On January 29th, in Timor-Leste, the 'Peace Teacher Training Graduation Ceremony,' hosted by the international peace organization HWPL, took place. HWPL organized the event to congratulate the Timor-Leste officials who completed the HWPL Peace Teacher Training, a collaborative effort with the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Culture of Timor-Leste. The event aimed to share the vision of peace education with the participants and discuss the implementation of peace education, thereby encouraging participation in peace education.

VATICAN: Timor-Leste’s President Jose Ramos-Horta met Pope Francis on Monday, with the visit to Timor-Leste and crises in Myanmar and prospects for peace there expected to have been their main topics of discussion.

DILI: Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong on Saturday backed long term civil servant Caitlin Wilson, to be Australia’s next Ambassador to Timor-Leste.

DILI: Last week new information emerged from media sources in Indonesia that hundreds of stolen motorbikes and cars stored in East Java were about to be sold to Timor-Leste.

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.