Luís Spent 5 Years Collecting Recipes to Fix Gastronomic Identity of Timor Leste
May 26, 2019 (DN) – Although Timorese people have achieved national faith and identity, 25 years of Indonesian occupation suffice to erase the culinary tradition of East Timor. Portuguese chef Luís Simões has been touring the country since 2014 to recover the memory of the island’s…
Timor-Leste Wants to Double Coffee Production and Triple Value to 65 ME by 2030
Dili, May 28, 2019 (Lusa) – Timor-Leste wants to double coffee production and triple the value in the next decade, with an investment plan of nearly 40 million dollars (about 36 million euros), was announced today. “The goal is to move from the current 10,000…
Construction of Ship For Timor-Leste Will Cost $14.000.000 More
Dili, May 28, 2019 (Lusa) – The construction in Portugal of the Haksolok ship destined for Timor-Leste, which is already three years behind and the construction of two pontoons for its operation, will cost a further 14 million USD (12.5 million of euros), according to…
Governments of Angola, Timor-Leste and Sao Tome Discuss Chinese Investments
The governments of Angola, Timor-Leste and São Tomé and Príncipe will be represented at a forum in Macau to discuss Chinese investments. The governments of Angola, Timor-Leste and Sao Tome and Principe will be represented at a forum in Macau to discuss Chinese investments on…
Ramos-Horta Defends Reinstatement of Alkatiri Ahead of Oecusse-Ambeno Region
Dili, May 27, 2019 (Lusa) – Former President Timorese President José Ramos-Horta today defended that the current Oecusse-Ambato Special Administrative Region (OAS), Mari Alkatiri, should be reappointed when his in July. “I think it should be renewed if it so desires. The work is almost…
Chinese Company Interested in Air Links Between Dili and Several Cities
Dili, 24 May 2019 (Lusa) – Chinese airline Air Travel and Timorese Air Timor have signed an agreement that will allow direct flights between Dili and Hong Kong and later to other airports in the region, Lusa source told Lusa today. process. Air Travel representative…
Debate on Defamation on Social Networks in Timor-Leste Requires Prudence
Dili, March 24, 2019 (Lusa) – Former Timorese President José Ramos-Horta today defended that political leaders should act with prudence and balance to ensure against defamation and insults on traditional social and media networks without endangering freedom of expression. “it is necessary to reflect and…
Timor-Leste Is Fighting for LGBTQ Rights
22 May 2019 (VICE/Adi Renaldi) – The nation of Timor-Leste is predominantly Roman Catholic. Yet it’s leading a fight for LGBTQ rights in a part of the world where such rights are increasingly under attack. On a sunny morning last July, thousands of Timor-Leste residents…
Timorese Minister of Education Wants to See Increasingly Independent CAFE Schools
Lisbon, 22 May 2019 (Observador) – Dulce Soares, the Timorese Minister of Education, wants to make the Learning and School Formation Centers more independent and extend the intervention to neighboring schools. The Timorese Minister of Education wants the Learning and School Formation Centers (CAFE), where…
Remittances of Immigrants in Timor-Leste Were Higher Than Those of Emigrants
Remittances from foreign immigrants living in East Timor sent abroad last year were more than three times what Timorese overseas sent home, according to a World Bank report. Specifically, the World Bank’s six-monthly economic report on East Timor reports that East Timorese workers abroad sent…
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