A conference intended to find partners for construction of Eat Timor's new port and airport has taken place in Dili, organised by the Timorese government with the support of the Interna

Since the Anti-Corruption Commission (KAK) was established in 2010, it has investigated 27 corruption cases and some of those cases have now been closed after going to court.

According to an Anti-Corruption Commission (KAK) survey released in 2012 a lot of the Timorese community still do not understand what corruption is.

The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs said this year a technical team from Ministry of Foreign Affairs will measure the Timor Sea.

Tom Clarke – If you thought the debate over East Timor's oil and gas resources had been put to bed, think again.

Lim Chia Ying, Dili – The breast cancer diagnosis that came just before Christmas was the latest in Kirsty Sword Gusmao's series of continuous battles.

East Timor's Oil Fund grew by US$720.94 million in the fourth quarter of 2012 and ended the year with a total value of US$11.777 billion, said the East Timor Central Bank.

East Timor may carry out its natural gas exploration in the Timor Sea without other partners, thus bringing an end to its partnership with Australia's Woodside Petroleum, the Timorese M

East Timor's petroleum and natural resources minister said Thursday the nation may develop a multi-billion dollar gas project alone, ending its involvement with Australia's Woodside Pet

Yoseph Kelen, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – Officials from Kupang district and neighboring Timor Leste met on Tuesday to discuss enforcing security along a particularly porous section of

Damien Kingsbury – Woodside and the East Timorese government have just 10 days to strike a deal on a lucrative gas project – or the controversial sea boundary between Australia and East

On February 6, 2013, Timor-Leste's Parliament gave general approval to the proposed 2013 State Budget. Forty MPs from the Coalition voted in favor, and 25 from Fretilin abstained.

The governments of East Timor and Thailand last week signed a memorandum of understanding to boost cooperation in exploration and development of the Timorese oil sector.

Members of Parliament used the number of roads unrepaired and in a bad condition as an example to highlight what they say is poor and inefficient budget execution.

The Council of Minsters has decided to maintain the ban on martial arts groups after it decided they could cause conflict for another year.

According to the Ministry of Education unemployment amongst educated people, some of whom have qualified overseas, is on a par with the unemployment of recently graduated high school st

According to statistics from the UN agency and UNICEF, malnutrition in Timor-Leste has risen to 58 percent.

The residence of the Minister of Finance, Emilia Pires, which is of luxurious architecture, clearly demonstrates discrimination between the incumbent Minister of Finance and other membe

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

East Timor's former justice minister Lucia Lobato is in jail, after losing her last appeal against corruption charges.

A last ditch attempt by Lucia Lobato to appeal against a decision to sentence her to five years imprisonment over corruption has been rejected by the Court of Appeals, Timor-Leste's hig

The President of the Republic Taur Matan Ruak has criticized the quality of domestic public works projects that the government contracted private companies to undertake because they are

Muhamad Rizki, Jakarta – National Anti-Narcotics Board (BNN) public relations division head Sumirat Dwiyanto says that Timor Leste is still considered a crucial point of entry for drug

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

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 a new era.

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 dependence on energy to tunnel out of pove

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

Jason South – It was a beautiful moment, amid despicable terror.

Francezka Nangoy, Dili, East Timor – Telekomunikasi Indonesia aims to gain a 60 percent market share of cellular phone users in East Timor by 2015, while preparing to enter Australia's

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

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.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Jose Luis Guterres said Timor-Leste will continue to accept Timorese who sought refugee status in Indonesia even though the time limit has ex

The National Parliament of Timor-Leste rejects the demand that FALINTIL-FDTL Major General Lere Anan Timur apologize to an ordinary Indonesian citizen such as Hercules.

A notorious East Timorese-born gang leader who's believed to have strong links to Indonesia's military, business and criminal communities has returned to Dili, sparking heated row betwe

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

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 to be reaped.

In order to find out the factors affecting the rise of prostitution in Timor-Leste Parliamentary Commission F and the Women in Parliament Group (GMPTL) will monitor and visit places whe

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

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

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

Peter Yeo – I was standing outside a Timorese refugee camp on the day Carlos Caceres pulled me aside with a frightening message – "The militias know who I am and where they can find me.

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

Timor-Leste (East Timor) is preparing to liberalise its telecommunications market in the first quarter of 2013, which is expected to drive prices down and expand the country's telecommu

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

Dili – The United Nations ended its peacekeeping mission in East Timor on Monday, leaving the country without any direct security assistance for the first time since a spasm of politica

Gianrigo Marletta – The UN ends its peacekeeping mission in East Timor after 13 years in Asia's youngest nation following a bloody transition to independence as the country faces the ch

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 decade of turbulent existence.

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 tiny island nation's independence.

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 to overcome its bloody past and rampant

The national Timorese Alliance for an International Court (ANTI) and Amnesty International demand the United Nations (UN) together the International Court (IC) bring justice to authors