The Executive Secretary of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries stated that the government of East Timor wants to consolidate the Portuguese language and the government reaffirmed its support for the organisation of Portuguese-speaking countries

The national parliament approved the State Budget 2025, with has strategic infrastructure, economic growth and social welfare as priorities

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

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

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