Embassy // 06/07/2010 //

Det er en praktfull juni morgen i Øst-Timor. Jeg står ved helikopterbasen til det australske militæret i hovedstaden Dili mens solen klatrer opp bak fjellene. Jeg skal fly med President Jose Ramos-Horta til fjellandsbyen Fatu Lau der vi skal åpne den siste av 30 skoler som Flyktningehjelpen har bygget.

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News and events // 22/03/2010 //

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has done a tremendous effort to help the country out of the crisis that followed the 2006 riots.A massive refugee problem, involving more than 10% of the population, was facing the tiny nation as the citizens had to flee their homes, or they lost their homes which were put on fire.

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News and events // 12/03/2010 //

“When the government is the oppressor” was the topic when previous recipients of the "Students' Peace Prize" recently gathered in Dili, Timor-Leste.

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News and events // 30/08/2009 //

The popular consultation asking the people of Timor-Leste whether they would be part of Indonesia or independent on 30 August 1999, resulted in an overwhelming majority of votes (close to 80%) for independence.

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News and events //

A successful international Youth Conference with 280 participants from youth organizations representing 23 countries from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin-America and North-America took place in Dili from 12-15 November 2008.

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News and events //

Gariuai, Timor Leste’s first hydroelectric power plant, financed by Norway, was opened 10th November 2008 by President of the Parliament, Mr Lasama and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr de Costa, Minister of Infrastructure, Mr Ley and Ambassador to Indonesia and Timor Leste, Mr Homme.

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