East Timor

The Pope's visit to the country, so far planned for next year, will be confirmed only with a successful mass vaccination campaign

The ACT Court of Appeal has dealt a major blow to transparency and the public's right to know in a ruling in the case of Bernard Collaery, the lawyer who blew a whistle on Australia's illegal spying operation against the country

The country has extended the deadline for its onshore and offshore oil and gas licences for a second time, in a bid to capture the interest of international and domestic oil companies

Australian energy giant Santos has signed an agreement with the country's authorities to advance a project designed to bury carbon dioxide under old gas fields in the Timor Sea

The country received 130.000 doses of vaccines offered by Portugal to cover around 10% of the population

The State of Emergency is renewed for another 30 days - a President's decision authorized by the National Parliament

Last Thursday the National Electoral Commission held a conference to discuss the evolution of democracy in the country

The challenges and implementation of ongoing programs have been analyzed in detail at the last meeting of government members

The Government and Parliamentary Committees have started discussing the proposed law on the general framework of the state budget and public finance managemente

According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, the strong performance of the oil sector has raised the country's GDP growth forecast for 2021 from 2,5% to 4%

Reinforced police patrols monitor the land border areas to prevent entry of the Delta variant

To discuss the activities of the National Press, the budget for 2022 and the new challenges to face, the Board of Directors met the highest representatives of the Government

A vaccination campaign to speed up the reopening of universities has begun: the goal declared by the Minister of Higher Education is to vaccinate at least 67,000 students, faculty and staff of public and private universities in Dili