Please note that throughout this website all links in bold type without underlining
will open in a separate tab or window. They are mostly external sites as on this page.
News and some other information sources
Beware of unreliable and conflicting news stories from East Timor. It often takes care and patience to determine the truth of stories coming from East Timor or alleged to come from there and repeated in other countries. Even within East Timor it is often difficult to get to the truth.
ABC East Timor News and the East Timor Legal Information Site are good sites for current East Timor news.
If you go to Google Alerts and enter the search term "Timor" and your e-mail address you can get links to Timor related news e-mailed to you daily, weekly or as news appears.
A search for East Timor in the ABC News archive can provide access to a wealth of previous East Timor news stories.
While the major news media provide some news, it is also interesting to search for additional news sources which offer more personal perspectives from people who are living in Dili or have reliable personal contact with the local people. It is not feasible to maintain reliable links to such sources on this site but some can be accessed through links on this page at sites such as East Timor Directory and general internet searches. There are also a number of news groups which provide news about East Timor.
Any Australians considering travel to East Timor should monitor the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Smartraveller Advisory Service East Timor page. This web page is also useful to anyone with acquaintances in East Timor. The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade also provides an e-mail advisory service to alert you to any changes in the travel advice for any country where you have a continuing interest.
The links listed below provide a range of East Timor related information either directly or through links they include.
Some of the organisations active in East Timor
Catholic lay agency that trains volunteers and places them overseas
Volunteers working to provide communications throughout East Timor
Australian group helping with education in a rural district of East Timor
An East Timorese Catholic aid organisation with international links
An Australian overseas aid organisation active in East Timor
A rights based anti–poverty agency — formerly Austcare
Fosters a range of opportunities for the people of East Timor
About East Timor health, this clinic and many useful links
An East Timorese NGO dealing with health and social problems
An East Timorese NGO building peace for the future with children
Works for the advancement of women in East Timor
Created to raise awareness about the plight of women in East Timor
An online English language legal reference journal for East Timor
Legal and other information about East Timor - good news links
The official East Timor Government website
Provides some government budget related documents
Provides recent important government and related documents
UN development programme for East Timor and related information
United Nations Integrated Mission in East Timor
Includes detailed Asian Development Bank reports about East Timor
Includes detailed World Bank reports about East Timor
About the ANZ Bank in East Timor
Some other websites with information about East Timor
A directory of internet sites about East Timor
A high quality map with detail of the East Timor region
Information about travel to and within East Timor
A very comprehensive listing from Australian National University
Portuguese sourced history and geography but no recent information
An extensive site on East Timor's recent history and current issues
Some relevant international aid related websites
United Nations Millennium Development Goals for 2015
Microcredit, banking and related services for the poor
Australian partner with the Grameen Bank and Grameen Trust
Fortnightly international social justice newsletter with excellent web links
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