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Mon. 19 of January of 2026, 17:14h Ministry of State Administration inaugurates water supply and education projects in Ataúro On January 15th, 2026, the Minister of State Administration, Tomás do Rosário Cabral, made a working visit to Ataúro Island, during which he inaugurated infrastructure in the areas of education and water supply and monitored progress on ongoing road and school construction. more -
Mon. 19 of January of 2026, 16:21h Government inaugurates a primary school in Ermera and launches an early childhood education project in Baucau On January 16th, 2026, the Government inaugurated the Ducurai Central Elementary School (EBC – acronym in Portuguese) 1, 2, and 3 in the Letefoho Administrative Post, Ermera municipality, and, on the same day, launched a preschool education project in the municipality of Baucau, ...more -
Mon. 19 of January of 2026, 11:58h Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Timor-Leste and Portugal meet in Lisbon The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor-Leste, Bendito dos Santos Freitas, met in Lisbon on 17 January 2026 with the Minister of State and Foreign Affairs of Portugal, Paulo Rangel, to discuss strengthening bilateral cooperation and deepening political dialogue on matters of ...more -
Mon. 19 of January of 2026, 11:28h Timor-Leste and Japan discuss bilateral cooperation during a meeting with a Japanese parliamentary delegation On January 15th, 2026, Vice Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs, Minister of Tourism and Environment Francisco Kalbuadi Lay welcomed a parliamentary delegation from Japan in Dili, at a meeting attended by Vice Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Adérito Hugo ...more -
Fri. 16 of January of 2026, 16:48h Timor-Leste participates for the first time in the ASEAN Digital Ministers’ Meeting The Minister of Transport and Communications, Miguel Marques Gonçalves Manetelu, attended the 6th Meeting of ASEAN Digital Ministers (6th ASEAN Digital Ministers’ Meeting – ADGMIN), held in Hanoi, Vietnam, from January 12th to 16th, 2026, under the theme “ASEAN in ...more -
Fri. 16 of January of 2026, 11:34h National Sandalwood and Forest Day celebrated with a reforestation initiative in Atabae On January 13th, 2026, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Forestry, through the Secretariat of State for Forestry, celebrated the 9th National Sandalwood and Forest Day by planting hundreds of trees at the Atabae Administrative Post in the municipality of ...more -
Fri. 16 of January of 2026, 09:29h Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation visits CPLP headquarters in Lisbon On January 15th, 2026, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Bendito dos Santos Freitas, paid an official visit to the headquarters of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) in Lisbon as part of Timor-Leste's pro tempore presidency of the organisation for ...more -
Thu. 15 of January of 2026, 17:04h Minister for Social Solidarity and Inclusion swears in new President of the National Social Security Institute On Thursday, January 15th, 2026, the Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion, Verónica das Dores, swore in Zeferino da Costa Bobo as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Social Security Institute (INSS) and, by extension, Chairman of the Social Security Reserve ...more
