Timor Leste reported outbreaks of African swine fever last week with the first case near its border with Indonesia, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on September 30.
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 jolted 197 kilometres of north-northwest of Dili, Timor Leste at 21:55 on April 6 (local time), the US Geological Survey said.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia and Timor Leste Pham Vinh Quang presented his credentials to President of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste Francisco Guterres in the capital city of Dili on March 1.
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is visiting Timor-Leste, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia from July 29 to August 7 to reaffirm her country’s commitment to remaining a leading partner to its regional neighbours in Southeast Asia.
Voters in Timor Leste went to the polls on May 12 to cast their ballots in the second general election in less than one year of the Southeast Asian nation.
The Revolutionary Front for an Independent Timor Leste (FRETILIN) has won the Southeast Asian country’s parliamentary election, according to the vote result announced on July 24.
The “Global Conference on the 2030 Agenda: A Roadmap for SDGs in Fragile and Conflict-affected States” opened in Timor-Leste’s capital city of Dili on May 22.
The Government and people of Timor-Leste are working hard in economic development and national construction, towards joining the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) by 2020.
Tens of thousands of Timorese attended a grand ceremony in Ermera district on May 20 to mark the country’s 14th anniversary of the Restoration of Independence.
The second meeting of trade ministers of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP) took place in Timor Leste’s capital city of Dili on February 23.
Indonesia is renewing its cooperation with Timor Leste in a number of areas, and will also explore the possibility of cooperation in the energy and economy sector.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo and his first lady arrived in Dili, Timor Leste for a state visit on January 26, according to the country’s Foreign Ministry.
A relatively intact bronze drum believed to belong to the Dong Son culture, originating in Vietnam over 2,000 years ago, has recently been discovered in Timor Leste.
The annual 2015 Timor-Leste and Development Partners’ Meeting took place
in Dili capital on June 6 focusing on institutional consolidation
towards integrating and participating into ASEAN.
A delegation led by the Deputy Head of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s
Commission for External Relations, Vuong Thua Phong, attended the
international conference on “Peace and Conciliation in Asia” held on
April 25-26 in Dili, the capital of Timor Leste.
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