Independence hero Xanana Gusmao returns to power as prime minister

Former East Timor independence fighter Xanana Gusmao was sworn in on Saturday as prime minister of Asia’s youngest country after his party won the parliamentary election in

Opposition party won most seats in parliamentary election

East Timor’s opposition party won Sunday’s parliamentary election, meaning independence fighter Xanana Gusmao is likely to return as prime minister in Asia’s youngest democracy. The final

East Timor president Horta pushes back on environmental criticism

Give our country $100 billion — or stop lecturing us about making money from fossil fuels. That was the message East Timor President and Nobel

Ramos-Horta set to win presidency for second time

East Timor’s former independence fighter and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta is set to win the presidential runoff election, according to over 60% of the votes

Breaking News: Australia and East Timor settle bitter border differences

Australia and East Timor will sign a treaty that draws the first-ever maritime border between the neighbors, resolving years of bitter wrangling with a deal that carves up billions of

Drop in oil production reduces East Timor’s revenue

A drop in oil and natural gas production has been the main factor behind a reduction of oil revenues to East Timor, which account for almost all of the state’s

East Timor | Minister restates gov’t plans to process gas from the Greater Sunrise field

The Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources of East Timor, Alfredo Pires, restated in Dili the government’s plan to process liquid natural gas (LNG) from the Greater Sunrise field in

East Timor posts trade deficit of USD893 million

East Timor’s balance of trade in 2014 recorded a deficit of USD893 million, an increase of 13.79 percent year on year, said the Statistics Directorate of the Ministry of Finance

East Timor | Government approves USD102 million funding for Oe-Cusse Ambeno Authority

The government of Timor-Leste has approved funding of USD102.43 million, for the 2014 and 2015 budget, of the Authority of the Special Administrative Region of Oe-Cusse Ambeno, according to a

East-Timor wants more investment from Indonesia

East Timor’s minister of state and of foreign affairs and cooperation, Jose Luis Guterres, said in Jakarta that his country expects more private investment from Indonesia particularly in the infrastructure,

Heineken builds factory in East Timor

A statement on the November 21 Council of Ministers meeting said that as the government decided to approve the investment agreement with Heineken and the company would be awarded tax

New Zealand supports East Timor in fish production

Timor-Leste (East Timor) and New Zealand have signed an agreement to develop fish production (aquaculture) by creating 200 small businesses in the country, the New Zealand embassy announced in a

Australia funds rice processing plant in Timor Leste

A rice processing factory, which will benefit about 300 farmers in Timor-Leste (East Timor), has been inaugurated in Baucau, in the east of the country, the Australian embassy in Timor

East Timor pays salaries of Guinea-Bissau civil servants

The government of East Timor (Timor-Leste) week granted the Guinea-Bissau government funding of USD6 million to pay a month’s salary to all Guinean civil servants, the Timorese cooperation agency said. The

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