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Ghjuvan Cervoni and his lawyer, photographed outside a courtroom in 2002.

CJAIVESTRU- Following a series of arrests and raids on the Vantiu based in Santu Ysdiru and Galeme in January, it has surfaced that senior vantiu boss, Ghjuvan Cervoni's trial began in Santu Ysdiru today. Cervoni is identified as an active capo in the Nordu-Ghauzu crime family, and has been charged with multiple counts of racketeering, conspiracy to commit murder, and grand larceny. The vantiu has been mainly pushed out of the south and west in recent years, by their rivals the mafia, and numerous street gangs. The 59 year old Cervoni faces up to 18 years behind bars for his crimes. He has actually been to court before; he was arrested for racketeering and drug trafficking in 2002, but was acquitted after a highly controversial trial. Anyone remember that? Judgegate? That was Cervoni. He has denied claims he was involved in the murder of Carl Marein, an Aleian-Newreyan journalist who was gunned down by vantiu members in late 2015. He has however been charged with conspiracy to commit murder, after it was proven he was key in the plan to kidnap and kill former cop Petru Rossi late last year. The plan failed but Rossi was shot.

The Vantiu: who really are they?

For those that don't know, the vantiu are a large criminal organization founded in the late 1800s by Angelo Bronti. The group was initially based in Santu Carlu, Azurio, and Kadipi, but after they lost a war with rival crime organization the mafia in the late 20s, they moved to Ghauzo and Nordu-Ghauzu. During the 1930s, they actively sold arms and even helped fight for both sides of the civil war. This led to the king ordering the vantiu crushed in 1937. Police began a concentrated fight against pro-socialist vantiu members. Many were captured and killed. Throughout the 50s and 60s however the organization split up and rose once more, with a new age of crime supposedly being ushered in. Today, there are at least 6,000 vantiu members and over 30,000 associates. The D.I.C have estimated that the vantiu are on the decline, however pockets of the group remain highly active and they are still the 2nd largest body of organized crime in Cjaivestru.

In other news...
Newreyan war ends; how will it shape the new Asura?
D.I.C say Galeme is still most crime ridden city in the nation
Royal Governor of Martini faces corruption and embezzlement allegations
West Azurio F.C to be elevated to Campionata after stunning win
Mine explosion in Brilliania; "Stop blowing up, damn basques" says crazy man from "different universe"

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One week before election, Ostry faces a new reality
Rocked by “Nordas” scandal, governing Progressives continue to face steep competition
By Lubómiérz Holt
30 April 2019

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With RA Mark Amundsen (pictured) leaving office next moth, his Progressive government
faces certain defeat in next week’s poll over accusations of mass corruption

Only one week away from regional elections, the Progressive League faced another string of arrests and probing into internal funding, with five interns associated with former Speaker Léch Rasmussen taken in by police on charges of money laundering and obstruction of justice. Progressive headquarters were raided last night by Navish tax authorities, who stated in a release today that “further work has to occur to pinpoint the details of this scheme.” Warrant charges were dropped for Regional Administrator Mark Amundsen and current nominee Mette Falk, who authorities claim had no knowledge of money laundering in the party, according to interviews.

However, public opinion has seemed to shift to anger, with a large group protesting outside the Regional Assembly over the week regarding the “Nordas scandal”, in reference to one of the shell companies used by Rasmussen to launder funds from government programs. Critics of the government have stated that they intend to “see them punished, for lack of a better word”, stated Arthur Adamsen, leader of the New Ostry Party, made up mainly of disgruntled Progressives. Adamsen’s new party could even overtake the Progressives, running on a platform of further integration into Navack and a hardline stance against many of the big tent policies the more regionalist government pursued in its eight years. And recent polling shows that the separatist opposition is gaining ground among Ostrins, as trust towards the federal government has fallen to under 20%, the lowest in years.

And it isn’t only the Ostric branch of the Progressive League in trouble, as investigators have announced they are looking into the financial records of members of Congress connected to Rasmussen, bringing the investigation to the federal level and, if serious, possibly even to the office of the President. If rumours are true, the situation will see more than a rejected third term for an unpopular government.

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Local News
- New Ostry Party: Unionist extremism?
- Trust of federal government at 18%, says poll
- Norda: The newest evidence
International News
- GLANODEL: Research on next-gen wind farms
- ROMELLEA: Protests over language laws
- BRILLIANIA: Mine explosion kills 16, wounds 45

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Lead investigator caught on tape over Nordas scheme
Adam Einkens taped discussing corruption charges, questions of conflict of interest arise
By Frëderik Lang
30 April 2019

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A tape recording of lead investigator Adam Einkens has caused new roadblocks in the
investigation of the “Nordas scandal” against the Ostric government

A day after yet another series of arrests against the Ostric government, lead investigator Adam Einkens is now facing scrutiny after a recording of his has gone viral. In the tape, Einkens is presumed to be in a bar or restaurant, talking with an unknown person regarding the investigations into various shell companies set up by former Speaker Léch Rasmussen and his associates. Gazeta has released an excerpt of the conversation below:

Unknown Person: “...what of [main shell company] Nordas?”
Adam Einkens: “It’s a shitshow. The Progressives have placed themselves in a mess.”
UP: “Talk about a bad time.”
AE: “Days before the voters come out too. Honestly, they deserve any drubbing they get.”
UP: “Really?”
AE: “Yes. And the big thing everyone’s pissed at is Nordas.”

The recording has placed a number of officials to question Einkens’ motives, with some even claiming that Einkens’ investigation is nothing more than an attempt to drive down Progressive support days before the election. Current Speaker Mati Erikoczik himself has called for the federal government to involve itself and relieve Einkens of his responsibilities, stating that “it is clear Mr. Einkens has a bias, whether deliberate or unconscious, that make him unsuitable for this job.” Adam Einkens and the federal prosecutor’s office have yet to respond to these allegations.

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Local News
- New Ostry Party: Unionist extremism?
- Trust of federal government at 18%, says poll
- Nordas: The newest evidence
International News
- GLANODEL: Research on next-gen wind farms
- ROMELLEA: Protests over language laws
- BRILLIANIA: Mine explosion kills 16, wounds 45

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Violence outside and near the embassy is spreading as the movement to remove Del Lobo from the embassy grows

In breaking news, Leopoldo Del Lobo has taken refuge in the Navish embassy in Azurio, after he was released from police custody on bail. However, several minutes after his release the police again acquired warrants for his arrest, and even put out a reward of the same bail amount for his capture to the public. Leopoldo Del Lobo is a Liberimerian businessman, former politician, and philanthropist, who was accused in late 2016 of giving financial and material support to violent socialist groups including Battaglione Travagilanti, also known as BATTA-TRAVA. Although he denied the claims at the time, the allegations and evidence piling up against him prompted the Cjaivestran government to launch an official probe into his activities in April 2017. Suspiciously, Del Lobo fled Cjaivestru (his main residence since 2013) for his home of Liberimery a month later. In May the investigators concluded that most of the accusations were true and Del Lobo became a wanted criminal. Diplomatic bartering with Liberimery in following months didn't achieve much, but still prompted the Del Lobo family to flee Liberimery, to a location still unknown. After a two year manhunt, the Cjaivestran Navy intercepted the family's yacht near the Babarans in December of 2018. The yacht's forward section exploded for unknown reasons, probably intentional by Mr. Del Lobo, who escaped on a jet ski moored to the yacht, leaving his wounded family to face the marines.

Del Lobo was found in a village in a Green Sea island on April 20th 2019, by a Cjaivestran shrimp boat captain that recognized him, and turned him in for the Ṩ5 million reward. On April 22nd, he was apprehended by the Coast Guard after the shrimp captain sailed him into Cjaivestran waters. For the past few days he has been held in police custody in Azurio, and has denied all claims of supporting terrorists. Yesterday, he paid over 20 million in bail and was set free. However, warrants for his arrest for put out just 10 minutes after this. His location was unknown for around 24 hours when it was discovered that Del Lobo had been granted asylum in the Navish embassy. Already, riots and protests are breaking out in the areas surrounding the embassy, and the Cjaivestran government is urging Navack to revoke Mr. Del Lobo's asylum. Last week, Mrs. Del Lobo testified that her husband planted a bomb which injured her and her two children on their yacht. This will likely mean a terrorism charge, along with several charges of association with terrorist organizations, support of terrorist organizations, un-Cjaivestran activities, and some other possibles which have not yet been hinted at. Altogether he will face over 25 years behind bars.

Regent John III Dumas has urged Navack to revoke Del Lobo's asylum immediately, alongside with every legislator in the country and the Esecutore Sal Marbo. Protests which began several hours ago are now turning into riots with armed police facing a violent situation outside the embassy. Nothing is known of Mr. Del Lobo's condition inside the embassy. BATTA-TRAVA released a video stating that Del Lobo would "fight to the last for the revolution" as well as other things which seemingly incriminated him. Del Lobo has not released any statements about his crimes or anything else. His assets in Cjaivestru were frozen shortly after he returned to Liberimery. The government is also asking Liberimery to take action regarding Del Lobo's flight into the embassy. On top of all this, there are unconfirmed reports of a violent clash between rioters and riot police in the immediate vicinity of the embassy. A shot may have been fired. We will update this story as it comes, you're viewing CJAI news network.

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Ostric Coalition tops Ostric election
Nationalists win handily amongst poor turnout
By Oddmund Staroste
5 May 2019

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Right-wing nationalist Wacłôw Adómczik of the Ostric Coalition has just been elected as
Regional Administrator amidst a divisive and low-turnout election.

Final results - 2019 Ostric regional election
Wacłôw Adómczik (Ostric Coalition) - 2,160 (33.31%)
Adóm Lës (Ostric People's Party - Reform) - 2,128 (32.81%)
Arthur Adamsen (New Ostry Party) - 1,112 (17.15%)
Mette Falk (Progressive League - Republican Party) - 718 (11.07%)
Jérzy Hagen (Independent) - 367 (5.66%)

The right-wing nationalist Ostric Coalition has narrowly won both the position of Regional Administrator and a plurality in the Regional Assembly, following a tight and nail-biting election that saw the party top polls with a lead of less than a hundred votes. A record low in voter turnout saw only 40% of the electorate vote, from over 60% in 2015. It seems the unionists have stayed home, with the Progressive government utterly decimated, gaining only 11% of the vote and fourth place. The People’s Party-Reform coalition saw a stable support, although just losing to the staggering amount of votes garnered by the Coalition, who have returned with almost unheard support from their collapse just last year.

The new Regional Administrator-elect, Wacłôw Adómczik, will be the youngest RA, at age 40, and a general political novice, never holding an office beforehand. He will also be the first right-wing head of government on an island that, until today, stuck to centrist and moderate politics to a tee. Many state that Adómczik won the election not on policy, but by appealing to hardline separatists while unionist votes were mainly absent. Although the right controls the RA’s office, however, time will tell who will form the governing coalition in the Regional Assembly, where the Coalition and the People’s Party face the question of coming together over an independent Ostry or diverging over almost another issue.

Makeup of the Regional Assembly (compared to 2015)
Ostric Coalition - 6 seats (+4)
Ostric People's Party - 4 seats (-1)
New Ostry Party - 3 seats (+3)
Progressive League - 1 seat (-6)
Reform - 1 seat (+1)

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Local News
- RA Adómczik: What to expect?
- Closest election in Ostric history shows major divisions
- The death of Navish unionism
International News
- GLANODEL: Research on next-gen wind farms
- ROMELLEA: Protests over language laws
- BRILLIANIA: Mine explosion kills 16, wounds 45

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Police surround the embassy following widespread violence

AZURIO- There are unconfirmed reports that the businessman turned fugitive and now refugee, Leopoldo Del Lobo, has either been killed or captured outside the Navish embassy in Azurio. A string of seriously violent events occurred last night, and it is believed that Del Lobo attempted to flee the building. It is unclear as to whether he was shot and killed, or arrested by police. There are also claims he escaped or is still in the embassy. Del Lobo had asylum in the embassy following his arrest for several charges of support of socialist terror groups, with financial and material aid between 2013 and 2016 being given to the group BATTA-TRAVA by companies linked to Del Lobo. Riots broke out shortly after he was admitted into the embassy on May 1st, and protests and riots have continued since then. Del Lobo, or the Navish government have made no statement recently, and the Navish government has not made a statement about theories surrounding Del Lobo's killing or capture in recent hours. We'll tell you the story as it unfolded;

May 12th
6:32 PM: A hand grenade exploded near the embassy's gates. 1 bystander was killed and two others injured; police cleared out protesters, and apprehended the bomber. Although many of the citizens fled, by 7 PM many had returned despite police attempts to clear out the area.
7:11 PM: Protests and riots break through the barriers in areas surrounding the embassy. Stretched APD resources allowed them to break through to the embassy gates by 7:30.
7:42 PM: 4 shots are fired around 100 meters down the street from the embassy. Police have confirmed that this was a local crime conflict and not related to the riots. One man was killed.
7:55 PM approx: Gossip began to swirl that Del Lobo was attempting to flee the embassy. Police begin to fight off anyone near the gate, and one protester is beaten to death at 7:57.
8:00-9:00 PM: Photos and eye-witness reports indicate Del Lobo fled the embassy and was possibly killed in an apparent shooting on the other side of the building around 8:45.
9:00 PM: Police are seen escorting Del Lobo outside of the embassy, fueling reports he was arrested trying to escape.
9:30 PM: Officers deny that Del Lobo was arrested, but a Navish embassy official said he was no longer in the embassy. Reports of a nearby shooting were confirmed around this time.
9:30-Midnight: Wide-spread rumors that Del Lobo had been either shot about 100 meters behind the embassy, or apprehended in the same area, began to flow throughout the rioters and then the nation. Police do not confirm either.
May 14th: Multiple news outlets claim Del Lobo was dead, others say he was arrested. Street cam footage of a man similar to Del Lobo being shot dead as well as a photo of a man being dragged into a police car have continued a series of theories.

Del Lobo's whereabouts are as of today still unknown. The Navish embassy continues to make no statement, while Azurio police have claimed Del Lobo was not arrested. They have not confirmed he was not shot dead, however. Their report on the shooting in the area was withheld, arousing suspicion. We will have more on this story as it unfolds.

Corruption Investigation begins
May 15th, 2019.

Earlier today, the official inquiry into government corruption began. The Governmental Integrity Committee (CDIG) was created in October 2018 by order of the Chairman of the Presidium Raimondu Ficaya, and was opened up today. According to Minister Ficaya, the Committee's goal will be to expose government corruption and create a solution to cease and prevent. The committee members, including 4 PPDC members, 3 Liberales, 1 MD1-1932 and 1 Independent, opened the session today with a summary of known corruption in government currently. Apparently, this stated that bribery of Representatives and Cunsiglieri was common, with at least 24 Reps and Cunsiglieri being confirmed to have been bribed by the mafia, vantiu, other politicians, businessman, and other criminals, for things such as supplying information, voting or acting in accordance with another's goals, and much more. No names were named, but it is likely that this committee will stir up a large government conspiracy. Esecutore Sal Marbo stated last week that "There was no need for a committee to investigate corruption."
Regent John III has made no statement, but he has ordered a committee to be established to investigate the embezzlement of royal funds. Mr. Ficaya has faced much criticism from the Regent in the three years he has been Chairman, prompting the idea the king may dismiss Ficaya. When asked about this, Esecutore Marbo said "the king has no doubts about Mr. Ficaya's ability, and I believe I appointed him in good confidence."
The committee has identified the mafia as a key player in this corruption and has confirmed over Ṩ40 million was paid in bribery money in 2018 alone. In response to the committee's findings, a police raid on a suspected Caroni mafia safehouse occurred two hours ago, with confirmation of counterfeit and supposed documents including several politicals names, which are being withheld from the public eye. The committee's next meeting is in two days.

Latest Campionata news

It's a new season of the Campionata, and there have been some very interesting developments. With West Azurio F.C being elevated to the league two weeks ago, and scheduled to play their first game on Saturday, the league's books are going to change. West Azurio is the first municipal team to be elevated since 1966. But that's not all: Laguna Uniti's win last Sunday has put them up ahead of Santu Carlu for the first time ever. Their 3-1 win against Ghazu was unexpected to be honest. Ghazu's win streak and their taking on of Aliseru Calota last month didn't leave us with much doubt they would accelerate to the quarterfinals quickly. Laguna Uniti will no doubt be playing Citta di Angeli next week, but after a mistake with match scheduling, there is no confirmation. This year's Campionata is set to be a series of surprising wins; maybe not. Santu Carlu has the three of the best players in the whole country, and have won the league several times in past years. In other news, Simone Antinerri has confirmed he will be signing a three year contract with Santu Ysdiru in a few months, for a sum of Ṩ15 million. It's the third largest contract that Santu Ysdiru has signed, and is the most enriching for rising star Antinerri. This is surprising news following allegations against the 25-year-old of bribery and loan sharking. More to come on Campionata soon!

In other news...
Store robbery in Galeme leads to stabbing of two.
Romellea celebrates Great War anniversaries.
MD-1932 on Del Lobo: "a disillusioned capitalist"
Antoni Cervoni pleads not guilty to grand larceny in shockingly quick process
New government in Ostry: is the island more than a bunch of eskimos

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May 5 2019

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ELECTION OVERVIEW: MAJOR PARTIES

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For the first time in Veleazan history, free and open elections are being held in Veleaz, and with only two weeks before the people hit the polls, We at the El Estándar del Trabajador wish to give readers a fair and balanced view of all competing parties. Our overview continues with the major parties fielding candidates within this election. With Interim Government stepping down after five months in office, the floor is open to any party to take the reigns of the nation. The future direction of the nations shall be decided within the next few months. Without further ado, we present the minor parties contending for the seats on offer within the Senate.


Veleazan Worker's Party
Partido Obrero Veleazano

Leader: Juan Bautista Luján

Following the announcement that Veleaz would hold its first democratic election, the Veleazan Worker's Party (POV) became the first party to register as a presidential candidate. It's current leader, Juan Bautista Luján has a remarkable track record in running the party, acting as its chairman since 2009, being the first chairman to successfully balance the budget since 2001. The Party, however, maintains a less stellar record, due to its connections with the Veleazan Black Army, of which it was the political wing established to provide legitimacy for the movement. During both the Second Great War and for a brief ten-year period, the Army was responisble for smuggling weapons into the former FSR and Veleaz to supply anti-communist movements, while also participating in a handful of terrorist attacks to destablise the Communist Party, the last attack being in 1990. However,both Luján and the Party hopes that its broad-church manifesto will allow it to appeal to all sections of society, both young members who grew up in the later years of the communist dictatorship and wish for greater social change, and older members who may feel like the election is some sort of exercise to catch anti-communists. Economically, the POV hopes to make a radical shift in economic outlook: away from the looking inwards, and towards the East, specifically the region of Catai, where the new developing market of Veleaz could more effectively fit in. Additionally, they plan the restructuring of existing banking and telecommunications facilities, as well as adjusting commercial laws and practices to fit international standards. Furthermore, they hope that minimizing the reliance on a single major partner will enable the nation to grow more effectively.

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Key Policies:
Expand international marketability of Veleaz
Introduce greater subsidies for small businesses
Introduce a bill protecting net neutrality
Finalise signing of the Kizilkand Agreements


Party of the Socialist Vanguard
Partido de la Vanguardia Socialista

Leader: Salvador Lopegarcía

The Party of the Socialist Vanguard is polling unexpectedly well, considering it is led by Party leader Salvador Lopegarcía, who is a former Chief of the Guardias de la Revolución, an infamous organisation known for abducting suspected anti-communists off the streets in broad daylight. The PVS is also the newest part, founded only a month after the announcement of the election. The key plan of the Party is 'To continue the great work of Aristóteles Camarena', with the party only stating their intentions of rebuilding and improving relations with former FSR states, with no mention given in regards to the CDN, or even its intentions towards the Triskaideka Treaty, which ended the recent war. Many have suspected that the high polling rate of the PVS is due to nostalgia for the FSR, which many lament the collapse off.

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Key Policies:
To continue the great work of Aristóteles Camarena


Socialist Worker's Party
Partido Socialista Obrero

Leader: Amaro Rodríguez

The Socialist Worker's Party is by far the most popular running party for election in Veleaz, headed by Amaro Rodríguez-Felipe, the oldest Presidential candidate and a veteran member of the Regicidas, the controversial special forces unit of Veleaz. The PSO sees itself as the defender and reformer of Veleaz in the new age, with the manifesto making it clear that the nation will go under a series of reforms, from restructured land redistribution and revitalisation, to the restructuring of banking and education. To achieve this goal, the Party intends to introduce the 'Expertise Visa' that would allow designated experts in different fields of industry to come to Veleaz an assist in the redevelopment and transition to market economy. Rodríguez-Felipe also hopes that an agreement can be met with the CDN in regards of the land seizure clauses of the Triskaideka Treaty, with being elected lending him legitimacy. Further, he hopes to fully induct Veleaz into the Kizilkand Agreements, with the aim of turning Veleaz into a major crossing point from Catai to the rest of Asura in trade, with the repairing and revitalisation of the Trans-Federal Railway becoming the lifeblood of Veleaz.

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Key Policies:
Renegotiation of ATriskaideka Treaty
Reconstruction of Veleazan Visa Policy
Restructuring and modernisation of Veleazan Armed Forces
Protection of existing Veleazan industries, such as the automobile industry.

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People’s Party calls on government, feds to hold “National Conversation”
Separatist agreement could see a peaceful transition of power to independence
By Edith Haraldsen
11 June 2019

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The Ostric People's Party, led by Adóm Lës, has requested a “smooth transition
to sovereign rule” via a round-table talk between the federal government and Ostry.

A month after Ostric Coalition leader Wacłôw Adómczik had been sworn in as Ostry’s fifth Regional Administrator, calls have emerged from the People’s Party, officially supporting the RA in a supply-and-confidence agreement, to hold a “National Conversation” between the Ostric and federal governments in order to move towards what party leader Adóm Lës has called a “smooth transition to sovereign rule.”

The concept of a “National Conversation” seems to be a soft compromise to the more hardline approach of Adómczik and his Coalition party, which promised a declaration of independence within a hundred days of governing. In a letter to President Schanke, Lës called for “calm heads to prevail and help form a proper and democratic way to address Ostry’s separation from the United Republic of Navack, a discussion that must occur.” According to polling, favourability towards independence has hovered around 50 and 60% since March of this year.

If a “National Conversation” is agreed upon, the situation would see a list of noted individuals meeting to debate the validity of Ostry gaining independence, and if possible, how to go forward on such a topic, with most agreeing a referendum would be the solution. Among those to be included in talks, according to Lës, is himself, RA Adómczik, President Schanke, and CDN President Aidan Henderson of Cuirpthe. None of the invited have yet to respond, but many in the Navish government have stated they would favour a “National Conversation” over a more aggressive confrontation over the “Ostric question”.

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Local News
- “National Conversation will not impede independence”, says RA Adómczik
- Progressive-Republican alliance breaks after sixteen years
- Further indictments on Nordas coming, says lead investigator
International News
- VRNALLIA: A new ally for the Coalition?
- VELEAZ: First free elections underway

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AMARO RODRÍGUEZ ELECTED FIRST PRESIDENT OF VELEAZ
Partido Socialista Obrero seize victory with 53% of the vote

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Rodríguez clearly caught by surprise at the news of his victory

Jaulín- In a year of record breaking and trend setting events, the election of Amaro Rodríguez to the office of President of Veleaz is by far the most surprising. With nearly 53% of the popular vote, equating to nearly 19,229,566 votes for the PSO, the majority has provided the government of Veleaz with a new legitimacy and popularity, in contrast to the fears of a hung and ineefectual government that would plague Veleaz for the next five years and further stunt the growth of the already problem plagued nation. However both Rodríguez and the PSO have already set forward their legislative agenda, putting forward what have been dubbed the 'Seven Point's, these points being;

• Begin the transition to Market Economy
• Enable international cooperation with the new government
• Reform both Veleazan labour laws and land laws
• Legislation to increase government transparency
• A comprehensive restructuring of the Veleazan Armed Forces
• Redevelopment of the Trans-Federal Railway and communities that rely on it
• Renegotiation of the Triskaideka Treaty

While likely good for business, there have already been signs of trouble in regards to these Points, voiced largely by the opposition of the POV and the PSV who had both criticised the points as being overly vague, especially in regards to the market transition reforms. However, these voices have largely been drowned out by the celebrations of the victorious party and their supporters, who have labelled the successful election as a glowing beacon of both democracy and a sure sign that Veleaz is both able and willing to reform itself, address its troubled and bloody past, and integrate itself with the international community, like many of its former FSR allies have done.

Speaking to an assembled crowd of both elected members of the PSO and voters, Amaro Rodríguez delivered his victory speech, reading;

'Today is a momentous day for Veleaz. We've taken our first steps into the modern world, completely unshackled from the chains of communism, deceit, and distrust, ready to be embraced into the world, ready to show the world that Veleaz is not the backwater of Asura, that Veleaz is not the pariah, the sick man, the one on which blame can be attached should anything go wrong. But this newfound freedom does not mean we can charge ahead unfazed by the fear of the unknown. We have split away the history of our recent past with a thick line. We will be responsible only for what we have done to help extract Veleaz from her current predicament, from now on. All those that represent Veleaz must acknowledge this. We have apprehended the criminals of the Generalissimo's regime and, I assure you, the hammer of justice will be brought down upon them before this year is out, and that will be only the beginning of this government's measures to remove the spectre of communism from this state, however we will not forget it. To forget it would be to act as though it never happened, which in turn only leads to the path of making the same mistakes.

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Lablanck responds to AA Flight 117

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In a statement made at lunchtime today, President and Director for Energy, Environment, Transport and Communications Natalja Lablanck called the disappearance of AA Flight 117 a "national tragedy", saying that "the entire Crylantian nation, from Nokia, Viikmaa to Nymor, Vanir Islands" stood with the families of those affected by the crash.

The flight, carrying 211 people from Rodonya in Alforja to Sønderburg International, is thought to have disappeared in the early hours of the morning. 89 of its passengers were Crylantian nationals according to a statement by Alforja Airlines. The families of all 89 passengers are believed to have been contacted.

Lablanck's sentiments were echoed by Vice President and Director for Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Jenný Anadottir, who stated that she would be working with the Alforjan government in an international rescue attempt, also adding that her prayers would be with those affected by the crash.

There were emotional scenes this morning at Sonderburg International Airport among the families of those waiting for those at the arrivals department of Terminal 4. Videos emerged online of Tarja Lehtonen of Isomuuri, Särmäki, distraught after learning of the disappearance of her 17-year-old son, Armas Lehtonen.

Further echoes of support for Lablanck and Anadottir's comments have come from figures across the nation in political, cultural and business spheres over the afternoon.