DILI: Timor-Leste and Vietnam will grant visa-free entry for citizens with diplomatic and service passports, an important step forward in strengthening ties between the southeast Asian countrie, a Council of Ministers statement said on Wednesday.
DILI: The Ministry of Justice plans to open passport offices in United Kingdom, South Korea, and Ireland to enable Timorese living abroad renew passports without travelling to Dili, the government said on Monday.
DILI: Acute food insecurity in Timor-Leste has reached 22% this year as recent food price hikes have exacerbated existing pressures from the COVID-19 pandemic, conflict and climate change, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said.
DILI: An Executive Director of Japanese gas giant Inpex has visited Timor- and said the company was keen invest in its oil and gas sector.
DILI: A crowd of people queued at Jack’s Department store in Dili on Friday, as business people and shoppers listened to Timor-Leste’s President Jose Ramos-Horta, who inaugurated the first department store in Timor-Leste run by Fijian retail brand Jack’s Retail Ltd ,underscoring the importance of its opening to development.
DILI: Timor-Leste’s proposed 2024 budget is unlikely to have a sustainable impact on the country’s productive sectors given the absence of meaningful investment in them, Development Monitoring and Analysis Institute La’o Hamutuk said in a statement on Friday.
DILI: Julio Aparicio, the Executive Director of Timor-Leste’s Public Institute of Development Funds and Human Capital on Wednesday said it was too early to determine how the increase in Timorese citizens supported to get University degrees abroad will impact local development.
DILI: Timor-Leste’s Secretary of State for Training and Employment (SEFOPE) General Director said on Wednesday that Timorese workers can adapt to different work settings in South Korea compared to conditions experienced locally with training and time.
DILI: Timor-Leste on Tuesday gave approval for its energy partners Australia’s Woodside Energy and Japan’s Oska Gas to start work on a concept study for the development of the Greater Sunrise Gas field.
DILI: Timor Leste will host business leaders from some 300 international companies this week.
DILI: On the protected shore of the Timor Sea at Kasait Liquica tens of baby green sea turtles are waiting in plastic tubs to be released into the wild.
DILI: Timor-Leste and Brunei Darussalam on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on a labour hire program for Timorese workers, Timor-Leste’s president of the Republic Jose Ramos Horta said at a press conference.
DILI: The El Niño weather pattern that can trigger drought in Timor-Leste is increasingly likely to return until early 2024, hitting production of key foods such as rice, vegetables and fruits.
DILI: A team of 12 medical specialists from China are helping tackle Timor-Leste’s medical specialist shortfall in Dili, Chinese officials said, making it likely the largest contingent of Chinese medics deployed to the country in response to bolstering treatment capacity.