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by **Mysenaea** » Thu Jun 20, 2019 5:15 pm

Largest LGBT Pride Parade met with Violence in Nicaea

June 20th, 2019
NICAEA—A large group, of what may have been thousands of participants, held an enormous LGBT pride parade in the industrial city of Nicaea. It is believed to be the largest demonstration of LGBT rights in the Empire's known history.

Participants began marching and celebrating LGBT identity while simultaneously protesting the record of LGBT Rights in the Romalean Empire. Some radicals demanded its equal recognition in marriage, while others simply wanted to cease harsh punishments by the Romalean state against homosexuality.

Background
The Eastern Romalean Empire has an extremely poor record with LGBTQ+ rights. Homosexual activity is punished under sodomy laws. Engaging in sodomy is typically punishable by imprisonment and forced rehabilitation. Active activism for LGBTQ+ rights include harsher punishments, including the death penalty in some circumstances. Fines are given out to any promotion of "sodomite ideology." The general public reinforces the stigma against LGBTQ+ people. Meanwhile, the Eastern Catholic Church has condemned LGBTQ+ rights and has encouraged queer people to remain celibate or seek treatment.

Undercover gay rights organizations used local activists to press for the city of Nicaea to allow for a peaceful pride parade and protest. The city's officials constantly denied them a permit; officials from Constantinople banished several people out of the country who were accused of being involved.

The Rally
Despite being forbidden by local and imperial authority, a the parade was launched anyways in response to the execution of 5 LGBT rights activists.

On June 20th, 4:00PM, demonstrators began marching on the streets. Rainbow flags were waved, signs were held up, and demonstrations were shown. Critics claimed that there was an excessive amount of obscenity and the "flaunting of sodomy," which was dangerous to the children who saw the parade. They also claimed children were also in the parade and had seen these acts of obscenity.

Regardless, the demonstration was quickly met with violence. Participants of the Nicaea pride parade were met with flying eggs, stones, tomatoes, and slurs. After rocks were thrown by the activists in response to a molotov cocktail thrown in the rally, a nationalist mob ran to attack. The rally quickly descended into violence. Cries ranging from "SODOMY IS A DEADLY SIN" to "SODOMITES ARE CHILD RAPISTS" among other homophobic phrases echoed the rioters. As several people tried to leave through buses and trolleys that they arrived in, rocks and bullets cracked through the windows. Molotov cocktails, firecrackers, rocks, and other projectiles were thrown to the activists. Many activists were brutally beaten up by the angry mob.

The mayor of Nicaea sent the police "to keep order," though the police reportedly went against the activists and joined the mob. Unconfirmed reports stated that injured activists were "denied or given poor medical treatment."

Several activists and organizers of the rally were arrested under several criminal charges. Nobody towards the other side was reported to face any criminal charges.

"I can't believe this," cries gay rights' activist Justina Gregora. "We knew that Romaleus has had a poor track record of LGBTQ+ rights, but we didn't think they would go this far. The people have violently struck down our rally, all for the crime of showing who we are. The mayor sent policemen and called it a day, ignoring that the police went against us too. We had nobody to protect us but ourselves. This is a horrible, bigoted, and shameful disgrace to the nation. The condition and treatment of queer people is worse than we thought it was. They do their best to dehumanize us and claim that gays are not people, but beasts of a burden. The international community must do something about this horrible abuse of human rights!"

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by **Capsland** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 2:27 am

⭐THE YELLOW STAR PRESS⭐

BREAKING:150-page Ventismarian "Missile Plan" Leaked to the Public

The Government has scrambled to delete leaked copies of a "Missile Plan" that was leaked this morning

BREAKING: The government has issued a "point-40 order" against a leak that happened early this morning. A point-40 order is defined as 'only used in cases of a National Emergency' leading to speculations that this leak is more than what the government is letting on. Point-40 orders give the government the power to bypass parliament in order to censor material that is deemed 'detrimental to the health of the union'. They have unjustly used this power to silence the national broadcaster, RCBC with many more to follow.

The leak involves plans of missile launch systems and the establishment of a pan-Ventismarian missile programme to begin creation "in or around the second quarter of 2020, beginning in the final quarter of 2023 at the latest". This is by far the biggest news to come out of the heavy-handed and, in some ways, obscene David George administration. These leaks go further than exposing the Executive Chancellor for the war-hungry monster he is, they also highlight how destructive the bloated and useless military budget is and make it clear that tax payers money is currently planned to be spent on horrid weapons of destruction most likely aimed at peaceful nations such as the EUSR.

The real opposition in the Socialist-Bloc have immediately called for the Executive Chancellor to step down and are hoping to launch a full parliamentary inquiry into the government on their vile incompetence.

So far the whistle-blower has not been identified however is is suspected that they came from high up in the Military Intelligence Service and have most-likely fled persecution to another state. The government has not yet released any information or statement of the leaks but the Executive Chancellor has called an emergency cabinet meeting and is expected to make a statement either after the meeting or later today.

Upon the announcement of this "pan-Ventismarian Missile System" stocks across the continent hit a low particularly hitting the Louis Stock Exchange further effecting people's finances and shares. This is only a few weeks after markets started recovering from the Corentian Nuclear Crisis with banks adjusting their projections for the worse. This leak is not only affecting the stability of this ultra-conservative government but also working class people and therefore warrants an official declaration of condemnation by ALL parties in Parliament.

UPDATE: Due to a direct point-40 order, unjustly forced upon us, we cannot update this story further.

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by **Ophioneus** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 6:37 am

President Denounces Instability to West

Jamestown President Io unleased a barrage upon recent global events to have happened recently. Io, a fierce critic of former Mortimer’s interventions in foreign affairs, has announced that he is “no longer able” to standby as nations of the world “jeopardize peace and prosperity” of Ophioneus. Io, in a memo to the Department of State, has instructed bureaucrats to craft several new foreign policy measures. In an attempt to appeal to voters who are soon going to polls, Io addressed the need for Ophioneus to actively engage the outside world and make sure that “the fire of war does not spread to our continent.”

Experts speculate that Io is seeking to align the nation’s foreign policy with that of the VU and Aznazia, once rivals on the world stage. “This is motivated by the President seeking to normalize relations with the west and transition Ophioneus. To do this, he (the President) is seeking to make the nation more normal internationally” said Doctor Cnaver, foreign policy expert Jamestown University. Indeed, insiders insist that Io, a skeptic of the USA and other foreign bodies, is considering becoming more engaged with international bodies. “He needs to prove that the free market is working, and he needs returns.” Cnaver added. In recent polls, the economy is a major factor for voters in upcoming elections. Many, two years after the military coup that led to Io coming to power, are worried about their quality of life under capitalism. “While there has been growth, many are still worried about rent, food, and jobs. It is no longer easy to get work with the government and do Mit’a,” a recent Jamestown Journal Poll concluded.

Pundits expect Io to make overtures to the VU on military crisis’s currently rocking eastern Ventismar and Western Ophion, in particular the EUSR and the Reich. Since the military coup, Ophioneus’ foreign policy had become more isolationist, but in the case of the EUSR and Reich, grudges are still held about the latter refusing to join the Federation. “The administration most likely seeks to isolate Rezua, Reich, and EUSR while promoting economic interests for the people” Cnaver added. Unnamed officials have stated that Ophioneus diplomats have reached out to VU counterparts to discuss recent happenings, but it remains to be seen if these events come to fruition.

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by **Rose Federation** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 10:04 am

BREAKING: Protests turn violent in Novorossiysk

3 dead and more wounded as police and citizens clash

Novorossiysk Protests in Novorossiysk have grown violent overnight following several clashes with police. At around 11:00 last night several protesters began throwing bricks and other objects at riot police. The police deployed tear gas to try and disperse the crowd only to anger more protesters. The protesters grouped together and began to storm the police line and try to enter into the building. Police began to fire rubber bullets at the oncoming protesters but still could not stop them. Finally after several minutes of struggle between the citizens and police shots were fired from a protester, hitting one officer in the shoulder. Police fired back at the man, hitting him once in the stomach but not before 7 other stray bullets had hit other protesters, three of them dying on the scene.

Now the city is in outrage and the protests have only grown larger. The streets surrounding the federal district are flooded with citizens. Several police vehicles have been destroyed, one seen caught on fire in a viral post on social media. President Ikonov commented on the violence earlier this morning, saying "the people of Novorossiysk have escalated the situation far beyond it should have ever gone." The President has also made it clear that the votes will not be recounted and that he will remain in office for another term.

Despite the ongoing protests and violence in Novorossiysk, the capitol city of Gatchina is still celebrating the reelection of President ikonov. "We could not be happier to have him for another term," said one citizen partying in Gatchina. "He will lead the Rose Federation to bigger and better things." Among the ongoing festivities are military parades in the capitol which have all been met with joy and cheer.

by **Felsinia** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 3:08 pm

2019 Felsinian general elections: here we go!
Polls suggest a remake of the 2014 challenge between Social Liberals and Liberals

In the weekend the 21st Felsinian General Elections will be held in the Most Serene Republic to elect the new National Council and Assembly of Delegates. The Felsinian legislature works in a quite complex way: the National Council is the only chamber entitled to appoint the government, and is elected with a two round system, the winner in the second ballot is given a variable majority prize that assures an absolute majority and therefore the opportunity to form a government for the most voted party. Since 1999, the second round has always crowned the Social Liberal Party, the centrists have been in office for 20 years surviving 4 consecutive elections, defeating the Liberal Party 3 times and the Social Democrats once, in 2004.

According to the poll carried out by Ventiradar the traditional duel between the Liberal Party (DL) and the Social Liberal Party (PSL) is likely to happen once again this year, but the increasingly self-referential Social Liberals have now lost their propulsive thrust and are polling at their lowest since 1995, Liberals are confident this is the right time for the revenge they have been craving for two decades. 20 years after their latest governing experience, the key to pass the 50% threshold in the second ballot might be their recent shift towards the centre, sealed with the alliance with the libertarians of the Action Party (PdA): in a 1vs1 challenge this, according to Ventiradar could make the right-wing party much more appealing to the eyes of left-wing voters excluded from the second round and aiming for a political change, yet uncomfortable with voting a neoliberal political force.

This repositioning of the Liberals generated an empty space to the right, promptly taken by the ventiskeptic La Pâtria in Åurden (LPiÅ), far-right populists who are capitalising the discontentment of the weakest social classes, extreme right has always been nearly non-existent in Felsinia and has been only sporadically represented in the parliament, in just a few years the "black fencers" have become a relevant subject in the political landscape and are now expected to overtake the Social Democratic Party (SD), trapped in a never ending crisis since the corruption scandals that beheaded the party leadership in the 90s, they're now polled at 6%, an all-time low. On the left side of the spectrum the scenario closely reminds that of 1994, with the United Left (SU) back to double digit percentages (12,2% in 1994) and the debuting Green-Pirate League (LVP) not far from the 18% scored by Greens, alone back then, in 1994, which allowed them to qualify for the first and only time so far to the second round, where they were defeated by a small gap by the Liberal Party.

None of the major contenders is anyway expected to receive more than 25% of the vote in an election which will most likely be the most fragmented ever. In the peculiar Felsinian bicameral system, the Assembly of Delegates is elected using a proportional system and this balkanisation can have a major impact on the country's political dynamics: whoever will win, will have significantly less than 33% of the seats in the Assembly, causing obvious difficulties in finding a majority to pass bills, but above all, creating the concrete chance to have, for the first time in history and at least on specific topics, a parliamentary majority (consisting in 66% of the Assembly and 33% of the National Council) different from the governing one and even capable, in terms of numbers, of passing laws hostile to the executive.

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by **The Seven United** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 3:12 pm

Live in the Newsroom: Damsmar goes to the polls

"Good morning and welcome to El Desayuno with me Marié Carelana. Today, Damsmar wide elections are being held for the positions within thirty two if not more local commissions. The Local Commissions (or Local Council Areas) as we know are important local government bodies, and are responsible for the management and decision-making for key public services through areas governed by them, typically urban or densely populated regions. Now, that is the quick run down sorted, the weather is good and turn out appears higher this year so far as we look at the nationwide picture which matches the trend about higher turnout and democratic participation this year, but the more pressing question we have is why are these elections more important this time around? Our Political Analyst Jerene Anrala is here to speak with us."

"Good morning, yes well its a more important local election this year around, we know that, but why? Well it appears that this has been more transformed into a plebiscite of confidence with the Unitary government and the Unitary parties. We've had a lot of change within this local election and the last, so we are expecting quite a bit of change in the local commissions. The change is quite simple, the Democratic Party no longer exists and has morphed into what we know now as the Communist Party, which is quite a bit different to the less radical left view within the Democratic Party of old. Secondly, Soldurs Des shocked Damsmar by reaching the Unitary Commission but they squandered that by removing their own leader thinking they could win an increased majority again, leaving them back to only twenty or so MUPs even less under the new electoral reforms. And lastly, we have quite a different situation. Many parts in Damsmar are increasingly annoyed at the lack of political and economic action especially when they were promised quite a bit by Anderson and her party, there is stagnation in many parts and a general feeling of uneasiness in the east as regarding the tension with Engleberg, that has livened up voters in many areas encouraging a lot of protest votes I'd imagine."

"You've studied the polls and you've seen the early morning turnout which is largely higher than in the last election in 2014, what are your own personal predictions for how this election will go?"

"Ahah, yes this is quite difficult isn't it, as it always is! Well one thing I can say with clarity is that we are expecting gains from the Alternate Liberal party and I think that would largely be down to more moderate voters pooling away from the Communist Party, but that is also a dangerous situation for the Alternate Liberals in many areas such as Montedoran and the Trident, where many moderate voters could head straight to the Difference parties operating in the area. And again, many of these moderate voters could switch to independents and in some areas Damsmarian Unionist. The protest votes will be quite strong this year.

"The Damsmarian Unionist party seem to be riding in on this election as the bringers of change for moderate, centre left or traditionally Democratic voters that can't vote for a Communist party. They also seem to have traction in their campaign as to regarding large Unitary issues. Do you think they could see success as a new party?

"Well since they are such a new and relatively disorganised party, I can see them doing well by their own standards but in the grand scheme of things they would still remain largely dare I say, irrelevant - on the local stage. If it was a Unitary or Regional election however I could see them doing much better. They simply campaign on Unitary issues and that typically doesn't translate so well to the local level, even in years like this."

"Thank you Jeren as always. Another top headline this morning, Damsmar is facing an 'ecological crisis' of mammoth proportions says a joint-report published and created by scientists from the Damsmariel University Group, principally involved was the University of Damsmar and Aygon Imperial. The report says that unless there is radical change as to the use of land, especially land near our remaining rainforests and wetlands, then Damsmar will reach a tipping point causing desertification and destruction of arability especially in the plains of Cyprexe and central Bailor. Here we have Dr Iane Morélle from the University of Damsmar, what are the implications if we don't take action, but more importantly what action do we need to take?"

"Thanks for having me on here today. We have a looming crisis for our environment in Damsmar, and I don't use hyperbole lightly. Damsmar is standing at a cross roads because of the human made damage to the Damsmarian environment over hundreds of years. What we face is a dangerous and massive increase in the scale and severity of desertification through large prone swathes of Damsmar, due to deforestation and the loss of biodiversity due to the spread of mono plantations for palm oil or such, large areas of natural humidifiers being removed. Not only this, but the drainage of natural water sources for the consumption of growing cities particularly in Montedoran, has meant that rivers in many areas are running drier causing a knock on effect. We have seen already how Lake Skadar is shrinking, it is drying up and we have direct evidence for that. Furthermore, Climate Change really is the catalyst for the desertification of Damsmar, what has happened in the last decade or two has been the increasing duration and severity of droughts and dry periods. The Damsmarian high pressure is usually transient leaving in parts of the year to allow for the wet season, but what we seen last year was that high pressure not leaving and taking much more energy to budge. That is a worrying trend and we are very confident is due to anthropogenic climate change. The end result is a drier, more ecologically barren and unproductive areas of land that increase in size until eventually, the vast majority of the Great Damsmar plains are in a dust bowl situation. It is a vicious cycle, the more rainforests are removed or degraded, the less precipitation in Damsmar, the less precipitation the drier Damsmar gets, the drier Damsmar gets the rainforests are less able to regenerate, and thus more then fade away due to drought pressures. Again we aren't talking about places like the lush Lake Skadar area suddenly turning into a desert, we are talking about a more gradual change in the ecology which would be unimaginable to picture at the moment."

"Its worrying, but what do you believe the solution is as elaborated in the report? I apologise I haven't read it yet, its quite lengthy though."

"The solution is very simple and quite shockingly simple actually. This massive joint report I have in my hands boils the solution down to two main parts. The first is we must engage in a massive upscale in reforestation and afforestation efforts, particularly in central parts of the Bailor, southern Trident and south eastern Cyprexe. These native trees must be diverse and planted in large swathes to allow for the reconstruction of a functioning ecosystem that can replenish itself. By creating massive forests in these targeted areas we effectively create scrubbers, they scrub and use up the dust from the scrub lands and deserts themselves and give out humidity and transpired water instead which will not only cool but moisten the surrounding area for hundreds of miles. Of course I've simplified it, but in the grand scale of things that is the first key point. Its cheap but requires political will. The second method is to protect the natural areas of rainforest that we have remaining. These areas are very important, without them we run the risk of trying to bring back an ecosystem which has been wiped out. The Damsmarian rainforests are unique, and if we lose them we will lose a monumental amount of biodiversity that can't be replaced. Not only this but these rainforests themselves are currently the only areas acting as the scrubbers I mentioned. For example, the Montedoran hills and their rainforests are effectively water-spraying fans for the rest of Damsmar. If we lose them to mono plantations, industrial farming or livestock farming then we do remove the sinks for which the unique ecology of Damsmar depends."

If we don't act and continue on the trajectory that we are on now, how long do we have until as you said, Damsmar becomes a dust bowl?

I didn't say Damsmar as a whole would become a dust bowl, I mean that many parts particularly central Bailor and the central west will become unproductive, both ecologically and economically, because of the increasing severity of their climates. Even in the worst case scenario if things remain on the same course, we still retain our Montedoran rainforests and far western Cyprexiona rainforests and other upland forested areas, but these will be green enclaves in an otherwise browning Damsmar increasingly reliant on the will of the wet season. To your question, of course we can't put a direct figure on it, but I would say we have fifty years to prevent this tipping point from being reached. The natural geography and enclosed nature of Damsmar has made this fight hard enough, but we can win it. We can stop the march of the Tridecian desert and we can protect the rainforests we already have. We can do it. All we need is political and social aspiration. I see this from young people all the time. Now is the period for the politicians to rise up and protect the future of the next generation."

Thank you very much Dr Iane Morélle from the University of Damsmar. A reminder that you can help with S7NN as well, as we launched our Hope for the Rainforest Campaign at the very end of last year. So far we have had a great response and we are working out in the field to protect, reforest and afforest vulnerable areas of Damsmar for the benefit of biodiversity and for the benefit of Damsmar as a whole. You can join the campaign by donating or joining the campaign officially through our website, or help by spreading the word through social media and throughout your local area. We will now head to a short advertisement break when after we'll be discussing the ramifications of a recent major leak of a possible pan-Ventismar missile network. Bizarre indeed. Stay tuned."

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by **Rose Federation** » Sat Jun 22, 2019 10:10 am

Protesters in Novorossiysk now demand independence referendum

6 dead and dozens more injured as anti government protests continue

Novorossiysk Following President Ikonov’s comments on Novorossiysk protest leaders are now calling for an independence referendum. The protests began earlier this week when President Ikonov was accused rigging the 2019 Rose Federation presidential election. After three protesters died yesterday six more have been reported dead. Violence between the protesters and the Rozan police continues on as more government vehicles and buildings have been destroyed, some even being set on fire.

A small military presence has now been deployed outside of the government facilities in Novorossiysk, sparking outrage among protesters. Novorossiysk was an independent nation up until 1925 when they were annexed through a war with the Tsardom of Roza. Novorussian citizens have begun flying flags of the old Potentate from their houses and are carrying them in the protests outside the government facilities. Some have even begun to burn Rozan flags in the streets of the city. Earlier this morning riot police charged the crowd of protesters in attempt to disperse the crowd and continued their use of rubber bullets and tear gas to push back the crowd. Their attempts were initially successful but the protesters managed to push their way back to the front of the building.

The Rozan government released the following statement on the continued violent protests today:

”The situation on Novorossiysk is escalating into an increasingly violent state. The city of Novorossiysk is a part of the Rose Federation and always will be. The leaders of the protests have overreacted to the results of a fair election and are now stirring chaos within our country. No independence referendum will be held.”

Protest leader Roman Shevakov responded to the government statement in a video on social media:

”The Rose Federation has deceived it’s people for too long. President Ikonov has been fraudulently elected into office for the last 42 years. It is time that we take a stand! It is time that Novorossiysk rises back to it’s former glory and liberated itself from the tyranny that is Ikonov’s authoritarian regime.”

We will keep you updating on the situation as the story unfolds.

by **Lindenholt** » Sat Jun 22, 2019 10:55 am

Unconfirmed: "Missileman: Whistleblower Extraordinaire" Arrested by Lindian Police

SEIGERBERG -- Earlier this afternoon Lindian motorway patrol arrested a dual Capslandian Umbrelliet citizen. In addition to driving under the influence, the 28 year old man is suspected of having also stolen an other car's license plate. Furthermore, while police searched the car, bystanders report seeing that the car's boot was filled to the brim with documents. Reportedly some were marked "classified". Bystanders shared the news of the arrest on social media claiming that the arrested man is the Ventismarien missile plan whistle blower, who has gained notoriety on the internet as Missileman. Since yesterday's news that revealed leaked copies of an unconfirmed VU missile plan, millions around the globe have posted the hashtags #Missileman and #WhistleblowerExtraordinaire in support of the leaker. In a video the man can be seen resisting his arrest and repeatedly stating: "Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth".

The Lindian motorway patrol officers that arrested the alleged Missileman were conducting a regular traffic patrol on the A3 motorway that connects Artwingen to Ripuaria. 50 kilometres from the border the suspected whistle blower's car overtook the unmarked police car. The Umbrella-Capslandian arose the Lindian police's suspicion after showing signs of driving under the influence. While police overtook the car in order to get a closer look, they noticed that the black RAW was a right hand drive car -- despite carrying a Lindian license plate. When the license plate was run through the police's database, it was found that the plates had been stolen from a car in Arkasdam close to the Guildelew Tunnel connecting Lindenholt and Capsland. Police gave the car the order to pull over at the next exit, which the driver followed.

After both cars came to a stop at the parking lot of a service area, the driver got out of his car and ran in the direction of the farm fields that bordered the motorway. Two officers went after him, and caught up to the suspect after he failed to climb the fence that was in his way. The man was then arrested. According to eye witnesses police handed the man over to the driver of a black unmarked van that had no license plate.

The police refuses to give the name of the suspect, and denies that he is the Missileman. They state that the man was arrested for his car carrying stolen license plates. Police also denies that the suspect had been taken away by a black van, saying that a regular police vehicle came to take the man to the nearest police station after his arrest.

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by **Makenzie and Athabaska** » Sat Jun 22, 2019 3:55 pm

National Assembly Elections this Monday

Party Leaders

The National Assembly election are set to take place this coming Monday following the Vote of No Confidence on Janique Faure-Martineau's Liberal-Progressive Party back in April. Ms. Faure-Martineau was involved with a spending scandal, a parliamentary commission cleared her of wrong doing, but her numbers in the polls haven't changed much. The Green Party/Parti Vert are currently leading the polls closely followed by the newly formed Democratic Action Now/Action Démocratique Maintenant (ADM). The Liberal Progressives (PL-P) and Centre-Conservatives (PCC) are pretty close in the the polls for third, funnily enough the two previous parties in power the PCCs from 2002-2016, and the PL-Ps from 2016-present. The Qu'amarlie Islands party (PAÎQ) is hoping to hold on to all 5 Qu'amarlie islands seats in the national assembly, which they've held since the 2016 election. The English Language Party is hoping to gain seats back after dropping from 33 seats after the 2011 election to 11 in the 2016 election, granted in the 2011 election they won approx. 15 or so of those seats because of the election boycott that year, but, nevertheless their leader Ms, Baker-Cook said they are hoping to pick up at least five more seat in the rural Athabaska-Georgetown. Who will form government after the election is still up in the air, The (PL-P) will not be forming a coalition with the greens, as long as Ms. Faure-Martineau is the Party leader since they were party instigating the No confidence vote. The ADM might make a coalition with the greens, but that's not certain. If the PCC and the ELP gain enough seats they said they would form a coalition. This year the National Assembly might see it's first independent since 2007, and the glory days of Independents of the mid 90's to early 2000's when the majority of MNAs were Independents. That being said parties are making last minute pushes to gain supporters.

This Article has been translated from French

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by **Engleberg** » Sat Jun 22, 2019 9:38 pm

BREAKING: Imperial Airways Flight 2345 Explodes over the Central Ziamban Republic, Luftstreitkräfte Claim Shoot-Down

Neßerschmidt Ne-1099 airliner similar to the aircraft, operated by Kaiserlicher Lufthansa

Freie Reichsstadt Engelberg, Englean Kaiserreich -- BREAKING: At 05:00 Englean Imperial Time today, all contact was lost with Imperial Airways Flight 2345 during its flight over Ziamban. The aircraft was bound for Ein, in the Empire of the Tao, and this course took it over the continent of Ziamban and specifically the Democratic Central Ziamban Republic (DCZR). It was over this nation at 05:00 that all contact was lost with the aircraft, causing immediate concern for the airline. Following Luftfahrt-Reichsamt regulations, contact was attempted with the airline for the next 30 minutes with no avail. Following these attempts, the Luftfahrt-Reichsamt was contacted with the situation and prompted an investigation into the incident. At the time of the incident, it was decided that news of the situation would not be released in case of a false-alarm caused by a glitch in communication and radar systems. A team was brought together in Kleinaruscha to investigate the situation and were flown to the DCZR, whom arrived in the nation at about 07:00.

Although the precise location of the aircraft was unknown, it was predicted that it would be located near the city of Leewklip based on the aircraft's position prior to loss of contact. Questioning of locals in the area brought the team to the location of the crash site, nearly 20 miles outside of the city. The wreckage showed an aircraft that had been nearly obliterated, with the entire tail section being ripped off well prior to crashing. Head investigator Christian Vogelweide stated that "Upon coming across the wreckage it was obvious that survival was impossible." While officials of the DCZR were originally cooperative with the Englean authorities in the search for the aircraft, Mr. Vogelweide stated that a band of soldiers had demanded he and his team leave the crash site under the statement of the site being "property of the DCZR" and that they would need "proper authorisation" from the Ziamban government. Currently it is unknown why this action was taken by the Ziamban soldiers, although some in the Kaiserreich state it was in response to the possibility that the aircraft was shot down by either the DCZR or rebels in the area.

According to findings by Mr. Vogelweide's team, locals were recorded stating that the aircraft seemed to have "exploded" over the country and that a "white line of smoke" was seen spanning from the ground to the aircraft. One local individual actually took a picture of the smoke trail, but the picture was too grainy and of low quality that it was not possible at the time to determine what was being pictured.

Locals stated that the smoke trail was similar to this, a Kaiserliche-Marine test of a surface-to-air-missile.

Upon being forced away from the crash site by DCZR soldiers, the team contacted the Luftfahrt-Reichsamt who in turn contacted the GKSeK in order to transfer the investigation to military investigators. As of 15:00 today, the Luftstreitkräfte released a statement on the situation through Außenminister von Richter: "As of this moment, investigators of the Luftstreitkräfte cooperating with members of the Kaiserliche-Marine with the assistance of information gathered by locals of the DCZR have reached a preliminary conclusion that Imperial Airways Flight 2345 was shot down in a hostile action by a surface to air missile. This was determined from both the local statements collected, and from radar contacts detected by Kaiserliche-Marine vessels in the region. It is currently unknown if this missile was property of the military of the Democratic Central Ziamban Republic or that of a rebel group within the area, but recent actions by members of the military of the DCZR have raised suspicions as to the perpetrator of the incident. Therefore, the Imperial Foreign Ministry is formally requesting that the government of the DCZR allow a full investigation to be conducted at the site by officials of the Luftstreitkräfte without intervention of the nation's government. Failure to comply will result in the conclusion that the incident was indeed a hostile act perpetrated by the DCZR on an unarmed civilian aircraft, and retaliation will result."

On board the aircraft were 500 individuals, with 8 crewmembers. Of the 500 individuals, a majority - 300 - were citizens of the Kaiserreich and Kleinaruscha. The remaining 200 were a mix of Shastaran, Taoist, and Talvistovan citizens en route for the Taoist capital of Ein. At the order of His Imperial Majesty, all flags within the Kaiserreich will remain at half-mast until Tuesday and flights near the DCZR will be re-routed or cancelled altogether until August. Concurrently His Imperial Majesty expressed sympathy to the families of those lost in the crash and that if the DCZR or a rebel group was found to have attacked the aircraft without provocation, a full retaliation would occur against that party.

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by **Talvistova** » Sat Jun 22, 2019 10:16 pm

Breaking:Military Alertness Level Raised after Flight 2345 Shootdown

As was previously reported, at 5 this morning, radar contact was lost with Imperial Airlines Flight 2345 over the Democratic Central Ziamban Republic, which was later confirmed to have been a shootdown by the DCZR Military. It is feared all 508 hands onboard are lost, 93 of them where Talvistovan Citizens, including the entirety of the Karkksa Redhawks, a hockey team traveling to face a Taoist Team in a Charity Exhibition game. King Oskar had the following to say on this matter:

My heart hurts hearing the news of this attack on Talvistovan Citizens, and on a civilian target in general. That anyone would feel strongly enough about a country with limited contact is... shocking and horrifying to say the least. The citizens of Talvistova can rest assured that I shall do everything in my power to ensure that those responsible will be brought swiftly and fully to justice.

In response to these events and the potential ramifactions of it, the Talvistovan Military has been moved to Moderate MA Level, meaning that the Air force is to be prepared to deploy en masse in under an hour and the Army in 24 hours, and that all Combat Essential Personnel are to be kept on base until directly told otherwise from RTSLSASC in Kvingandannes.

A Pilgrimsfalk during a similar situation at RAS Novia

Pilgrimsfalk I pilot Esko Kaila had the following to say on the subject:

Unfortunately it isnt completely unexpected that this would happen, but regardless of personal feelings, this was a heinous act that we need to be able to react on as soon as possible so we shall endure through this. As a soldier, y'know, it sucks, having to stay up for something that might not happen, missing that warm bed and chow, but ultimately this goes a long way in ensuring national security, so I'll suck it up.

by **Sunrisia** » Sun Jun 23, 2019 2:36 pm

Night-Claw 2 In Development At Reflexa Pictures

Reflexa Pictures has once again confirmed the development of a sequel to the highly-successful superhero film “Night-Claw.” The critical and box-office triumph of “Night-Claw” upon its’ release made it a nearly-imminent expectation that a sequel would be made and a franchise would be built from there. Eventually, Reflexa Pictures confirmed expectations by green-lighting the second installment with the director and the cast returning. However, after some time had passed, the project had been put on hold over the abundance of projects for the studio and for a number of other speculated reasons, including ownership rights to the comic book source material and the character of Night-Claw. After some time and no new developments, many began to conclude that a continuation to “Night-Claw” had been scrapped. However, Reflexa Pictures has now green-lit the sequel a second time and confirmed that it would be serious this time, with a screenplay in the works and production expected to begin soon by the returning cast and crew.

The working title for a sequel to “Night-Claw” is without a surprise – “Night-Claw 2”, which might end up being the final title choice or the studio, the cast and the crew might actually end up going with something more creative. Reflexa Pictures says that it aspires to currently only go forth with a stand-alone film franchise based on the character of Night-Claw and not build a bigger cinematic universe that might bring in other characters that are published by the same comic book company that publishes the Night-Claw titles and which exist in the same fictional universe together with the Night-Claw character in the comics. The studio says it is solely a creative choice, but the reality is that Reflexa Pictures does not hold the film rights for other characters published by the same company that publishes Night-Claw. Reflexa Pictures owns film rights to some characters from the same comic company as Night-Claw, but the film rights to a number of other characters are owned by other rival film studios. Therefore, it is unlikely to see a universe being built or other characters used, unless the different studios agree to a collaborative production. Nevertheless, Reflexa Pictures might use other characters in their possession and potentially cross them over with Night-Claw in film, which is something that studio representatives have not ruled out. At the same time, Reflexa will go for a stand-alone franchise just focused on the character of Night-Claw for now.

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Nebula feat. Cyber – “Retro Electronica.”

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Macaffee – “Mecha.”

by **The Layfetian Republic** » Sun Jun 23, 2019 7:36 pm

SPECIAL EDITION

THE NEW LAYFETIAN RECESSION

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RECESSION HITS! The Layfetian economy has taken several hits in the recent week despite efforts by the government and the Ventismarian Union to better integrate and build the economy for the future. The recession started a few days after the entire world began locking down and coming to a halt in many cases following the Sunrisian Nuclear Crisis. Due to this halt and how Polster's government responded, especially in regards to closing all borders for two weeks, dismantling the Layfet-Sunrisia Defense Association Agreement, closing relations to USA and Sunrisia, and the slow process of wrapping up several economic treaties, the economy hit a tailspin and has been in the slumps since earlier in the month.

The Layfetian Economic Index states that the majority of Layfetian stocks and companies fell between 800 to 6500 points, with only National Motor Works being able to recover slightly, but still being down 140 points since the Crisis. Overseas companies which do business in Layfet suffered as well, but minimally as the Layfetian market is small. The biggest overseas losers in regards to the impact of Layfet's recession has to be Librira, Kohharu, and the VU. With the Libfray falling in value due to poor Layfetian economic performance, the currency is bound to see some issues overseas, with Kohharu noting that prices have already increased. The VU will have to deal with a poorer Layetian economy coming into the economic and customs union. Layfet is in the final stages of joining the Union, after already been voted it join, it simply has to sign a few more treaties.

Executive Minister Susan Polster recently commented on the economy "These will be some hard times, no doubt. Sometimes sticking to your values requires sacrifice, I'm sure the country will get through this. We are a resilient people and we will make our economy stronger in the end by sticking to our guns". Despite her comments, many do not respect her optimistic appraisal of the situation, which has not only hurt the government's efforts to try to handle the recession, but also Polster's reelection campaign. Director of Layfet State Affairs Fraiser K. Crane, Former USA Secretary-General Oliver J. Cromwell, Deputy Layfetian Ambassador to North Rukonia Spencer L. Hastings, and President of the Layfetian National Rape Recovery Agency Anne V. Fitch have all soared in the polls while Polster has droped significantly. If the election was held today, Polster would only receive 22% of the vote as compared to 44% before the crisis.

Besides continuing with integration with the VU and finalizing economic treaties with Rhodevus and Kiez, the government has not announced any other further plans to help fix the economy, leaving many worrisome and could further the recession to last longer. Time will tell how long this recession will last, but until it ends, we will have to make do with what we have.

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by **Central Ziamban Republic** » Tue Jun 25, 2019 11:46 am

Republican Times

Aircraft Crashes outside of Leewklip, Inciting Hostilities from Western Powers

The Englean aircraft's remains outside of Leewklip

As residents of Leewklip are acutely aware, on Saturday an aircraft owned by the Englean airline Imperial Airways crashed outside of the city late in the afternoon. Imperial Airways Flight 2345 was reported to be flying over the DCZR en-route to the capital city of the Tao, Ein, carrying 500 passengers and 8 crewmembers. It appeared that the aircraft's demise was of normal circumstances, that is without human intervention, until the intrusion of an Englean "investigative team" around the crash site. The team was described as an "aircraft investigation team" towards Ziamban officials, but it was determined to be a ruse so that the Englean government could create a falsified story against the DCZR.

After their entrance into the DCZR, the team began to interrogate citizens of Leewklip and surrounding areas as to the happenings of that evening. Later it would be found through Englean state media that the team had indeed falsified evidence through the presentation of citizens stating that a surface-to-air missile trail was seen heading towards the aircraft that evening. In response to the claim that the Englean team was "forced away" from the crash site by soldiers of the DCZR, Colonel Kamogelo Steenkamp of the Republican Police Forces stated that "The Englean team was not forced away, but asked to leave after it was determined that their purpose for being in the DCZR was found to be false and proper immigration procedures were not completed correctly." With this determination and action, the Republican Air Force stated that it would be "taking over the duty of investigating" the crash and retaining the crash site as property of the Democratic Central Ziamban Republic.

President General Amid Ad-Idi stated today that "The Englean Kaiserreich and its warmongering allies do not have any proper evidence towards the accusation that our nation destroyed their aircraft. Any attack by their military forces on our nation will be seen as an unprovoked attack and will be retaliated with an equal attack and protest towards the international community." Concurrently, General Ad-Idi stated that the Engleans "will not" be granted rights to investigate the site and will "have to rely on any illegal pictures they might have taken."

In response to the nation of Talvistova, the Democratic Republican Armed Forces have been slated to alert level 2 in order to anticipate a possible attack by either the Englean Kaiserreich or the Kingdom of Talvistova. The Republican Parliament today also unilaterally passed a formal condemnation of Talvistova and cut off any economic ties that may have existed between the DCZR and the Talvistovan state.

by **Makenzie and Athabaska** » Tue Jun 25, 2019 2:30 pm

Marielle Thibodeau-Nichols is the New PM of Makenzie and Athabaska

The results of yesterday’s election are in. Marielle Thibodeau-Nichols’ Green party has come out with the most seats 34 of the 124 despite losing a seat, in fact every party lost seats except the English-Language Party, the ADM, and independents. The ELP who went from 11 to 12 seats, the new ADM went from 0 to 27 seats, and independents went from 0 to 6. The Current Prime Minister Ms. Faure-Martineau is the first Prime Minister in Makenese-Athabasque history to only hold the office of P. M. for only one term. On top of that she also lost her own riding of Lascale-Réaliste-Poulliers-Rivière Athabasque // Lascale-Réaliste-Poulliers-Athabaska River to the ADM. This election also marks the first time that neither the Pl-P, the PCC or independents have been in the main party in power. This election has signalled that the residence of Makenzie and Athabaska are ready for change.
The Green Party (Vert) and Democratic Action Now (ADM) agreed to form a coalition and 4 of the independents agreed to the coalition, informally. The Centre-Conservative Party will form the official opposition.

The results , and change of results are listed below.

The results of the 2016 election

Seats before:
Pari Libéral-Progressiste // Liberal-Progressive Party - 45/124
Parti Vert // Green Party 35/124
Parti Conservateur du Centre // Centre-Conservative 28/124
Parti de Langue Anglaise // English-Language Party 11/124
Parti pour l'Autonomie des Îles Qu'amarle // Party for the Autonomy of the Qu'amarlie Islands 5/124

The Results of the 2019 Election

Seats after:
Parti Vert // Green Party 34/124
Action Démocratique Maintenant // Democratic Action Now 27/124
Parti Conservateur du Centre // Centre-Conservative Party 22/124
Parti Libéral-Progressiste // Liberal-Progressive Party 18/124
Parti de Langue Anglaise // English-Language Party 12/124
Parti pour l'Autonomie des Îles Qu'amarle // Party for the Autonomy of the Qu'amarlie Islands 4/124
Groupe indépendant des députés du Parlement // Independent Members of Parliament Group 6/124

by **West Zilveren Berg** » Wed Jun 26, 2019 7:23 am

West Zilveren Voters Casting Ballots In The Very First All-National Elections In The Country‘s History

It is voting day in in the State of West Zilveren Berg. Citizens are making and experiencing history by casting their ballots in the All-National Elections. These are the very first democratic elections in the history of West Zilveren Berg as a country, since it proclaimed statehood. These are also the very first democratic elections that the people living in what used to be the northwestern territories of a united Zilveren Berg, are voting in. For a long time, Zilveren Berg was under the supreme and uncontested totalitarian rule of Supreme Leader Rhul Gorm. Democracy was non-existent for a long time, but now for the first time since the way, even only with a one third of territory, the people of West Zilveren Berg are getting to vote in democratic elections. West Zilveren Berg is currently the first of the 3 Zilveren sovereign states to hold democratic elections. East Zilverenberg is in preparation for the process since passing the Confederation Articles and laying groundwork for elections. No new updates have been coming out of the South Zilveren Administrative Territory (SZAT) for now.

The All-National Elections in the State of West Zilveren Berg include – general election, Senate election, provincial elections and municipal elections, which are all happening simultaneously today. This means that the voters have a lot of ballots to fill and also had a lot of separate campaigns to observe prior.

Another reminder of the separate elections that make up these All-National Elections:

General election:

In the general election, voters are electing the House of Representatives, which will become the lower house of West Zilveren legislature – States General of West Zilveren Berg. After being elected and formed, the House of Representatives, together with upper house Senate, will appoint the Secretariat, which will be the equivalent of the cabinet.

Senate election:

In the Senate election, voters are electing the Senate, as the name of the election suggests. The Senate is set to become the upper house of West Zilveren legislature – States General of West Zilveren Berg. After being elected and formed, the Senate, together with lower house House of Representatives, will appoint the Secretariat, which will be the equivalent of the cabinet.

Provincial elections:

In the provincial elections, voters are electing the provincial parliaments in all provinces of West Zilveren Berg. The provincial elections influence the composition of the Senate, since elected members of the provincial parliaments would elect a number of members of the Senate, while the remainder is being directly elected in the Senate election by West Zilveren voters.

Municipal elections:

In the municipal elections, voters are electing the municipal councils in all municipalities of West Zilveren Berg. The term of members of the municipal councils would last for 4 years. Unlike the provincial elections, the municipal elections will not impact the Senate election or the general election. They will remain of exclusively local level for every municipality in West Zilveren Berg.

Shou Vedder, Chairman of the Parliamentary Legislative Assembly of the State of West Zilveren Berg, said that the All-National Elections would likely be an exceptional case, where all key elections are happening simultaneously. In the future, general election, Senate election, provincial elections and municipal elections will take place at separate dates. The Parliamentary Legislative Assembly itself, along with interim regional and municipal politicians, are bracing to transfer power to the new national government and other new officials that will be elected today.

by **Capsland** » Wed Jun 26, 2019 8:06 am

Family of Suspected Missile Plan Whistleblower, William "Missileman" Scott, to Sue Government

Mrs and Mr Scott announced their intention after their son, William, went missing, suspected to have fled the country

Midday today, the Scott family have formally requested the High Court of Rewland to review the case of government neglect and misconduct and have said they are prepared to take this to the Supreme Court if necessary - confirming suspicions on the actual identity of the whistleblower. Mrs Scott has also told the RCBC that she has also wrote to the Ventismarian Court of Justice to see if the case would be accepted and if the Capslandian government could be internationally tried by the Ventismarian Union. This comes as the Royal Rewland Police issue an arrest warrant for William Scott for suspected treason and espionage - charges that haven't been issued since the late 19th century.

The point-40 order issued by the government that censored national news media on the grounds of national security has finally expired and has now given rise to multiple legal challenges against David George and his government. With one anonymous SDP MP saying that this could potentially bring down the government or at least force David George to resign in the coming months. The Social Democratic Party and the Socialist-Bloc have both released statements calling for a full parliamentary inquiry into the release of these documents and have backed legal challenges against the government, most notably, Mrs Scott's challenge.

As expected, many sightings of William Scott have been announced with multiple sightings at the Guildelew Tunnel service station in Greyfay as well as news media coverage on a volatile arrest in Lindenholt by Lindian police. Government spokesmen have refused to comment on possible sightings and arrests with most saying that it is a matter for the police and judiciary system to deal with.

The Executive Chancellor has also remained tight-lipped on the situation saying that "these things happen" and it is just "routine government business to ensure the safety of the nation".

Lindian police and government officials refused our requests for information of the arrest.

In other News
- VU President, Anthony Hubris, planning to visit Rezua, Engleberg, Belantica and the Seven United, the first of any such visit
- EC David George will ask the King for a formal invitation for a state visit by Unitary Commissioner Christina Anderson
- David George's lowest approval rating ever as scandal continues
- Capslandian-Rezuan-Ophionese Relations: An Analysis



GDP Growth Forecast BoC Interest Rate Currency Strength Executive Chancellor Approval Burton Temperature
1.25% 2% $1.423 37% 19°C

by **Eikangaard** » Wed Jun 26, 2019 10:21 am

Former Premier Maass Assassinated

Former Premier Maass has been officially pronounced dead after her vehicle exploded early this morning. The Premier, having decided to take a leisurely drive through downtown Walster, was assassinated via a car-bomb planted on her personal vehicle. The blast killed two others and injured twelve more. This marks the end of a national icon, and already her loss has been felt throughout the EUSR. A silent vigil was held in the downtown core for the loss of the woman who made the EUSR and those innocent's harmed in the taking of her life.

However, questions are already being raised by common citizens and government figures alike. After all, how could someone have gotten close enough to Maass' personal vehicle to plant the bomb in the first place? The car, a 2011 Lancet L-300, was kept securely within the Premier's residential motor pool, and should have been under tight security. Based on evidence gathered at the scene and retracing the car's steps, there was very little opportunity for someone to have placed the bomb under the car after it left the Premier's Residence.

Which has lead many to question whether or not the assassination was an inside job, perpetrated by the current Mikkelsen administration to silence a potential critic. Maass and Mikkelsen have historically been adversarial during Maass' time as premier. The two differed over economic and social reforms within the People's Council, with Mikkelsen pushing for greater centralization of the economy and Maass taking a more moderate approach. With Mikkelsen rolling back the current measures under the Five-Year-Plan in favor of a more forceful approach, it's possible this is an internal move by the Premier to silence a political opponent, especially considering Maass' continued public support.

Only time will tell for sure.

by **Kiez** » Wed Jun 26, 2019 11:10 am

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Prince and Paupers: Unease in Kiez as rumors of Prince August's Return made Public

Reports from Kingdom of Schwarzburg have confirmed that the man (pictured right) is very likely the last living son (pictured left) of King Gustaf IV

Berlin, Kiez --- In 1945, at the end of the Summer Revolt that saw the end to a multi-generational empire known as the Kiezan Empire it had been believed that the line of King Gustav the Fourth ended in bloodshed, with their entire family being executed by firing squad. While initially believed that there had been no survivors following this bloody end to the Summer Revolt this however does not seem to be the case as a man originating from the Kingdom of Scwarzburg has claimed himself to be that of Prince Gustav August Viktor von Stahlshausen, the youngest son of King Gustav IV. Almost immediately after this claim became known to the world it would send shockwaves throughout not only the political spectrum of the nation but also throughout those of the local populace. While many within the Communist Party were quick to voice their doubts over the claim, citing the lack of a DNA test to confirm the results, their opposition would quickly be drowned out by the accusation of Chancellor Ludvig Maxis being responsible for the execution of the Royal Family.

This would proceed to through a torch over the chaos that Parliament has been dealing with following the revelation of a VU "Missile Plan" that was believed to have been pointed directly at the Eikangaard United Socialist Republic. With many parties expressing a fierce desire to understand whether Chancellor Maxis, the man whose views inspired the Summer Revolt was a man who desired blood of the Royal Family for those who suffered during the great famine of 1925 and those who died to ensure that the Monarchy had been overthrown.

This accusation, while damning did result in a period of silence from the Richtofen Administration, citing that "The investigation into the deaths of the Royal Family has and always will remain a mystery to most" their silence did not last long however as the Chancellor himself moved to address these accusations before a full session of Parliament today "My motives to enact regime change within this country was NOT out of a desire for me to shed the blood of the royal family." Maxis explained to a joint session today, standing where Premier Richtofen normally would during the State of The Nation "My desire to overthrow the monarchy was out of a desire to pull the people of Kiez out of the abyss that was despair, to offer a way out of the darkness and into a new era where all people, regardless of their regal status could get ahead in life, to offer a roof for their families heads, a warm dinner that the children could enjoy, and even a comfortable bed to sleep on!" The Chancellor was seen holding back tears, seemingly forcing himself to continue speaking.

"I did desire justice against King Gustav, to bring him before a jury of the people who he neglected and left to suffer in the streets, not to put him down and bury him in an unmarked grave and enact an act of vigilante justice." The Chancellor was noted to have paused for a moment before he continued. "If this man claiming to be Prince August is indeed the child of King Gustav the Fourth, then I profusely apologize for what happened to your father, but I did not nor would I EVER enact my own brand of vigilante justice and have him and his family killed! True that I did not favor his rule, that I looked down upon his neglect of the Kiezan people, but my goal of revolt was to bring a man apathetic to the strife of the people to his senses and face those that he abandoned, neglected, and left them to the wolves!"

BREAKING NEWS: Former Premier Janet Maass Assassinated! Parliament Outraged!

Berlin, Kiez --- In a shocking turn of events, reports from the Eikangaard United Socialist Republic has confirmed the death of Janet Maass, former Premier of the Eikangaard United Socialist Republic who also stood down from her position as Premier earlier on in the week over scrutiny of the EUSR supposedly sponsoring terrorist factions against the Southern Republic of Eikangaard. Already this has sent a shockwave throughout Kiez but has also resulted in an outpouring of support to those who were close to Ms. Maass. "It is unfortunate that the results of Premier's Maass's death was that of a blatant assassination in broad daylight." Remarked Commissar Mikahil Rokossovsky, who was noted to be in his office at the time of the explosion.

"This sets in motion a path of events that will very much likely inflame the already fragile state that the Eikangaard region is in right now." Premier Richtofen commented to reporters in the press briefing room today. "To outright commit an act that was meant to further weaken the EUSR also cements the reason why Kiez stands behind the EUSR every step of the way, it is our duty and our responsibility to ensure that such cowardly acts do not happen again. I am hereby ordering the Ministry of Internal Affairs to perform an independent investigate this incident and ascertain the parties responsible for this act."

We shall continue to update you on this incident as it becomes available, From Kiez Internationale News this is Franz Lehmann, back to you at the studio...

In Other News:

Kiez Armed Forces placed on Heightened Readiness in anticipation for a further deterioration of the Eikangaard Crisis.
Richtofen Administration blasts the Capsland Government, citing its unjustified act of prejudice with it's "Missile Plan" against the EUSR.
General Krukov goes to Ophioneus: seeks to cool tensions between Kiez and Ophioneus.
Local Shops prepare for the annual celebration of the establishment of the Kiez Armed Forces: what does it mean for you?

by **Rezua** » Wed Jun 26, 2019 3:33 pm

Bishops and Bewilderment
Sea and Star Media
Julian Dealion

It’s no surprise that everoyne’s been guessing that Parliament is upset over the Eikangaard Crisis as it has been labeled. The proposed plan to have EUSR leadership connected to the terrorists reign and tried, while having the EUSR elect replacements has been met with only marginal success. Many have no stepped down, and no word of elections has been heard. A recent poll taken in Saint Claresburg resulted with 64% of people saying that the Eikangaardians are being “unreasonable” and demanded Rezuan neutrality. Parliament is taking some time to come up with another proposal and has reached out to both the Republic and EUSR for discussion on this matter. It seems that parliament is bewildered over the continued downward spiral of their relations, though have noted that the assassiantion or former Prime Minister Maas could be “dangerous”.

Additionally, a brutal crackdown on homosexuals in East Romaelus has been rewarded with the ire of homosexuals and heterosexuals alike. Across the nation “Unity Parades” have become popular in which homosexuals and heterosexuals can partake in the parade together to show their commitment to coexistence and understanding.

Members of the Revonic Catholic Church, including Bishop Henri of Saint Claresburg Catherdal have spoken out against the East Romalean’s unethical treatment of homosexuals. As Bishop Henri aptly said:

“I’m not going to dwell on the confusion that happened in the riot in which several people lost their lives. The riot’s facts are conflicting and unclear. What is clear is that people were harmed and that people are going to keep getting harmed. This is a tragedic byproduct of a much graver problem: the inability to accept one’s fellow man. Our catholic brothers in East Romaleus must remember that Jesus calls us to love all of our neighbors, be they rich or poor, woman or man, heterosexual or homosexual. Love comes from the Lord, and it is not for man to try to come between it. The love between a man and a man or a woman and a woman is just as special, just as holy as the love between a man and a woman. I encourage fellow Christians in East Romaleus to request that their government opens up its heart to what is right.”

Officially, parliament has requested that East Romaleus ease up on homosexuals, by letting them march in sectioned off areas and by opening up diolague with the LBGTQ community. Many, however, doubt that anything will be done. Pro-LBGTQ businesses have, perhaps, given a stronger message by encouraging customers to boycott East Romaelan goods and have temporarily refused to conduct business with East Romalean businesses that do not meet up with their companies’ ethical codes towards homosexuals.

In Other News
-Is Rezua the “Big Gay” of Ventismar?
-Woman in a Unity Parade steals kiss in the cheek from unsuspecting Princess Christina, mistaken for her sister. Many are confused to how, considering Princess Christina is several inches taller.
-Blue Whales spotted in North Revonic Sea
-Man claiming to be a vampire married woman claiming to be a werewolf.

by **Sunrisia** » Wed Jun 26, 2019 3:56 pm

DEVELOPING STORY

First Democratic Elections Underway In West Zilveren Berg

West Zilveren Berg is finally going to have its’ first democratically-elected government since the country proclaimed its’ proclaimed statehood/independence. Prior to this momentous occasion, the territories that today form the sovereign state of the State of West Zilveren Berg, one of the world’s youngest countries, were under the governance of several unelected provisional governmental bodies, including the current Parliamentary Legislative Assembly of the State of West Zilveren Berg, which is preparing to transfer power to an elected government. After the totalitarian regime of Supreme Leader Rhul Gorm of Zilveren Berg (united one) was overthrown by the 3-nation coalition of Amestrris, Librira and Sunrisia, our country supported the formation of the Council of Zilveren Berg to govern the northwestern territories of Zilveren Berg, instead of having it be temporarily controlled by a Sunrisian occupational military authority. Later, the Council of Zilveren Berg transferred power to the current Parliamentary Legislative Assembly of the State of West Zilveren Berg, which drafted the Basic Law of the State of West Zilveren Berg, an equivalent of constitution. However, so far, West Zilveren Berg has not had its’ own democratic government that the people would have elected, until now.

Meanwhile, for the duration of the All-National Elections in West Zilveren Berg, Sunrisia has used this time to demilitarize the territory of the country and replace its’ current peacekeeping mission with a newer one and with fresh peacekeepers. The generals of the Sunrisian Defense Force (SDF) have confirmed that the ACREFOR Mission in Zilveren Berg (ACREFORMIZB), a peacekeeping, rebuilding and rehabilitation mission launched by Sunrisia in northwestern territories of Zilveren Berg (now the sovereign state of West Zilveren Berg) after the war, would be replaced by the ACREFOR Mission in West Zilveren Berg (ACREFORMIWZB), which would complete what the previous mission has been doing all this time. The replacement of ACREFORMIZB with ACREFORMIWZB, would specify the jurisdiction of the peacekeeping mission exclusively to the territory of the State of West Zilveren Berg, whereas the previous mission de jure was set up for the northwestern territories of united Zilveren Berg and remained active long after West Zilveren Berg proclaimed sovereignty. Minister of Security Vírân Spêctér confirmed that the so-called “counter-radiation” special forces of Sunrisia would soon be departing from West Zilveren Berg after having successfully contained radiation spread from a failed nuclear weapon detonation by the deceased Supreme Leader Rhul Gorm during the war, and after having conducted most of the clean-up. The radiation threat in West Zilveren Berg has been neutralized. The work of the “counter-radiation” special forces would be completed by other military elements. New ACREFOR peacekeepers will deploy to West Zilveren Berg under the new mandate and the new mission of ACREFOR Mission in West Zilveren Berg (ACREFORMIWZB) in following day after the West Zilveren elections. Meanwhile, President Válîd Sâlúbĕr had a phone conversation with Chairman Shou Vedder of the Parliamentary Legislative Assembly of the State of West Zilveren Berg, in honor of the historic day of the very first democratic elections in West Zilveren Berg.

by **West Zilveren Berg** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 7:55 am

General And Senate Elections Result In A Tie: Parties In The Lead Encouraged To Form A Coalition, Votes In Provincial And Municipal Elections Still Being Counted

After yesterday’s All-National Elections, the votes have already been counted for the general election and the Senate election. The votes for the provincial elections and municipal elections are still being counted. The general and Senate have both resulted in a tie among multiple parties. Such a conclusion can either mean a re-vote in a form of new early elections or with the leading parties trying to form a coalition government. The parties that have tied the race, have already spoken out about openness to negotiate with each other to form a coalition government. Nobody, including the citizens themselves, appear to be enthusiastic with the prospect of a re-vote, because the result would not likely be any different in early elections that would hypothetically happen shortly from now. The Parliamentary Legislative Assembly of the State of West Zilveren Berg shares the same position. Chairman Shou Vedder said that the Parliamentary Legislative Assembly supports for the leading parties in the electoral race to negotiate and form a coalition government.

Leading parties in tied general and Senate elections that are called upon to negotiate and form a coalition government together:

Alliance of New West Zilveren Berg (ANWZB)
Union of National Liberals and National Democrats (UNLND)
National Movement for West Zilveren Progress (NMWZP)
Alternative Democratic Liberal Party of West Zilveren Berg (ADLPWZB)

If the formation of a coalition is successfully negotiated, the remainder of the Senate’s composition will be determined by the results of the provincial elections, which may or may not end up with the same parties in the lead in those elections too. Meanwhile, the Parliamentary Legislative Assembly had asked that Sunrisia not hurry with pulling the “counter-radiation” special forces out of West Zilveren Berg, because the radiation threat has not been entirely neutralized yet and that the Sunrisians have jumped to conclusion with that. Chairman Shou Vedder said that SOFA with Sunrisia, the status of Sunrisian forces in West Zilveren Berg and their presence, would further be determined by the next West Zilveren government that will be taking over.

by **Umbrellya** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 12:23 pm

Special Counsel Michal Kraus finishing investigation linking Prime Minister Gdańsk to West Coast casino development

Special Counsel Mike Kraus in parliament, June 25th

SOKACZOW - After 15 months since he started conducting his investigation into allegations that current Prime Minister Andrzej Gdańsk is illegally giving permits to new casinos in Judapost, Special Counsel Michal Kraus is about to conclude that investigation. Last year, the United Social Assembly (ZZS), Umbrellya's largest (and only) left-leaning party in parliament, accused Gdańsk of illegally providing permits to casino developers along the Januari Coast (also known as the West Coast).

The Januari Coast is Umbrellya's most visited and profitable tourist destination in the country. In addition, it's also one of the biggest gambling hubs in the Ventismarian Union. In fact, just 25 casinos along the coast rake up approximately $5 billion annually from their many million customers. Gdańsk's apparent connection with new real estate developments for casinos would be troubling news for his Free Market Democrats who currently hold a minority in parliament along with the Conservative Party. Experts believe the government's current minority could easily be turned over by a red wave in the next election.

Kraus is expected to submit the findings of his investigation early next month to the Minister of Justice; who will then look over the report and determine which pieces are released to the public.

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by **Belantica** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 2:50 pm

Police and RSDF To Conduct Counterterrorism Exercises
With a new wave of terrorism affecting nations near and far, concerns were brought up as to whether or not the United Queendoms would be ready to counter such attacks should they happen at home. While it can be difficult to pinpoint when and where a potential terror attack on civilians will occur, it is possible to stop such acts when they are being committed. The Royal Self Defense Force in conjunction with the Federal Police Service, state, and local law enforcement agencies, will hold a series of counterterror exercises in the cities of Ventura, Center City, and Nuranto. The reason these cities were selected is due to important events that happen in those cities such as the 2020 Summer Commonwealth Games in Ventura, and their high concentration of population. Studies show that a majority of major terrorist attacks happen in highly urbanized areas, as a majority of the goals of such attacks are to cause as much death and destruction as humanly possible. For this reason, the exercises will place an emphasis on responding to acts of terror in urban areas, as well as responding to attacks on vital infrastructure such as water supply and power generation facilities.

“Anyone who follows world news would know there has been a resurgence in terror activity in many parts of the world,” stated RSDF Brigadier General Thomas Cullian, “ and while our law enforcement and intelligence agencies do a good job and sniffing out evil groups and people and putting them behind bars, we cannot always prevent everything. And while we may not be able to stop attacks from happening in the first place, we can be ready to respond to such acts quickly and swiftly to put an end to them without causing major losses. It is our duty as the nation’s line of defense on our own soil to stop and prevent homegrown or domestic threats to the safety and security of Belanticans, and therefore we must be ready. With major international events set for later this year and next year, we must also extend our duty to protect the many guests that come to our nation for these events. Therefore, there exercises will prove our commitment to our mission, and help us be ready for whatever evil gets thrown our way.”

These exercises are set to begin tomorrow and end one week later. A variety of different scenarios will be conducted to test how police, emergency services, and the RSDF responds to them. Such scenarios include hostage situations, vehicle bombs, bomb threats, active shooters, gas attacks, evacuation procedures, anthrax attacks, chemical and biological attacks, and hijackings of vehicles. People living in these locations where the exercises are being conducted are asked to understand these may cause minor disruptions in normal day to day life, and the RSDF extends apologies ahead of time for any inconvenience they cause to civilians.

In Other News
- LGBTQ civil rights leaders in Belantica condemn recent actions of the government of Eastern Romaelus taken against members of their LGBTQ community.They stated that their actions were barbaric, backwards, and showed bigotry towards a minority, and asked Belanticans to boycott the country. Demonstrators have also gathered outside their embassy in Center City
- New agreements are in the works between Belantic a and Layfet as ministers from both counties begin lateral talks
- Englean-based passenger aircraft went down over Central Ziamban, uncertainties arose over both Englean and Ziambani handling of the crash. It is expected that all 508 souls onboard were lost
- Queen Karen punches reporter for being too “in my face” over the recent ban of single use plastic, no charges placed
- National Service begins next week, young people wait to see who gets called in first to serve their two years, already nicknamed the “First Rounders”
- Marin release new compact SUV called the Tyro, offering sporty handling and the latest in in-car connectivity

by **New Vesvai** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 3:30 pm

NEW VESVAI BROADCASTING

Prime Minister Matteas Noran Reports The Current State Of Negotiations With SOWEFTA On A New Trade Deal

Prime Minister Matteas Noran came out before Parliament to brief the MPs and subsequently New Vesvai’s citizens watching the televised parliamentary session on the current state of negotiations with SOWEFTA regarding a new bilateral trade deal. At the moment New Vesvai only has a trade treaty with Sunrisia which is the Enhanced Trade and Investment Agreement. But no deal with the rest of the SOWEFTA trade bloc. The previous PM Kai Placore made moves in that direction and could be credited for initiating it but momentum was truly gained under PM Matteas Noran.

The Prime Minister reported that the current most possible option would be an identical agreement that SOWEFTA has with West Zilveren Berg. New Vesvai, Daredland and West Zilveren Berg are members of the Council of 3 and hold regular meetings where advice and experience is shared. The path of West Zilveren Berg in that direction is where New Vesvai’s government got inspiration from. The agreement in reference is the Deep and Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement that fellow Council member West Zilveren Berg has with SOWEFTA. PM Noran confirmed that identical agreement for New Vesvai is presently being negotiated with SOWEFTA and that the negotiations are progressing well. The Prime Minister said that a free trade agreement with SOWEFTA would be unlikely at the moment, because of many Western Corentian countries having nationalist, isolationist and anti-globalist leanings. This would not make them too enthusiastic about a larger multilateral free trade area that SOWEFTA already is in its current dimensions.

New Vesvai’s Head of Government promised that current successful negotiations will continue further and that Noran will seek to have New Vesvai sign the Deep and Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with SOWEFTA during his tenure as New Vesvai’s Prime Minister. This ambitious goal makes some view the Prime Minister as a patriot and just a good and effective Head of Government. Others think of it as a political strategy to ensure future re-election for the Prime Minister and for the governing AIT coalition that he is a member of.

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