East Timor is accusing Australia of bugging its cabinet for commercial advantage and threatening to end a lucrative gas treaty over the claims.…

Amy Ripley – The respected East Timorese human rights organisation La'o Hamutuk is demanding that the Indonesian government finally be held…

Manila, Philippines – Economic losses frrom climate change could reach as much as 10% of Timor-Leste's annual GDP by 2100, making it one of the…

Fransisco Rosarians, Kupang – Commander of Security Forces of Indonesian-Timor Leste Border, Major Infantry Budi Prasetyo said the…

David Robie, Dili – While the Timor-Leste media industry was rejuvenated by a national congress last month that voted on a new code of ethics, one…

Agustinus Tetiro – State-owned construction companies Waskita Karya and Pembangunan Perumahan have set their eyes on the developing economy of…

Celestino Gusmao – University students from Timor-Leste's eastern Baucau district gathered this week to commemorate the 1979 Matebian cave…

The government of Timor-Leste (East Timor) plans to provide Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) land for agriculture, as part of an arrangement…

The Timor-Leste capital Dili's Chinese-built main heavy oil power plant at Hera, about 15 km from the city, still remains at the centre of…

Havana – A total of 246 medical students in Timor-Leste received their degrees today in that nation as a part of a joint project…

Muhammad Al Azhari – A large mixed use property project, managed by an Indonesian building contractor, held a ground-breaking ceremony in Dili,…

Jakarta – The Timor Leste Attorney General's Office (AGO) plans to strengthen relations with the Corruption Eradication Commission (…

November 12 is the 22nd anniversary of the Santa Cruz massacre. On November 12, 1991, Indonesian troops opened fire on a memorial procession –…

Truth and Justice are the foundations for developing democracy in Timor-Leste

Today the People of Timor-Leste commemorate the 22nd…

Stephanie Boulet – Legal experts and NGOs in East Timor say laws against domestic violence are failing to reduce rates of violence against women…

Ezequiel Freitas – Members of National Parliament consider the work of the Anti-Corruption Commission (KAK) to be ineffective combating corruption…

Michael Bachelard – East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has launched a swingeing attack "powerful countries [who] shamelessly violate the…

Nyan Lynn Aung and Tim McLaughlin – Aspiring ASEAN member Timor Leste appears likely to remain on the outside for at least another year, as…

Australian RWB correspondent Mark Pearson tells us about an historic congress of Timor Leste journalists which was held in Dili from 25 to 27…

Paulina Quintao – The Marie Stopes International Timor-Leste (MSI-TL) Clinic Coordinator Maria Fernanda Serra said mothers who have unsafe…

In September 1999, Sander Thoenes, the Financial Times correspondent in Jakarta, travelled to East Timor to report on the turmoil engulfing the…

Step Vaessen – In 1999, after East Timor voted to reject Indonesian rule, the region was plunged into violence. Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen was one…

Two dozen inmates escaped from an East Timor prison on Sunday by beating up wardens and fleeing through the main gate as they returned…

Tom Benner, Dili, East Timor – The 2014 budget unveiled last week by tiny East Timor is a $1.5 billion spending plan funded almost exclusively –…

An historic congress of Timor-Leste journalists held in Dili recently voted for their first code of ethics and a seven-member press council.

John Aglionby – Florindo Araujo is certain that Sander Thoenes was still alive when he last saw the Financial Times journalist. The motorcycle…

Step Vaessen – Everything seems easier in my role as a journalist; I handle the death, pain, danger and even murder I encounter scarily well.…

Ezequiel Freitas – The Asia Foundation is concerned about the government's decentralization program to be implemented in the districts because the…

Thomas Ora, Dili – Like many of his Timor Leste colleagues, Fernando da Costa, an elementary school teacher in the mountainous district of Aileu,…

Venidora Oliveira – A Member of National Parliament strongly criticized the company Estrada Bo'ot Diak for constructing poor quality roads that…

Venidora Oliveira – The Rural Women's Group in Baucau district have complained about the Secretary of State for the Promotion of Equality's…

Charlie Campbell – In East Timor, families have learned to dread the onset of November. It marks the start of "hungry season" – the time when cash…

Tom Benner – There is a free health clinic in Dili, the capital of Asia's newest and poorest country, Timor-Leste, that treats some 400 people a…

Mary O'Shea – Armindo de Deus has worked all his life as a coffee farmer in the Ermera district of Timor-Leste. He is a wiry, weather-beaten man…

Alison Bevege – Energy giant Santos has given the green light to expand its Bayu Undan gas project in the Timor Sea and has increased its gas…

Ashlee Betteridge – The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI) was released last week, and while most countries in the region had demonstrated…

Emelyn Rude – In 2007, despite mounting civil unrest, Timor-Leste established its first National Park connecting a number of endangered bird areas…

Gerald W. Fry – The discussion of language policy in East Timor begins with the statement of two key related underlying principles: cultural…

Tom Benner, Dili, East Timor – East Timor's government has come under renewed public criticism after granting a contract to a Chinese state-owned…

Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – Commander of 743/PSY Infantry Battalion of Boundary Security Task Force in Indonesia-Timor Leste border, Major Budi…

Tom Benner, Dili, East Timor – Media in this young democracy in Southeast Asia suffer from a lack of professionalism, accuracy, and ethics, argue…

Mary O'Shea – Eleven years after independence, the array of socioeconomic challenges facing Timor-Leste remains significant. According to the…

The East Timor Judicial System Monitoring Program has released the English translation of its report and commentary on a recent case of incest in…

Today, on the 38th anniversary of the murder of the Balibo Five in East Timor, the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance is launching a…

Taur Matan Ruak goes to extraordinary lengths to hear the ordinary concerns of his people. In the village of Marobo, a gruelling seven-hour drive…

Paulina Quintao – The National Director for Civil Registries in Dili District Vitor da Costa Neto says the system of issuing identity cards to the…

There's concern in East Timor that a recent ban on martial arts clubs could be pushing young people into the grip of organised crime.

Prime…

Wei Du, Baucau – Timor Leste is rethinking how it educates its younger generation. At the centre of the issue is what language medium to use in…

Bacau – To diversify its economy, Timor Leste has identified tourism and agriculture as two key industries.

Tourism was chosen because the…

A newspaper in East Timor has reported comments by a local citizen expressing fears of foreign domination in the economy and land particularly by…