Dundorf

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Dundorf starts anti-EB operation
Operation "Contain Evil" has officially started, alongside Kundrati and Luthori.
June 5413 (backdated)

SUDSCHLOSS A.D. CZEMNITZ, GROZVIC - After the emergency decree was approved by Bundestag, the Federal Government officially directed this morning the 2 Panzer Division of the Heer and the 5 Panzer Division to enter the Ikradonian territory currently controlled by the EB (Esinsundu Brotherhood), in two different directions; the first will enter from the west, as they're already in Ikradon assisting the RPHUA, while the fifth, currently stationed in Grozvic, will enter from the northern part of EB-controoled territory. Alongside them, Five squadrons the of the Luftwaffe (Luthorian: Air Force), will carry out strategic bombings aimed at neutralizing possible organized air defence systems or aiding the Panzer Divisions in case they encounter resistance from the EB militias. Defence Minister Florian Rutte-Grüber has announced that humanitarian aid will be brought in the areas liberated from the Brotherhood's presence by the Dundorfian government, and he has also announced that some 4700 volunteers coming from Ikradonian refugee camps have enlisted in order to help RPHUA's and Dundorf's anti-EB efforts.

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ODERVELD - LEUCHTFEUER

BUNDESREPUBLIK TROOPS HELPING LIBRERATE KINGSDOWN

Defense Ministry, April, 5414: The Defence Ministry announced an opportunity presented itself to 5th Panzer Division in the course of our Southern Defense Force (SDF) participating in the Ikradon’s Last Call operation.

2nd Division is advancing eastward in conjunction with the Royal People's Harmonist Unitary Authority (RPHUA)/Ikradonian People's Harmonious United Front forces operating south of our Chontalan border with Ikradon toward Esinsundu Brotherhood (EB) held territory. Our 3rd Division is moving south from Grosvic in conjunction with Kundrati Union Forces moving westward.from Kundrati. Both are avoiding the contaminated area that has been quarantined.

Learning that there is a student led revolt against EB in Kingsdown at the western tip of EB held territory, 5th Panzer Division moved rapidly south from the cusp of Grosvic and Chontalan to sever Kingsdown entirely from other EB forces as 2nd Division and friendly Ikradionian units closed on Kingsdown from the west.

The crumbling EB Defenses in front of 5th Panzer were assaulted by 5 squadrons of our HF – 16 multirole aircraft with air to surface missiles and bomb attacks. The 16 tracked Mars II multiple rocket launchers and 48 tracked FE Friedensstifter self propelled guns of the two artillery battalions of 5th Panzer divisional assets together with their GUF 200 armed drones pounded the EB, and then our tanks and panzer grenadiers overran the narrow corridor of EB forces connecting Kingsdown with the rest of their ilk.

Having connected with friendly forces to the south, 4 battalions of panzer grenadiers held the perimeter with EB territory while the armor battalions of 5th Panzer and remaining panzer grenadiers closed on Kingsdown from the west to connect with the Kingsdown Ghetto Revolt.

Pockets of EB militia developed which appeared to be killing themselves rather than surrendering or being blown to bits.

An incidental but fortuitous development was that the advance of our armor on Kingsdown encountered an extermination camp near Kingsdown which has been liberated and held. Our Bundeszollverwaltung or border patrol is moving to set up humanitarian aid facilities there under 5th Panzer protection to distribute food, water, clothing and shelter and provide medical attention. RPHUA has been notified so they can debrief the remaining victims.

In an abundance of caution, our Luftwaffe’s Fallschirmjager battalion has been deployed at the construction site of our newest nuclear facility in Grosvic to provide additional perimeter security. Noone really thinks any stray EB can get through our mountains past the drones and helicopters of our Bundeszollverwaltung assuming they could wander through 3rd Division’s lines in the first place, but the National Security Council attitude was why not be sure,

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Former Chancellor Martin Hausser

IiB BUYING SHARE IN NSANIAN OIL COMPANY

Dunburg, February 13, 5415: Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Martin Hausser announced that an arrangement had been reached between his Ministry and the Ministry of Trade and Industry of the Government of Nsanlosa:

The Nsanian Oil Company (Nsanisches Öl Firma), or NÖF, is a totally state owned natural gas and oil company focussed on oil and gas exploration off the southern coast of Mukina. The Holy Luthorian Empire has already invested in this project. We asked the Nsanian Ministry of Trade and Industry if we could also invest.

Agreement was reachd that we could buy 10% of the shares for a negotiated price payable forthwith so Importunternehmen der Bundesrepublik (IdB) or Federal Republic Import Corporation will be buying that 10 %.

IiB although a government owned corporation is borrowing the funds to purchase the shares from Kretsch Bank AG and Schmitdgold Bank both of which are prominent investment bankers. They in turn are marketing the debt as government backed securities. Fendelhorst, Braunschweiger and Dorfmann will handle loan documentation and closing instructions

We are happy to invest in oil and gas exploration by a friendly nation entering that field hoping to diversify energy sources.

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Nsanian computer OS on the rise in Dundorf
Megabite, a Nsanian company, recently announced a new phone OS, in the meanwhile, Dundorfians are enjoying their computer OS.
August 5415

in other news:
- Chancellor Engelhart announces retirement as DSDP Leader, Interior Minister Rutte-Grüber selected as her successor. Engelhart will be Social-Democratic nominee for President.
- Grozvic State Government to create first ever chocolate festival next December.
- Visit Chontalen now!

NORDENHAUS, DUNLAKE - According to a new research conducted by the University of Nordenhaus, at least 22% of computers and laptops in Dundorf have had installed the operative system presented by Nsanlosa's "Megabite", called "FRAME Home Edition" over the course of this year. Some of these are FRAME products, so with the OS already installed in it, while another fraction is made up by Dundorfian users who decided to install the system in the computer produced by other industries. Dundorf's largest smartphones producers, Ligtmann-Brüder Computers (or LBC), said that their new laptops will allow for a easier time when it comes to OS installing, making the code easier for alien systems like FRAME Home Edition to be installed in the computers produced by the Dunlake corporation.

Since some years, Dundorf's largest investment banks have poured massive amounts of money in various sectors of the Nsansian economy, especially tech, with Megabite emerging as one of the most profitable tech companies out there made possible thanks to Kretsch Bank AG and Schmitgold Bank's investments into tech, which insofar are showing an high percentage of success. The new frontier, announced just months ago, of Dundorfian investments in the Nsanian economy regards oil, and there are high hopes and expectations in Dundorf that these new investments could prove successful like the tech ones have so far been. These recent developments are also showing, according Foreign Minister Karlotte Hambrucker, the economical stability that allows Dundorf's banks to make successful investments, moves that are also helping the nation's economy recover from the past decades of stagnation and low growth, but also a strong proof of the bonds Dundorf is able to create through commercial ties, citing the Dundorf-Nsanlosa relations as an example.

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Former Chancellor Hausser

GOVERNMENT ENERGY PLANS

Sudschloss-am-der-Czimnetz, January 23, 5416: Infrastructure and Transport Minister Martin Hausser a gathering of managers from Nationales Konsortium für Kernenergie (NKK) and Sudschloss-am-der-Czimnetz civic and commercial leaders today on the campus of Stadtuniversität Sudschloss-am-der-Czimnetz at an event hosted by the University School of Engineering. His remarks iclded:

The nuclear power plant for generating electricity whose construction began a year and a half ago just outside Sudschloss-am-der-Czimnetz will be operational very soon. Very soon indeed. And as Grosvic students graduate from the Masters Degree in Nuclear Power Plant Engineering Program, they will be employed there. As will numerous technicians who take the training course for NKK technical staff run at The School of Engineering of Karl Ulrich Universitat in Unterschloss.

Many have asked what next. In all probability the next thrust will be a nuclear power plant generating electricity in Chontalan Bundeslander. Not tomorrow but soon. Whether the nuclear power plant engineering degree program will be replicated in Chontalan or not is not clear at all yet. We may well choose to rely on the 4 existing programs. We are leaning toward replicating the technical staff training at Karl Ulrich Universitat quite possibly here.

What about NKK itself. With a government that sometimes favors socialism and sometimes capitalism, three issues have arisen. First should NKK buy out the other owners of three other nuclear facilities. Second, should shares in NKK be sold on the stock market but government control maintained. Third, should NKK be completely privatized.

We do not feel we should rely entirely on nuclear generated electricity. Hydroelectric power will be continued in some communities and government facilities as a safeguard. Further, we do not produce crude oil or natural gas. To date our efforts to go green for powering vehicles have largely centered around biofuels.

Electric vehicles if we seriously wish to reduce dependence on foreign oil will demand more electricity. Solar panels is one way. Another is power from wind. Just about anyone can build small wind turbines but the best large ones need certain rare earth resources that in fact we are importing. So we in fact are ready to augment our nuclear facility expansion with other green sources of energy.

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Middle Homeland Party Newsletter

MHP parliamentary roundup and Julstoch government progress

In this electoral term the MHP have tried to strengthen their position. In the last election the party lost 13 seats so have tried to strengthen their governmental and federalist positions to get an edge in next election. Parliamentary member Adam Ferber tells the newsletter that this is for the better as it can give the party a chance to become the largest right wing party and have more control in coalition negotiations. Even though some of Lorenz’s religious bills have been reversed by this parliament, he is still happy with how the MHP have conducted themselves and believes it has become a strong opposition party against rising left wing populism from the BZD and SLPD.

Also for the third time the MHP has been the largest party in Julstoch and led the state government there. It won 50 seats and MHP Julstoch state leader Clara Herig decided to form a coalition with the FVP, breaking with its previous state coalition partner the NDZP. This is because the FVP became the largest opposition party so believed it should be rewarded in state government. This coalition then allowed the MHP to impose more free market economic rules on the state.

One area where this can be seen is the splitting up of train franchises in the state. Before as stipulated in national law there was one semi-private Julstoch state operator with national services provided by “Dundorfische Bahn”. Now though after this bill approved by both governing parties Julstoch state contracts have been split up. One of the national bus companies “Regiobus” has won the right to operate some long distance intra-state services and those in the north of the state. New operator “Talzüge” has started running services in the Julstoch valley in the middle of the state as well as the Volzhaus s-bahn lines. The Lutzenkamp s-bahn has also become an independent company semi-publicly owned by the local government. This arrangement is due to be rolled out to other s-bahns soon. National operator DB has also bid and won the right to operate some other regional services. All of this reform is expected to increase the quality of services and frequency of railways in the rural state.


Talzüge train in Lutzenkamp Hauptbahnhof

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200 years of Bundesrepublik
As celebrations goes on in all of the nation, political leaders gather in Dunburg in sign of Unity.
March 1st, 5418

in other news:
- Government to pass progressive welfare reform.
- Bakeries run out of chocolate as celebration preparations kick off in the Nation.


Pyrotechnic show over the Odervelder Tor, photo taken from Canrille Platz.

DUNBURG, ODERVELD - Two-hundred years ago this day, a newly instituded Bundestag passed the official reform that transformed our Dundorf back into a Federal Republic after years and years of autocratic rule, even though it took another few decades because a full parliamentary democracy could take form, and power. Now, that multi-party democracy seems a basic assumption for Dundorfians, it became difficult to remember what those autocratic years meant for Dundorf, and hence why we keep celebrating this date.
Schools in this week take on special history lessons about the transition years (5417-5438), those decades in which Dundorf completed its transformation into what is it today, while Municipalities hold pyrotechnic shows and most workplaces close to allow its workers to celebrate the National Day.

As usual, all political leaders of Dundorf's eight Bundestag parties gathered together in the Unter den Birken (Luthorian: Under the Birches) avenue, that connects Dunburg's Mitte neighborhood to the Odervelder Tor (Luthorian: Oderveld Gate), Dundorf's symbol. Federal President Paula Engelhart delivered the closing speech, just before the Bundestag pyrothechnic show took place, a speech in which she talked about the importance of Unity to preserve the integrity of the Republic:

[...] Dear Dundorfians, before walking together to the Bundestag to celebrate this day, I would like to conclude my speech by encouraging people of different backgrounds, political opinions and religious affiliations to come together as one people, in Unity, to maintain our great Republic indeed great, and prosperous. Thank you.
- Final of President Engelhart's speech

The national political attendees featured, other than the President, the Federal Chancellor, Florian Rutte-Grüber, members from the Cabinet representing SLPD, BZD and D'95, opposition's MHP was represented by its founders Stefan Bauer, Sjef Deen and Felix Lorenz, as well as members from the NDZP, FVP and NLP.
There were present also a few foreign dignitaries who came to Dunburg to watch the celebrations, among them the Emperor of the Holy Luthorian Empire, William X, accompanied by his consort, the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary, followed by His Royal Highness, Maurice I, Prince-Regent of Keymon accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr Ernestin Wichtermann, State President Akina and Reichsminister of External Affairs Atieno Busar, representing Nsanlosa, were present as well as the Rosh Ha'memshala of the Homeland State of Beiteynu, Paz Yoffey, the President of the Kundrati Union Irantzu Hirigoinaphal with the Foreign Minister Hubert Matyáš Hulanevek, the Rutanian Minister of State for Artania and Commonwealth Affairs, Alistair McUllam and finally the Lourennais High Chancellor Madeline Lefèvre and Royal Minister of International Affairs, Georges Diderot.

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Luthori to send representatives for Dundorf celebration

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Talzüge tell us about their improvements to the Julstoch network


DUT class 425 run by DB in Grovic

Dundorfian Zeitung has been spending time with railway company Talzüge looking at how they have been improving railways in Julstoch. After the state government changed how regional railways were allocated, the company started operating services around Volzhaus and the Julstoch-Oderveld border region. This part of the network has been traditionally neglected due to low population in the area. To understand the company’s goals we talked to Talzüge leader Fred Linder.

Talzüge goal is to improve railways in the state and we are doing this in two ways. The first is buying new rolling stock from DUT. We have bought their well tested 425 model to run on the Volzhaus s-banh and regional express routes that we run. If customers like them we will order more from DUT for our network. Also we have been improving frequency. For example in Volzhaus we have strated to provide trains to midnight every day on the s-bahn and overnight Friday service. This may seem like regular urban rail running in most cities but before we took over the s-bahn; train services stopped at 9. We are sure that the people of Julstoch appreciate these changes and we hope to expand our business where possible.

After Julstoch passed a law allowing multiple private companies to run regional railways, the Oderveld state government decided to pass a similar law in its state. This would give Talzüge the right to bid for railway contracts in that state also. Fred Linder told us that the company will look into acquiring more services and believes that the new investment in Julstoch shows what private rail companies can do in Dundorf.

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Dundorf ends military intervention in Ikradon
The Federal Government in Dunburg officially announced a troops withdraw from Ikradon and the selection of diplomats to send to the reconstruction conference.
February 5419

in other news:
- Bundestag seeks to extend term lengths by six months.


Picture of Minister Micheal Söllner visiting troops stationed at the Grozvic border with Ikradon.

SUDSCHLOSS A.D. CZEMNITZ - The Minister for Defence, Mr. Micheal Söllner, announced while holding an impromptu press conference on Thursaday that Dundorfian troops currently stationed in Ikradon, which seems to be exiting its sanguinous civil conflict, will return to Dundorf completely by the end of April, and the announcement was shortly followed by an official release by the Foreign Ministry in which was announced that in the coming weeks, a diplomatic delegation representing Dundorf will be formed by it to attend the long-awaited reconstruction conference which is going to define the future of Ikradon's relations with most nations. According to our sources who are faamilar with the matter, the Foreign Ministry wants to keep a positive relation with Ikradon and the diplomatic work will be mainly focused to achieve the maintaining of a close connection through the already enshrined Dundorfian-Ikradonian Partnership Treaty.

The Heer (Luthorian: Army) and the Luftwaffe (Luthorian: Air Force) were both involved in this rare offensive action by Dundorf which was an intervention against the Esinsundu Brotherhood authorized in agreement of Bundestag and RPHUA government, to protect the integrity and legitimacy of it, with 2 Panzer divisions (the 2nd and the 5th) and six out of twelve Air Squadrons. The families of the personnel involved will be able to reconnect with their loved ones in the coming months, while it is believed that humanitarian operators, especially healthcare, will remain for a few more months.