Venidora Oliveira – Sexual abuse against minors is a major problem in Timor-Leste, according to research by the Judicial System…

Minsk (BelTA) – Belarus and East Timor have established diplomatic relations. The relevant joint communique was signed at the…

New York – Veteran East Timorese leader Xanana Gusmao said Thursday he's pushing back plans to stand down as the fledgling nation's prime minister…

Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao of Timor-Leste, a country which the United Nations shepherded to independence from Indonesia a dozen years ago, told…

Today is the 15th anniversary of Australia's military intervention in East Timor in the wake of the violence that followed the UN sponsored ballot…

Paulina Quintao – Baucau District Court prosecutor Aderito Antonio Pinto Tilman has been elected by the National Parliament to the position of…

Martinha Gusmao – Teachers are being told not to put their students' health at risk by smoking in classrooms.

Member of…

Martinha Gusmao – Member of Parliament Eladio Faculto has called on the Timor-Leste government to close down the Dili International…

Paulina Quintao – Member of Parliament (MP) Brigida Antonia Correira has criticized the Ministry of Tourism's Miss Turismu initiative as a waste…

Venidora Oliveira – Millennium Development Goal houses are being used as police barracks rather than their intended use as homes for…

Paulina Quintao – Research conducted by the Ministry of Health and UNICEF in 2013 shows that half of all Timorese children under the age of five…

Venidora Oliveira – National Electoral Commission (CNE) head Joana Dulce Vitor said the policy objective was to support the activities of…

I.S., Dili – Ever since gaining independence in 2002, Timor-Leste has boasted one of Asia's freest presses. Its media exposed the mismanagement of…

Richard Ackland – Already we have a taste of what lies in wait once the new bundle of Asio laws are passed.

Legislation, to be introduced…

Tom Allard – Australian man Roger Maguire has been accused by East Timor of being a "mole" for oil major ConocoPhillips amid revelations it paid…

Tom Allard – As Bobby Boye surveyed his extensive property portfolio, the 2011 Rolls-Royce Ghost and other luxury vehicles in the garage, he may…

Mark Pearson, Brisbane (JournLaw/Pacific Media Watch) – Just as the Australian government proposes tougher national security powers for its…

Manny Tsigas – Dr Ramos Horta has been recognised for his leading role in East Timor's independence movement, as well as helping maintain a strong…

East Timor's former president Jose Ramos-Horta has downplayed frictions over Dili's spying row with Canberra and commended moves to seek an…

Harriet Alexander – The architect of East Timor's independence movement has welcomed the decision by Australia and his country to postpone court…

Australia and East Timor have agreed to suspend the International Court of Justice hearing into their bitter spy row as they try to "resolve […

The Australian Government's bullying tactics in the Timor Sea have again been put in the spotlight following reports that an Australian lawyer and…

Clinton Fernandes – Australia has been flouting international law since 2002, taking billions of dollars in oil revenue that should rightfully…

John M. Miller – Fifteen years ago, on August 30, 1999, thousands of East Timorese voters lined up to exercise their long-denied right to self-…

Michael Safi – The attorney general, George Brandis, has denied referring lawyer Bernard Collaery and a former intelligence officer to the…

Tom Allard – The Australian government has asked the federal police to investigate if lawyer Bernard Collaery and a former spy can be charged with…

Indonesia's state owned energy firm Pertamina will establish a joint venture company with Timor Leste's state company to develop oil…

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia is to open a new route from Denpasar, Bali, to Dili in Timor Leste, in…

Sydney (International Federation of Journalists/Pacific Media Watch) – The Sydney-based Asia-Pacific office of the International Federation of…

Tomorrow will mark the 15th anniversary of East Timor's historic vote for independence, but Timor's ongoing struggle to become a true sovereign…

Lasse Underbjerg – Media freedom campaigners, civil rights activists and journalists in Timor-Leste are gearing up for a renewed struggle to try…

Paulina Quintao – Member of Parliament (MP) Ilda Maria da Conceicao has called on the Ministry of Health to explain why a program which provides…

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is visiting Timor Leste to discuss bilateral relations between the two countries from Aug. 25 to Aug…

Greg Ansley – A major health crisis is emerging in East Timor as the impoverished nation's few doctors, hospitals and clinics are overwhelmed by…

Paulina Quintao – The Timorese government, through the State Secretariat for Social Communication (SEKOMS) will establish a national news agency…

Paulina Quintao – More mothers chose to breastfeed their babies in 2013 than in 2010, Ministry of Health data shows.

Alola Foundation…

Ted McDonnell – Timor-Leste's controversial media law has been declared unconstitutional by the country's Court of Appeal.

The fledgling…

Ashlee Betteridge – Timor-Leste tends to largely stay out of the international spotlight these days, much to the relief of those who have seen it…

Shannon Gillies, Dili – After decades of Indonesian occupation, East Timor is touted as a success story for the United Nations.

But 15 years…

Sophie McNeill – Doctors say a worsening health crisis in East Timor is causing hundreds of preventable deaths, including those of many children…

Sophie McNeill – Doctors and healthcare workers in East Timor are battling to save people from diseases that most Australians may think have been…

Martinha Gusmao – The Schools Meals Program has not run for four months as the budget for the program has not been transferred.

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Venidora Oliveira – Member of Parliament Eladio Faculto has expressed concern over the government's failure to stop the falsification of veterans…

Paulina Quintao – Member of Parliament Deputy Eladio Faculto has recommended the government focus its attention on children's issues, particularly…

Phelim Kine – Australia's stake in East Timor's media freedom is rooted in that country's hillside town of Balibo. It was there on October 16,…

paulina Quintao – The Secretary of State for the Promotion of Equality (SEPI) has allocated $10.000 across all districts to prepare female…

Shannon Gillies – Media will be silenced and the people will lose their voice if a controversial new Media Law is ratified in one of the Asia…

Paulina Quintao – The Secretary-General for the National Commission for Combating HIV/AIDS in Timor-Leste (CNCS-TL) Daniel Marcal has recommended…

Paulina Quintao – Poor family education is contributing to high rates of infanticide in Timor-Leste, and in particular in Dili, according to…

Auckland – Global criticism of Timor-Leste's draconian new media law is growing. Last week, both Time magazine and The Guardian carried stories…