Elections in Timor-Leste have highlighted the challenges facing one of Southeast Asia’s poorest nations, amid predictions that its key oil and gas resources could be depleted by the end of the …
Flags, Symbols & Currency of Timor-Leste
Leste was adopted in 1975, the national coat of arms of Timor-Leste was adopted on January 18, 2007, US dollar is the currency used in the country, and the national anthem is Pátria.
What’s Next for Timor-Leste’s Greater Sunrise?
On March 6, 2018, Australia and Timor-Leste signed a landmark treaty that draws permanent maritime boundaries in the Timor Sea. The treaty is the result of the United Nations Compulsory …
Timor-Leste: New Support for National Health System to Boost COVID-19 Response
The World Bank has approved a US$1 million emergency project for Timor-Leste to support the country’s fight against COVID-19. The grant will provide rapid support to better prevent and respond to the …
Fruit pickers from Timor-Leste board Qantas plane to Australia to harvest fruit
Dozens of workers in face masks were seen lining up on the tarmac at Nicolau Lobato International Airport in Dili on Wednesday.
Witness K lawyer Bernard Collaery wins international free speech prize
Lawyer earns the UK’s Blueprint for Free Speech whistleblowing prize for his efforts exposing Australia’s spy operation in Timor-Leste …
East Timor: Police detain former president of Civil Service Commission
International, MNA | The National Police of Timor-Leste (PNTL) on Wednesday arrested the former president of the Civil Service Commission (CFP), Libório Pereira …
Cambodia provides over 1 mln masks, medical supplies to Timor-Leste for COVID-19 fight
Cambodia provided more than 1 million face masks and other medical facilities to Timor-Leste on Wednesday to help fight against the COVID-19, Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said. Hun Sen wrote …
Timor-Leste police detains head of telecom regulator
The National Police of Timor-Leste (PNTL) has detained the president of the National Communications Authority (ANC), Joao Oliveira Freitas, as part of the process that led to the arrest this week of …
The Alarming Nature of Corruption in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste, a country that regained its independence … a former minister of finance, and a former vice minister of health. A major focus of the government budget in the last two years has …