Michael Bachelard – East Timor is a long way from realising its dreams of prosperity despite its oil revenue.

Timor Plaza's bleached…

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – A number of foreigners, mostly wives of diplomats, have been reportedly flowing out of East Timor due to safety concerns…

Michael Bachelard – East Timor's presidential election race is heating up, with the Fretilin candidate Francisco "Lu Olo" Guterres accusing one of…

East Timor's first and shortest-serving president Francisco Xavier do Amaral died on Tuesday after a long battle with cancer, a presidential…

Damien Kingsbury – (Unknown) 1937-6 March, 2012. East Timor's first president, for just 9 days ahead of Indonesia's invasion in 1975, Francisco…

East Timor's incumbent president Jose Ramos-Horta says he remains firm in the view that Australian and United Nations troops stationed in his…

Damien Kingsbury – (Unknown) 1937-6 March, 2012. East Timor's first president, for just 9 days ahead of Indonesia's invasion in 1975, Francisco…

Concerns have been raised about possible intimidation of voters in a number of electoral districts in East Timor by members of the military loyal…

Karlis Salna – Former guerilla commander Francisco "Lu-Olo" Guterres has warned ahead of East Timor's upcoming presidential and parliamentary…

Lindsay Murdoch – They were East Timor's stolen generation. Between 1975 and 1999, about 4000 young and vulnerable Timorese were secretly taken to…

Michael Leach – Timor-Leste goes to the polls again on 17 March to elect a new president for a five-year term.

While the president's role is…

Ted McDonnell – President Jose Ramos-Horta's bid for reelection in East Timor suffered a blow Thursday when a key political party said it would…

The UN Security Council has decided to extend its peacekeeping mission in East Timor until the end of 2012 but to gradually phase it…

East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta said Wednesday that many Timorese will waste their vote in a presidential election next month if they back…

Karlis Salna – Police in East Timor are on high alert after two offices connected to the administration of upcoming elections were hit with…

Hamish McDonald – As Australians recalled the Japanese bombing of Darwin 70 years ago yesterday, the leader of a small neighbouring country was…

In this open letter The Judicial System Monitoring Programme (JSMP), KontraS (the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence), and…

Defence Minister Stephen Smith and East Timorese Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao have discussed Australia's future security role as East Timor moves…

Australia's invasion of East Timor (yes, really) [1] in December 1941, is widely assumed to have been made in order to expel Japanese forces from…

Damien Kingsbury – As Timor-Leste heads into the three rounds of 2012 elections, election observers have begun to organise to monitor the election…

During Indonesia's 25-year occupation of East Timor, about 4-thousand children were transferred to Indonesia to live with adoptive parents. Some…

The UN Security Council will renew UNMIT's mandate following discussions on Timor-Leste on 22 and 23 February in New York. To inform their debate…

Damien Kingsbury – The various contenders for Timor-Leste's presidency in the 17 March election have begun to try to persuade the voting public…

Bangkok – The Southeast Asian half-island nation of Timor-Leste is falling short on most Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), experts warn.

Jim Della-Giacoma – Early in 2010, Afghan President Hamid Karzai was sitting in Kabul with some diplomats who had served in Indonesia and Timor-…

East Timor or Timor-Leste on Wednesday sought Thailand's assistance and support in its quest for membership of the Association of Southeast Asian…

Rory Callinan – East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta has been forced to fend off allegations that he is trying to avoid media scrutiny before the…

Agus Wandi – On a recent trip to East Timor, while talking to fishermen on Areia Branca Beach, hanging out with taxi drivers, getting lost cycling…

Sara Everingham – A Timorese-Australian who was acquitted of conspiring to kill East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta is now running…

The Timorese-born Australian Angelita Pires recently declared her nomination in East Timor's Presidential election and is now preparing to begin…

Damien Kingsbury – As Timor-Leste's political climate warms up ahead of next month's presidential elections, many people are asking who is most…

Damien Kingsbury – As Timor-Leste's political climate warms up ahead of next month's presidential elections, many people are asking who is most…

Makassar – The Indonesian government is seeking the release of six traditional fishermen from South Sulawesi caught by Timor Leste…

East Timor's Ministry of Education says it will go ahead with a pilot program to teach young students in their own minority language, despite…

East Timor's strong economic growth is at risk from high inflation fueled by government spending, the International Monetary Fund warned Wednesday…

Dili – East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta said Thursday that his young nation was capable of handling its own security after UN troops depart…

Fransisco Guterres, better known as 'Lu Olo', lodged his official nomination for East Timor's presidency on Tuesday with the endorsement of the…

Karlis Salna – East Timorese presidential hopeful Francisco Guterres has called for peaceful elections that will avoid the violence which broke…

Damien Kingsbury – The announcement by President Jose Ramos-Horta that he will seek re-election for a second term in office has thrown open Timor-…

East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta said Tuesday he will seek another term in March polls, as the young nation votes for the first time since an…

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Nobel peace prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta is expected to announce today that he is in the running for another five-…

Your Excellency
Fernando Lasama de Araujo
President
National Parliament
Timor-Leste

Berlin, 24. January 2012

Your…

Citra Dyah Prastuti – From his village around 160 km from East Timor's capital Dili, Miguel Amaral recalls the day his 6-year-old son Cipriano was…

Yemris Fointuna and Oyos Saroso, Kupang/Bandar Lampung – Hundreds of residents from six ethnic Timorese groups in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT)…

Ted McDonnell – Doctor, human rights worker and refugee are just a few of the labels put on Angela Freitas. The next tag may be East Timorese…

East Timor will hold its second presidential election as an independent nation on March 17, President Jose Ramos-Horta said, as UN peacekeepers…

East Timor will hold its second presidential election on March 17, as UN peacekeepers prepare to depart.

"Having concluded all the required…

Kupang – After living for 13 years in shelters with no certain future, 15 people who fled East Timor before it became Timor Leste are…

Peter Lewis – New Zealand is to send more troops to East Timor ahead of next month's presidential elections. It will take the total…

Brendan Brady, Dili – The sleeves of his button-down shirt rolled up, standing on an open-air stage before an audience of hundreds, the man read…