Press Releases

Timor-Leste Participates in International Forum on Soil and Water to Combat Global Environmental Challenges

ADB to Improve Climate Resilience and Rural Livelihoods in Timor-Leste

MANILA, PHILIPPINES (13 December 2024) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $6 million grant, as part of a total project cost of $16.6 million, to help improve climate resilience, water and food security, and livelihood opportunities...

Timor-Leste Research Unlocks the Secrets to Boosting Sandalwood Growth

Dr. Domingos Gomes’ research reveals new insights into sandalwood cultivation, offering practical techniques to boost growth and sustainability in Timor-Leste. NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, September 30, 2024 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- A...

Timor-Leste Reinforces Global Commitment to Peace and Marine Sustainability at the 79th UN General Assembly

Timor-Leste At the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly

Wed. 18 of September of 2024, 08:43h Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão will lead the Timor-Leste delegation that will be in New York, in the United States of America (USA), from 22- 27 September 2024, where he will attend the Summit of the...

Fifth National Conference on Climate Change Brings Together National and International Partners to Strengthen Timor-Leste's Climate Resilience

ADB Forecasts 3.1% Economic Growth for Timor-Leste in 2024

DILI, TIMOR-LESTE (25 September 2024) — Timor-Leste’s economic growth momentum will continue in 2024–2025, though at a more modest pace than forecast in April 2024 due to lower government expenditure and weaker investment spending than previously...

Sci-Tech EXPO 2024 - “Science, Technology & Innovation: Path to Transformation and Sustainable Development in Timor-Leste”

Advancing Indigenous Peoples’ rights for inclusive and sustainable environmental governance in ASEAN

AIPP. (n.d.). The classroom of life. Retrieved October 14, 2024, from https://aippnet.org/the-classroom-of-life/ AIPP. (2011). Victims of development aggression: Indigenous Peoples in ASEAN. Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact....

Job Creation is a Priority in the Government's Development Strategy

Fri. 11 of July of 2025, 11:16h The 9th Constitutional Government reaffirms its commitment to creating decent and sustainable employment, through a strategy based on three fundamental axes: investment in basic infrastructures, economic...

Three ways Indonesia can enable ocean-based climate action

The approaching COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, will spotlight countries’ updated climate commitments to the Paris Agreement – their second nationally determined contributions (SNDCs). SNDCs will set the stage for climate ambition in the next decade...

Mozambique Calls for Unity, Mobility at CPLP Talks

(MENAFN) Mozambican President Daniel Chapo officially launched the 14th Ordinary Session of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) Parliamentary Assembly on Monday in Maputo, calling on member nations to strengthen collaboration,...

Government Approves Strategic Orientation for Blue Economy Policy 2025-2030

Thu. 26 of June of 2025, 12:07h At the meeting on June 25, 2025, the Council of Ministers approved, in principle, the strategic direction of the Blue Economy Policy and Action Plan: Promoting a Resilient and Sustainable Economy of the Sea in...

FDA's ISTAND Pilot Program accepts a submission of first organ-on-a-chip technology designed to predict human drug-induced liver injury (DILI)

[9/24/2024] FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) has accepted the first letter of intent (LOI) into the Innovative Science and Technology Approaches for New Drugs (ISTAND) Pilot Program for an organ-on-a-chip technology, a type of...

Transcript of Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan's Doorstop Interview with Singapore Media at the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting and Related Meetings, 11 July 2025

Minister: Well, as we were just discussing, it has been a very busy period. So the time has flown, because very literally, every hour has been accounted for. It has been an intensive series of meetings with my ASEAN colleagues, one-on-one and...

Government Congratulates Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão on his 79th Birthday and Honours His Leadership in Serving the Country

Spokesperson of the Government of Timor-Leste Ninth Constitutional Government ............................................................................................................................. June 20th, 2025 Press Release Government...

58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting and Related Meetings, 8 to 11 July 2025

Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan will visit Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to attend the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM), Post Ministerial Conferences (PMCs), 26th ASEAN Plus Three (APT) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (FMM),...

Meeting of the Council of Ministers on May 29th 2025

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

World leaders rebuke “narrow unilateralism” and call for nations to urgently join forces to combat inequality

40 former Heads of State and Government are calling for “a new economic coalition of the willing” to urgently tackle inequality and “remake our world in response” to “era-defining disruption”. In a joint letter released ahead of the Fourth...

Meeting of the Council of Ministers on May 22nd 2025

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