East Timor

Today ends the 2 weeks election campaign period for the President of the Republic Election, to be held on March 19th

Due to the importance of the religious occasion 'Ash Wednesday' for a large number of worshippers, today has been declared national holiday

The construction of the Tibar Port is 72% completed; once operational, it will replace the port of Dili, facilitating the movement of imported and exported goods, with a capacity to handle one million containers per year

In a follow-up on the dengue fever outbreak in the country, the Ministry of Health reported a surge of 2000 cases in the first weeks of 2022, which followed a surge from December 2021, highest since 2016

The visit of Xavier Reis Magno, East Timor Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, to the Kingdom of Cambodia ended yesterday, where, among other things, the country's application to join ASEAN was discussed

Skier Yohan Goutt Gonçalves will be competing in his third Olympics, representing the country in alpine skiing at Beijing 2022; besides his sporting ambitions, the athlete has become a figurehead for other 'small ski nations' around the world

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