Asia East Timor The country is set to host the 12th edition of the Sports Games of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries, to be held in Dili between 17 and 25 July
Asia East Timor A Grant Note with the Asian Development Bank has been signed to finance a US$16 million project aimed at strengthening rural resilience and improving the quality of life in the Municipality of Manatuto; the activities will be developed over five years
Asia East Timor Independent study on the development of the Greater Sunrise gas project, conducted by company Wood earlier this year confirms that developing it in East Timor waters is feasible and would be provide significant economic and social benefits
Asia East Timor East Timor signed a visa waiver agreement with Bangladesh to strengthen bilateral ties as East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta was on a three-day visit to Dhaka
Asia East Timor 'Democracy Bus', organized by the UNDP, acts as a mobile citizenship laboratory, sharing information while travelling around the country, listening to concerns and suggestions of young people and bringing them to the attention of policy-makers
Asia East Timor The national parliament approved the State Budget 2025, with has strategic infrastructure, economic growth and social welfare as priorities
Asia East Timor Latest Worldvision report says 80% of households in East Timor have agriculture as their primary source of income; low levels of productivity have led to negative coping strategies as begging, borrowing, child labor, reducing the frequency of meals
Asia East Timor The 18 SPE Timor-Leste scholarship winners received a laptop computer, $300 and a week-long visit to Perth to forge deeper ties with Australian industry
Asia East Timor The European Union Delegation in East Timor and the European Investment Bank have prepared investment projects with the government; the three proposals focus on water supply, solid waste management and forestry
Asia East Timor A geologist from Estrella Resources has mapped under a zone of supergene manganese in an exposed outcrop 500 m south-west of the Samalari discovery, by now the largest manganese outcrop ever observed in East Timor
Asia East Timor Extraordinary results are now seen in small Betano, were in 2019 the women of the village became involved in experimenting with climate-smart farming techniques, particularly conservation agriculture, at that time promoted in the area by FAO
Asia East Timor Donating new ambulances in 9 municipalities, the government has decided to strengthen emergency response across the country
Asia East Timor Some 600.000 people crowded the same seaside park for Pope Francis' final mass 35 years after St John Paul II prayed during the nation's struggle for independence from Indonesia