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Citizens in East Timor head to the polls to elect the 65 members of the National Parliament.
2023-05-21

East Timor is granted observer member status of the ASEAN bloc of nations, with a roadmap to membership established. The country welcomes the decision as it currently experiences high levels of unemployment and malnourishment.
2022-11-11

The East Timorese people head to the polls for the second round of the presidential election between José Ramos-Horta and incumbent Francisco Guterres.
2022-04-19

At least 80 people are killed in Flores island, Indonesia, and 21 more in Dili, East Timor, by flash floods and landslides.
2021-04-4

Australia and East Timor sign a treaty for a permanent maritime border in the Timor Sea, ending a decade-long dispute over rights to the sea's rich oil and gas reserves.
2018-03-7

Elections are held in East Timor to vote for the nation's 4th President. Francisco Guterres, runner-up in the 2007 and 2012 elections, is expected to win due to the support of Xanana Gusmão.
2017-03-20

Voters in East Timor go to the polls for a presidential election with incumbent President Jose Ramos-Horta standing against 11 other candidates. [http:--www.france24.com-en-20120317-east-timor-votes-test-young-nation (AFP via France 24)]date=August 2019
2012-03-17

Mário Viegas Carrascalão resigns as the Deputy Prime Minister of East Timor leaving the Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão without a majority in the Parliament.
2010-09-10

Kirsty Sword Gusmão, wife of East Timor's Prime Minister, backed by head of East Timor's child protection agency Carmen da Cruz, demands Australian woman Lala Noronha return to Dili 15 Timorese teenagers she has in Malaysia. However, the youths have stated that they do not want to go back.
2010-03-22