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World Bank Predicts 2.4% Growth for East Timor in 2023

This year, Portuguese-speaking Timor-Leste's private spending is expected to grow by 4%, outpacing government spending at 2.9%. This marks a shift from last year when...

East Timor’s Take on BRICS, Global South, and Governance

East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta says the U.S. and China should talk, not fight. He stresses dialogue over conflict in an interview with Nikkei...

East Timor Approves Two MOUs with China

Portuguese-speaking East Timor's government has approved the signing of two Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with China. The first focuses on enhancing trade, investment, and...

Myanmar military junta orders expulsion of diplomat from East Timor

The military junta of Myanmar (Burma) has ordered the expulsion of the highest-ranking diplomat from East Timor, accusing him of having relations with what...

East Timor and Australia forge stronger relations in a new phase

Australia and Timor-Leste (East Timor) are entering a new phase of their bilateral relations, focused on collaboration and shaping a shared future. Penny Wong, an...

East Timor’s non-oil GDP grew 3.9% in 2022

East Timor's non-oil gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 3.9% in 2022, with the economy growing above double digits in the last quarter of...

East Timor wants the education system to be in Portuguese only

The East Timorese ministries of Education and Higher Education want to make it mandatory that instruction in the country's education system be only in...

East Timor: Australian government accused of silencing part of official history

The Australian Government is being accused of trying to hide part of the official history of the peacekeeping mission carried out in East Timor...

Some facts about East Timor – from the first new nation of the millennium to the world’s most biodiverse waters

Timor-Leste, or East Timor, is part of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) and one of the youngest countries in the world. It occupies...

Asian Development Bank lends US$127 million to East Timor to ensure safe drinking water

The Philippines-based Asian Development Bank (ABD) and the Government of Timor-Leste (East Timor) have agreed to US$127 million in funding to ensure safe and...

Portuguese-speaking East Timor wants more cooperation with Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - One of the first memories that the current ambassador of East Timor in Brasília, Olímpio Miranda Branco, 68, has...

East-Timor elections: voters increased by 3.55%, 65.89% in the diaspora

Timorese voters have grown to 3.55% since last year's presidential elections to 890,145, with diaspora registration almost doubling, according to the final voter registration...

New Timorese parliamentarians are to be sworn in on June 22

The leaders of the benches of the Timorese national parliament today decided to set June 22 for the inauguration of their successors, elected last...

Timorese central bank forecasts slower growth in 2023

The Central Bank of East Timor (BCTL) expects the Timorese economy to have positive growth this year, but lower than the 4% registered last...

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