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Newsflash - Alduria - 04-07-2019
Newsflash
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Newsflash, Inc. is an Aldurian Internet media, news, and entertainment company with a focus on digital media; it is based in Punta Santiago. Newsflash was founded in 1668 AN.
Originally known for online quizzes, "listicles", and pop culture articles, the company has grown into a global media and technology company, providing coverage on a variety of topics including politics, DIY, animals, and business.
In late 1671, Newsflash hired Jean Balaguer as its new editor-in-chief, to expand the site into serious journalism, long-form journalism, and reportage.
Originally known for online quizzes, "listicles", and pop culture articles, the company has grown into a global media and technology company, providing coverage on a variety of topics including politics, DIY, animals, and business.
In late 1671, Newsflash hired Jean Balaguer as its new editor-in-chief, to expand the site into serious journalism, long-form journalism, and reportage.
Does this newspaper abide by the News Publishing Guide? Yes.
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RE: Newsflash - Alduria - 04-28-2019
BREAKING NEWS: Deputy Prime Minister Marie-Madeleine Moitessier dies of heart attack
Reports are coming out of the Prime Minister's Office today - the leader of the New Center and Deputy Prime Minister, Marie-Madeleine Moitessier, has died from a heart attack late in the evening today.
Moitessier, 58, along with Prime Minister Cotilla, led the formation of the coalition between the New Party and the National-Liberal Party.
The succession to the leadership of the New Center is not explicitly clear at this moment. Sources indicate that New Center executive council member Tzvi Barak is next in line, with the support of much of the New Center party establishment and grassroots.
RE: Newsflash - Alduria - 04-29-2019
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TZVI BARAK ELECTED LEADER OF THE NEW CENTER
PUNTA SANTIAGO, ALDURIA, Newsflash -- The Party Executive Committee of the New Center has elected Tzvi Barak as its new Leader, succeeding the late Marie-Madeleine Moitessier.
As the New Center's leader, he will assume the Deputy Premiership in the Transitional Government just before the Aldurian general elections.
In a meeting that went into the late hours of the night, the Party Executive Committee interviewed three candidates for Leader: Tzvi Barak, Alexandre Bertrande, and Stephanie Khan.
After several hours of raucous deliberation led to the Party Executive Committee voting 10-2 for Tzvi Barak just 12 minutes past midnight.
As the New Center's leader, he will assume the Deputy Premiership in the Transitional Government just before the Aldurian general elections.
In a meeting that went into the late hours of the night, the Party Executive Committee interviewed three candidates for Leader: Tzvi Barak, Alexandre Bertrande, and Stephanie Khan.
After several hours of raucous deliberation led to the Party Executive Committee voting 10-2 for Tzvi Barak just 12 minutes past midnight.
RE: Newsflash - Alduria - 05-01-2019
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LIBERTARIANS ELECT ALFONSO VELEZ AS THEIR LEADER
PUNTA SANTIAGO, ALDURIA; Newsflash -- The Liberty and Democracy Party has elected Alfonso Velez as its first leader with 71% of the vote.
During a large party gathering in the capital, representatives from all over Alduria met to hammer out the official candidate slate for the upcoming elections. During this meeting, the attendants overwhelmingly chose Velez as its leader during its first round of leadership voting.
RE: Newsflash - Alduria - 05-10-2019
BREAKING NEWS: Secretary of State Isidoro Villalba dies in car accident
A family source is informing Newsflash that the Secretary of State Isidoro Villalba has died in a car accident in the outskirts of the city of Narbonne.
Villalba was driving on his way to the grocery store with his son Edward, 18, around 9:45pm local time. The vehicle was struck by a drunk driver. Edward survived the crash with minor scraps and a broken arm.
RE: Newsflash - Alduria - 05-12-2019
BASSARID GOVERNMENT EXTENDS ALDURIA PROTECTION AGAINST THEIR PRIVATEERS
DECREE FROM THE HAND OF THE BASSARID EMPRESS ENDS THE PRIVATEER CRISIS
DECREE FROM THE HAND OF THE BASSARID EMPRESS ENDS THE PRIVATEER CRISIS
PUNTA SANTIAGO, ALDURIA (Newsflash) -- The Bassarid Empress Díapaza Bréidle issued a decree yesterday extending protection to Aldurian vessels in the high seas from the rising threat of Bassarid privateering, which previously surrounded Alduria completely.
The leader of the Haifo-Pallisican Imperial Trade Union, commonly known as the Bassarid Empire, wrote in the decree:
The leader of the Haifo-Pallisican Imperial Trade Union, commonly known as the Bassarid Empire, wrote in the decree:
Quote:IT IS HEREBY DECREED by the Arbiters of the Council of Courts that all vessels affiliated with the Alliance of the Bassarid Oceans shall be prohibited from knowingly or explicitly targeting any vessel lawfully and honestly flying under the banner of the Republic of Alduria.
A series of decrees issued by the Bassarid Empress seem to signal a disavowal of privateering and piracy by the Alliance of the Bassarid Oceans. However, experts on the matter seem to disagree.
Professor Lemuel Armstrong in the University of Punta Santiago specializes in foreign affairs, especially in Micran piracy. "This could be a distancing effort that cound end up emboldening the Bassarid privateers further," he explained. "This could basically be their government letting them loose across Micras. The only thing privateers and pirates know is their greed and their thirst for violence. We don't know whether this will be the trick to protect Aldurian shipping yet."
The Government of Alduria, however, believes differently. The Department of State expressed relief and a desire in the Government to move forward. "This is a sign from the Bassarid Empire that they respect other nations and are willing to act as positive forces in Micran geopolitics," the newly appointed Deputy Secretary of State John Albertson explained. "We are relieved to know Aldurian shipping won't be impacted, but we're still going to enact non-lethal defense mechanisms in our merchant fleets and encourage private ship owners to do the same."
RE: Newsflash - Alduria - 05-21-2019
SHOCK POLL: NAT-LIBS AHEAD AS PARTIES STOP CAMPAIGNING
The poll presents a hung Parliament, with the Nat-Libs buoyed by Campos performance in presidential race
The poll presents a hung Parliament, with the Nat-Libs buoyed by Campos performance in presidential race
ALKHIVA, COMPOSTELA (Newsflash) -- A poll released today by the Aldurian Institute for Public Opinion (AIPO) has the National-Liberal Alliance ahead in the parliamentary preference vote with 26% of the vote.
The performance of President Alejandro Campos at the top of the presidential ticket for the National-Liberals, along with the lull in campaigning from the other political parties in Alduria, has propelled the Nat-Libs back to the top. The Liberty and Democracy Party comes in second with 23% of the vote. The New Center is third with 20% of the vote.
The poll has surely energized the leadership of the National-Liberal Party. Incumbent Prime Minister Natalia Cotilla has begun an aggressive barnstorming campaign across the Republic, where she will hold several town hall meetings and a series of campaign rallies to energize Nat-Lib supporters.
The performance of President Alejandro Campos at the top of the presidential ticket for the National-Liberals, along with the lull in campaigning from the other political parties in Alduria, has propelled the Nat-Libs back to the top. The Liberty and Democracy Party comes in second with 23% of the vote. The New Center is third with 20% of the vote.
The poll has surely energized the leadership of the National-Liberal Party. Incumbent Prime Minister Natalia Cotilla has begun an aggressive barnstorming campaign across the Republic, where she will hold several town hall meetings and a series of campaign rallies to energize Nat-Lib supporters.
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RE: Newsflash - Alduria - 06-16-2019
BREAKING NEWS: Watchdog Agency to Recommend Removal of Campos Aide Amy Malliste
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PUNTA SANTIAGO, ALDURIA -- Several sources in the Campos administration have confirmed that an independent national agency that oversees compliance with internal codes of conduct will recommend that Amy Malliste be removed from her job as Senior Counselor to the President after repeatedly using her office for profit and other personal financial purposes.
The Office of the Governmental Legal Counsel has sent a report to President Campos that said Malliste violated numerous internal codes of conduct and propriety by using the prestige of her office to secure better terms in personal and business loans and to use her knowledge of government policy to invest in companies that would benefit from those policies.
Malliste was the main architect of the President's re-election campaign in 1672, which gave him a sizeable mandate despite his party's landslide defeat in the parliamentary elections.
A senior administration official has confirmed that President Campos currently has no plans to discipline or remove Malliste and is standing behind her.
RE: Newsflash - Alduria - 09-12-2019
Aldurian Conservatives March Against Government's "Assault on the Family"
PUNTA SANTIAGO, ALDURIA -- More than 100,000 conservative Aldurians marched through Punta Santiago yesterday accusing both President Campos and Prime Minister Velez' coalition government of “family-phobia” for the legalization of same-sex marriage, legalization of marijuana, and advancing an agenda that they say harms families and the country.
The marchers, expressing growing frustration with the government, denounced the government's direction and urged the President and Prime Minister to reverse course and to put a "family-centric" agenda at its center.
Most demonstrators were middle-class families, some pushing little children in prams, posing no apparent risk of violent confrontation with the police.
One protester, Martine Chevrier, said: “Mr. Campos doesn’t listen to us or want to talk to us, and Mr. Velez will do everything and anything to push us to the side and disregard that this is a young nation and that our future depends on healthy and growing Aldurian families. Legalizing pot and throwing away the sanctity of marriage is the last thing we should be doing.”
Although Alduria legalized same-sex marriage and marijuana, a subset of mostly religious social conservatives of Alexandrian and Caputian descent have been challenging these rights, and now are mobilizing in favor of a more “traditional” view of marriage, gender, and parenthood. The Euran Destiny Party and Zurvanites have also opposed these new rights vehemently. Some activists say that both movements are simply fighting to place human dignity at the center of Aldurian politics.
“We have a clear message to the President and to the Prime Minister, we just want it to be heard,” said Michel Gonzalez, also marching in the capital. “It’s the defense of children and the family.”
The union of religious social conservatives of Alexandrian and Caputian descent with a grassroots Zurvanite movement may be surprising to some. But according to political scientist and historian Dr. Mark Lilla, it’s part of the emergence of a new conservative movement in a political landscape that is heavily fractured among party lines. "You'd think these groups would be incompatible, but we're seeing a growing trend in Aldurian politics where people are signaling a willingness to consolidate the fractured political landscape and create larger movements focused on shared goals," said Dr. Lilla. "Whether these have staying power is another matter."
Critics warn that social conservatives’ views are racist, homophobic, and sexist. The vision of a more “traditional” society centered around the nuclear, heterosexual family is also at odds with the views of many Aldurian people, mainly those of Alexandrian and Caputian descent. But that doesn’t mean this new social conservative movement should be deemed irrelevant.
For one, their next big fight is coming. In an effort to capitalize on the movement, the National-Liberal Alliance has prepared a bill for Opposition Week that requires that the bathrooms a person uses are determined by his or her biological gender at birth. LGBT and liberal groups have decried these laws as discriminatory against transgendered persons, while conservative groups have voiced support for these laws as protecting privacy rights.
The marchers, expressing growing frustration with the government, denounced the government's direction and urged the President and Prime Minister to reverse course and to put a "family-centric" agenda at its center.
Most demonstrators were middle-class families, some pushing little children in prams, posing no apparent risk of violent confrontation with the police.
One protester, Martine Chevrier, said: “Mr. Campos doesn’t listen to us or want to talk to us, and Mr. Velez will do everything and anything to push us to the side and disregard that this is a young nation and that our future depends on healthy and growing Aldurian families. Legalizing pot and throwing away the sanctity of marriage is the last thing we should be doing.”
Although Alduria legalized same-sex marriage and marijuana, a subset of mostly religious social conservatives of Alexandrian and Caputian descent have been challenging these rights, and now are mobilizing in favor of a more “traditional” view of marriage, gender, and parenthood. The Euran Destiny Party and Zurvanites have also opposed these new rights vehemently. Some activists say that both movements are simply fighting to place human dignity at the center of Aldurian politics.
“We have a clear message to the President and to the Prime Minister, we just want it to be heard,” said Michel Gonzalez, also marching in the capital. “It’s the defense of children and the family.”
The union of religious social conservatives of Alexandrian and Caputian descent with a grassroots Zurvanite movement may be surprising to some. But according to political scientist and historian Dr. Mark Lilla, it’s part of the emergence of a new conservative movement in a political landscape that is heavily fractured among party lines. "You'd think these groups would be incompatible, but we're seeing a growing trend in Aldurian politics where people are signaling a willingness to consolidate the fractured political landscape and create larger movements focused on shared goals," said Dr. Lilla. "Whether these have staying power is another matter."
Critics warn that social conservatives’ views are racist, homophobic, and sexist. The vision of a more “traditional” society centered around the nuclear, heterosexual family is also at odds with the views of many Aldurian people, mainly those of Alexandrian and Caputian descent. But that doesn’t mean this new social conservative movement should be deemed irrelevant.
For one, their next big fight is coming. In an effort to capitalize on the movement, the National-Liberal Alliance has prepared a bill for Opposition Week that requires that the bathrooms a person uses are determined by his or her biological gender at birth. LGBT and liberal groups have decried these laws as discriminatory against transgendered persons, while conservative groups have voiced support for these laws as protecting privacy rights.
RE: Newsflash - Alduria - 09-17-2019
LGBTQ* Activists Protest Outside Krasnocorian Embassy In Punta Santiago
PUNTA SANTIAGO, ALDURIA -- Queer activists and members of Alduria's LGBTQ* community have staged a protest outside the Krasnocorian embassy, calling for Alduria to break relations with the Apollonian kingdom over their human rights record on LGBTQ issues.
Around 400 protesters descended on the gated embassy in Punta Satiago's Embassy Row neighborhood. They brought pink flowers, wreaths, and pink cardboard triangles. Others waved placards reading "queer solidarity", "close the reeducation camps - asylum seekers welcome" and "high camp not concentration camps", as the crowd chanted "no human is illegal". Some demonstrators wore masks of the Krasnocorian Prime Minister Obrad Bošković's face.
Martin Ramirez is a member of queer direct action group Respect Our Humanity, which supported the protest. He told Newsflash: "I'm here to show solidarity with our global LGBT community. Clicktivism and sharing news articles aren't enough of a response to these atrocities and reeducation camps. We will always face homophobia and it's time we acted as a global community to ensure our voices are not silent. To think it could be anyone of us in [those camps] breaks my heart. Our geographical privilege shouldn't blind us to the sexual freedoms we enjoy – or our unity with those who do not."
Mr. Ramirez and other activists attempted to place signs and pink triangles in the gates of the embassy itself, but these were quickly torn down by police officers, to boos from the crowd.
A smaller group of protesters returned after dark to scale the gates, and fling armfuls of flowers across the doorstep and lawn.
Another protester, Frances Gaugin, said: "We want our voices to be heard by the Aldurian Parliament as well as by the leadership of Krasnocoria. We're here. We're queer. And we're not going anywhere. Our queer solidarity smashes borders."