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Launch of English Language Training for ASEAN Accession (ELTAA): Supporting Timor-Leste’s Integration into ASEAN

Launch of English Language Training for ASEAN Accession (ELTAA): Supporting Timor-Leste’s Integration into ASEAN

Mon. 29 of September of 2025, 14:44h The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, in partnership with the Civil Service Commission and the Australian Government (through its PROSIVU program), on 26 September 2025 launched the English Language...

Owner:  East Timorese Government
7th Encounter in Macao – Arts and Cultural Festival between China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries showcases the beauty of Chinese and Lusophone arts through the encounter of diverse cultures
Timor-Leste Participates in the 17th Cultural Week of China and Portuguese-speaking Countries

Timor-Leste Participates in the 17th Cultural Week of China and Portuguese-speaking Countries

Owner:  East Timorese Government
Joint Statement for the Official Visit of the Prime Minister of Malaysia to Timor-Leste

Joint Statement for the Official Visit of the Prime Minister of Malaysia to Timor-Leste

Ninth Constitutional Government ............................................................................................................................. JOINT STATEMENT FOR THE OFFICIAL VISIT OF THE PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA TO THE...

Owner:  East Timorese Government
Timor-Leste Government Launches Online Public Consultation of the National Blue Economy Policy and Action Plan

Timor-Leste Government Launches Online Public Consultation of the National Blue Economy Policy and Action Plan

Wed. 10 of September of 2025, 18:33h Dili, 10 September 2025 – The Government of Timor-Leste has officially launched an online public consultation for the Blue Economy: Policy and Action Plan for the Promotion of a Resilient and Sustainable...

Owner:  East Timorese Government
Second National Conference Reinforces Timor-Leste's Commitment to Pre-school Education

Second National Conference Reinforces Timor-Leste's Commitment to Pre-school Education

Owner:  East Timorese Government
Extraordinary Meeting of the Council of Ministers on 12th September 2025

Extraordinary Meeting of the Council of Ministers on 12th September 2025

Spokesperson of the Government of Timor-Leste Ninth Constitutional Government ............................................................................................................................. Press Release Extraordinary Meeting of the...

Owner:  East Timorese Government
Secretary of State for Cooperatives on the 13th edition of the program “Página do Governo” (Government Page), Friday at 8:00 p.m. on RTTL

Secretary of State for Cooperatives on the 13th edition of the program “Página do Governo” (Government Page), Friday at 8:00 p.m. on RTTL

Thu. 18 of September of 2025, 09:52h The 13th edition of the “Página do Governo” program will feature the Secretary of State for Cooperatives (SECOOP Portuguese acronyms), Arsénio Pereira da Silva, and will be broadcast on Friday, September 19th,...

Owner:  East Timorese Government
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East Timor’s looming student uprising

In September, East Timor suddenly plunged into unrest. The country was still fragile after two decades of independence. It was not a coup, an intelligence scandal, or territorial strife that lit the fire. Instead, it was something at once mundane...

Owner:  Nizami Family
General : Malaysia, Timor-Leste Ink MoU To Develop National Training Index, Advance Shared Skills Agenda

General : Malaysia, Timor-Leste Ink MoU To Develop National Training Index, Advance Shared Skills Agenda

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 2 (Bernama) – Malaysia's Human Resource Development Corporation (HRD Corp) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Timor-Leste's National Institute for Workforce Development (INDMO) to develop the country's first...

Owner:  Malaysian Government

Timor-Leste's New Envoy Hails "Genuine and Supportive" Frien...

AKP Phnom Penh, September 30, 2025 -- The newly appointed Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste to Cambodia, H.E. Marcos dos Reis da Costa, emphasised the "genuine and supportive" nature of the relationship between the two nations,...

Owner:  Cambodian Government
With Gen Z protests, is East Timor going the Nepal way?
More than 9,000 children poisoned by Prabowo's free school meal programme

More than 9,000 children poisoned by Prabowo's free school meal programme

Jakarta (AsiaNews) – The number of children poisoned after consuming free school meals, part of a US$ 10-billion plan promoted by Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, has risen to more than 9,000, this according to the country’s food and drug...

Owner:  Catholic Church
What's next for Timor-Leste as it joins ASEAN?

What's next for Timor-Leste as it joins ASEAN?

Timor-Leste is set to become the newest member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bloc in October, capping off a process that has taken Southeast Asia's newest and smallest country 14 years. The membership was confirmed last...

Owner:  German Government
Pacific Islands focus: health and gender inequities, climate updates, and some hope for marine biodiversity

Pacific Islands focus: health and gender inequities, climate updates, and some hope for marine biodiversity

Introduction by Croakey: In breaking news on Thursday, Papua New Guinea’s cabinet has approved a landmark defence agreement with Australia. PNG’s Prime Minister James Marape said the agreement, known as the PukPuk treaty, “will elevate the two...

Owner:  Croakey Health Media Ltd
Official urges Davao City residents to report VAWC cases

Official urges Davao City residents to report VAWC cases

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/4 October)—A city official here is calling on residents to continue reporting cases of violence against women and children even as she notes a slight drop in the number of reported cases for 2024. Lorna Mandin, head of city...

Owner:  Mindanao Institute of Journalism
Behind the Gen Z uprising in Timor-Leste

Behind the Gen Z uprising in Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste is the latest country in the Asia-Pacific region to be rocked by “Gen-Z” protests against the corruption of political elites. From September 15–17, students and other youth took to the streets of the capital Dili demanding that the...

Owner:  Green Left
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