Within the East Timor government, the portfolio for internal security lies with the Ministry of Interior. Ultimate responsibility for accountability for policing therefore lies with the minister ...

The people of Myanmar are also demanding their right to self-determination, and East Timor must now stand and act in solidarity with them. One area where the Timorese government can show ...

“There’s a concern that by around 2035, (the government) will run out of money at the rate they’re spending it at the moment,” Leach said. East Timor’s current power plants, which were ...

He is one of the many heroes of independence who remain in government. “Those who were here, during the difficult time, they have the greatest emotional connection” to East Timor, Mr. Ramos ...

East Timor's first year of freedom from Indonesia ... UNTAET formally shifted from its original peacekeeping structure to a coalition government with the CNRT. Among the eight "ministries" created ...

A number of these groups organized “troops in” protests calling on the right-wing Howard government to intervene. East Timor was a further stage in the shift to the right among the middle ...

More than two decades ago, the then soon to be independent country of Timor-Leste planned to embark on a future marked by sustainability.

Dili, February 13, 2025 – High government spending as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) in Timor-Leste and modest returns on investment from its Petroleum Fund could impact the country’s ...

During Indonesia's occupation of East Timor, thousands of children were separated from their families and taken to Indonesia. One project seeks to reunite these "Stolen Children." NGO worker Raisa ...

The Timor-Leste government told the ABC that Lighthouse ... Timor-Leste remains one of the poorest countries in South-East Asia and the world, with two-thirds of its population surviving on ...