East Timor

A new Australian carrier has signed an agreement with East Timor service provider Sacomtel to provide communications services on its planned 18.000km subsea route from Darwin to Singapore

After the double shock of the pandemic and natural disasters, the economy is showing some signs of recovery and this year's gross domestic product growth in real terms is expected to improve to 1,9%, according to the World Bank's latest economic update

The community support programme for the country's economic recovery was launched to support the population not only from the latest waves of Covid-19 pandemic but also from the recent heavy flooding, delivering food parcels to tens of thousands of people

The country has inaugurated its first Catholic university, dedicated to St John Paul II, who is believed to have inspired the country's struggle for independence when it was still under Indonesian rule in 1989

With the new Omicron variant arriving in several countries, including Australia, the chairman of the Committee on Health, Social Security and Gender Equality urged the Ministry of Health to implement strict controls at border checkpoints and airports

The country is now facing a watershed moment as, according to experts, it should seek to diversify its economy, which is heavily dependent on oil and gas, as a top priority

30 years from the Santa Cruz massacre were celebrated yesterday; 12th of November has been proclaimed National Youth Day in recollection of the 200 young shot during the struggle for independence

The recently deceased Bishop Basilio do Nascimento Martins of Baucau has been awarded the country's highest honour, the Order of Timor-Leste, by President Francisco Guterres "for his dedication to humanity and his courage"

Vaccine aid and oil industry developments improve country's economic outlook, with GDP expected to grow 4,5% next year

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