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10 FEBRUARY 2025
Tensions are rising within the LCU-SWP-GP coalition, after Prime Minister Alex Orgonomik proposed during a government meeting to start the procedure for the Limboese Republic to join the Union of Nations of the Auroran Continent (UNAC).
Yesterday, a new government meeting was held at the House of the Republic, during which Prime Minister Alex Orgonomik proposed joining UNAC. Although the proposal was put aside by the executive, reactions began to appear immediately after the meeting ended.
Deputy Prime Minister and socialist leader Maria Ram stated after she left the meeting that "during the coalition negotiations from last year, when it came to the government program, the leaders of the Limboese Civic Union did not announce anything to us regarding a possible accession.
I want to make it clear that both I and the Socialist Workers’ Party are opposed to an accession to such an organization, especially considering the recent conflicts in which it has been involved. We have entered the Single Auroran Market and that is enough for us," declared the official.
Opposition leader Henry Pren said in a post on the internet: “Joining the Union of Nations of the Auroran Continent would be the end of our nation’s sovereignty and its transformation into a colony of foreign powers.” The post was also shared by the leader of the Alliance for Freedom Party, Mike Remin.
There is currently no official statement from the Greens or the Civics on this matter.
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BREAKING NEWS: HENRY PREN, ARRESTED
Limbo City, 27 January 2025, 13:24
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21:43 UPDATE:
A press release was issued by the Arrows: "The Prosperity Party condemns the arrest of the party’s president Henry Pren, which was carried out for political reasons at the behest of the Limboese Civic Union.
However, since this is a person who holds a leadership position, the National Council of the Prosperity Party has decided to temporarily dismiss Mr. Henry Pren from the position of party president. Until the situation is clarified, the party will be led on an interim basis by Mr. Eric Johnes," the official release reads.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE:
Former Prime Minister and current opposition leader Henry Pren was indicted a few minutes ago by anti-corruption prosecutors in the 2006 National Bank theft case. He is charged with embezzlement, money laundering, abuse of power, corruption and obstruction of justice. If found guilty, Pren could face up to 20 years in prison without parole.
Among those charged in the case are former President Ran Pristine and former Foreign Minister Patrick Stones. The case was reopened last week for the second time by the chief prosecutor of the General Anticorruption Commission, Renate Mircova.
In 2006, 1.5 billion buri disappeared from the Reserve Fund of the Limboese National Bank. Although the evidence and statements of whistleblowers in the case clearly showed that the money had been stolen, it was closed in 2010 on the pretext that the funds had been mismanaged. The case was first reopened in 2015, also by Renate Mircova, but she was pressured by the government to resign, and the case was closed again.
If Henry Pren is not charged by the end of the year, the facts in this case could become statute-barred.
At the moment, there has been no official statement from the Arrows.
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01 FEBRUARY 2025
The Road Infrastructure Development Company (RIDC) has appointed the winners of several tenders for the design and construction of the most important motorway sections in the country. In the case of others, the work stage exceeded 50%, including the A3 (L.C.-Marcaton), A5 (L.C.-Canalis) motorways and the extension of the A1 motorway on Fomalhaut Island.
Experts in the field of transport infrastructure believe that by the end of the year we will be able to travel entirely from L.C. to Marcaton on a high-speed road, if the constructors of the Cabone-Halem and Ieroth-Marcaton sections continue at the current pace.
The mountain section of the A5 motorway has a good chance of being inaugurated at the end of this summer, especially due to the unusually mild winter. It is also hoped that the extension of the A1 motorway on Fomalhaut Island will be opened to traffic by April.
“In the case of the Limbville-A6 motorway link, it is not yet certain whether it will be put into operation this year, especially due to delays caused by unfavorable weather conditions and the poor mobilization of the constructor,” the RIDC director said at a press conference. Another piece of bad news was that no construction company showed any interest in the tender for the Matrolinsk-Bergstad link tunnel.
In total, the development minister expects over 100 kilometers of high-speed road to be put into operation this year.
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17 FEBRUARY 2025
The Limboese Civic Union is facing new internal conflicts, this time over the fate of the state-owned company Disprogaz. According to internal sources, members with center-left views oppose the privatization of the gas and oil company Disprogaz and demand that the company’s fate be decided only after a meeting with coalition partners.
These disputes between members began at the end of last year, when some party members called on social media, including for the resignation of Prime Minister Alex Orgonomik from the party leadership and the resumption of internal elections due to the fact that he accepted a coalition with the Socialists and the Greens.
Asked by journalists at the time, Orgonomik said: “I will not take into account those voices within the party that criticize me unfairly. The Limboese Civic Union is not an exclusive club, where only a few can enter. No, it is a political party and anyone who wants to make a change in this country is welcome. Of course, provided they do not have a criminal record.”
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Will the Civic Union split?
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Although this may seem normal to some, the rector of the Center for Political Science, Elena Hol, stated during a television show that there is a chance that the center-left faction of the party will leave and form another new party.
“What we are seeing now can be described as an ideological polarization of the Civics. This is not the first time that something like this has happened on the political scene. The Prosperity Party was formed by the breakaway of the moderate faction from the National Party in 1915, and the LCU was formed from the more liberal Arrows. (…) I do not exclude the possibility that a new party will be formed from the social-democratic faction of the Union,” Elena Hol stated during the show.
She also highlighted the fact that a former member founded the Social-Democratic Party three years ago, which currently has only 300 members.
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BREAKING NEWS: UNAC REFERENDUM, SOON
Limbo City, 20 February 2025, 21:00
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Less than half an hour later, the National Government adopted an official decision to hold a national referendum on the country’s accession to the United Nations of the Auroran Continent. This decision comes after several rounds of negotiations between the leaders of the coalition parties.
According to the latest LISPS poll on the issue of UNAC accession, 51% of respondents said they were in favor, 43% against and 6% were undecided. The poll was conducted in January 2025 and around 1500 people were interviewed.
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20 FEBRUARY 2025
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The National Congress of the Limboese Civic Union was held yesterday, where the majority of the representatives of the federal branches voted in favor of dismissing Alex Orgonomik from the position of party president. At the moment, the interim leadership of the Civics has decided to leave the governing coalition. Both decisions caused a wave of resignations from within the party, with some of the former members joining the Social Democratic Party.
Prime Minister Orgonomik stated, in a post on a social network, that he and the ministers who left the LCU will not resign from the government.
A few moments after this was made public, the leader of the opposition said that the submission of a motion of no confidence could be put forward to voting by next month. Right now, the government has a fragile majority in parliament, and all this comes just a week before the UNAC referendum.
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Yes: 53% [+ 5]
No: 42% [- 2]
Don’t know: 5% [- 3]
The poll was conducted between January 29 and February 20, and around 25,000 people were interviewed.
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VOTE’25 - MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD
26 February 2025
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07:00 - Voting stations opened across the country.
Today, at 07:00, voting stations across the country opened for the referendum on joining UNAC.
The National Electoral Commission informed about how the vote will proceed: if you are in your locality of residence, you can vote only in the voting station to which you are assigned on permanent lists, and if you are in another locality, you can vote in any polling station on additional lists.
In order to vote, you need your ballot. You are not allowed to enter the voting booth accompanied by another person, except for those accompanying persons with disabilities. You are not allowed to film or photograph inside the voting booth.
The display, publication or distribution of electoral propaganda or opinion polls is prohibited throughout the voting period.
Voting stations will close at 10:00 PM, but their hours may be extended if there are still people waiting to vote.
10:00 - Turnout exceeded 20%.
13:00 - Turnout reached 24.3%
14:00 - Turnout reached 28.1%
15:00 - Turnout reached 31.6%
16:00 - Turnout reached 40.9%
17:00 - Turnout reached 48.7%
18:00 - Turnout reached 52.3%
19:00 - Turnout reached 61.3%
20:00 - Turnout reached 66.6%
21:00 - Turnout reached 68.1%
22:00 - Voting stations have officially closed. Voter turnout reached 70.4%, but there are news that people are still waiting in line to vote at some stations. Live counting of the votes has started.
22:30 - There are still voting stations opened. The partial results, based off the live count, are: 32% Yes, 65% No and 3% Invalid.
23:00 - All stations have closed. The final voter turnout is 77.22%. Votes in favor increased to 40%, those against decreased to 59% and 1% Invalid.
23:59 - Live counting is done: 64.2% of the votes in favor and 35.8% of the votes against. The referendum has passed the popular vote.
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28 FEBRUARY 2025
The leader of the Social Democratic Party, Mihaela Reșcupean, met with the co-chairs of the Left-Green Alliance, Marri Ram and Dochia Petre, and with Prime Minister Alex Orgonomik at the House of the Republic to negotiate a possible entry into the governing coalition. This comes after several former members of the Limboese Civic Union became members of the SD.
According to some sources, the Social Democrats have requested the economy ministry and the energy ministry, if the current ministers holding these portfolios do not join their party.
The verdict in the criminal case of former Prime Minister Henry Pren, reopened by the chief prosecutor of the General Anti-Corruption Commission, Renate Mircova, was handed down this afternoon. Pren received a sixteen-year prison sentence without parole.
The interim leader of the Prosperity Party, Eric Johnes, declared in a post on social networks that “the decision to arrest and sentence Henry Pren is one made for purely political reasons by the chief prosecutor of the GAC at the command of the LCU-SWP-GP coalition.” He also accused the governing coalition of “acting in the interests of foreigners, wanting to sell the country for less.”
This is not the first time that the interim president of the Arrows has made such statements with a hint of conspiracy. A week after the arrest of Henry Pren, he accused the government and, by association, the entire state apparatus, of being served by hidden forces of the MBE. These statements even earned him a fine from the Anti-Discrimination Council for using xenophobic, racist, or speciesist language.
Fatal accident near kilometer 153 of the Corr-Stratin section of the A5 motorway on the way to Corr, where traffic is restricted to only one lane due to asphalt repair work.
One of the drivers involved, who was driving at speed, lost control of his car due to the wet road and crashed into several cars.
The accident resulted in the death of five people and serious injuries to seven others. Police have opened a criminal case for manslaughter and are warning drivers to adjust their speed to the weather conditions, especially given the heavy rains in the north of the country.
Shimajiro’s Imperial Chancellor, Sayuri Fujimura, has announced the dissolution of the government and the holding of early elections, Shimajiro Today reports.
She stated that she no longer wishes to cooperate with the People’s Will Party. The latter’s leader, Kaz Nakabayashi, clearly affected by this decision, said that his party will prepare for a strong campaign against the Democratic Party.
Thus, the Shimanese people will go to the polls a year earlier than planned.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Diplomacy, Maria Tonova, said during statements after today’s government meeting that her ministry is preparing to create an international platform where important topics such as climate change, sustainable development and social justice will be discussed.
She also specified that this platform is only addressed to a certain type of countries. Asked if certain countries will be excluded, Tonova said: “We will certainly not cooperate with countries whose governments are responsible for genocides and similar crimes.”
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01 MARCH 2025
The Social Democrats have announced they are joining the governing coalition. The party’s leader, Mihaela Reșcupean, has been appointed prime minister, replacing Alex Orgonimik, who has been given the portfolio of deputy prime minister.
Her proposal for the new cabinet does not bring much change, with most of the current ministers remaining in its composition. A vote of confidence in parliament is scheduled for next week.
The latest opinion poll by LISPS shows that if the parliamentary elections were held tomorrow, the Left-Green Alliance would win with 34% of the vote, followed by the Social Democratic Party, which would win 21%.
Meanwhile, the Limboese Civic Union and the Prosperity Party are competing for third place, each receiving around 20%. Meanwhile, the far-right Alliance for Freedom Party has risen in the polls, with a voting intention of 5%.
Energy Minister Ion Brevinescu has announced the initiation of a project to build an offshore wind farm in the open sea. The project has already been approved by the environment and ecological balance committee and the energy and resources committee of the parliament.
If it passes the parliament vote, it will cost around Đ‘ 875 million.
Meteorologists of the National Weather Administration have issued an orange code for heavy rain with lightning for both the Northern Serenities and Cepheus Bay between 23:00 on 01.03.2025 and 16:00 on 03.03.2025 and a yellow code for intense winds, which can locally reach speeds above 50 km/h, has been issued for the coastal area of ​​the counties of the two federal divisions.
The governor of Cepheus Bay has warned the population of the possibility of power outages. Drivers are advised to adapt their speed to the weather conditions.
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04 MARCH 2025
Last night, the leaders of the left-wing parties and the main unions met for the fifth time in the former Sindex building in negotiations to form a political alliance. During the event, the leader of the Socialists, Maria Ram, officially declared the establishment of the United Popular Front.
The move comes after the far-right Alliance for Freedom party came in fourth place in local elections earlier this year.
The leader of the Alliance for Freedom party, Mihai Remișceanu, was fined by prosecutors of the Limbo City Court for using and disseminating Ramtaist propaganda during a speech given at the party’s Higher Serenities branch.
The amendment to Law 425/2001, known as the Protected Areas Act, proposed by the Minister of the Environment, Bogdan Litrișec, passed the parliament with 97 votes in favor. This amendment increases the penalties for illegal logging, poaching or heavy pollution inside protected areas.
While previously a person could receive a fine of up to Đ‘ 15,000 or imprisonment between 3 months and 6 years, the new amendment increases the fine to Đ‘ 50,000 and imprisonment between 1 and 15 years.
Those who order such services will not be exempted either, and thus they will now receive penalties almost double that of poachers or loggers. In the case of companies, they will be required to pay a fine equal to at least a quarter of their turnover, and their taxes will be increased by 63%.
ASTRA announced that the new Center for Astrobiology and Planetary Science (known as CAPS) has been inaugurated in Herrera. The Administrator of the Limboese Space Agency, Petri John, stated during the opening ceremony of the center that the agency he leads has several projects in the works, including a new cosmodrome, most likely on Pine island.
In total, the investment cost over Đ‘ 1 billion.
Dvergerland Prime Minister Bjørn Varg accused the United Confederation of Concordian States of violating the IF Security Council resolution on Tiervan, according to NNN.
The UCCS government has reportedly tried, but unsuccessfully, to stop arms companies on its territory from selling weapons to the Tieresh government.
In a press release, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Diplomacy, Maria Tonova, condemned the escalation of the situation and stated that “the only way to resolve this conflict is through diplomacy, not violence. A war will only lead to suffering for both peoples, not peace.”
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13 MARCH 2025
The Limboese Radio-Television has renewed its cooperation agreement with Light Entertainment for the preparation of the fifth season of the music competition Next Star.
Thus, 100 potential trainees from all over the world are welcome to try their luck in becoming members of a new pop group.
Carina Island Governor Michael Brim resigned last night after a no-confidence motion filed by his former party, the People’s Union, passed the General Assembly.
He will be replaced by the Speaker of the Carina Island General Assembly until a new gubernatorial election is held.
The National Weather Service has imposed an orange code for severe weather with atmospheric instability and increased wind speeds for the entire country.
Wind gusts will reach 60-80 km/h and up to 125 km/h in high mountain areas. In some areas, the rains may be accompanied by electrical discharges.
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18 MARCH 2025
The Anti-Discrimination Council has taken action in the case of a post made by the leader of the far-right separatist Fomalhaut Freedom Front, Anneliese Schulz, while she was in the Ribenstadt Federation. The post, which is still on her social media page, calls for violence and even genocide against the Limboese of the Autonomous Republic of Fomalhaut.
At the same time, criminal cases have been opened against several members of the party for the crime of promoting the cult of persons guilty of genocide, crimes against sentient beings and war crimes.
Because of these things, several non-governmental organizations and political parties have notified the Supreme Court of Justice, requesting that FFF be dissolved and removed from the Register of Political Parties because its program directly violates both the Constitution and the Treaty of Herrera.
Herrera Mayor Jenna Traman announced a “fast-track” project to beautify and prepare the city for an international summit. She said the main events will take place at the Herrera Fortress, where diplomats will be expected. The diplomats will be accommodated at the Treaty Hotel, where security will be increased.
It is not known exactly what the summit will be about, as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diplomacy has not released any official documents to the press or the public, apart from statements made by Minister Maria Tonova last month.
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