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June 24, 2015
June 23, 2015
Tom Benner, Dili, East Timor – Following his first 100 days in office, the new prime minister of East Timor marvelled at how the peaceful…
June 22, 2015
Tom Allard – A former Australian Secret Intelligence Service officer and star witness for East Timor in a bitter dispute with the Abbott…
Inacia Tamele huddled in the jungle to learn to read, became a campaigner for independence in East Timor, and returned to the jungle to hide when…
June 13, 2015
The Hague, Netherlands – East Timor has dropped litigation against its powerful neighbor Australia related to a spying scandal, the United Nations…
East Timor has officially dropped its case against Australia before the UN's international court of justice, after Canberra returned sensitive…
June 8, 2015
While oil has been the mainstay of East Timor's economy in the past, it is farming that is transforming rural areas and creating a new breed of…
While oil has been the mainstay of East Timor's economy in the past, it's farming that's transforming rural areas and creating a new breed of…
For Kirsty Sword Gusmao, being appointed an officer of the Order of Australia is not just a recognition of her life's work, but of another country…
June 7, 2015
East Timor has signalled it will drop it's secondary legal case against Australia regarding ASIO's raids on the offices of Timor's…
June 5, 2015
Daniel Hurst – Timor-Leste is set to resume a formal challenge against an oil and gas treaty that became mired in controversy following claims…
Jakarta – Australia expressed disappointment Friday that East Timor will resume a legal battle in the UN's highest court over a controversial oil…
Yohanes H. Douglas, Jakarta – Citilink Indonesia, the budget airline of Indonesia's flag carrier Garuda Indonesia, has struck an agreement with…
Dili (Timur Leste) – Vice Minister for Commerce, Industry and Environment, Constancio Pinto, said on Thursday that he appreciated the support from…
June 3, 2015
Jakarta – Up to 12 regencies with 88 districts in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) are located in areas bordering Timor Leste and Australia, head of NTT…
Sara Everingham – East Timor is reviving its attempt to nullify a multi-billion-dollar oil and gas treaty with Australia on the grounds Australia…
Tom Allard – An espionage operation by Australia's foreign spy service underpins a new bid by East Timor to establish a maritime boundary between…
Jakarta – People are living miserably in areas that border with Timor Leste and Australia, the head of the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Boundary…
May 20, 2015
Tom Clarke – As the Timorese celebrate their 14th "Restoration of Independence Day" this week, it is once again Australia's self-interest that…
Djemi Amnifu, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) authorities foiled an attempt to smuggle four cars, 27 motorcycles and fuel to…
May 19, 2015
Luh De Suriyani, Denpasar – The first state-facilitated reunions of family members long separated from each other are to begin on Monday in Dili…
May 18, 2015
Luh De Suriyani, Denpasar, Bali – The first state-facilitated reunions of family members long separated from each other are scheduled to be held…
May 13, 2015
London (Amnesty International/Pacific Media Watch) – Dozens of individuals have been arbitrarily arrested and tortured or otherwise ill-treated by…
May 8, 2015
Philip Dorling – The Australian and United States governments knew Indonesia was prepared to use napalm against the people of Timor Leste but made…
Jakarta – A majority of Timor Leste's population and a sizable proportion of the country's elite have come to terms with the past and look forward…
May 7, 2015
Jakarta – Indonesian Military commander Gen. Moeldoko and National Police chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti are scheduled to visit the Indonesian-Timor…
May 4, 2015
Daniel Hurst – The Timor-Leste government has praised a decision by the Australian government to return documents about past spying that were at…
Sara Everingham – Australia has agreed to return documents seized during an Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) raid on the…
April 11, 2015
Paulina Quintao – The President of Women Parliamentarian Group Timor-Leste (GMPTL) MP Josefa Alvares Pereira Soares urges the VI Constitutional…
April 10, 2015
Balqis Jamaludin, Kuala Lumpur – Timor Leste is ready to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) anytime, says Ambassador to…
April 4, 2015
Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – A study conducted by the Education Sector Analytical and Capacity Development Partnership (ACDP) has found that…
March 24, 2015
Angela Macdonald-Smith – Japanese oil and gas producer Inpex Corporation has written down the value of its Kitan oil field in the Timor Sea after…
March 21, 2015
Singapore – Timor Leste's bilateral cooperation with China is increasing and it has been an "important development partner" since the country…
March 20, 2015
Singapore – Indonesia's state-owned Pertamina is seeking up to 9,600 kilolitres, or more than 60,000 barrels, of diesel and gasoline for delivery…
March 17, 2015
Daniel Flitton – East Timor's independence hero Xanana Gusmao has revealed he knew Australia was secretly spying in the tiny nation years before…
Canberra – Timor-Leste's former leader Xanana Gusmao has again warned Australia that his fledgling nation will not back away from a dispute…
March 16, 2015
Inequality and poverty and not religion and extremism are the biggest drivers of conflict in fragile countries, East Timor's independence hero…
East Timor's former leader Xanana Gusmao has attacked Australia for hypocrisy over maritime boundary disputes. The two nations are at loggerheads…
March 13, 2015
Peter Klinger – The Timor-Leste Government has floated the prospect of buying Woodside Petroleum out of the giant Sunrise gas project, as the…
Woodside Petroleum is looking at options to develop the Sunrise liquefied natural gas project but says the East Timorese and Australian…
March 10, 2015
Simon Roughneen, Dili – Just three weeks into his new job, Rui Araujo, East Timor's new prime minister, faces the daunting task of filling the…
Estevao Nuno – National Member of Parliament MP Virgilio da Costa Hornai, President of Commission F (for health, education, culture, sports,…
March 6, 2015
Lyndal Rowlands, United Nations – In Timor-Leste, the gap between rich and poor is most keenly felt by rural women and children. But while women…
March 4, 2015
Courtney Sherwood – An Oregon woman arrested on a drug charge while traveling in East Timor last September and who has maintained her innocence,…
March 2, 2015
Mong Palatino – East Timor's new prime minister, Dr Rui Maria de Araujo, appealed for unity as a way to build a more inclusive and tolerant…
March 1, 2015
Philip Dorling – A former Australian spy remains under police investigation more than 14 months after ASIO controversially raided his home and…
February 28, 2015
Bob Howarth, Dili – Timor-Leste's media scene has blossomed and grown successfully in 15 years.
I have watched it grow and was lucky enough…
February 23, 2015
Woodside's decision to shelve its Sunrise LNG project has not dented East Timor's desire for the resource to be developed.
Woodside last…
February 20, 2015
Kim Christian – East Timor's new prime minister has rejected Woodside Petroleum's plan to process gas offshore, leaving the $17 billion Sunrise…
February 19, 2015
Daniel Flitton – East Timor's new prime minister has signalled he will negotiate "in an honest and friendly way" with Australia over shared ocean…




