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Announcement on behalf of the Representative Council

After due deliberation among the working councils of Southeastern Asia, and much thought into how much the working people could afford, the USSSEA has decided to allocate ฿1.236 billion to the International Cooperation Council Space Program.

Space is the final frontier for our species, and any advances in technology to explore off-world will greatly benefit humanity as a whole.

We eagerly look forward to working closely with our comrades in the ICC.

Man Steals 5,000 USD From Victim In Dating Scheme

Dating in the modern age is daunting, painful and swallow. A 54 year old man from Hong Kong has been charged with stealing money from his "date" over the course of 5 years. National Police states that the Man was arrested a few nights ago but the information was made public today to warn people of scammers and fake profiles.

The man known as Andrew Park started his scheme back in May of 2015. He reportedly said to National Police that he was called "ugly and disgusting" by a woman who he interested in. He planned payback for the woman that rejected him. In response he created a fake profile with a fake picture and all. The profile was of a young solider in the Imperial Army. He posed as this young soilder online and won her over. Park later asked her for 5,000 USD over a period 5 years. She obliged to his requests. When she finally asked to meet up in Macau for a night out in May 2020. Park deleted the profile and blocked her on all social media accounts. He never showed up to her meet up spot.

The woman who choose not to be named is a 27 year old. After being duked, she alerted National Police to her missing "boyfriend." She gave the police his phone number which was tracked back to Park. Park was quickly arrested.

Park reportedly spent the 5,000 USD on items for his apartment. Those include a new TV, laptop, smartphone, tablet, bed, and other household items. Park called it an "act of revenge against rejection." Park dosen't regret anything he has done. Park has been charged with identity theft, and fruad. If convicted he could face time in a jail for 5 years.

It is encouraged to be on the lookout for fake profiles and scammers online. If it looks to good to be true it probably is. A lesson in life that should be learned, rejection is hard but waiting will behold something beautiful.

Announcement on behalf of the Representative Council

Today, the Representative council of USSSEA voted to construct a museum dedicated to the International struggle for Socialism. This museum will also function as a memorial to all those who gave their lives in the fight for a society for the many and not just the few.

There will be a space for our own struggle and victory over Capitalism and all Socialist nations worldwide, especially our comrades in the International Cooperation Council, are invited to submit the stories of their own struggles and victories to be documented in the new museum so that the proletariat of the world will never forget the struggles they endured.

Construction will begin in the coming week.

Ministry of Economy

A joint venture between the Danzigreich-based Quik Software and the Central Bank of the Socialist Republic of Furstia will be established in the Bioko Special Economic Activity Area.

In summary, a 51/49 partnership has been agreed, with operational control of the venture held by BetNow, while profits will be evenly split between the company and the Central Bank of the Socialist Republic of Furstia.
The company has also expressed that it will abide firmly to all pertinant laws of the Socialist Republic of Furstia.

We expect that this relationship will continue to prosper and present new spheres of cooperation in the near future.

Cancelled elections! Opposition in uproar as ruling party reject the no confidence vote on "corruption" allegations
The country erupted in protests and unrest as the government cancelled planned elections after the PDP accused the TUP of bribing the rebel MP's to leave the PDP. The government has declared the elections indefinetly postponed until the investigations are complete. Some member of the TUP are fearing a purge of those opposed to the PDP's rule, and are apparently making preperations to flee the country if the TUP is persecuted by the PDP. Many attribute to the recent change in leadership of the PDP to new Vizier Badr Morava who replaced the previous one after the rebellion in the party. This new vizier seems to be trying to secure his powerbase and across the country many fear what this could entail for the future

National Senate Passes Equality Legislation

Just moments ago the Eulumian Senate has passed "Equality Legislation" in a landslide majority,with a comment by the Grand Chancellor describing it as "Grievously overdue for a civilized nation in the twenty-firsty century." The details of this legislation are as follows:

- Eulumia and all of its territories are officially secular, abolishing any sort of state-sanctioned religion. There will be a clear and distinct separation of religion and the station, with no provinces or cities officially declaring official religions. Eulumia allows citizens and residents to privately practice their religion in their residencies or at places of worship, i.e. Mosque, Church/Cathedral, Synagogue, Temple, Monastery, etc. The Eulumian Federal government will intervene where necessary to ensure that all provinces, regencies, and cities are adhering to this legislation accordingly.

-LGBT+ and minority individuals will be granted full and intact rights guaranteed to every other Eulumian citizen, including: State recognized marriage, adoption, military service, voting, and discrimination protection. Furthermore, transgender individuals do not need to seek government approval for hormonal therapy to assist with their transitions, requiring only medical professional guidance, prescriptions as well as patient consent. The Eulumian Federal government will intervene where necessary to ensure that all provinces, regencies, and cities are adhering to this legislation accordingly.

- Freedom of speech and the press will be guaranteed rights granted to every Eulumian citizen, resident, and national. It is an integral part of being in a civilized society and this right shall be protected by the Government, however blatant hate speech and crimes shall not be tolerated as they violate Eulumia's Anti-Discrimination Legislation. The Eulumian Federal government will intervene where necessary to ensure that all provinces, regencies, and cities are adhering to this legislation accordingly.

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New National Capital Designated

It comes as no surprise that the Eulumian capital with a metropolitan area of over thirty million people is a highly congested city, that also faces extreme pollution and is slowly sinking into the ocean. With these in mind, the Grand Chancellor has made a public announcement explaining why the capital will be moved.

Grand Chancellor: "Our massive Eulumian Capital is holding a heavy burden of hosting the national centers of governance, finance, culture, trade and services, and holding the title of being Eulumia's largest city proper, and metropolitan area both. With those factors in mind, the Eulumian Capital shall be moved to the island of Borneo and straddle two relatively undeveloped regions, Kutai Kertanegara and Penajam Paser Utar. We are aware of concerns regarding the ecosystems in place here and endangered species such as the Orangutan, and we are taking all proper surveys and precautions to ensure that we do not harm any ecosystems or habitats of endangered species. Additionally, this new location will draw some of the poopulation congestion away from Versienna and help to distribute the population more equally. Furthermore, this new capital will be more centrally located within the nation, and be less at risk of natural disasters that Java is prone to, putting less people at risk. Until otherwise stated, the new capital will retain the name of Versienna, and the previous/current capital will have the name of Jakarta restored."

"This total project is estimated to cost about 466 trillion Isteros ($32.79 billion USD), an ambitious project indeed. We will be diverting funds previously allocated to previously state owned industries that were relinquished to the private sector in addition to private funding from investors who wish to see this ambitious project take place. For perspective, traffic in Versienna is so bad that it costs our nation an estimated 100 trillion Isteros every year, and with the de-congestion of Versienna, that will be revenue no longer lost that can be put back into developing and bettering our nation. Additionally, we are moving several key shipping companies out of Versienna and into Singapore and Sorong, West Papua to spread the trading networks and hubs out from Java to two other key locations across the country. We hope that this will help attract more trade and business in Sorong, helping to grow the city's population in an effort to more evenly spread our population centers across the nation."

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Eulumia to Withdraw ENAS Membership

Singapore News Network - SN3

Lotte: "Good morning, Eulumia, and afternoon for those of you living in the Eastern Provinces. This just in, we have received word that the Grand Chancellor will be delivering a short speech regarding Versienna's decision to withdraw Eulumia's membership from ENAS, or the Entente of Non-Aligned States. Here's the clip now."

Grand Chancellor: "I am standing here before you, people of Eulumia, to announce that following months of internal debates within the Senate, I am declaring Eulumia's official departure from the Entente of Non-Aligned States, or ENAS. It was clear within the first few days of its inception that Eulumia inherently did not agree with some of the core ideas of ENAS itself, and that led to Eulumia voting against several key concepts of the Entente itself. I believe it best for Eulumia to revoke its membership from ENAS despite being a founding member due to the conflict of interests, making Eulumia's participation in ENAS unattainable. For those reasons, I hereby declare that Eulumia will officially be withdrawing itself from ENAS, and will not be participating in any future meetings or endeavors, and all ENAS nations with the notable exception of Lanfang-, will be subject to standard Eulumian laws within Eumian air, land, and waterspace, and all ENAS vessels may be halted by the Commerce Federation and searched while passing through Eulumian waters, particularly those in the Straits of Malacca. ENAS vessels and vessels of member nations in particular with the exception of Lanfang-, will likely see a temporary spike in halt and search procedures by the Commerce Federation following Eulumia's departure from ENAS in the interests of nationa security. However, Eulumia will still conduct trade with nations of ENAS nor will it consider relations weakened, Eulumia's best interests lie outside of ENAS membership. Thank you."

Donau-bundesreich wrote:

STAUFFER SURVIVES ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IN ERWIßE

President Stauffers plans to tour the south were cut short today after what appears to be a terrorist incident and political assassination attempt at a rally in the city of Erwiße. According to eyewitness accounts, a lone gunman charged the president as she was leaving her armed transport and approaching the stage, firing a few shots and missing before being tackled by the presidents bodyguards who quickly rushed her to the safety of a nearby building alongside other government officials who were in attendance.

The gunman was apprehended and revealed to be Jonáš Kratochvíl. No past criminal history was found but he was found to have links to the United Front for Liberty, formerly lead by the now deceased Richárd Mészáros, working as a minor campaigner and volunteer for a minor branch of the organisation. Stauffer made a public statement on her Twitter claiming that she and the other government officials were safe and had been escorted out of the city and returned to Budapest and sadly would have to postpone her tour until the situation could be deemed safe to continue.

Prague Castle, time unknown

Two men wearing black business suits and fedoras walked slowly, enjoying the countless paintings and other works of art while looking at a group of children walk pass, part of a tour group. One of the men then looked at the other and spoke

"Looks like the Boss was right to send us brother, someone wants to play in the shadows. Oh how little they know to play in our domain..."

Nodding the other man replied

"So what do we do next? Orders from above are to gather intel and if possible, flush the bastards out"

The first one chuckled

"Oh we'll do more than that. I still have a few contacts here, some of them in the intelligence arm of the government. If need be, we see who's loyal to Stauffer and go from there. Bastards won't know what hit them."

The other man, taking a quick drag on a cigarette before snuffing it out and putting it in a container nodded in agreement

"Then the Hunt begins....just like old times."

BREAKING: CHANCELLOR RE-OPENS MARKETS
~ OBBC Economy

The Right Honourable James Seymour Esq. MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has re-opened the Westminster City Stock Exchange (WCSE) for the first time after the Civilian War about an hour ago in the company of, amongst others, Sir Nathan Sterling, Governor of the Bank of Orange-Bourgogne. Yesterday evening, the Chancellor announced that he gave his fiat to the re-opening as all preparations were completed earlier this week. The re-opening comes as a relief to the markets and businessmen across the nation.

One businessman told OBBC's Christine Bulford that he had been looking for this moment for "months, I am delighted to finally get an opportunity to make changes to my investments to better support the nation to which i belong". Others are more reluctant in their enthusiasm. Professor Charles Walsham said that "We are nowhere near the level where we were before the beginning of this crisis. We really have to be careful with our investments and changes thereto, otherwise, the whole system might deteriorate things and make us even worse off." Professor Walsham participated in extended talks with the Treasury, including meetings with the Chancellor of the Exchequer himself.

In a statement released by HM Treasury a few weeks ago, when the re-opening of the WCSE was first mentioned, mister Seymour said that he expects a "steep fall during the first couple of days, from which we should gradually recover". He does not think that Orange-bourgogne is heading for a deep recession. The official comments which OBBC News received were "The [Orange-Bourgognian] economy remains to be one of the best of the world to invest in. We had a few strifles, but with this Government we are able to facilitate all sorts of businesses to operate within this jurisdiction."

So the question that remains is whether or not the WCSE has followed the expectations. In the first few hours after its opening, the WCSE has fallen very sharply indeed. Some say that it has even declined further than it was supposed to be. However, others point towards the fact that other sectors have continued to do relatively well. More information will be published as the situation develops.

SED ANNOUNCES MINISTRY OF STATE SECURITY

Following the assassination attempt on President Emilie Stauffer alongside numerous accusations of treason, espionage and international meddling in Danubian affairs both during, before and after the Civil War; the Sozialistische Einheitspartei Donaureich has announced the formation of a new intelligence and state security agency titled the "Ministerium für Staatssicherheit von Donaureich". This has lead to a number of concerns about the potential of corruption and authoritarianism such as agency could bring, but the party has assured that this would only be a temporary measure and is necessity to secure peace and order nationwide against those who would seek to destroy us.

Ádám Török, newly appointed head of this organisation, made a rowsing speech outside the old Bundesrat building in Budapest.

Comrades, Friends and Countrymen. Today we mark a new era of peace and prosperity for the Danubian Confederation. A peaceful end to the civil war was seen as a just goal for both sides, a way we could finally end the bloodshed, however such a peace was not to last as the vile republicans conspire against us from within. It is clear the compromise has failed.

The republicans and imperialists under their "United Front for Liberty" alongside other self-proclaimed "moderates" in our own Volkskammer have continued to fight against the democratic mandate of this government and the Danubian people. It is clear they cannot be trusted, they only wished to bide their time and wait to retake power by force with help from imperialist western elements. This ends from this day forward.

The United Front for Liberty and all who associate with them are hereby declared enemies of the republic. We will stop at nothing to hunt them down and bring them to justice for their crimes against Danubia and the ideals of socialism, freedom, equality and the world revolution in which our great nation was built upon. All members of this organization and any who choose to collaborate with them shall share the same fate. These will be trying times, but as a nation we must come together and fight against tyranny as we did during the civil war. The War is not yet over, and we will achieve victory, no matter the cost.

The attempt on the presidents life has left our nation scarred and horrified, but i assure you the resolve of the Danubian government and our people has never been stronger. This will be a wake up call for us all, to never allow any who could threaten our great revolution to continue their crusade. This. Ends. Today

The crowd cheers in support for Török, who smiles and waves to the crowd before displaying a copy of the Danubian Peace Agreement and ripping it up on stage, tossing the shreds into the crowd and stepping down from his platform.

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Sumario

---- The current shifts in the internal sphere of Infiny stem from the latest changes in the global geopolitical landscape which have been interpreted as highly contradictorial by the Government for its foreign policy. The decisions made by the Eulumian and Vicintian Governments in their respective foreign affairs spheres have instilled generalized feelings of uncertainty, which have cemented a perception of increasing threats to the security of the country. It is expected that at the end of the month of July, a political successor will reaffirm and redirect efforts in the political, military and foreign affairs spheres of the nation within the framework of a remilitarization process aimed at dissipating the menace embodied in the ICC, as it is perceived by the Government, and strengthening the domestic and international image, which has been badly damaged by faulty policies carried out by unskilled political leaders, the lack of reliable international partners and a reduced capability of military readiness which the country has not been able to correct. Having evaluated the available information, a preliminary conclusion made by this annex estimates the possibility degree of deterioration of relations between our countries at the end of the month of July as:

Very High

In light of this assessment, it is recommended to DIAAF the evaluation of future pertinant measures. 
Further observations will be relayed if newly available data should suggest the contrary.
Fin Sumario.

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