by Auditorii » Mon Jan 22, 2018 1:26 am
"Welcome to the State Chancellery von Bahr!"
Former State Secretary and SNP front man takes State Chancellery
December, 4336
Haldor, Kordusia - Former State Secretary of Foreign Affairs Wilhelm Franz von Bahr was swore in earlier last month as State Chancellor of the Dorvish Republic. The swearing in comes after several months of coalition negotiations that saw the Social Nationalist Party, Our Party and the Social Reciprocity Party agree to continue working together but re-shuffling the Council of Minister's. The Social Nationalist captured several seats, including retaining Minister of the Interior Liebhard Anton von und zu Czimnetz, Inspector-General and Chief of Staff of the Dorvish Armed Forces Generaloberst Reinhard Regismund von Rohr-Mauss was announced as the new Minister of Defense, Wolfdietrich Otte was retained as Minister of Science and Technology and pressed to continue his work in a renewed Terran interest in the stars, while Constantin von Desidier, a member of the elite banking and financial family of von Desidier and a notable Lorman nationalist was appointed as the new Minister of Trade and Industry. The appointments come at a time of tension for the Artanian continent and have allowed Dorvik to retain its place in Artania ever-more.
New State Chancellor pulled off a diplomatic coup within a month of his appointment as he began discussion with the Holy Luthori Empire's Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrew Carter-Jones and eventually, the Luthori Minister of Foreign Affairs appeared in Petrov International Airport for a state visit to discuss Artanian events. Rumors of meeting were touted for months but when the Luthori Foreign Minister's plane landed in Dorvik, it was official. Speculation still remains about the contents of the meeting however both the Dorvish Foreign Ministry and Luthorian Foreign Ministry stated that the meeting was "...productive and the Artanian Union and soon to be Northern Council allies are looking forward to a mutually prosperous relation in Artania, at home and abroad." The State Chancellor was spotted with new State Secretary of Foreign Affairs Karlheinz Hans von Färber who was also subsequently appointed to act as the Plenipotentiary-General to the Northern Council and is tasked with re-building the growing and powerful alliance. The Northern Council is key to Dorvish foreign policy, it includes Hutori, Luthori, Dorvik, Kazulia and rumors that Indrala may sign onto the pact leave a lot of potential enemies shaking in their boots.
The appointment of Inspector-General and Chief of Staff of the Dorvish Armed Forces Generaloberst Reinhard Regismund von Rohr-Mauss was widely seen as a means to consolidate control over the military in the event of an outbreak of hostilities. The Inspector-General is a widely recognized man within the military and is considered to be a popular leader within the Dorvish Armed Forces, he continues to work to build the Dorvish Armed Forces and restore some of their lackluster performances of their yearly war games that have been conducted. The last one, held in August 4336 was off the coast of Westmark where the Dorvish Armed Forces sank a battlegroup of aircraft carriers, destroyers, frigates and corvettes. The Inspector of the Dorvish Navy Generaladmiral Kersten Donhauser was pleased and the focus of anti-ship weapons have improved and the Dorvish Navy's focus on anti-ship, notably anti-aircraft carrier tactics had improved. It is rumored that the feared Dorvish U-boat force was out in full effect and were able to sink several other OPFOR ships, including landing a disastrous hit on a mock aircraft carrier.
The appointment of the powerful banking and financial elite Constantin von Desidier was widely seen as a strong move for the Dorvish economy, the Haldor Stock Exchange (HSE) announced a large uptick in stocks following the announcement that a von Desidier was going to be responsible for industry and trade. Stocks were already surging when Karlis Maximilain von Desidier was appointed as the new Director-General of the Foreign Economic Council, one of the several sovereign wealth funds of the Dorvish Republic. Without much pomp and ceremony the Foreign Economic Council Director-General and President of the State Bank Maximilian von Weinsedorf announced that a portion of their respectively controlled sovereign wealth funds would have a portion of their wealth converted over to the Artanian Mark (ART/ARM) giving the Artanian Central Bank a much needed boost in capital. The Artanian Mark has held stable in the past several months at 1 Lodamese Dollar to .82 Artanian Mark the influx of a large portion of the Dorvish SWF's are undoubtedly going to raise it.
The Minister of the Interior held a small press conference but otherwise his office stated that the Interior Ministry was at continuing business as usual, including their recent prosecution of various cults around Dorvik. The Ministry of the Interior reported roughly 150,000 arrests since March 4334 when the crackdown on cults began; of those 150,000 arrests about 7,500 of them resulted in serious charges and another 15,000 have resulted in minor charges. However, the Prosecutor-General of Dorvik Hannes Osterhold announced earlier over the summer that the courts were pressing forward with another "...several hundred cases, close one-thousand including leadership in some cults."