There is a common perception that formal social protection is limited across the Pacific and that, once COVID-19 temporary measures end, communities will be left with no government support. However, …
Timor-Leste prods Australia on long-stalled gas project
MELBOURNE – Indonesia, South Korea, Japan and China could all be interested in investing in a long-delayed gas project in the waters between Timor-Leste and Australia crucial to the Asian nation’s …
Timor-Leste Seeks U.S. Strategic Support In Natural Gas Development
Representatives of the tiny Indian Ocean nation of Timor-Leste were in the U.S. this week, seeking to secure American strategic and financial support of the development of a major offshore reservoir …
What Will It Take to Admit Timor-Leste Into ASEAN?
8 years after its membership application, Timor-Leste remains stuck in limbo. That says more about ASEAN than about Dili. More than eight years have gone by since Timor-Leste’s formal membership …
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste: 2022 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report
Timor-Leste has made impressive strides in economic development and institution building. Yet, it is a low-income and fragile country with pressing development needs. A large fraction of the …
Timor-Leste: Drug policy should distinguish cannabis from dangerous drugs – president
Leste’s president on Thursday called for new drug policies for Timor-Leste that are more informed and free from the prejudices of the past …
Timor-Leste’s battle to profit from the Timor Sea’s oil and gas riches
Global affairs editor John Lyons reports from Timor-Leste. JOHN LYONS, REPORTER: In a nation as small as this, you never know who might turn up to watch the sun set. The return of Jose Ramos-Horta …
China aids Timor-Leste in building digital television system
At present, 22 digital channels are available for television viewers in Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste and its peripheral areas.
Spies Like Us: how Timor’s oil and gas delivered justice to Bernard Collaery
The prosecution of Bernard Collaery was dropped after pressure from Timor-Leste and fears of China’s expansion, writes Rex Patrick.
Cardinal says tiny East Timor, in shadow of Muslim giant, is laboratory of tolerance
According to new Cardinal Virgilio do Carmo da Silva, the Archbishop of Dili in Timor-Leste, “The visit of a pope to a land like Timor is very important.” Silva was one of 20 prelates to get a …