DILI: Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao on Monday congratulated business leaders developing Southeast Asia’s economies on their ‘people-centred approach’ to growth and reemphasid his country’s commitment to join Association of Southeast Asian Network (ASEAN).
DILI: Vietnam’s Telemor said it planned to deliver upgraded mobile connectivity to residents and businesses in Timor-Leste, after unveiling a new eight-year partnership with SES to use its revamped fiber optic network.
DILI: A delegation from Timor-Leste Ministry of Finance travelled to Finland on Saturday to finalise details on the production involved in making the country’s manual passport books into electronic passports, a government spokesperson said.
DILI: Timor-Leste’s lead non-governmental justice organisation has called for all parties to work together to end human trafficking, a horrible crime the United Nations says strips people of their fundamental human rights and freedoms.
JAKARTA: Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão addressed Southeast Asian leaders at the ASEAN summit last week and made a plea for continuing support amongst bloc members, calling promotion of “stability, unity and peace” in the region a major achievement of the group.
DILI: Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese congratulated Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão on becoming head of the IX Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste in a phone call on Wednesday morning and expressed “great hopes” for Timor-Leste-Australia collaboration, according to Timor-Leste government statement.
DILI: Brunei Darussalam-based real estate group Stratacom Global has made a push for investment in Timor-Leste, Timor-Leste’s government reported in a statement on Friday.
DILI: Singapore plans to open an embassy in Timor-Leste though a date is not yet set, Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said on Monday during his visit to Dili.
DILI: Timor-Leste’s parliamentary elections were generally well conducted, saw a large turnout, and will help consolidate political stability in the country if the eventual structure of the coalition government led by victorious National Congress for Timorese Reconstructionis accepted peacefully, observers from Fundasaun Mahein said on Friday.
DILI: A Timorese private-owned plane landed at Dili airport on Tuesday, as part of an inaugural flight for the A320 operated by national airline Aero Dili Transport Service SA.
DILI: With gatherings and eulogies, Timorese of all ages and backgrounds remembered Sisto dos Santos ‘Kene-Kene’ this past weekend, holding him up as a symbol of freedom, courage and humanity for the nation and its people.
DILI: Timor-Leste Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak discussed on Wednesday with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese the development of Greater Sunrise and other joint infrastructure and labour mobility projects, Timor-Leste government statement said.
DILI: Timor-Leste’s national petroleum company on Monday said it reached a deal with its partners in Sunrise Woodside and Osaka Gas to carry out a fresh study into the viability of taking the gas to Timor-Leste for processing, as Woodside dropped its previous insistence that it must be processed in Darwin.
DILI: Two containers of essential medicine to help cover nation-wide shortages will arrive in Timor-Leste this week, National Director of Pharmacy and Medicines from the Ministry of Health Delfim Pereira said on Tuesday.