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4804 Elections: De Martino and his governement reconfirmed
The Alliance keep the majority and the Prime Minister announces the Government is ready to pursue new ambitious plans for the next term

Prime Minister Alex De Martino celebrates the electoral victory

16 January 4804

ROMULA - The second elections of the new century, the second within the framework of the current two-party system involving The Alliance and the Socialists & Democrats, was gained by the previous majority and Prime Minister Alex De Martino is thus ready to led the country for another four years.

The night of the elections, after the results were known, during the celebrations into the UlbiCredit Sport Palace, chosen as electoral headquarters of The Alliance, Alex De Martino took the floor before his colleagues and supporters to thanks the country, to praise the work made and to announce the plans for the next term:

First of all I want to thanks Istalia and Istalians for having placed their trust in me and into my party once again. Clearly the country has recognized the benefits of the measures taken by this government which has therefore been awarded and has received a new mandate to lead the country for another term.

We have finally introduced a healthcare reform which we of The Alliance have always supported and which today guarantees a real freedom of choice to our citizens while at the same time continuing to protect their right to health, promoting a kind of dynamism in the sector which ensures high quality services and a continuous technological improvement thanks to competitiveness and efficient management of available resources.

Thanks to such a reform, the Government was able to free up enormous resources for one of the most important fiscal and budgetary reforms of recent decades, which guaranteed a lowering of taxes for all Istalians and above all allowed us to diverge funds to the most strategic sectors of the country, our excellences, to stimulate economic growth, job creation and investments in training and research.

The Istalians have recognized the goodness of our actions and will recognize the goodness of the programs my government is ready to implement over the next four years. We will finally liberalize again the energy sector and related infrastructure; we will direct new resources for industry, trade but above all tourism to further enhance this our excellence and the artistic and historical heritage of our beautiful country; we will put in place a welfare reform aimed always to enhance the freedom of choice for our citizens; we will adopt the first measures for the modernization of our Armed Forces but also for the improvement of their operational capabilities and in fact we have already presented our proposal for the creation of a Corps of the Coast Guard so as to be able to focus the resources and capabilities of the Imperial Navy on the global strategic goals that we are pursuing for the country.

Furthermore, I inform you that the Minister of Justice has already presented to the competent parliamentary commission a bill for the reorganization of the legislation relating to the Constitutional Court, currently fragmented among numerous legal sources and therefore harbinger of possible legal holes and inefficiencies, thus a legal reorganization aimed to eradicate the risk of such loopholes which we cannot admit when it's our Democracy and our Rights at stake.

We will demonstrate once again that this government wants to work and will work only for the good of the country.

Thank you

Prime Minister De Martino, in the following days, announced the current cabinet will remain in office without any reshuffle, confirming thus all the current Ministries under the sign of continuity and reliability.

Regarding the announced government's plans on welfare and defense, the one for the welfare, according to the rumors, will involve, in all probability, the pension system but about the plans for the defense little news leaked for the moment.

Analysts and expertises outside the Defense, however, underline that the current and future major needs of the Armed Forces include: for the Navy a new class of Aircraft Carrier, a new class of multipurpose amphibious ship with ligh carrier capabilities, a new class of cruiser and a new class of minor unit able to pursue missions like the patroling duties as well as blu water missions; for the Air Force a new air superiority aircraft, a new strategic bomber aircraft, complete replacement of all the typology of helicopters (need shared also with the Army which instead is already equiped with some of the most modern and technological advanced land vehicles and weapons).

The same expertises estimates that for all these needs at least two multidecennial programs will be necessary but after the experience of the last major defensive program and thanks to the traditional highly modular design methods, which have always taken into account the need of future improvements, many expect that the most recent current active units will be not replaced but will able to undertake extensive modernization works. Among them there are the cruisers belonging to the so called "Improved Imperator-Class" and almost half of the "Lupo-Class" frigates. Someone, finally, speculate that the hull of most of the "Fortezza-Class" carrier could be even fully reused so to build and to accomodate the infrastructures and the systems of a totally new aircraft carrier.

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SOCIALISTS & DEMOCRATS RISE CONCERNS ABOUT WITH WHOM ISTALIA IS TRADING AND ABOUT THE FATE OF ISTALIAN AND FOREIGN WORKERS: SECRETARY BARBARA LAUZI CALLS FOR OBSERVANCE OF THE LAW ON ETHICAL TRADE

The Socialists & Democrats party has announced that with the support of the major national trade unions next week it will take to the streets on the occasion of a general strike of the Istalian workers. The strike was called following the concerns raised by the unions regarding the growing presence of foreign investments and companies in Italy and which could represent a risk for Istalian workers and their jobs.
But political secretary of Socialists & Democrats Barbara Lauzi underlined further problems regarding with whom Istalia is trading and having economic relations: in fact, the announcement of the car manufacturer from Valruzia BNG ready to land on the Istalian market and to challenge local companies as mentioned it didn't represented another challenge for the istalian industry agitating many workers but has also raised ethical doubts in trading and having such extensive economic relations with Valruzia.
The secretary Lauzi expressed in fact all her discomfort and those of the whole socialist political area about the recent ban for socialist political movement from Valruzia.

As socialists we cannot fail to be projected towards an international dimension and we cannot fail to struggle also for all the socialists around the world. Valruzia recently banned all parties and political forces inspired by socialism and derived ideologies and the worst thing is that they have equated it with ideologies such as fascism and Nazism.

Lauzi underline to the press that in Istalia the law provides "ethical" tariffs are imposed on imports from nations with lower standards for the environment and the workers' rights. Lauzi stressed that investments from abroad must logically be subjected to similar measures and also specified why she mentioned these law when talking about the mentioned ban imposed by Valruzia on socialist parties:

We Socialists & Democrats can only always be on the side of the workers here in Istalia but also around the world. All the workers of world shares equal interests but above shares equal risks for their well-being. This is why we cannot ignore the unfair measures adopted by the Valruzia government: The fact that an ideology that has historically been one of the major supporters of the workers' movements and of all workers and their right and that has been their point of reference for countering the selfishness and exploitation inherent in capitalism has been banned together with all ideologies derived from it can only be considered as an act that puts the rights of all workers and citizens of Valruzia at risk and that puts democracy in Valruzia at risk and for this reason I'm underlining the fact that the Government must respect the law about ethical trade because such measures adopted in Valruzia are merely measures taken to foster the conservatism of the center-right government and their liberal and pro-capitalist stances.
Our current government is totally ignoring the ethical trading provisions that are still in force in favor of pure and simple profit.
How many times in this nation have politicians praised the democracy and freedom that Istalian citizens can enjoy? How many times have dictatorial and authoritarian regimes clashed and criticized? Certainly Valruzia cannot be considered a dictatorship but soon it cannot even be considered a full democracy.
How long will our country continue to earn on the skin of other human beings just because they are outside our borders? How long will Istalia continue with this hypocrisy? Surely as long as we continue to be governed by this government but I assure you that we will make our voice heard for the rights of Istalian workers and all over the world and for democracy in Istalia and in the world.

Barbara Lauzia's statements to journalists came immediately after her speech in the hall of the national assembly on the reform of the constitutional court that presented the government. This is the brief speech by Secretary Lauzia:

The Government is showing to care a lot of the right of our citizens.But it seems there are no problem in trade with nations where these rights are stripped. We cannot benefit from the suffrrence of other people. For this reason although we support this bill, before to proceed we want open a debate about this as well as about the risks for our industry and our workers for having such indiscriminate relations. The rights of our workers are in danger.

It is expected that the next question time by part of the Socialists & Democrats will summon the Prime Minister himself to respond to such concerns and many members of the Socialists & Democrats expressed their support for the proposal came from the socialist democratic wing of the party which supports the creation of a Dark List and a Grey List where to put nations and to whom impose a series of limitations if not sanctions for the worst cases.
Secretary Lauzi as if she had wanted to somehow anticipate these proposals has already proposed to parliament to reform the law relating to investments from abroad so that the government can have a voice in whether or not to authorize foreign companies to invest in our country (http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill. ... lid=630746). Presenting the bill the secretary mentioned Valruzia and the problems exposed to the press and the party is clamoring for guidelines to follow in deciding whether or not to authorize an investment by asking for the creation of precisely those lists that categorize nations and investors based on respect for human, civil and workers' rights.

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Der Globus: Dorvish Foreign Minister in Istalia (May, 4805)

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Prime Minister responds to criticism: "Overreaction about Valruzia and first of all we shall provide for the well-being of our citizens"
De Martino comments also the visit in Istalia of the Foreign Minister of Dorvik with which Istalia shares the great concerns about the state of the World Congress in the aftermath of the recent behavior of Endralonese representative

6 October 4805

ROMULA - Prime Minister Alex De Martino profited of the weekly meeting with the press to respond to the criticism came in recent days by the Socialists & Democrats' Secretary Barbara Lauzi who heavily criticized the Government for the increasing economic relations with Valruzia, blamed to be falling into a dictatorial state.

The criticism by Socialists & Democrats already faced the words of members of the majority into the National Assembly, like Deputy Ennio Lavella and Deputy Amilcare Reali, the latter of them criticizing what he considered a black mail by part of the Socialists & Democrats ready to block the Constitutional Law on the Constitutional Court and which he labelled as "a foundamental piece of legislation necessary for our institutional order and for the protection of the rights of our citizens". These their statements:

Mr Speaker,
Istalia is driving up the road of economic recovery from the crisis which affected the continent at the end of the last century. Our nation and our workers are beneficing from the increasing investments from abroad and all our citizens are beneficing from the new growing phase of our economy.
S&D seems to be ready to undermine the well-being of our citizens with this unnecessary crusade. Valruzia has been for a lot of time a stable democracy and if they took such measures probably they have clear reasons to do so. Probably Valruzia had not the chance to have parties fully devoted to democracy like Istalia has and had for many years.
But, most important, this Government and this majority is thinking first of all to our citizens and to our country and in this critic moment it is not at all the case to undermine the positive trend we are experiencing currently!
- Ennio Lavella

Mr Speaker,
what can we respond to the Socialists & Democrats if not that with this stance they are putting in danger the rights of our citizens?
They are ready to put the interests of other countries and other people before the ones of the Istalians and they are ready to undermine their rights for a useless crusade which, as said, Istalia doens't need right now.
This Government and my political party already showed to care a lot of people abroad REALLY suffering the conseguences and the actions of REAL dictatorships, like the one in Lourenne.
And we cannot deny the fact that from socialism derived a lot of political movements, first of all communism, which have been responsible of many kind of undemocratic, authoritarian, dictatorial and totalitarian regimes during whole the long lasting history of the world.
We don't know what and how in Valruzia such ideologies generated trubbles and sufferences and for this reason we should respect such decisions because they are aimed first of all to preserve and defend the constitutional order of Valruzia which we cannot fail to recognize as a veritable democracy.
- Amilcare reali

Such statements thus have been following by the one released this moorning by the Prime Minister:

The Government cannot but considers the concerns expressed by S&D as an unnecessary overreaction. Valruzia has been undeniably for a long time a stable democracy, built on a solid legal and constitutional framework which in several way ensure to the state a democratic form and protect the foundamental rights of citizens.

As mentioned by Deputy Reali, Valruzia could have its historical and social justification to adopt such measures which, I would like underline this, are close to quite similar measures enforced in Istalia, like the Law "Assuring the safeness of our society" and the Law on the "Measures for the Democratic Security of the State and Institutions", which have been adopted due to our history and the events which undermined the Rights of our citizens.

But let me say also that exactly our citizens would be the ones which will suffer more from acting in the way the Socialists wish, because this Government and the elected Parliament must first of all think to the well being of our citizens and of our country. Following some of the most radical thoughts expressed by some socialist exponents Istalia should totally isolate itself from the outside and be able to have relations just with nations which comply exactly with the Istalian laws and principles, really really few and we would experience dramatic effects for our country and our citizens.

My Government has a more pragmatic view which is aimed to promote dialogue with other nations and cultures but most important this Government is first of all aimed to improve the well being of the Istalians which we represent.

Thank you

Then the Prime Minister was questioned about what is happening into the World Congress:

our Ambassador clearly expressed our concerns within the General Assembly. We consider highly suspicious the veritable crusade Endralon began agains the Aurorian Patriarchal Church and having its representative expressed several times a very strong anti-religious sentiment we fear that the Security Council could become a tools to oppose if not even support persecution against religions.

The resolution proposed by Endralon, quite obscure and vague, would be a dangerous precedent for the World Organization and for this reason the Istalian Government will put efforts to work with Dorvik, with which we shares these concerns on the status of the international organization, in order to open a debate on the situation of the organization.

As Prime Minister of Istalia I would like invite the other member nations of the Security Council to oppose such resolution or, in case, propose a resolution to reppeal such piece of international law.

However, despite the words by the Prime Minister and the most loyal to the Government, criticism came also from within the majority, especially from the libertarian wing and the democratic wing, recently quite undermined by a rampant nationalistic wing which formed within The Alliance in the aftermath of the dissolution of Order, Faith and Family and Populists parties.

The join spokeperson chosen by the two minoritarian wings, Elisabetta Moschardini, commented in such way the political line of the Government:

Many within the ranks of the Alliance are somewhat concerned about the political line adopted for the foreign policy by the Prime Minister and the Government.
Our country has always been a beacon of democracy and freedom, ready to fight in the face of injustices and in the past we have harshly criticized nations which probably were only on the paper democratic, led by political forces which for their interest and not for the one of the citizens and the nation have banned countless political parties and movements.

Valruzia seems, alas, to be taking a similar path and I cannot fail to express concerns also about the fact the Government is entering into new relations with Dorvik, a nation which can "boast" a long tradition of banning parties which are not dangerous for the nation but simply uncomfortable for the conservative forces which monopolized the political life of the country for a long, perhaps too long time, turning it unofficially into a single-party state.

We are concerned by the relativism adopted by our Government and this, on behalf of the Libertarian wing and the Democratic one of The Alliance I ask the Prime Minister and the Government if it is really worth selling your soul to the devil for a handful of pennies.

Thank you

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New Defense Plan for the nation and new defensive agreement with Rildanor
With the new budget law resources have been allocated to develop, build and start studies for new ships and new aircrafts and Rildanor will cooperate on some projects


November 4805

ROMULA - The Budget Law 4805 has been approved some months ago and with it a new general Plan for the Defence have been presented and approved. Yesterday, the Office of the Prime Minister made know that Rildanor expressed interest in joining the developement efforts for some projects presented into the Plan and that it is interested in purchaise some other equipements.

The new law provides for the development and the construction of a new class of multirole offshore ships aimed to a large range of operations, ranging from patroling duties, sea rescue operations, to civil protection operations and first line fighting vessel role. These units will flank and progressively will replace the current Soldato-Class Patrol ships.
Then it will privides for the development and the construction of a new class of first line fighting guided missile frigate to be built in two variants: Anti-submarine role and Air-defense/General purpose role. They will flank and progressively will replace the current Lupo-Class Frigates.
Both the new classes will be equiped with new combat IT systems, new generation electronic systems and sensors and it will be developed a new Vertical Missile Lauch System for both the classes.
The Ministry of Defence already announced the contract was awarded to the well known Magistro-Leonardi Yards, a veritable security on the side of technology and know-how. Recognizing the quality of the projects, Rildanor already made know that it is intention of its Government to purchaise 4 of the frigates and 8 of the offshore ships.

Rildanor will be instead involved since the development stage in the projects of a new family of helicopters based on a common design and to be built for several task, from transport needs, from rescue and ambulance role, to be embarked on the ships of the Istalian and Rildanorian ships, and other kind of operations. It is expected the construction will be carried out both in Istalia and in Rildanor and the Ministry of Defense already stated that in Istalia the two corporation in pole position to win the contract are Ajace Aeronautics and a consortium formed by Magistro-Leonardi and Siderale.
Rildanor didn't yet announced what will be the corporations which will be tasked to build the helicopters for their national Armed Forces but the agreement established by the two countries provides that Istalia will send experts and technicians, in cooperation with the awarded local corporation, to assist the south Seleyan country and in case fill the possible technological and productive gaps with great benefits for the Rildanorian know-how.
Alongside the multirole helicopter family, which will be adopted by the Imperial Navy, Air Force and Army, it will be produced and introduced for the needs of the Army a new generation of attack helicopter and although Rildanor expressed its interest in cooperating also on the development of this project, Istalia is still evaluating if involve the partner but in case of a negative response the construction will be in any case licensed to a Rildanorian corporation.

The rest of the Plan for the Navy provides funds for also several studies for the development of the desing of a new class of multipurpose missiles destroyer aimed to replace the first batch of the Imperator-Class destroyers and to flank the Improved Imperator-Class destroyers, which it is expected with a future Defence Plan to undergo fully upgrading and modernization works for which feasibility studies funds have been provided too.
Studies will be funded also for the preliminary studies for the design and developement of a new class of aircraft carrier. As underlined previously by some indipendent and civilian expertises the Ministry of Defense, received response on feasibility by the expertises and the designer of the Armed Forces, is actually evaluating the opportunity to re-use the hull of the successful Fortezza-Class on which develop a fully new class of aircraft carriers equiped with the best and newest technologies.

Last but not least the Imperial Air Force will be equiped with a new generation air superiority fighter with stealth capabilites, equiped with hypersonic missiles, new electronic and electric systems and aimed to further weapon systems' improvement in the future.

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Ecnomic growth: tourism sector skyrocketed
The efforts by part of the De Martino's Government to support the tourism in Istalia are bringing their fruits with benefits also for other markets


14 April 4806

The data of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, confirmed by the estimates of independent bodies, seem to be justifying the efforts of the Government in past years to promote and enhance the country's tourism sector.
The increase in the offer by businesses and services dedicated to tourism, accompanied by effective promotional campaigns distributed in the new markets reached by Istalia, have resulted in an 18% increase in tourist arrivals in the country.

But it was not only small and medium-sized enterprises that benefited from it, which actually have been the ones mainly supported by the Government, but the new dynamism experienced by the sector has stimulated investments also by larger economic players, such as the country's largest cruise company, the recently rebranded Seven Seas Cruises, previously known as NSC Cruises.
The company has in fact invested to expand the offer of cruising routes and then in the construction of new cruise vessels to modernize and expand the fleet so as to be able to further expand the offer for tourists from Istalia and abroad.

Among the new destinations proposed by the company that have found more success there are the "Coastal route of Valruzia" and the "Tour of the Rildanorian tropical waters". Sailing north through the Sea of ​​Lost Souls and the Aldegarian Gulf, once on the Valruzian coasts, cruise passengers have the opportunity to visit some of the most evocative coastal cities of the north-Seleyan country, including several cities of art rich in history and culture.
Heading east, instead, circumnavigating the southern Seleyan coasts, tourists can reach the warm tropical waters of the Schismatic Sea enjoying the beaches and tropical amenities offered by Meroix Island.

Both the Valruzian and Rildanorian tour operators could not but welcome the Istalian tourists with open arms, returning the courtesy reserved in Istalia for their citizens aimed to visit our country, interested above all in enjoying the testimonies. present in the cities of art and in the archaeological sites, as well as in many small villages into the countryside, expression of the very long and very rich historical heritage of Istalia, dating back to the dawn of civilizations, but also its natural beauties, such as the Temperate Rainforests on the slopes of the Nayar mountains and above all of the Alkayl chain, the beauty of the mountain environments themself, part of the east-majatran complex which records some of the highest peaks on the continent, hiking in the depressed Phaykran Desert, etc...

But Istalian citizens, who after the economic difficulties of the last century are finally enjoying new prosperity for their living standards, are flocking in greater numbers to Rildanor not only for the tropical beaches or the mountainous and forested areas in the mainland, but the country is also benefiting from the presence for several years of the Aurorian Arch-Patriarch in the city-state of Ville Des Saints, located on the border between Rildanor and Kanjor. The Rildanorian tour operators, contacted by and in cooperation with the Istalian ones, have shown themselves to be receptive and in both countries they are taking advantage of the increasingly close relations between the two countries.

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Last unit of the Intrepido-Class submarine launched
While the Defense embarks on the new general renewal plan the submarine component of the Navy met the needs of the global strategic guidelines adopted by the country few years ago


6 May 4806

NEPULI - Great celebrations this moorning at the Magistro-Leonardi yars of Nepoli where the last unit of the Intrepido-Class nuclear attack submarine have been launched at the presence of Head of State, His Majesty Nicola II, and the highest authorities of the State, among whom obviously the Prime Minister Alex De Martino and the Defence Minister Bruno Odescalchi.

Most of the units of the new class, commissioned with the previous large renovation Program of the Defence, was introduced into the Navy in time for the adoption of the new strategic defensive global policy adopted by the country few decades ago, but the construction and launch of the last units has been delayed due to the recent global economic slowdown which forced the previous government to diverge huge amounts of resources to shield the istalian economy and buffer the effects of the crisis.
With the progressively and fast recovery of the Istalian economy, however, pressed by the Armed Forces works were finally resumed and after the launch three months ago of the "Bolide", the last unit of the three additional SSBN Folgore-Class commissioned to meet the needs of the new strategic policy, this moorning, as said, it was the turn of the attack submarine "Alessandro Ghazi", named in honor of the father and predecessor of Emperor Nicola, remembered as "the Soldier Emperor", the fourth unit of the class named after an Istalian Emperor (the other ones being the "Tommaso Hassan", second launched unit of the class, the "Nicola I" and the "Alessandro I").

As provided by the previous modernization program of the Armed Forces, the Intrepido-Class replaced the older Romula-class attack submarines representing a great leap in quality and technology.
Projecting the new attack submarine the engineers adopted several technologies already adopted on the SSBN Folgore-Class like, among the most notable, the pump-jet propulsion.
Great efforts have been put also to reduce the detectable noise of the class, which is 1/1000 of the previous attack submarines but also of the balistic ones (which relied on very law detectability even more than attack ones) and to enhance the detection capabilities of other submarine: although the Navy didn't specified it, expertises claims that this new class is ten times more sensitive in detecting other submarines. The submarine arsenal too is remarkable, in fact it is equiped with 4 tubes able to launch several kind weapons like anti-ship torpedos and missiles, mines and long range missiles able to strikes against strategic land targets.
The submarine thanks to such an arsenal can carry out anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare and also land attack, but it is not all: thanks to the capability to accomodated up to 15 commandos fully equiped and to transport a minisubmarine pod on the aft, the Intrepido-class submarine can carry out also intelligence gathering, crisis management and special operations. Improvements have been introduced also for the technology related to its nuclear reactor which compared with the Romula-class extend the time between refueling and complex overhauls to 10 years.

The Chief of Navy Staff squadron admiral Augusto Marandini, specified during his speech that with such submarine and strategic fleet, the Navy is considering whether not to replace all the surface combat units with the new ones commissioned by the last General Defence Program, however the Defence Authorities of the Empire probably will decide about only when few of the new surface units will be about to be built, thus in at least ten years.

(OOC: The part on technical features have been quoted from the wikipedia page of the Suffren-Class https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barracuda ... ne_(France) on which the Intrepido-class is based).

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Return to Luna: Government provides new funds to the AISA
The new manned mission to reach our natural satellite will be the main program of the agency but it is expected also the resume of exploration missions through probes

A photo of Terra taken from Luna during the Pegaso Missions

2 July 4806

ROMULA - The Government this moorning presented to the National Assembly a new allocation of financial resources aimed to provide new funds to the AISA for the coming years and the Minister of Science and Technology Giulio Scaramella confirmed the rumors leaked in recent days from the office of the Prime Minister: Istalia will come back on Luna.

Before the National Assembly the Minister Scaramella stated that "with the economic recovery Istalia is experiencing the Government is considering to fully resume the activity of the AISA and thus resume the Istalian space program".

Actually, when the Agency was still cooperating with the Dolgavan counterparts the two space agencies were planning to develop a new common manned mission to reach our natural satellite. However, with the economic crisis which interested most of the continent to spread then around the world and then with fall of the Kingdom of Dolgava which put an end to such a bilateral colaboration, plans for such a mission were set aside as well as other several unmanned exploratory mission.
Furthermore, Istalia took fully responsability of the management of the "Unità" space station, operated by 4-member crews of istalian astronauts which take turns every 5 months, and this represented a great financial efforts with a lot of funds diverged in the previous years to face the effect of the economic crisis.

However, times are changed and the Government on impulse of the Prime Minister De Martino took the decision to provide the new funds to the Ministry of Science and Technology, under which the AISA operates, to began the development of the new Lunar program but also of the other unmanned missions. Minister Scaramella added to the National Assembly that this new investment of fund "will represent a boast for our scientific and technological know-how, it will have positive outcomes for all the third actors involved (laboratories, universities and of course dedicated businesses) and it will boast the prestige of the nation".

At the date there are no established plans for the new Lunar program but during the last years of cooperation with the Dolgavan Space Agency expertises and designers were evaluating several options to develop the new mission.
On the side of the unmanned exploratory missions, during the Istalian-Dolgavan cooperation two mission were carried out: the launch of the "Alsamet Spacecraft", which remained into Jovian orbit for almost 5 years before its piloted end of its life deep in the atmosphere of the gas giant, and the launch of the "Sol Lucidus satellite" which is still at the Sol–Terra Lagrangian 1 point continuing to study the sun.
The "Red Knight-Pioneer" mission, comprising of an orbiter and a rover aimed to reach Mars, never reached instead the final stage of development and likely it will be the first unmanned mission to be resumed.

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BREACKING NEWS: JEAN-NOËL BELLEGARDE CAPTURED IN ISTALIA
Thanks to a coordinated operation between the Intelligence and the national security forces the Rildanorian terrorist and his men have been caught after they entered in Istalia posing as Lourennese refugees

DOS agents escorting one of Bellagarde's men the moorning after the raid

22 July 4807

ROMULA - Summoned this moorning an extraordinary press conference at Antinori Palace, Prime Minister Alex De Martino announced that the Intelligence and Security forces of the Istalian Empire captured in the night the Rildanorian terrorist Jean-Noël Bellegarde, former Head of Government of the Royaume Unit who few weeks ago lead a bloody attempted coup d'etat against the legitimate Government of Rildanor as leader of the pro-authoritarian terrorist group National Idealist Front, responsible of several terrorist attacks in Rildanor, the worst of them the bombing of the Montpelier Square Complex in Saint-Antoine.

Prime Minister, informing the press and the public, said that Bellegarde and fourteen members of his terrorist organization entered in Istalia a week ago posing as Lourennese refugees, profiting of the cooperation on the matter between Rildanor and Istalia and of the special legislation adopted in Istalia to welcome and assist the refugees.

Profiting of the chaos generated by the failed coup and arrived in Istalia on a flight landed in Agirgento (Silicia) carrying 148 Lourennes refugees, Bellagarde was identified by the "SISDI" (domestic intelligence agency) following reports by part of the "SISDE" (foreign Intelligence agency), which was assisting the Rildanorian Intelligence. The domestic intelligence agency in cooperation with the "DOS", the "Special Operation Division" of the National Gendarmerie (division aimed to investigation activities and special operation against organized crime and terrorism), didn't acted immediatly to caught the terrorist but proceeded with a tail wishing to find out who was the ones helping them here in Istalia.

After being let pass by the immigrations authorities, Bellegarde and his men after two days left the local reception facility, where as supposed Lourennese refugees they have been accomodated, to move and found refuge in a farmhouse in the countryside around the little town of Montalzano Maggiore, clese to Catagna, in Palerno's Province. There, the intelligence and the special forces waited for other 5 days before to proceed with a raid which brought to the capture of all the fiftenn men, carried out without victims or wounded.


DOS agents captured by a thermal camera just before the raid - released with the courtesy of the National Gendarmery

The domestic Intelligence found out that the farmhouse was owned by Domenico Caruso, known by law enforcement and convicted in the past for several criminal offences like criminal cospiracy, racketeering, extortion, money laundering and so on and who is one of the most important local members of a criminal organization based in Istalia with interests spreading in east and south Majatra and south and center Seleya and which, according to the Organized Crime Investigative Division of the Minister of Internal Affairs' Department of Public Security, is one of the largest criminal organization worlwide and among the most involved in weapons and narcotics traffiking, the latter activity focused on trafficking narcotics from production areas in Dovani to the western hemisphere markets.

Bellegarde's terrorist organization established relations with this international criminal organization, headquartered in Istalia, already when operating in Rildanor in order to have access to fundings as well as weapons. It was such organization which provided Bellegarde and his men with false documents and which, as discovered by the Intelligence forces, had to help them to leave Istalia to a safe destination.
Caruso and other two men associated with the criminal organization have been arrested the same night of the raid in their homes and have been moved to the maximum security prison of Palerno pending trial.
Bellegarde and his men, instead, taken away by the agents of the DOS, were put on a plane and moved to Eristano so to be separately accomodated into the maximum security prison of the city.

The Rildanorian authorities was informed of the identification of Bellegarde and his men the day after their arrival in Istalia and they have been constantly kept informed of the evolution of the operation from the tail until the terrorists arrest during the raid.

The Prime Minister specified that currently Bellegarde and his men, with the assent of the Public Prosecutore's Office, are being questioned by the judiciary authorities to collect info on the criminal organization which helped them, and declared that as soon as the Istalian Judiciary will have finished the fifteen men will be extradited to be handed over to Rildanorian's Authorities so that they can face the Justice for the terrible acts carried out at home.

The Prime Minister expressed great satisfation for the effectiveness of the national intelligence and of the other domestic security forces, expressed his personal satisfation for what is the definitive conclusion of a period of heavy times for the friends of Rildanor wishing that for the south seleyan ally this will represent the beginning of a new era of peace and stability and finally expressed his congratulations and best wishes to the newly appointed President of the Rildanorian Government Justin Macron.

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SOCIALISTS & DEMOCRATS WANTS TO MOBILISE THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER-LEFT AND LEFT FORCES TO PUT AN AND TO THE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IDEOLOGIES IN HISTORY: "DEMOCRACY, POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND CIVIL CONQUESTS, SOCIALISM IS NOT ONLY THE DEGENERATION In DICTATURES"

Barbara Lauzi spoke to the press yesterday announcing that the Socialists & Democrats are committed to mobilise the political forces and political movements around the world inspired by the principles of socialism, freedom and democracy. In fact the istalian party get in touch with several foreign parties members of international party organizations representing center-left and left political forces and movements to which the istalian politician asked to join the forces in order to put an end to the discrimination and the persecution of the all these political forces and political movements inspired by the idealsand the principle of the Socialism.
The secretary Barbara Lauzi said to the press that the discrimination and persecution against Socialism that is applied in many nations of the world are too often the result of the will to hegemonize the political life of the nations by part of conservative and rightist parties for thier own interests instead than the aimed by a genuine will to protect the rights of the people. With the excuse of defend the democracy this behavior instead undermine democracy and freedom to boast the interests of a little political establishment if not of a single hegemonic party.
Barbara Lauzia also blamed the fact that too often in those nations Socialism is simply intended as dictature which is a view led only by ignorance and parochialism.
Lauzi said:

I challenge you to find a political ideology that was not victim of the degenerations and the greed of deviated persons and of power-hungry fanatical parties causing terrible conseguence to their nation and people. No political movement can't say that in the history it doesn't experienced degenerations.
Most of political ideology instead can rightfully say that they embraced the road of democracy respecting first of all the rights of the people than embracing the fanatism and we can rightfully say that countless socialist party in history and in eveyr nation of theworld fully partecipated to the democratic proceses and democratic life of their nations.
I can rightfully say even that Socialism represented one of the most significant ideology in history and that in countless occasions they contributed to democracy, political, social and civil conquests with benefits for millions of people around the world. Socialism represents equality and social justice within a democracy and it is the first bulwark in the defence of workers and the oppressed.
We can't condemn a whole ideology for the actions of few degenerated and for this reason the Socialists & Democrats are ready to work at international level to mobilize not only the socialist movements but all these political parties and organizations that believe in freedom and democracy. We are already receiving several signs of support and we hope to expand this fight even more.
In conclusione I would like to say you and informe you that I'm not atall surprise by the fact that among the first ones who enthusiastically responded us there are a political party from Dorvik that is one of the new friends of our wretched government where in fact not only socialism is banned but any sort of political party that is not aligned to the conservative and bigoted ideology boasted by the almost far right party that for too much time government as single party state the country. And I said single party state because exactly due to the laws banning all other political movements it was what Dorvik became. But Dorvik it is not the only one: too much nations adopted these persecution and Valruzia is only the last of them to do so. This way of thinking must be eradicated really in the name of freedom, rights and democracy.