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Dagsmagasinet | Daglige Magasin- Daily Magazine
The Court of Viktoriana expands; rumors of secret affairs, and dispute over names
3rd September 4836

Kivonia, Kovmark - The ducal court showed the first child of the Duchess and the Prince-consort to the public for the first time ever since its birth. This boy named Charles (locally named Karl) was born a year ago. For various reasons, the Court of Viktoriana decided to keep the child from the spotlight, with only a small and dull announcement of the child's birth. The reason for this privacy has not yet been clear but speculations are circling that it might have something to do with the name-dispute between the ducal couple. It came out that Prince-consort Adriano had wished for the child's surname to be of his own, something the Duchess staunchly refused. It was revealed that the Prince-consort had wanted the surname to be "Al Madyan-Appiano De Borromei", something that sparked outrage around the nation, with many suggesting that this is an attempt by the Istalians to try to seize the throne for themselves. This feud caused more harm than initially believed and the relationship between the Duchess and the Prince-consort is said to be "strained". With the two rumored to have taken time off from each other, the latter is believed to have returned to Istalia for several months, only returning a few weeks ago.

Witnesses from the court claim that something has happened, and that most court officials have begun for several weeks now work in absolute discretion. One witness says that she walked past a nanny who held a baby child in her arms, this child having platinum-blonde curls, a common Kivonian trait. While the child of the Duchess and the Prince-consort is confirmed to have brown hair, a result from the father's Istalian roots. The story of the unknown child of blonde curls has caused massive waves of speculations, most agreeing that it has something to do with the fighting between the ducal couple and their strained relationship. Ever since the Prince-consort's supposed return from Istalia, the ducal court has remained suspiciously silent and hasn't answered any questions nor held any planned press conferences. Some fear the worst scenario, that the strained relationship might have caused a bastard from the Duchess' side. Though if such would be the case, the Duchess would not have to answer any real moral responsibility, since polygamy has been a long-standing tradition within Kivonian culture.

Despite the witness credibility, she could have seen wrong and the baby could simply have been the child of a friend or minister accompanying his or her parents to the ducal palace. As such rumors goes, some theories believe that the idea of pure-blood might have something to do with the matter while others quickly debunk such beliefs by questioning the whole marriage of such would be the case. No matter what the real explanation is, we can all hope that it will turn out positively for the ducal couple and that their relationship gets better. A poll made recently by an independent group dedicated for the observation of the ducal court claim that 6 % of Unionites would be fine with the name suggested by the Prince-consort, while 34 % has stated that a mix between the mother's and the father's name would work, while over 54 % says that the child and future children of the ducal couple should be named 'Reinhardt'.

This article was written by Emma Lööf for Davostan-Kivonia's largest gossip magazine

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People's Journal
The People's Journal, or Folkbladet in Davostani and Kivonian, is a predominantly non-partisan news organization in Davostan.
The People's Journal mainly reports on national and global political news, and occasionally entertainment.
The People's Journal is modeled after the old Davostani newspaper the Daily Journal.
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24th June 4849
Labour-unions all across the country organizes protests for better conditions of workers
All across the country many small and large labor unions and organizations has illegally begun to protest the inactivity of the national government concerning better working and economic conditions for many low-paid workers. As the legislation concerning the right to strike, a labor union must hold a ballot which must be approved by a majority of ALL members. Something the government has clearly noted to not be the case. Chancellor Hemming has taken considerable action against the strikes through dispersing the crowds with the means of police force.
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Kivonia, Kovmark - Since a week ago, labor unions have taken to the streets to protest the massive inactivity of the national government concerning the rising mistreatment of workers' conditions and payments by several sectors. Many complaints from industries have been sent to the local and subsequently the state and national governments, but it has been revealed that the quite conservative government of Alice Hemming has ignored almost all of them. The many labor unions did what they felt necessary to do, they organized strikes through protests and demonstrations on the streets of many major cities. The national government took the opportunity to call out the illegality of the strikes stating that severe consequences will be received if the "illegal protests" are not dispersed. The legal issue the government brought up is due to the fact that current legislation concerning 'trade union strike ballots' demand that "trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, a majority of all members, regardless of if they vote or not must approve the strike action". Despite this fact, the labor unions has justified their actions by claiming that a ballot of all majority members is a practical legislation against workers' rights. As the economic state of the UDK had now been at an all high, it looks as if the luck within the economic sphere has halted. Which is why the government has taken such desperate methods as crackdown on strikes by the police.

The social democratic elements within the ruling All-Union Nationalist Party has strongly condemned the actions taken by the government – which is mostly conservative – and instead promoted dialogue between the state and the unions. Minister of Trade and Industry Tue Philipsen responded to the internal criticism with the statement "Socialism is an ideology of cowards, which we have seen with the Noble Socialists" ( a party ruling Davostan in the mid 4600s and 4700s). A statement that fueled the anger even more against the government, some demanding the minister's resignation. No statement has been made by the First Citizen ducissa Viktoriana or her ducal court. What we do know for the moment is that the National Convention and the ANP leadership is heatedly debating the situation and how to solve it.

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Sanningens Ära|Sandhedens Ære - Official newspaper of the All-Union Nationalist Party
All-Union Nationalist Party faces internal struggles over the continuing labour-strikes
24th January 4850

Kivonia, Kovmark - Chancellor of the Realm Alice Hemming faced uncertainty within her own party, the ANP, with a growing number of prominent members criticizing her handling of the continuing labour-strikes. Chancellor Hemming has stood firm against her critics, however, some ANP sources claim that a rebellion is currently being organized to oust the first-female UDK head of government. Loyalists of the Chancellor has fiercely denounced such claims, stating that the media should focus on facts rather than rumors. Reports have also come out from Karlsfort (official residence and work-place of the Chancellor) with employees claiming that the Chancellor for several days have shouted and scolded many party and state officials. No comments have still been made by Princeps Civitatis Viktoriana or any official of her court. Commentators speculate that the Reinhardt Palace is carefully watching the events unfold to see if the Chancellor and her government can handle the alarming crisis.

Despite the current situation, the Chancellor announced to the National Convention yesterdays, plans for economic growth within infrastructural sectors. These plans were praised as well as criticized by the Chancellor's adversaries as they think she should focus more on how to fix the strike-crisis. Political commentators was quick to note that the economic plans looks more like a desperate attempt by the Chancellor to try to steer public eye away from the strikes. Many non-strikers has also gone out on the streets to join the protests against the government as the rising sentiment that Chancellor Hemming has done virtually nothing noteworthy is continuing to rise. Many have expressed their disappointment in her halting the judicial reforms of former Chancellor Lars Gunnar Ohly and Ducissa Viktoriana which she had promised to continue. A lot is expected to happen in the coming months, and many hope that the Unionite ruler will once more step-in to save the day.

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People's Journal
The People's Journal, or Folkbladet in Davostani and Kivonian, is a predominantly non-partisan news organization in Davostan.
The People's Journal mainly reports on national and global political news, and occasionally entertainment.
The People's Journal is modeled after the old Davostani newspaper the Daily Journal.
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8th January 4852
Princeps Civitatis Viktoriana finally visits the Directorial Republic of Endralon after long planning between the two governments
The Unionite ruler Viktoriana traveled to the Directorial Republic to solidify the friendship between it and the UDK. She exchanged a productive meeting with the Grand Director of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Directorial Republic, a meeting resulting in the two nations to work closer concerning the Unholy Sea Enterprise and the new mutual defense treaty currently being ratified by the two.
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Endralonian crowd in Hugamest greeting the UDK head of state.

Endralon - For quite some time the Davostani and Endralonian sides has planned for a state visit by the Unionite ruler of the Union of Davostan and Kivonia (UDK), Viktoriana to the Directorial Republic of Endralon (DRE). And finally it is done. On the early morning of the 6th January, the head of state of the UDK landed in the Endralonian capital of Hugamest. She was met with a large and enthusiastic crowd. In Hugamest she visited the city's Citadel and met with the President of the Directorial Republic, and later on she met with the Grand Director of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Antall-Kecske Tibor for a brief meeting. After said meeting the two traveled to the city of Újmakon (New Makon) where she stayed at the city's grand hotel. On the next day on the 7th January, she met with the newly elected Mayor-Director of the Canton of Hugalon (the regional leader) Fodor Beatrix whom Viktoriana congratulated for the victory. After that she immediately went to see the Grand Director of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Antall-Kecske Tibor once again, this time with her own Minister of Foreign Affairs Preben Bendixen who had just landed at the Újmakon airport. The meetings between the three have been reported to have been about the Unholy Sea Enterprise, which was formed by the two nations of the DRE and the predecessor to the UDK, the Provisional Republic of Davostan, more than half a century ago.

After the meeting, the three gathered at a joint press conference discussing openly with journalists their meeting and the conclusions of it. It was revealed that the two nations would reassume activates for the Unholy Sea Enterprise to better control the trade in the Unholy Sea between the DRE and the UDK. They also announced that the Governments of the two would cooperate on very close levels concerning the Treaty of Újmakon, a new mutual defense treaty both nations are currently in the process of ratifying. After the press conference, the UDK Minster of Foreign Affairs returned to Davostan-Kivonia, while the DRE Grand Director of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Unionite ruler continued towards a local library where the two eagerly discussed, in front of a large crowd of visitors, the many advantages of internationalism and globalism, on which they also arrived on the subject of pan-makonism. After the library visit, Viktoriana began her route towards the city airport. On the way she was greeted goodbye by thousands of people who had come to see the northern ruler, who seemed to be as popular in Endralon as in Davostan-Kivonia. She arrived back in the capital city Kivonia on the late evening of the 7th January.

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People's Journal
The People's Journal, or Folkbladet in Davostani and Kivonian, is a predominantly non-partisan news organization in Davostan.
The People's Journal mainly reports on national and global political news, and occasionally entertainment.
The People's Journal is modeled after the old Davostani newspaper the Daily Journal.
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17th January 4852
Ministry of Defence launches naval recruitment program after approving the expansion of the navy
The Ministry of Defence began an extensive recruitment program to attract volunteers into the Davostani Navy. This was a joint decision made by the Ministry and the Military High Command, in line with the recent approval for constructing new battleships and other naval vehicles.
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OOC: Modified propaganda art taken from Kaiser Cat Cinema

Propaganda poster issued by the Davostani Navy

Kivonia, Kovmark - In late December 4851, the Military High Command issued a request to the National Government, asking for the approval of constructing several new naval vehicles, such as various battleships and submarines. This was done almost without hesitation. One report suggests that the Chancellor of the Realm actually wanted to postpone a decision on the matter to handle the counting strikes against her government. However, it seems as if the Unionite ruler, Viktoriana, stepped in and so-called endorsed the constructions right in front of the whole cabinet. The Minister of Defence quickly joined the ruler in her endorsement and soon the rest of the ministers agreed, understanding that they were in no position to go against Viktoriana. It was rumored that the Chancellor nervously agreed on the constructions as the last member in the cabinet. The Military High Command was more than pleased to hear that the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces herself had pushed for their request as soon as she heard of it.

Upon its approval the Ministry of Defence drew up a recruitment program for the navy together with the Military High Command. The program hopes to see positive rise in recruitment for the navy and possibly other branches in the Armed Forces. The plan is to recruit until year 4855, at least more than 10,000, who will serve as active personnel. The recruitment is done through commercial means and a distribution of propaganda flyers (like the one above). An increasing of the salaries of naval personnel, and a generous elimination of student debt is guaranteed if, the said students join the armed forces and specifically the navy after graduating school. Patriotic organizations have also been founded and are cooperating with the Armed Forces who in return encourage and promotes their campaigning for recruitment within the military.

The Military High Command has made it no secret of their intentions of becoming a major naval power in the northern hemisphere. Which serves as the main reason for this recruitment and construction of new ships for the navy. Together with the Unionite ruler Viktoriana's recent state visits to the Directorial Republic of Endralon - to further discuss the new mutual defense treaty - the High Command hopes to use the Treaty of Újmakon to expand their military capabilities upon the Artanian continent and in to the Artanian Sea. It is believed that the Military High Command is also preparing to expand the Air Force next, through a massive production of new air vehicles. As well with the Air Force, it is rumored that several new divisions for the army will be formed. The High Command has also openly voiced their support for closer military ties with Davostan-Kivonia's continental neighbors, Hutori and Telamon. Something that might come sooner than expected.

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People's Journal
The People's Journal, or Folkbladet in Davostani and Kivonian, is a predominantly non-partisan news organization in Davostan.
The People's Journal mainly reports on national and global political news, and occasionally entertainment.
The People's Journal is modeled after the old Davostani newspaper the Daily Journal.
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29 October 4852
Chancellor Alice Hemming initiates her 'State Socialism' to appease the years-long labour strikes
The conservative government under Chancellor of the Realm Alice Hemming announced this afternoon a new program to fix the issues of the years-long labour strikes. Two of the four bills of the program has already been sent to the National Convention for approval, after which it will be reviewed by the Council of the Union and the Constitutional Council to ensure no constitutional breach is inn play.
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Kivonia, Kovmark - In mid June 4849, labour unions all over the country banded together to form a massive national strike movement for the betterment of workers' conditions. These strikes were responded with force by the National Government, who used the pretext that the unions had ignored the requirement by law to hold a ballot with the additional requirement of that ballot needing to be approved by a majority of all union members. Hundreds of people clashed with the police in many small and large cities in the nation. Chancellor of the Realm, Alice Hemming was also under heavy fire from internal party critics – mainly social democrats – who accused her of ignoring human rights. Instead Chancellor Hemming tried to steer public attention towards her planned economic growth program within the infrastructural sector, something that has yet to be done. For the workers of the Union, three years of striking, which has affected the economy to a dangerous point, has finally led the Chancellor – who were in denial of the economic recession lasting long – to act by initiating a four-phase program to ensure health, accident, protection and insurance for workers, old aged and those of disability.

Two of the four phases of the so-called 'State Socialism Act' was finally pushed to the floor of the National Convention to be approved in June 4853. The first phase called 'Health Insurance Bill of 4852' will provide for the largest segment of workers health insurance, the health service will be established on a local basis with the cost divided between employers and the employed. The minimum payments for medical treatment and sick pay for up to thirteen weeks are to be legally fixed. And individual local health bureaus will be administered by a committee elected by the members of each bureau. The second phase called 'Accident Insurance Bill of 4853' declares that the federal government will pay a portion of the accident insurance contribution. The bill states that in 4860 it will replace the Health Insurance Bill of 4852 completely, as it will pay for medical treatment and a pension of up to two-thirds of earned wages if the worker was fully disabled. In 4858 it will be expanded to agricultural workers as well. The third-part of the program is called the 'Workers Protections Bill of 4854', and will when it has been implemented in 4854 enforce stricter regulations to ensure greater workplace safety, it bans work on Sundays and introduces a maximum working day of eleven hours for men and women and six hours for workers above 16 and under 18 years of age, it also bans those under the age of 13 to work part-time in factories, and encourages the establishment of worker's committees in factories to address disputes. The last and fourth-part of the State Socialism Act is a better pension program for workers, to ensure fairness for their working commitment during their lives.

How come the Chancellor realizes now that the recession caused by the strikers were not going to stagnate? Many are baffled over her inactivity concerning workers' rights, as it being an issue she had fought for since her entrance into politics. Reports has come out that none other than the head of state, Viktoriana, decided to once more intervene in government business and force the Chancellor to act before the economy reaches the point of a domino effect and completely shatters. In the temporary constitutional amendment implemented by Viktoriana in 4825 states that the head of government is subordinate to the head of state. Despite this fact, Viktoriana has intentionally put herself in a ceremonial role to allow for other ambitious individuals to rise through the ranks, however, it seems now with the strikes calming down, that the Ducissa will take more command back from the Chancellor and serve in an executive position. Something that has please the Reinhardtian faction within the All-Union Nationalist Party.

With the labour-unions now being ensured that change is in the process of occurring, more and more local unions have quit their striking and gone back to their workplaces to help stagnate the recession so that a recovery can be made. This being something that has also calmed the stock-markets who are also now helping to invest in various industries around the country. Economic experts suggests that a stagnate can be seen in early and mid November, with a small increase in late November and early December this year. Three chaotic years for the country, and many are hopeful that Hemming's State Socialism will be a solution for todays working issues. Many are now referring to the Chancellor's conservative and socialistic stance as Hemmingism, "another version of paternalistic conservatism" a professor in political science at the Vermillion University concludes in a recent article in a local newspaper in the city of Vermillion.

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Ekonomibladet
Shippington Company buys all of Kanjor's 3M shares
3rd December 4852

Kivonia, Kovmark - The long-lasting Shippington Public Management of Investments & Funding, commonly known as the Shippington Company, took hold last night over the last 6% of Kanjor's shares in the More Medicament Manufacturer, more commonly known as just 3M. The Shippington Company is based in Davostan-Kivonia, and is one of the largest investments companies on the Makonic continent and has helped the Davostani government with several state projects in all from infrastructure and mining-operations. The Board of Directors hopes to become more actively involved in the international market by buying the shares from Kanjor.

The history of the Shippington Company is however more complicated. Originating from Luthori by its foundation in 4629 in the Luthorian city of Shippington, heavily connected through backdoors with the major Imperial Citizens Party which held both regional and national control at its foundation. When the Imperial Citizens Party was violently dissolved, the Shippington Company was bought by Hulstria's ruling party, the Citizens Party of the September Union in 4728. The-then former Premier of the September Union of Hulstria was made after his resignation Chairman of the Board of Directors. When the September Union fell in the 4740s, the Shippington Company took hold of all their shares and fled to the Third Kivonian Republic, the government of which bought one-fourth of the company. With the Third Republic's fall during the devastating Makon War, the Shippington Company helped the occupation powers to fund and invest in the reconstruction of Davostan and Kivonia. And from that point it has been and continues to be an important pillar in the private sector in the nation.

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People's Journal
The People's Journal, or Folkbladet in Davostani and Kivonian, is a predominantly non-partisan news organization in Davostan.
The People's Journal mainly reports on national and global political news, and occasionally entertainment.
The People's Journal is modeled after the old Davostani newspaper the Daily Journal.
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18th December 4852
Armed Forces forms new army division to be stationed on Endralonian soil
The massive expansion of the Armed Forces of Davostan continues, with 10,000 new recruits being assigned to the army and several new regiments being formed into a new division. The rise in recruitments for the military is due to the armed forces active recruitment campaign, something that was mostly intended for the navy, however, these new army recruits are said to be a collection of individuals who had done military service this last decade.
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New recruits for the Davostani Army

Kivonia, Kovmark - This past decade thousands of young Unionites committed to required military service with a record-low drop-outs. Yesterday, the Military High Command released information concerning those many individuals who not only continued but those who returned to the military and what regiments they would belong to. These recruits who will serve as active soldiers are numbering up to 10,000. With this High Command created the 2nd Armoured Division, with five new regiments in them. In each regiment there will be 2,000 troops. The regiments are as following: the 3rd Infantry Regiment; the 4th Mechanized Infantry Regiment; the 3rd Artillery Regiment; the 2nd Air Cavalry Regiment; and the 5th Armoured Regiment. Following the signing of the Treaty of Újmakon, the Military High Command has issued a order for the new division to be station on Endralonian soil in the Canton of Alt-Ginbár, where it will cooperate – trough training, etc. – with the Endralonian military also stationed in the area.

This is the first time in thousands of years that Davostani-Kivonian soldiers step foot outside of the Makon continent. The newly promoted Lieutenant General who will command the division in Endralon, is Elsa Cederstam, a distant relative of former President of the National Convention of the Provisional Republic of Davostan, Isabella Cederstam. The National Government and especially the Military High Command see this as a great achievement, and hopes that in the near future, the Davostani Defense Forces will have plenty of troops and ships stationed around the Mad Dog Sea, the Unholy Sea and the Lievenian Sea. This gives the two nations an extremely close military relationship, and with this base the UDK can proudly hold military presence on the international stage.

Many have wondered if this is the right thing to do, when the economy has just barely been able to lift itself toward a recovery from the strikes. And the larger question is how will this oversees adventure cost, which brings an even larger question, how much money is being spent on expanding the military capabilities as a whole. The Ministry of Defense has wasted no time in denying or trying to steer the minds of people away. A soon as the High Command released yesterdays information, the Ministry made public the budget for the WHOLE military build-up. Billions more Davosti is being poured into the military expansion, however, it seems as if the government's share of spending is smaller than what surprised many. It was revealed that large privately owned corporations, most notably the Shippington Company, is helping the government and the military to fund their military expansion. This of course generated criticism from the more left-leaning in the National Convention, however, the government continues to plead that there is nothing to worry about and that "necessary measures must be taken for national security" as the Minister of Defence Sopthie Leth expressed it.

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