Former Justice Minister Lucia Lobato has begun serving her five year prison sentence inside Gleno Prison.

Dili District Police officers…

The residence of the Minister of Finance, Emilia Pires, which is of luxurious architecture, clearly demonstrates discrimination between the…

East Timor's former justice minister Lucia Lobato is in jail, after losing her last appeal against corruption charges. She was sentenced to five…

A last ditch attempt by Lucia Lobato to appeal against a decision to sentence her to five years imprisonment over corruption has been…

Muhamad Rizki, Jakarta – National Anti-Narcotics Board (BNN) public relations division head Sumirat Dwiyanto says that Timor Leste is…

The President of the Republic Taur Matan Ruak has criticized the quality of domestic public works projects that the government contracted private…

Mariel Grazella, Dili – Indonesia and Timor Leste are keen for Indonesian state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to invest in Timor Leste to accelerate…

Edio Guterres and Ivo Mateus Goncalves, Dili – The euphoria of the Christmas and New Year period has settled in Timor Leste as the country enters…

Jason South – It was a beautiful moment, amid despicable terror. She stood in the late-afternoon light nursing her baby in a quiet corner of a…

Imanuddin Razak, Jakarta – Different people take different paths on the road to prominence or success.

Many opt or even race to be included…

East Timor is striking out on its own after 13 years of UN protection, facing the daunting challenge of how to retool its economy and ease its…

Francezka Nangoy, Dili, East Timor – Telekomunikasi Indonesia aims to gain a 60 percent market share of cellular phone users in East Timor by 2015…

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Jose Luis Guterres said Timor-Leste will continue to accept Timorese who sought refugee status in…

According to the Timor-Leste Coalition for Education national schools are still lacking the basic facilities needed to facilitate teaching and…

Lindsay Murdoch – Wailing in grief, Lucia Pina stood over the body of her murdered 17-year-old nephew and threw her hands in the air. "I was in…

The National Parliament of Timor-Leste rejects the demand that FALINTIL-FDTL Major General Lere Anan Timur apologize to an ordinary Indonesian…

A notorious East Timorese-born gang leader who's believed to have strong links to Indonesia's military, business and criminal communities has…

Agus Rahmat, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) criticized Timor-Leste's stated threat to arrest Rosalia Marshal (aka "Hercules") by…

Nick Sheridan – It's the hungry season in East Timor, that time of year when food from last year's crops has run out and the next harvest is yet…

The governments of Timor-Leste and Indonesia have temporarily closed off movement through the Naktuka Border Crossing, in the Subdistrict of…

In order to find out the factors affecting the rise of prostitution in Timor-Leste Parliamentary Commission F and the Women in…

Falintil-FDTL Commander, Major General Lere Anan Timor, says that he does not agree with former supporters of autonomy with Indonesia returning to…

It was September of 1999 and Timor-Leste was convulsing through its latest spasm of violence.

Dili, the capital, was ablaze. Gangs of…

Timor-Leste (East Timor) is preparing to liberalise its telecommunications market in the first quarter of 2013, which is expected to drive prices…

Peter Yeo – I was standing outside a Timorese refugee camp on the day Carlos Caceres pulled me aside with a frightening message – "The militias…

Brook Sabin – The busiest doctor in Timor has made a plea for help to New Zealand, inundated with patients who are dying needlessly.

Dan…

Dili – The United Nations ended its peacekeeping mission in East Timor on Monday, leaving the country without any direct security assistance for…

New York – The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Timor-Leste today ended its operations, in line with the expiration of its mandate and…

Gianrigo Marletta – The UN ends its peacekeeping mission in East Timor after 13 years in Asia's youngest nation following a bloody transition to…

A UN "liquidation team" will take over in East Timor on Monday from peacekeepers who put a lid on deadly unrest in the tiny nation marking a first…

With the UN giving up its peacekeeping mission in East Timor at the end of this year, 2013 will open up a whole new chapter in the history of the…

Raimundos Oki – The UN ends its peacekeeping mission on Monday after 13 years in Asia's youngest nation East Timor, with the country still hoping…

The national Timorese Alliance for an International Court (ANTI) and Amnesty International demand the United Nations (UN) together the…

The National Parliament of Timor-Leste is considering drafting legislation criminalizing prostitution in efforts to control the prostitution…

Three former militia members and a former commander of the Besi Merah Putih (BMP: "Red White Iron in Indonesian) were imprisoned by…

This week, Timor-Leste's Government will send its proposed General State Budget for 2013 to Parliament for approval. La'o Hamutuk appreciates that…

Dili – Australia withdrew its last remaining police officers from East Timor Saturday as international forces wind up a 13-year presence in Asia's…

In a landmark decision that will strike a blow against rampant corruption, the East Timor Court of Appeal has dismissed former Justice…

Australia's Foreign Minister Bob Carr is in East Timor on a two day visit, meeting senior leaders including President Taur Matan Ruak and Prime…

Liam Cochrane – The Australian Foreign Minister, Senator Bob Carr, is advocating that East Timor should make moves to join the Commonwealth of…

Young prisoners and adults are held in the same prison but PRADET says this will impact their mental health.

At least 21 minors are being…

Despite the large number of people who disappeared during the 24-year Indonsesian occupation, Timor-Leste has not ratified the Missing Persons…

According to data from conflict monitoring NGO Belun, in 2012 some 15 member of Timor-Leste's armed forces (F-FDTL) were involved in violent…

Cillian Nolan – The UN peacekeeping mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) is now in the final stages of its long-planned withdrawal. By the end of…

A new health project in East Timor is hoping to harness the power of the mobile phone to promote better infant and maternal health.

East…

In 1975, Jose Ramos-Horta, the then foreign minister of the newly-liberated nation of East Timor, was sent by his country's prime minister to New…

Ati Nurbaiti, Baucau/Ermera/Dili – The UN mission in Timor Leste is closing down next month and at least 1,000 local staffers are seeking other…

Mouzinho Lopes de Araujo – East Timor is readying to stand on its own feet as international forces withdraw by the year-end. But for some in the…

Charlotte Maugham – There is no doubt that much is being done politically to tackle gender inequality in Timor-Leste. The government is redressing…

Portugal withdrew the bulk of its police officers from East Timor on Saturday as international forces wind up a 13-year mission in the country.…