Press Releases

Central Bank of Timor-Leste hosts 7th Issuance and Treasury Meeting of Central Banks of Portuguese-Speaking Countries

58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and Related Meetings (AMM), 8 to 11 July 2025

At the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) and Related Meetings, Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan had a wide-ranging discussion with his counterparts on deepening ASEAN’s economic integration, enhancing supply chain...

Joint Statement between the People's Republic of China and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste on Strengthening Comprehensive St..

Beijing, 29 July 2024 1.At the invitation of H.E. Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China, H.E. Dr. José Ramos-Horta, President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, embarked on state visit to the People’s Republic of China...

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

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...

Central Bank of Timor-Leste Launches New Machines to Exchange Banknotes for Coins

Central Banks of Timor-Leste and Cambodia Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Technological Cooperation

Government Celebrates Two Years in Office with Ongoing Structural Reforms and Commitment to Sustainable Development

Wed. 02 of July of 2025, 16:10h On July 1st, 2025, Timor-Leste marked the second anniversary of the start of the IX Constitutional Government, led by Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, on a path marked by structural reforms and a commitment to...

2024 NCTR Research Highlights

December 4, 2024 NCTR Uncovers Drug Interaction with UGT Enzymes as an Indicator of Drug-Induced Liver Injury Researchers at FDA’s National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), collaborating with scientists from Elsevier’s Life Sciences,...

Meeting of the Council of Ministers on June 18th 2025

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

Meeting of the Council of Ministers on June 11th 2025

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

WTO members examine LDC trade interests, trade and development priorities

LDC trade interests At the meeting of the WTO Sub-Committee on LDCs on 16 June, members considered several LDC related proposals, including those on LDC graduation, LDC accessions and the future of the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF). They...

Global Times: Japanese organization fights for justice, demands its government to apologize and compensate ‘comfort women’ survivors

Beijing, China, July 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On the first Wednesday of every month since 2005, rain or shine, a determined circle forms outside Osaka Station. Holding portraits of silver-haired women and signs reading "Let us build a society...

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 June 4th 2025

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

New ADB–IFFEd Partnership to Unlock $500 Million in Concessional Education Financing in Asia and Pacific

MANILA, PHILIPPINES (26 September 2024) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed an agreement with the International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd) that will enable at least $500 million in new concessional education funding for lower...

Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão Launches Blue Economy Photo Book in New York

Wed. 25 of September of 2024, 16:09h Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão officially launched, on September 23rd 2024, the Blue Economy photographic coffee table book titled “Ha’u-nia Tasi, Ha’u-nia Timor” (My Sea, My Timor) at The Explorers...

Presentation Ceremony for the Ministry of Finance's New Management Team for 2024-2028

Mon. 16 of September of 2024, 18:24h On 16 September 2024, the Ministry of Finance, under the leadership of Minister Santina José Rodrigues F. Viegas Cardoso, held a ceremony at the Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão Auditorium to present the new management...

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...

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...