Results for the Sugovian elections have been announced. Incumbent president Mohammad Malik and his running mate Faisal Mobarak were announced as victors. The President’s party, Democratic Solidarity, won the most seats in the Volkssennat, and announced a coalition with the Internal Sugovian Revolutionary Organization and the Grand Sugovian Party, controlling a comfortable majority within the Volkssennat. The Sugovian People’s Party and the Sugovian Green Coalition will make up the opposition.
The President and Vice President will be sworn into office on February 23, 2023, in the Presidential Palace in Riverion.
Imperial Chancellor Friedrich Müller congratulated Mohammad Malik and Faisal Mobarak following the announcement of the pair’s victory in the Sugovian general elections.
“President Malik is a respectable gentleman, a fair leader, and a good friend. I, and by extension all of Weisserstein, look forward to more cooperation between us and our brothers and sisters in Sugovia, be it in economic development or in regional stability. Let these next few years be defined by stability, peace, and prosperity.” the Chancellor stated.
Multiple FiHami musicians are banding together to put on a 3 day long festival to raise money for climate change. A few groups even teased new music to be released for the festival. The festival is set to run March 1st-4th, advertised as the “Save Pacifica Festival”.
Ticket sales alone have already generated 100,000 flamethrowers to the cause.
All voting booths have been closed last night, and counting has begun emediately after. The numbers still aren’t final but for now they suggest something unexpected: for the first time in Thalaladian history, no party will win a outright majority in congress. The full results are suspected to be out later today or early tomorrow
President Mohammad Malik and Vice President Faisal Mobarak have been sworn into office. In his inaugural address, president Malik stressed the importance of closer cooperation with Weisserstein, improving the lives of ordinary Sugovians, maintaining regional stability, combatting threats to Sugovian unity, and boosting Sugovia’s image on the international stage. He had also stressed the importance of Sugovian unity amidst rising tensions from South Elbonia.
A Sallodesian prank influencer has been fined Đ 1.000 by Stoinian authorities for pretending to hold noble titles. The Sallodesian influencer known to use controversial jokes, defended herself, stating that her pronouns were xe/xer/Duchess.
As the dust of the Flooding settles down, the State Duma has approved the Government’s request for a special budget for repairing and modernizing the nation’s drainage infrastructure.
In the same session, the Federal bill 675-FZ and 676-FZ was passed.
Bills 675 and 676-FZ, collectively named the “Pushkov bill”, amend previous counter-terrorism laws and separate laws which regulate additional counter-terror and public safety measures. The amendments includes an expansion of authority for law enforcement agencies, new requirements for data collection and mandatory decoding in the telecommunications industry.
Its Penal Provisions include lengthening of prison terms for a number of criminal activities, introduction of new reasons to deny entry or departure to and from Kliegme, and the introduction of criminal liability for failure to report to law enforcement authorities that someone else “has been planning, is perpetrating, or has perpetrated” terrorist activity.
Its Surveillance Provisions require telecom providers to store the content of voice calls, data, images and text messages for 6 months, and their metadata for 3 years. Online services such as messaging services, email and social networks that use encrypted data are required to permit the Federal Protective Service(FPO) to access and read their encrypted communications. Internet and telecom companies are required to disclose these communications and metadata, as well as “all other information necessary” to authorities on request and without a court order.
The Sedunnic consumer electronics company Vis releases the first phone in its new Enser series. The E1 is advertised as a more environmentally friendly option and is made from a large degree of recycled materials and easy-to-replace components. It is also the first Vis phone to run on the Jerr operating system from Stream. The price is almost twice as high as the A models.
During the first week, the phone is only available at locations that are hard to reach by car, and customers that arrive by bike or walking receive a discount, a move that has been mocked as well as praised in Sedunn.
Hundreds of thousands of protestors have been arrested in the aftermath of the Clocktown riot after citizens from Kaiji valley and Vexen village stormed the Clocktown government district and ransacked parts of the city. TCC Chancellor Ifukube declared today that violence has no place in respectful commerce and vowed that Justice will prevail. Meanwhile members of the TCC foreign office have openly considered meeting with their Izaakian counterparts to allay concerns that the decision to suspend Vexen village meant that the TCC would in turn sanction the USI.
New Democratic Party Senator Marcela Labana called on Sergio Peres to resign from office on Thursday. Labana claims that the experienced foreign relations czar and now Minister of Foreign Affairs has violated Santiago tax return laws and should be punished. On Friday, Ángela Marca Ballarín, Aragon’s Minister of Justice, stated in a press conference that she and her office would not be pressing charges on Mr. Peres unless more evidence of wrongdoing is found.
The Losavral People’s Front has engaged the Proud Losavrals, a nationalist terrorist group, in the outskirts of the Demaka tribes area. The Proud Losavrals have promised retribution for this attack.
The democratic socialists have suffered a heavy loss with the incorporation of Padipeirou, loosing 10% of it’s seats and with that it’s majority. For the first time in Thalaladian history a coalition will need to be made
STRATA has also seen heavy losses, loosing 6.5% of it’s seats, no longer being the second largest party
GAIA, the green party hasn’t had a major change in seats, but is in a very powerful position as they are necessary to form a coalition
National rally has probably had the greatest improvement, going from a minor party into the second biggest party in parlament
The monarchists, a new party formed from the monarchist parties of the many Padipeiran city, had a decent success, winning 8.33% of the seats
There are multiple possible coalitions, but a green-demsoc coalition seems the most likely. The government is expected to form in the next few days, with the president of congress being elected soon after.
Governor Boris Rausenbach of the Alman Autonomous Oblast has inquired the Government of the Kingdom of Weisserstein on opening a culture centre to promote cooperation between Kliegme and Weisserstein, and educate Kliegmeans about Almannic Culture.
The Weissersteiner Imperial Government agrees to open a culture center in the Alman Autonomous Oblast to help promote Almannic culture, Weissersteiner-Kliegmean cooperation, and strengthen bilateral relations between the two states
The frost empire has announced that it will begin to close parts of the Sea of Frost temporarily to conduct large scale naval exercises in the area. The Foreign minister has formally asked civilian shipping companies to adjust to new temporary shipping lanes for the duration of the exercises and thanks them for their cooperation in advance.
Izaakian feature length documentary called “Snog the Bog” which emphasises the wider roll of wetland areas in biodiversity and carbon sequestration has been released. The episode is the first in a series being released as part of Izaakias Love the Land year.
Sugovian forces reported unusual activity near the Sugovian-Losavran border. It is suspected that these unusual activities were spillovers from neighboring Losavra
