RDTL Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium and EU, Mr Francisco T. Cepeda, took over the coordination of the P-ACP Group “Pacific-ACP” for the second time since Timor-Leste acceded to the Cotonou Agreament. The former coordinator of the Group, the Ambassador of Tuvalu, formally handed over the portfolio to Timor-Leste during the previous meeting in February […]
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The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) announced on the 23rd March 2017 that it approved the application of Timor-Leste to join that institution and it has received the country as Potential Regional Member. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is an international financial institution that aims to support the building of infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region.
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On March 23, 2017, following the instructions of Ambassador Francisco T. Cepeda, a team from the Embassy traveled to Olpe, Germany to meet Dr. Braganza, head of vascular surgery department at St. Martinus Hospital In Olpe. Dr. Braganza began his volunteer missions in 2015, working with teams from the Guido Valadares Hospital and Clínica Bairro
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Francisco Guterres, “Lú-Olo”, was elected President of Timor-Leste. The candidate supported by the two largest Timorese parties (Fretilin and CNRT) collected 57.08% of the votes according to STAE data that will have to be approved by the CNE. These were the first national elections that Timorese authorities organized without UN support. At the request of Timorese
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On March 15th 2017, within the group of P-ACP where Timor-Leste recently took over coordination for the second time since joining the ACP Group, the Embassy of RDTL Brussels organized and offered an informal lunch to discuss issues related to Climate Change. This first technical meeting organized by Timor-Leste was attended by the Embassies of Samoa,
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The Embassy of Timor-Leste to the Kingdom of Belgium and the European Union, Brussels attended the Workshop SIDS Capacity – Development aspects in the BBNJ Prepcom, “Healthy Oceans, Resilient Islands” held from 7 to 9 March 2017. The event was co-organized by the Government of Belgium and UNESCO-IOC and consisted in a workshop on
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An advanced team of official observers is already in Dili for initial preparations for the monitoring of the Presidential elections scheduled for 20 March 2017. The final pool of candidates was known on 18 February, after the Court of Appeal verified the 8 applications. Basque Izaskun Bilbao Barandica MEP leads the European Union’s Election Observation Mission
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Following a referendum held on 23 June 2016, in which 52% of votes cast were in favour of leaving the EU, the UK government intends to invoke Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (the formal procedure for withdrawing) by the end of March 2017. In January 2017, Theresa May, Prime Minister of
Statement from Minister of State and of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and Official Spokesperson for the Government of Timor-Leste Timor-Leste ranked first in South East Asia in 2016 Democracy Index The Democracy Index 2016, published by the Economist Intelligence Unit on the 25th of January, has ranked Timor-Leste as the top
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In accordance with the resolutions taken at COP21 in December 2015, Paris, Timor-Leste has lauched its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) important step in the fight against climate change.
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