Istalia

[Nichola]

LA LIBERTA'
Official press organ of the Istalian Reformist Party
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Government crisis: ex-minister De Giuliani speaks
The 30 june, former Minister of Transport De Giuliani released at an press conference the following statement:

As you know, we have started a process to request new elections by effectively ending the Carabetta government, which has remained in office for the running of current affairs. Our decision is not attributable to bad relations with the ex-allies, indeed, we found them very helpful and collaborative and for this I still want to thank both parties.
Our decision instead regards the fact that we want to give this country a government with a precise program and a large majority. Unfortunately, the government we were part of had a narrow majority and an unclear program. Of course we could have started a process of internal confrontation between allies to solve these problems, but the legislature has now reached more than half and it would have been like wasting the remaining time. It is also for this reason that we have decided not to inform the Council of Ministers and bring the discussion directly to the Assembly, the home of all Istalians. To speed things up and bring a new government to this country, which has a clear agenda as well as a large majority. You know that ours is a center party and that we are open to any type of coalition that does not undermine the articles of our Party Statute, and we will continue to be so! If after the elections the friends of the BdS and RP wanted to retry this experience, we would say "yes" to a specific condition: first we make the program then we go to govern, conditions that will apply to any party will contact us eventually in the future to form a Government.
I want to emphasize that the previous government was formed because there was no clear majority, neither left nor right, and that it was also put in place to avoid the advance in power of the far right at the helm of a coalition of the center-right - and therefore to the Government. We acted for the interests of the country by forming the Carabetta government, we do it again by ending the experience of this government.
Thanks for your attention

The choice of the PRI has sparked many controversies in the political world, especially in the area on the left that criticizes the timing and methods of De Giuliani's move while appreciating its final purpose. In the center-right there are still no official rumors about the dissolution of the government but the main leaders should make some statements in the days to come.

[XanderOne]

Tommaso Hassan and Clarissa wed!
Prince and Princess of the Crown leave St Matthias Archbasilica to waves of cheers from crowds before sharing a kiss from the Palace window


18 January 4699

ROMULA - The most eligible bachelor and the most followed woman of the country finally took the big step: after 6 years together, finally Prince Tommaso Hassan and Clarissa Ferrami have been pronounced husband and wife at st Matthias Archbasilica in Romula today, making their vows in front of 1,200 guests and the eyes of the nation and the world.

Despite it was considered as a short-term survival relationship, progressively both souls showed to be ever more meant for each other and after just one year Mrs Ferrami was seen alongside Prince Tommaso Hassan during some officials events.
Actually, as declared Clarissa Ferrami herself durign an interview released with Prince Tommaso Hassan, as the relation became ever more serious, she had to face the difficulty to make cohexist her previous life of well known fashion blogger with her new life close to Tommaso Hassan.
The over 8,2 million followers of her very popular Click's account, months after months saw the most mundane and glamour photos and videos being removed until that it was definitively closed six months ago, when the couple announced their official engagement.


The past Clarissa Ferrami's account on Click

The newly Princess of the Crown had to renounce to her involvement in the fashion, entertainment and advertising industry to embrace her role as future Empress Consort of Istalia.
Despite this, however, the media coverage on the young "Imperial girlfriend" continued skyrocketing while her appareance beside Prince Tommaso Hassan to official events increased.



And obviously, also for her lovielest day, all eyes were on the bride as she made her way towards the Archbasilica. She showed few signs of nerves, smiling and waving at the crowds from her limousine and sat next to her father, Salvatore, a local small businessmen of Nepoli's province producing colorants. The bride opted for a very elegant creation by Agostino Garofano with lace long sleeves and a dropped V in the front and back. It was made up of three different shades of white, crêpe in-silk and Istalian organza. Lace designs featured down the front of the gown and on the train. She also wore a hand-embroidered tulle veil and on the head she wore a tiara with diamonds and emeralds, a gift from her mother-in-law the Empress.According to Quattroregni Palace the dress "epitomises timeless Istalian craftsmanship by drawing together talented and skilled workmanship from across the Nation".

Flanked by her sister and maid of honour, Angela Ferrami, who was wearing a long, cream silk gown, the bride was also accompanied by young bridesmaids Amara El Gazav, Grazia Van Cojsem, HIH Princess Manuela and HIH Princess Federica, and pageboys Marco Van Cojsem and HIH Prince Nicola.

Prince Tommaso Hassan stood next to his cousin, HIH Prince Mattia, and as his fiancé joined him at the altar the heir to the throne broke into a smile. Clarissa's mother, Marzia Mazzuferi in Ferragni, wearing a fitted blue-grey Prati's outfit, looked on with pride.

The wedding ceremony passed without hitch, with the only moment of tension provided as Prince Tommaso Hassan struggled to put the ring, fashioned fromAlarian gold given to Prince Tommaso Hassan by the Empress Mother Annalisa, on his bride's finger.

As the couple left St Matthias Archbasilica the crowds erupted into a fresh wave of cheers as they climbed into state landau carriages for the horse-drawn procession to Quattroregni Palace which actually was a great loop around the city center due to the fact that Palazzo Quattroregni is just at the end of the same square on which the Archbasilica overlooks.
The married couple waved at crowds as they passed the crowds. Despite fears of thundery showers, threatening grey skies produced no rain.



Consistent showed to be the demonstrations organized by anti-monarchists, led and supported by the large parliamentary majority, which however were authorized to gather not too close to the procession path, the Archbasilica or the Palace for security reason and not to trouble the security staff managing both the cheering crowds and festive events and the demonstrations.

The couple joined the Empress who is giving a lunchtime reception at Quattroregni Palace for 350 guests, described by the palace as "a private gathering for guests drawn from the congregation who will represent the couple's official and private lives".

At just before 1.30pm Tommaso Hassan and Clarissa kissed on the window of Quattroregni Palace facing the crowded square. The fleeting embrace sent the already ecstatic crowds wild, and was repeated during a flypast of the Comete Tricolori, the national aerobatic display team, releasing long tricolor trails above the Capital.

After more than five minutes of waving to the crowds, the couple walked hand in hand back through the doors of the palace. Earlier, stepping on to the balcony, Clarissa appeared to gasp "Oh my" as the Imperial couple saw the thousands of well-wishers crowding the square before being joined by members of their families.

The Empress finally gave a private dinner, followed by dancing, for just the very close friends and family.

[XanderOne]

Roncato on Reformists' move: "Good choice to put an end to this ineffective strange chimera"
National Alliance's leader doesn't hide her hope to work with the Reformits and is ready to contest the elections alongside the traditional ally of PCN praising the previous center-right governments


22 January 4699

ROMULA - Elections are on the sight and finally the leader of the National Alliance for the Empire, Alba Roncato, made her statement about the recent government crisis opened by the Reformists who suddenly left Carabetta's cabinet declaring as finished the current experience of Government.

Alba Roncato declared exiting a conference in Milona:

It was a good choice to put an end to this government which revealed itself to be an ineffective strange chimera between extreme left and centrist liberals, and it's not us to say that but one of the component of the Government.

They did what they have to do and now it is right to go to elections and we thanks also the colleagues of Res Pubblica to having agreed in giving back the choice to the people.

The Coalition for Imperial Cooperation will return to the polls as motivated as never before after the recent reports by FederIndustria and we are sure that after this poor experience of Government they will reward those who already paved the way to the current good performances of the country, those who already understood the right path for the country.

We hope to be able to work with the colleagues of Reformist Party, I can't hide this, but our programs are very close and we feel the Reformists as a natural partner for ANI and PCN, to assure to the country the freedom we need.

Thank you

Before to leave the journalists, Alba Roncato had time also to respond to more mundane questions about Prince of the Crown's marriage:

I wish the new couple the best and I am sure that, despite many worries that have arisen in the past, this marriage will guarantee stability, happiness and continuity for the Crown and the Country.

I hope they hurry up to give us a handsome heir!

Said ANI's Leader finally laughing.

[Auditorii]

al-Haliya Post: President launches tirade against Istalia for outlandish claims

[Augustus Germanus]

The Geraci Doctrine becomes official party policy
The Populists have voted in favor of the Doctrine made by Romero Geraci, mostly to retaliate against the killers of Zani

A party congress held by the Populists on the 28th June voted in favor of adding the so-called "Geraci Doctrine", a doctrine published a month earlier by Populist leader Romero Geraci. The doctrine favors greater militarization and a more interventionist foreign policy to assert Istalian dominance, but the most critical part of it was the issue with Solentia and the SCARS which has been the apparent murderers of former Populist leader Giusto Zani as been stated by Istalian Minister of the Interior Esterina Boccia. This has made the Populists furious and has looked for policies to retaliate against the neighboring nation, when Geraci came out with his political documentation it came as a "messianic" solution and perfect revenge against Solentia. In the doctrine, Geraci promotes armed conflict between the nations and that to protect and preserve the Istalian state, a special de-militarized zone need to be established covering the whole Solentian regions of 'Misrahi' and 'Tall Khadariyah', this special zone should as stated by Geraci hold a no-fly zone as well. The most shocking of the Doctrine is the advocation of a possible future annexation of the two regions into the Istalian Empire. Geraci states that first of is to put heavy economic sanctions on the "terrorist-nation" and the removing Solentian officials from Istalia. However it is not only focused on Solentia but also other nations as well, such as forging powerful military, diplomatic and trade alliances with Kazulia, Dorvik and Davostan, and seeking a much closer relationship Kanjor. With these alliances the doctrine favors setting up military land bases in Davostan and naval bases in Kanjor.

Geraci said in a speech concerning the implementation of the doctrine that he encourages the current and future governments to adopt it, he says that he understand that adopting policies of annexation against Solentia will be tough but that adopting the policies of economic sanctions and the removal of Solentian officials in Istalia is a reasonable policy as well as maximizing the security of the borders. This is one of the first ideological policies made by the Populists and it seems like more is to come.

[Augustus Germanus]

Socialists, Democrats & Populists...?
The S&D and the Populists announces a closer working relationship on matters such as greater centralization

After several meetings between the leaderships of the Populists and the Socialists & Democrats an agreement was made to work for the need of more centralized services to assure a strong fairness among all of the citizens wherever they are. With this agreement a new piece of legislation was quickly made set to be issued this year 4700, this being the Greater Centralization Program, which seeks to effectively remove most of the authority the local governments have on laws, it was also importantly stated that MOST not all will be removed. The Populist star, Augusto Amadeo, who is the Spokesman for Internal Affairs, have stated this:

We hope to issue this in this new year which have just recently arrived, and if it would not pass the National Assembly we will work to negotiate with the future government to see which article they can allow or not, otherwise we will start negotiations with parties in the Assembly independently to see if any other agreement on this program can be reached. Thank you.

Rumors has it that ideas of a national coalition was also brought up but was quickly discarded as politics can move very quickly. Political commentators have said that this can be a major improvement for both parties in future elections as there are many people in the country who supports more centralization, but there are also many who don't and that we will just have to wait and see. Either way, this cooperation seems to be taken very seriously by both parties and will most likely shape in some way or form the coming political landscape and will by most likely bring up the issue of more centralization as a major political topic.

[XanderOne]

Refugee crisis generates tensions in northern Istalia
Increasingly large refugee centers are hindering the operations of the security services deployed to face the terrorist threat

Security controls for Luthorian and Dundorfian-speaking Solentian refugees waiting to find place into a refugee center in north-east of Trivendito

19 June 4700

COMMENSA - This small town of Trivendito at the foot of the Nayar has now become the seat of the largest refugee center in the country, which today houses more than 175,000 Luthorian and Dundorfian-speaking Solentian refugees, but the others scattered around the peninsula are also slowly making record numbers: the Refugees Center of Romula has reached the remarkable figure of 87,000 refugees.

Obviously, the emergency has necessarily diverted all the attention of the authorities to the crisis generated in Solentia, where the Majatran element has now overwhelmingly taken over the country and where now several Majatran factions are sharing and contesting the power.
The recent elections in Solentia, although disturbed by the actions of fanatic and more extremist groups (and we go from the closest Ahmadist orthodoxy to deep communist radicalism), have indeed been considered free from rigging or manipulation and this can clearly be understood as the majatran element in Solentia has fully exhausted the non-majatran minority, albeit a very full-bodied, which today no longer sees any member of its own holding elective or managerial positions in the country.

The refugees who have managed to reach Istalia are almost 470,000 at the date while many others seem to be leaving Solentia towards the north of Kalopia or towards Artanian or Luthorian and Dundorfian-speaking countries, and among the latter the most interested destinations are Mordusia, Narikaton/Darnussia and Aloria, the latter being the nation where a large portion of the Luthorian and Dundorfian-speaking solentian population has its origins, which fled thousands of years ago following the escape of the Nuncirists, then arrived in Solentia where, it must be remembered, they established one of the most extreme and literally dystopian totalitarian regimes of history, responsible for the total transmutation of Solentia, between the 20th and 22nd country strongly influenced by the Artanian colonial powers, in a fully Luthorian and Durndorfian-speaking country and above all without a past: for millennia in Solentia the glorious history of the Quanzarian Empire, considered by the majority of historians the first true great Majatran empire (since the Ahmadi Caliphate was dominated by the Jelbik-Barmenian ethnicity, language, culture and tradition), was forgotten and the Majatran population, like all other communities in Solentia, was forced to abandon uses, cultures and traditions to embrace the Nuncirist nightmare.

Finally, after millennia, clearly the tension between the communities, free from the totalitarian yoke, has gradually returned to growing but if for centuries the Artanian communities have managed to remain in power, thanks to the economic, social and political influence, establishing long lasting authoritarian regimes, as well as thanks to a widespread lack of ethnic identity among the majority of the population (for centuries most of the majatrans in Solentia spoke only in Luthorian and adopted Artanian customs and habits), after a relative long period of democracy and stability in the last century, the activity of activists defending the Majatran identity had full freedom of action.
This awareness has affected above all the lower strata of the population, Majatrans for centuries excluded from economic and social power, prerogative of the non-Majatrans, and finally, with the crisis of the Solentian Unitary Republic and the following power vacuum, the Majatrans managed to organize themselves and recover "what was and is rightfully ours", as a large part of the majatran solentian are declaring to the international press when interviewed about the ethnic clashes and the flight of many former fellow citizens.

But tensions are not only affecting the civilian population in Solentia, but it is also growing among the Istalian citizens, especially among the Majatran communities in the north and north-east of the peninsula.
However, this is not just about intolerance towards the presence of refugee camps, which however is generating anger and resentment towards the authorities, but there has also been some sympathy among the majatran istalians for what happened in Solentia and for the seizure of power by the Majatrans, and the historical and traditional mistrust of the Majatran communities for the Solentians has also re-emerged, a centuries-old feud that could also see many Istalian nationalists lining up next to their Majatran fellow citizens, strong of the historical memory of Istalia and of the attempts to suppress the Istalian identity by part of the three modern Quanzarian regimes, also led by Luthorian and Dundorfian-speaking Solentians.


"Stop Invasion" demonstration in Padua

With the new Carabetta government taking office, it will now be up to the new executive to continue managing the emergency as well as the relations with Solentia, where factions on radical positions are ever more, like the Ahamdi fanatics or the newly founded Communist Party.
What is certain is that the authorities will find it increasingly difficult to manage the migration crisis and the terrorist threat that has already struck a member of the Istalian Politics, Giusto Zani, the philosopher and founding leader of the Populist Movement, on which the Judiciary and the Ministry of the Interior are conducting an investigation that appears to be bringing out a destabilization plan of the country.

[Aethan]

The government announces the "plan Ark" to solve the refugee crisis with Solentia
The Prime Minister asks for solidarity with the Istalians and announces further progress on the murder of Mr. Zani


Prime Minister Carabetta greeting some newly assigned Solentian refugees to their new homes

The Prime Minister of Istalia, Piermarco Carabetta, recently re-elected as head of government after his coalition agreement with the Social Democrats, Res Publica and the PRI, has appeared before the media in an urgent press conference after several days held with his government team to face the double crisis that has occurred in the nation on account of the conflict in the neighboring country. Mr. Carabetta's first announcement has been the appointment of the former mayor of Romula Alessandro Serra as the new Underminister of Immigration and Integration - a position that had not been used for almost a century - to deal with the refugee crisis that Istalia is experiencing. Mr. Serra, who in the last elections lost the mayor's office in front of the candidate of the far-right party Order, Faith and Family after two legislatures in the post, has stood out during his tenure for a firm defense of the reception of refugees and the defense of the weakest, building numerous shelters and shelters also to prevent the citizens of Romula homeless from having to spend winters in the street. Now he will be in charge of handling the most thorny issues of the plan Mr. Carabetta has presented to deal with the crisis, which has been referred to as the "Plan Ark"

"I appear before you and the rest of the citizens to explain and transmit calm about the recent events that we are living on the border of our nation with Solentia, where we are suffering an unprecedented arrival of refugees in recent times from the neighboring country, in looking for a better life and fleeing possible conflicts or family losses. To do this, this government, in collaboration between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Interior, Defense, Justice, Infrastructure, Social Services and the Secretary for Immigration and Integration, figure that will occupy from this moment Alessandro Serra, we have created the plan Ark, which will be used to handle this situation in which we find ourselves and that we do not have to regret any incident. "

The Prime Minister has also taken advantage of his intervention to make reference to the different minority protests throughout the country against the reception of refugees from the neighboring country to ask for "height of sight" and "human quality"

"Today it is they who ask for help to have a better life or simply to save it, but at any moment it could be us. We must be aware that we constitute a single species, the human species, and that we must help each other regardless of our place of origin, always respecting the identity of each nation. In this country there is no place for hatred or fear of the different, and we must fight to combat all those attitudes that in an arbitrary and unfounded way, and with the complicity of some political parties that do not raise their voice against that, seek to sow fear among our citizens with the objective of avoiding the integration of others ".

Mr. Carabetta has since gone on to describe the main points of the plan Ark, which is activated with immediate effect and will see an important part of the Army displaced to the border with Solentia.

The plan consists of several phases, which will be phased in. The first of these will force the partial closure of the border with Solentia, installing a hard and militarized border but whose sole function will be to get an entry into Istalia in an orderly manner and reduce the chaos of the last days. Likewise, it specifies that all adult citizens who wish to enter Istalia must carry some kind of identification so that the authorities can recognize them and prove that they have no serious crime (murder, terrorism) in their history. Children under 18, on the other hand, will have free passage, and will only undergo a routine check-up between countries. This phase, which will be coordinated by the Army, the Ministry of Defense and the Secretary for Immigration Mr. Serra is expected to be the most arduous, and will be applied over a period of one week. After that time, phase 2 of the plan will be entered, which foresees the almost total closure of the border on the Istalian side, leaving only several points open along the border for the crossing, with their respective checks that will be carried out more exhaustively. Likewise, any citizen of Solentia who is arrested without respecting these requirements and skips the border will be immediately returned to the neighboring country and will have greater difficulty crossing the border later. During this phase, those citizens of Solentia who are already in Istalian territory will be relocated from shelters enabled for their reception in phase 1 on a temporary basis to their expected more permanent residences until the end of the crisis. In this phase, the program "Refugeentegrate" will be activated, coordinated by the Secretary of Integration, which will allow not only the istalian citizens but citizens from all around Majatra to sign up to welcome in their houses to the number of refugees that establish during the period of time that they decide, with a small economic compensation to help. Likewise, other refugees will be transferred to empty floors that the government will buy, and that later when the crisis is resolved, it will be released again. In addition to these two phases, the government will mediate with the government of Solentia and the Security Council of the World Congress to resolve the conflict as soon as possible, while also signing collaboration deals with other Majatran countries to move some refugees to them, in an attempt to release the pressure on Istalia.

At the conference, in which Mr. Carabetta has not admitted questions, he has also referred to investigations related to the murder of Mr. Zani. As the change in the head of the Internal Affairs portfolio has shown - the former minister has been replaced by Elena De Carolis, a former experienced national police and diplomat - Mr. Carabetta was not satisfied with the statements of De Carolis's predecessor and was expelled from the new government. On this occasion, it was the Prime Minister himself who gave the necessary explanations.

"Everything seems to point to a group of radical, ultranationalist Luthorian-speaking Solentians who want Istalia to invade and purge the majority Ahmadi / Majatrans, by creating a conflict between both nations and with the knowledge of our Army's abilities. The plan it consisted of assassinating the great authorities of the country, decapitating our nation and provoking the rapid anger of our citizens, which would force the Army to intervene immediately. "

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Kizenia offering support for Istalia in the refugee crisis.

[Aethan]

Social democrats and blocists win support but the government collapses
The rise in votes of two members of the current coalition does not compensate for the fall of the other two and throws a very fragmented parliament, while the Prime Minister exposes the support of the imperial family to his plan of integration of citizens of Solentia


Prime Minister Carabetta with some young Solentian refugees in government-organized integration activites

Bittersweet result for the current progressive government of Istalia after the last elections. Despite the fact that two of the parties of the current coalition government have increased their representation in the National Assembly - the Social Democrats become the first force from 85 to 123 seats and the blocists have risen to the second position from 92 to 116 - It has not been enough to compensate for the fall of its government partners, the PRI and Res Publica, which have gone from 90 to 55 seats and 39 respectively. With that decline, the current government is in the minority and therefore, Piermarco Carabetta probably will not continue as Prime Minister after the constitution of a new Executive. However, the formation of a new government seems complicated because the first force that leads the opposition is the far-right Order, Faith and Family party, which means that the rest of the opposition formations risk supporting a Prime Minister ultra-rightist or explore alternative options that in any case, would involve governing with conservative parties, something that the Left Bloc refuses to do. Despite this setback, the Left Bloc has recovered the government of Trivendito, its flagship region, in addition to the government of Mezzodiurno and the mayor's office of Romula, which falls back into the hands of the already known Alessandro Serra, current Minister of Immigration and Integration, in what seems to be a boost to his management of the crisis with Solentia after losing the mayoralty in the last elections before the candidate of the extreme right.

In his appearance after obtaining the election results, the still Prime Minister has been contested by the predictability of his release in office, but has declared he is "proud of the achievements."

"It is true that we cannot avoid being sad in the face of results that predict that the Left Bloc will not continue to preside over the government of the nation, and is probably not even in the next government of Istalia, but we do not regret the achievements done. I think that during this term we have built a more just and equal society for our citizens.We have recovered fundamental rights and freedoms, while passing laws to improve their quality of life and their physical or mental health. There is much more to be done, but I'm afraid we'll have to wait. However, I want to congratulate the regional leaders of Mezzodiurno and Trivendito for their electoral victories, as well as celebrate the return to the mayor's office of Alessandro Serra, which shows that the citizens agree with the immigration policy we have carried out. "

In relation to this last issue to which the Prime Minister has referred, speaking of the refugee crisis coming from Solentia, Mr. Carabetta has announced that he has spoken with the "Head of State" - in his own words, avoiding the use of term "Emperor" - and that this has conveyed all his support to the Ark plan that his government developed to deal with the crisis, as well as the desire of the imperial family to collaborate economically for the long-term integration of refugees, of so that they feel welcome in the istalian society and if they wish, they can stay and start again collaborating side by side with the rest of the citizens.

"The Head of State has transmitted to me her interest in collaborating in the integration of the citizens of Solentia who have been forced to come to our nation, as well as the rejection of the imperial family towards the xenophobic and malicious attitudes of those who intend to attack to those fleeing war and hardships. This government, which is still in force, will now collaborate in the development of a long-term strategy so that those from Solentia can start a new life in our nation, being participants in the construction of our society. "

Electoral results in the two regions that serve as frontier with Solentia show the disparity of public opinion among voters: while in Trivendito the Left Bloc has amassed 40% of the vote, in the neighbour region of Padagna it is the Order, Faith and Family party the one that has got more than 40% of the vote, showing that the refugee issue is delicate to handle.