Cristian Talesco – Five years since submitting its formal membership application to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the small…

It's one of the more disgraceful, and criminally underreported, examples of the current government's war on whistleblowers (and one entirely…

On April 22, 2016, several global media groups wrote a letter to Timor Leste Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araujo, urging him to withdraw the…

The foreign affairs department says potentially reopening border negotiations with East Timor could draw Indonesia into the fray.

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Anton Hermansyah – Indonesia and Timor Leste have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in developing human resources for the…

Paulina Quintao – The numbers of domestic violence victims accessing formal justice has increased since last year, according to Psychosocial…

Paulina Quintao – In the 16 years since the Seeds of Life (SoL) program has been runing, 1200 seed production groups have been established across…

Paulina Quintao – Despite high participation rates, there continues to be lack of promotion around women in sport, according to the Coordinator of…

Paulina Quintao – The committee for the Convention for the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) has called on the…

Lyndal Rowlands, United Nations – High-level defamation, libel and sedition cases in Asian countries are sending signals to journalists that…

Paulina Quintao – Increasing numbers of young people are turning their back on farming in favor of a job in the city, said the General-Secretary…

Thomas Ora, Dili – The current daily minimum wage in Timor-Leste is outdated and needs to be raised, a top church official says.

Father…

Tom Allard – Australia's bid for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council is under threat due to its refusal to negotiate directly with…

Mark Skulley – Former East Timor leader Xanana Gusmao is a softly-spoken man, but is firm when it comes to talking about Australian prime…

Yohanes Seo, Kupang – Indonesia and Timor Leste signed a memorandum of understanding covering cooperation on preventing HIV infection in both…

If the Australian Government fails to appoint delegates on Monday for the 'compulsory conciliation' initiated by East Timor, then the UN's…

Sydney (The Australian/Pacific Media Watch) – Timor-Leste Prime Minister Rui de Araujo has lashed out at Western critics, saying their nations had…

Sarina Locke – Australia's longest-running agricultural aid project is coming to an end, having lifted East Timor's farmers from the ashes of the…

Venidora Oliveira – With oil production in Kitan and Bayu-Undan is in steep decline, there are calls for the Timorese government to boost state…

More than 50% of Timorese children aged five and under suffer from malnutrition, according to 2013 data released by the Ministry of Health.

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Paulina Quintao – The Ministry of Health in conjunction with the World Health Organization (WHO) has established a national taskforce to help…

Caleb Gorton – East Timor's first president Xanana Gusmao has labelled Australia's maritime border dispute with Timor-Leste as "immoral" and…

Brian Bennion – Timorese resistance fighter Mario Nicolau dos Reis spent 17 years as a political prisoner in an Indonesian jail before the…

Jose Ramos Horta – The maritime border dispute between Timor-Leste (East Timor) and Australia dates back at least to the 1960s. Former Foreign…

Samantha Yap, Singapore – Timor-Leste is taking Australia to the United Nations (UN) to settle a long-running maritime border dispute by using a…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South East Asia Journalist Unions (SEAJU) join international organisations the Committee…

Venidora Oliveira – National Police (PNTL) Commander Julio Hornai said the data was taken in 13 municipalities and showed that 417 people were…

Venidora Oliveira – Seventy-two percent of rural areas communities across 13 municipalities in Timor-Leste now have access to clean water,…

John Martinkus – In 1995, as I squatted for days in a hole in the jungle of East Timor with 12 men hiding from Indonesian troops patrolling nearby…

On Monday, East Timor asked the United Nations to begin the process of establishing a permanent maritime boundary with Australia in the Timor Sea…

Lyndal Rowlands, United Nations – Timor-Leste which won independence from Indonesia in 1999 is now engaged in a new struggle with Australia over…

Hannah Sinclair – East Timor has filed a request with the United Nations to resolve a dispute over its maritime border with Australia. It's a move…

Venidora Oliveira – Research conducted by the Judicial System Monitoring Program (JSMP) research in 2015 has found that 34% of Timor-Leste girls…

Jakarta – Indonesia's second largest bank by asset, PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI), will open a new branch in Timor Leste in an effort to expand…

Mark Colvin: Labor's shadow foreign Minister says if the United Nations rules in favour of East Timor in a border dispute and her party wins…

Thomas Ora, Dili, Timor Leste – Timor-Leste Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araujo has praised late Bishop Alberto Ricardo da Silva of Dili, as well…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) with its affiliates the Timor Leste Press Union (TLPU) and the Timor Leste Journalist…

Review by Ian Sinclair – "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that…

Tom Allard – East Timor has called in the United Nations to help resolve its bitter dispute with Australia over a permanent sea border in the oil-…

Matthew Doran and Peter Lloyd – East Timor is taking Australia to the United Nations to solve the dispute over its maritime border under…

Dili – Timor-Leste today launched compulsory conciliation proceedings under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), with the…

Edio Jose Maria Guterres – Movimentu Kontra Okupasaun Tasi Timor (MKOTT or the movement against occupation in the Timor Sea) organised a two-day…

Dili and Sydney – Thousands of people recently rallied in front of the Australian embassy in Dili, the seaside capital of Timor-Leste, in probably…

Ha Noi – Viet Nam and Timor Leste will intensify their cooperation across politics, economy, investment, trade, agriculture, forestry, fisheries,…

Transfers from the Oil Fund allowed the 2015 budget in Timor-Leste (East Timor) to post a surplus of US$471.8 million, according to a statement…

It was a colourful, peaceful protest. But it was the biggest rally since the days of the bloody independence referendum in 1999 – and it was…

Paulina Quintso – Member of the Timorese Parliament MPs have urged the Australian government to resolve a dispute between the two countries over…

David Webster – In the 1990s, the Liberal government maintained close ties with the Indonesian regime that occupied East Timor. The new Liberal…

Venidora Oliveira – PRADET said it plans to build more women's shelters in Baucau municipality in 2016 to assist victims of domestic violence.…

Rutaban Yameen – Up to 30,000 people rallied on 22 and 23 March at the Australian embassy in Dili to protest Australia's theft of billions of…