission in East Timor, with the flag officially lowered on the 13-year deployment at a ceremony in Dili…

As the sun rises in East Timor this morning, Australian troops stationed there will begin packing up and pulling out. The Australian-led…

Catherine McGrath & staff – East Timor's Finance Minister wants her country and other post-conflict nations around the world to…

Jimmy Ellingham – South of Dili, East Timor's hot, dry and dusty capital, a narrow pot-holed road snakes its way over the hills.

It clings…

Stephanie March, Canberra – Hundreds of East Timorese will be forced to find new jobs when the United Nations withdraws from the…

Ati Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The Santa Cruz cemetery in Dili was full of people on Nov. 1. In preparation for Nov. 2, the Day of the Spirits, they…

Rights groups marking the 21st anniversary of the massacre of 270 Timorese by Indonesian forces are demanding justice for this and other crimes…

United Nations – A UN official says peacekeepers are on track to leave East Timor by year's end, but the international community will…

Index: ASA 57/007/2012

[Joint statement by ANTI (The Timor-Leste National Alliance for an International Tribunal) and Amnesty…

This afternoon (12 November), the Security Council is scheduled to hold a debate on the UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT), whose…

Matthew Russell Lee, United Nations – Timor Leste is called a rare UN success story, and it is slated to come off the agenda of the Security…

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) urged the United Nations, the US, and other governments to fulfill outstanding promises of…

Mark Fenn, Singapore – This has been a big year for Timor Leste, with one of the world's smallest and most impoverished countries passing a series…

The leaders of Australia, Indonesia and East Timor have held their first official trilateral meeting, discussing the strength of relations between…

George Roberts – Prime Minister Julia Gillard is claiming a first in regional diplomacy, after securing a joint meeting with the leaders of…

In the last quarter the Petroleum Fund of Timor-Leste increased by nearly US$400 million to US$11.05441 billion dollars, indicates a…

The last contingent of New Zealand troops will return from East Timor this week, ending New Zealand's 13-year presence in the country.

The…

La'o Hamutuk recently gave the letter below to the UN Security Council, which is preparing for its final debate on Timor-Leste on 12 November; a…

East Timor's National Police Commissioner, Longuinhos Monteiro, says he is confident his force will be able to maintain law and order…

Sara Everingham and staff – The United Nations has handed over full control of policing operations to the East Timorese National Police Force (…

United Nations peacekeepers in East Timor have handed full responsibility for policing to Asia's youngest nation, Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has…