Indonesian state oil company Pertamina signed an agreement in June with Timor Gas E Petroleo, the national oil company of Timor-Leste, to develop Timorese oil and gas. In an email interview …
Is China’s Influence in Timor-Leste Rising?
On September 13, the East Timorese government gave permission for its Ministry of Finance to begin the process … relations between China and Timor-Leste. This came a month before the 5th Macau …
How traditional seeds and crops are bringing food independence to Timor-Leste
Raebia works to ensure agricultural self-sufficiency through the promotion of crop diversity and seeds in three Timorese villages, with plans to expand to others. At a time when local food sovereignty …
October 2020 Timor-Leste Economic Report: Towards a Sustained Recovery
Leste’s economy is forecast to contract by 6.8 percent in 2020 – the sharpest fall since the country’s independence in 2002 – due to the impact of COVID-19 and delays in the approval of the 2020 state …
detail – country office to Indonesia and Timor-Leste
Director Indonesia & Timor-Leste / Acting head of the KAS office in Malaysia …
Pacific funding boost to come at a cost
A $305 million boost to help Pacific Island countries and Timor-Leste deal with the impacts of COVID-19 has been welcomed by foreign aid groups, but they say it should not come at the cost of helping …
‘Step down in Southeast Asia’: DFAT still working on foreign aid plan
The Morrison government committed $304.7 million in new funding over two years for Pacific Island countries and Timor-Leste in Tuesday’s budget, but it will not technically count as foreign aid.
WFP Timor-Leste Country Brief, September 2020
Net Funding Requirement (NFR). • Timor-Leste registered one new case of COVID-19 on 28 September 2020. As a result, the Government of Timor-Leste declared another thirty day State of Emergency. • WFP …
U.S. Navy Seabees Finish Construction of Schoolhouse in Timor-Leste
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3, Detail Timor-Leste Public Affairs BAUCAU, Timor-Leste – U.S. Navy Seabees deployed with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3’s Detail Timor-Leste …
Australia is set to spend $500M buying an ‘advance purchase’ of a COVID-19 vaccine to help its neighbours bounce back – while NO money has changed hands securing life-saving …
The plan will be rolled out over three years to help countries, like Timor-Leste to Australia’s north, achieve full virus immunisation coverage. ‘A fast, safe vaccine rollout in the Pacific and …