List of newspapers in Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste has a rich print media environment, with several daily newspapers and a number of weekly publications.^[1][2] The oldest and most widely-read newspaper in the country is Suara Timor Lorosae, which originated in 1993 as Suara Timor Timur during the Indonesian occupation period and relaunched with its current name in 2000.^[1][3][4] Other major dailies include the Independente, Timor Post [de], and Jornal Nacional Diário [de]. A state-run news agency, Tatoli, was launched in 2016.^[5] Newspapers are concentrated in Dili, the capital, and are mostly published in the Tetum language, with English, Indonesian, and Portuguese also appearing in print.^[2]

Newspapers

Newspaper	Founded	Location	Ownership	Circulation	Type	Language	Ref.
Business Timor		Bali, Indonesia	Private	1,000 (2010)	Weekly	Tetum	[6][7][8]
Diário Tempo		Dili	Private	500 (2013)	Daily		[3]
Diáriu Timoroman	c. 2010s		Private		Daily	Tetum, Indonesian, Portuguese	[9]
Dili Post		Dili	Private		Daily		[10]
The Dili Weekly	2007	Dili	Private	1,000 (2010)	Online weekly	Tetum, English	[6][11][12]
Independente	2011	Dili	Private		Daily	Tetum, English, Indonesian, Portuguese	[8][9][13]
Jornal Nacional Diário [de]	2005	Dili	Private	1,650 (2010)	Daily	Tetum, Portuguese, Indonesian	[6][8][9][14]
Jornal Nacional Semanário [de]	2003	Dili	Private	2,000 (2008)	Weekly	Tetum, Portuguese	[3][8][14]
The Oekusi Post	2020		Private		Online	Tetum, English, Indonesian	[15][16]
Suara Timor Lorosae	1993	Dili	Private	2,000 (2013)	Daily	Tetum, English, Indonesian, Portuguese	[3][13][17]
Tatoli	2016	Dili	Government		Online daily	Tetum, English, Indonesian, Portuguese	[5][9]
Tempo Semanal		Dili	Private	500 (2013)	Weekly	Tetum, English, Indonesian, Portuguese	[2][3][9][17]
Timor Post [de]	2000	Dili	Private	700 (2024)	Daily	Tetum, English, Indonesian, Portuguese	[8][10][18]

Defunct newspapers

Newspaper	Founded	Ceased	Location	Ownership	Circulation	Type	Language	Ref.
A Voz de Timor [pt]	1959	1975	Dili	Government		Weekly	Portuguese	[19][20]
Diário Tempo		2005		Private		Daily	Tetum, English, Indonesian	[14]
Dili Times	1999	2000	Darwin, Australia	Private		Monthly	English	[21][22][23]
Dili Post	1982		Dili	Private		Weekly		[24]
Kla'ak Semanál	c. 2008	c. 2009	Dili	Private		Weekly	Tetum	[6][25][26]
Kroat	2010		Baucau	Private	500 (2010)	Daily		[6]
Lalenok	2000		Dili	Private	900 (2000)	Weekly	Tetum	[27][28][29][30]
Lia Foun [pt]	2005	2005	Dili	Private		Weekly	Tetum, Portuguese	[3][31]
Lian Maubere				Private		Weekly	Indonesian	[27][32][33]
Lifau Pos	2003		Dili	Private	500 (2008)	Weekly	Tetum, Baikenu, Indonesian	[6][14]
New East Timor[note 1]	1999	2000	Dili	INTERFET		Weekly	Tetum, English, Indonesian	[34][35][36]
Tais Timor	2000	2002	Darwin, Australia	UNTAET	50,000 (2002)	Monthly	Tetum, English, Indonesian, Portuguese	[14][18][37][38]
Talit@kum	1998	2003	Dili	Private		Biweekly	Indonesian	[14][27][32][39]
Timor	1938	1939	Dili				Portuguese	[40]
Timor Sun	2002		Dili	Private	1,000 (2008)	Weekly	English, Indonesian	[14]
Vox Populi	c. 1999			Private		Weekly	Tetum, Indonesian	[14]

See also

• Jornal da República, government gazette
• Freedom of the press in Timor-Leste
• Lists of newspapers