Davvenaasti Aaviisa

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Davvenaasti Aaviisa
Saamiland's most trusted news since 1891

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NEWS IN BRIEF

FOREIGN OFFICE BACKS HÄYHÄ - Aanaari - The Saami Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a public statement today in support of Fennian leader Marshal Häyhä's government, amid rising criticism of the Stateholder for his bombastic rhetoric regarding recent tensions with neighboring Ostveg. Tensions between the two Scandian powers have escalated in recent weeks, after the tragic Ilka Statue Bombing last month. The bombing, perpetrated by Norse separatists in the Fennian province of Malminmaa, is the latest in a series of disturbances in the region. The province, claimed by both Kalevala and Kristiania, has long been a source of conflict between the Fennian Union and Ostveg, particularly since Austwegian Chancellor Bakken took power.

While stopping short of condemning or criticizing Chancellor Bakken's government, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that, "The government and people of Saamiland stand opposed to all forms of irredentism, seperatism, terrorism, and foreign aggression which threaten the peaceful status quo in Scandia. The acts of terrorism Malminmaa and the imposition of justice upon the perpetrators is an internal matter, the sole preserve of the legitimate Fennian government of Marshal-Stateholder Häyhä. Any attempts by outside powers to influence the coming proceedings in the Fennian Union, or to further exacerbate ethnic tensions in Malminmaa, the Saami government condemns and holds illegal under the Laws of Nations. The wishes and prayers of the Saami people go out to their Fennian cousins in these dark days, looking towards a future of new peace and justice."

SAAMI EXPLORERS REVISIT DAVVEASAARIA - Davvesaaria Island - Last week a team of 16 Saami explorers, led by Professor Isku Gealbaasi of Aanaari National University, traveled to Maniviedeljaarga Peninsula, the northernmost point in mainland Scandia, and to adjacent Davvesaaria Island. The team, a mix of scientists and other experts from Aanaari National University, the Saami National Survey Office, and the Saami Armed Forces, planted the Saami flag on the northern shore of Maniviedeljaarga before continuing on to begin a survey of the north and western coasts of Davvesaaria. This marks the first return of official Saami surveyors and explorers to the region since the first Saami explorers mapped the island in 1903. Although considered a de-facto part of Maattnuorti Province in Saamiland, this has never been recognized by international treaty. The areas is unpopulated and holds no permanent Saami presence, although it is occasionally visited by the Akkala Saami during their seasonal migrations.

The team will remain in the region until late July, supported by the icebreakers SLS Rhottu and SLS Lieaibolmmaj of the Saami Navy's Northern Fleet, where they will establish a research site for possible return visits, and conduct a number of meteorological and scientific studies.

SKF MANUFACTURING TO OPEN NEW FACTORY IN KITTALAA - Salla - Today, in a press conference in downtown Salla, CEO Aare Mallu of SKF Manufacturing Co. announced that his company would be expanding to include two new production facilities in Kittalaa and the surrounding area. Mallu said that the decision to expand his company's operations was due to increasing demand, both inside Saamiland and abroad, and sounded optimistic when describing his company's hopes for their new Kittalaa operation. The CEO stated that his company has been in contact with local leaders, and that the proposed expansion will provide over 3,200 jobs in Kittalaa and the surrounding area, without impinging upon what he called the area's, "valuable public parks and agricultural lands." The company has already secured a lease on two large areas of public land owned by the Kittalaa municipal government, and construction is expected to begin later this month.

The two facilities will specialize in the processing of the surplus basalt rock from SKF's existent mining operations in southern Muonaa Province. The smaller facility, located on the eastern outskirts of Kittalla, will produce gravel, flagstones and other stone blocks for construction use, while the other, larger facility, will process leftover material into fiber insulation using the latest industrial processes. Together, these two facilities are expected to provide 3,200 jobs in Kittalaa and surrounding towns, and a further 200-300 nationally, and to provide up to 580,000.00 SKr. in annual revenue for the region.

Alongside this announcement, SKF Construction spokesman also announced that they would be entering into an arrangement with Salla Polytehcnic University to develop a new school for the research in the field of "high temperature industrial processes," at a value of over 1.5 million SKr. per year. Spokesmen for both the Kittalaa Municipal Government and Salla Polytechnic University have voiced their support for SKF Construction's plans.

OTHER HEADLINES

SAAMI AGRARIAN UNION PARTY CAUCUS PLANNED FOR JULY
AJK STRIKER TAELLSI ACCUSES REFEREES OF BIAS IN WORLD CUP MATCH
GEALBU HEARGSDI AND THE NORTHERN LIGHTS BEGIN INTERNATIONAL TOUR IN IVERNIA
TRAVEL ADVISORY ISSUED AFTER UNREST IN BOGANHEM
STRAY REINDEER CAUSES SIX-CAR PILEUP OUTSIDE AAKONSTJAAVA

 

[Hanseatic Republics]

You must be registered for see images LOV OM FOREBYGGENDE SIKKERHETSTJENESTE[SUP]a[/SUP]: DET ER FEM GRADER I SYNKENDE REKKEFØLGE. SIKKERHETSLOVEN FOR DETTE DOKUMENTET ER SKREVET SOM: STRENGT HEMMELIG (top secret) HEMMELIG (secret) KONFIDENSIELT (confidential) BEGRENSET (restricted) UKLASSIFISERT (unclassified) Foreign Ministry Lappland Although Her Majesty's Government has not been officially recognized by the Lapp Government, we would like to clarify several errors the report made by your Ministry of Foreign Affair and additionally the Lapplander press. The territorial dispute between the Austwegian people and the Fennian nation has existed for well over fifty (50) years. This dispute is based upon historical injustice, ethnic prejudice, and territorial integrity The territorial dispute described as having surfaced since the beginning of the Bakken Government is nothing more than a misogynist claim. As this dispute has existed for years previous, upon the democratic election of a female Chancellor the Fennians choose to push the issue believing a woman would be too weak to hold her ground. She did, and today they engage in misogynist behavior, as they hate upon the accomplishments of strong women who boldly engage a world that has never given them an easy route. Until the Lappland Government recognizes the Austwegian people as a sovereign nation free from the yoke of Danish Imperialism, Her Majesty's Government will consider the Lapps as a Government that has taken a side on this issue against freedom, against liberty, against democracy, and against the Queen. We hope that with such clarification, the Lapplanders shall work on amicable relations with Her Majesty's Government that may lead to official recognition of our Government and the establishment of formal relations. Med Vennlig Hilsen, You must be registered for see images Kristin Ragnhild Haavi Østvegs utenriksminister Austwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs [SUP]a.[/SUP] - Sikkerhetsloven regulerer adgang til opplysninger som kan skade Østvegs eller dets alliertes sikkerhet, forholdet til fremmede makter, eller andre vitale sikkerhetsinteresser.

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Saami Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Saami government in no way endorses gender discrimination, and has recognized the Chancellor Bakken's government as the de-facto leaders of the Austwegian people since her government was established last year. Upon the bequest of the Austwegian Government, the Saami Government at this time extends formal diplomatic recognition of the Bakken government as the de-jure authority of the Austwegian nation, and recognizes the right of all Austwegian people to an independent polity free of Danish interference. At this time, the Saami Government proposes the formal establishment of consulates in both Aanaari and Kristiania, as a further demonstration of this recognition and gesture of goodwill between our two peoples.

At the same time, the Saam Government stands firm in its support of the status quo territorial integrity of all Scandian nations. The Saami Government recognizes the Fennian Union as the legitimate rulers of Malmanmaa province, and strongly encourage the Austwegian Government to refrain from all actions which may inflame ongoing tensions within this region.

 

[Serbovia]

Ulkoasiaintoimisto
Foreign Office

Fennian Unioni
The Fennian Union

The Stateholder Marshal has instructed me to convey the Union government's thanks to our Saaremaan cousins on behalf of their support to the Fennian Union in its continued quest to safeguard Scania from the aggressive expansionism exhibited by Chancellor Bakken and her henchmen. The steadfast defense of Fennian sovereignity and Scanian peace shall continue so long as the Union exists, and so will our commitment to peace and order in Scania in the face of plutocratic aggression.

Once again, Kristiania has replied with deliberate and blatant lies attempting to confuse the world of the reality of Bakkenist aggression and continuing Norse belligerence targeted against the Fennian people. The historical reality of the Fennian-Agder War of 1873-75 stems from the Agder fear of an unified Fennian state and the evaporation of Agder power in Fennia, and from a brutal and cynical attempt to subjugate the Fennian nation in the aftermath of the Fennian Unification. In the course of this war, the Malminmaa Fennians - deprived of rights and held as second-class subjects of an autocratic monarch - were liberated to join their brothers under the protection of the Union.

The continued acts of aggression and provocation on Kristiania's behalf indicate nothing but a continued Norse desire towards the subjugation of the Fennian nation. Contrary to Norse claims, it has been Chancellor Bakken herself who has reinvigorated Norse irredentism by her stubborn refusal to renege on the morally and legally unfounded expansion policy continued under her administration.

Attempts made by Mrs. Haavi to describe the Fennian reaction to Chancellor Bakken's policies as "misogyny" prove that the Norse aggressors have comprehensively run out of any realistic ways to rationalize their actions. As much as Kristiania would like to present itself as a victim, the fact is that Chancellor Bakken herself has been responsible for attempts to intimidate the Union in most blatant and obvious ways possible. The existence of a strong and united Fennia seems to be unacceptable to the Perfidious Norseman, whose territorial ambitions for centuries upon centuries have been focused to the South, leading to untold numbers of historical suffering to generations of Fennians.

Constant attempts to intervene in internal Fennian affairs and the state-sponsored anti-Fennian agitation serve as proof of the true intentions of Chancellor Bakken and her cronies, and that they are the truest threat to peace in Scania. The Union will not allow Kristiania to conceal this truth by lies and misdirection of the peoples of Europe.

Kauko Vannas
Foreign Minister

 

[Ivernia]

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Teachtaireacht ón Prionsa-Toghthóir na Íverniann i iúl in ainm Teamhrach Caislean, an Airdrígh agus uile-Íverniann. ​

6ú Meitheamh 1953
To the attention of: The nation of Saamiland

The High Kingdom of Ivernia would like to congratualte the Saami on their incredible act of fortitude and heroism in reaching Maniviedeljaarga Peninsula once again, the first time in Saami history in half of a century. The people of Ivernia are sure that the moment the flag was planted down on that land was a proud day for all Saami.
The idea's for a scientific base in that region, purely for meteorological and scientific studies has greatly intrigued the Universities of Ivernia and I would expect a proposition from them in the near future to assist in the base. A permanent base I should say, would go a long way towards Ivernish recognition of the Saami claim to those territories.

The High Kingdom welcomes the Gealbu Heargsdi and the Northern lights to Ivernia and hopes their first leg of their tour is a fruitful one. This cultural music of ''Jazz'' I am sure will be much loved by the Ivernish.

The High Kingdom of Ivernia wishes to send it's heartfelt condolences to those involved with the tragic Moose related 6 car pile-up outside of Aakonstjaava. Ivernia's prayers are with the families of the injured and deceased.


This message was written on behalf of the High King of Ivernia and Tara Castle

Signed David MacSweeney, Prince-Elector of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Árd Ríocht na hÍverniann
Cuige na Nemedia, Contae na Mhí
Alderburgh, Teamhrach Caisleán
An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha
Oifig an Prionsa-Toghthóir

 

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Davvenaasti Aaviisa
Saamiland's most trusted news since 1891

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NEWS IN BRIEF

NATIONAL DIPHTHERIA IMMUNIZATION BEGINS IN SALLA - Salla - The Ministry of Health has begun its national diphtheria immunization campaign in southern Salla province. The campaign was first announced last year, in the wake of a local outbreak of diphtheria in Kevanna during the winter of 1951, which claimed over 100 lives. Beginning this week, Ministry of Health officials, as well as volunteers from Muonaa University and Aanaari National University's schools of medicine will be traveling across Salla Province, administering the vaccine to all citizens ages 8 and above. Ministry of Health officials assure citizens that this vaccine is perfectly safe, and will provide a lifetime of protection against the deadly disease. All citizens are required to undergo immunization, and those who can not reach one of the public immunization centers are instructed to contact the Ministry of Health.

The program in Salla will run from 10 June to 17 August, after which doctors and volunteers will move on to other areas in Saamiland. The program is expected to be completed nation-wide by September 1954.

ANU BEGINS NEGOTIATIONS WITH IVERNIA FOR JOINT RESEARCH STATION - Aanaari -Representatives from Aanaari National University have announced that the university will be hosting a conference on a proposed permanent research station in the Arctic along the northern shore of Davvesaaria Island. This conference comes on the heels of the Saami government's own research expedition to the island, and may include some of the ANU experts involved in that expedition.

The idea of a permanent research station was initially proposed by representatives from the scientific community in Ivernia, who formally contacted Aanaari National University last week with a proposal for a joint research station manned by both Saami and Ivernish scientists. The Ivernish government has stated that it would provide funding for such an effort. In addition to several representatives from other Saami universities, and from Ivernia, other foreign universities and research organizations in the Aurarian Republic, Fennian Union, Mezhist Union, and Sikandara. The conference is planned for next month.

SOAHTIVOJMMAT CONTRACTS JANKOWSKI ARMS FOR NEW RIFLE - Aanaari - Spokesmen for the Saami Armed Forces announced today that the military would be contracting the Jankowski Armaments Coalition for a new semi-automatic rifle to replace the Army's bolt-action Mosin-Nagants currently in service. The contract to produce 36,000 rifles was first offered in late 1951, and several domestic and foreign companies made bids. However, financial difficulties and an extensive period of testing and refinement delayed arrangements until early this year. The new rifle, based upon the Jankowski Arms Ka 43 rifle, is expected to enter service with the Saami Armed Forces by mid-1954. The contract will cost Saami taxpayers an estimated 12.8 million SKr.

OTHER HEADLINES

SAAMI RED CROSS TO VISIT MONTELIMAR AFTER COMMUNIST BOMBINGS
ECF CHESS TOURNAMENT BEGINS IN SIYANG
INFLUENZA SCARE IN AKONTSJAAVA
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE PREDICTS RECORD HARVEST IN SOUTH-EAST
DRUNK SHEPHERD ACCUSED OF CRIMINAL NEGLEGENCE IN UTSJOKI REINDEER ATTACK
@Sikandara [MENTION=1243]Ivernia[/MENTION] @Fennian Union @Upper Swicziema

 

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Davvenaasti Aaviisa
Saamiland's most trusted news since 1891

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NEWS IN BRIEF

SAAMI TOURISTS EVACUATE CANTIGNIA - Vesper, Cantignia - In the wake of the tragic deaths of Queen Alice and Chancellor Veronica North, and a sudden outburst of ethnic and class riots across the country, the Saami Government issued a travel advisory against the Oceanic Covenant last Friday. However, this announcement came too late for over 200 Saami citizens already in the country. These included many Saami football fans, who had been attending the One World Series finals in Vesper, as well as a number of other tourists and reporters, including Davvenaasti Aaviisa's own Lenaa Iskolli.

Since the outbreak of violence last week, we have been anxiously following the plight of those Saami citizens in Cantignia. According to a Minstry of Tourism report yesterday, some 170 Saami citizens have returned safely from Cantiginia, including Lenaa Iskolli. For some in the capital Vesper, a return home is as simple as boarding a plane. But for those Saami in the outlying provinces, like lenaa Iskolli, the return home is an arduous journey. Our reporter was only permitted to leave by Cantiginia revolutionaries because of her diplomatic contacts, and many Saami are not so lucky. According to the latest government estimates, over 40 Saami citizens remain out of contact in Cantiginao, their status unknown.

CONFLICT IN BOGANHEM ENDS, BORDER REOPENS - Muonaa - After a month of internal strife, the civil war in Boganhem appears to be finished after the assassination of Bogan King Rikhard and the collapse of the Royal Army resistance. As a new government takes power in Malachor, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the following statement:

"The Saami People welcome the end of hostilities within Boganhem, and at this time recognize the government of interim Chancellor Erik Strakman as the one legitimate government of the Bogan people. At this time, the Saami government requests the aid of Chancellor Strakman's new government in repatriating those Bogan refugees who have sought shelter across our mutual border during this time of revolutionary crisis. The full resources of the Saami Armed Forces and Saami Red Cross will be directed towards the resolution of this crisis, as a gesture of good faith towards the new Bogan regime."

MINERS THREATEN STRIKE IN MUONAA - Muonaa - After two months of fruitless negotiations between representatives of MAF Industries and the National Coal Miners Union, union representatives are threatening a nationwide strike if demands for wage and benefit increases are not met withing the next two weeks. In the wake of the announcement, several local police forces have mobilized in preparations for a possible strike. However, neither the Ministry of Industry nor MAF Industries spokesmen have agreed to comment on these threats.

OTHER HEADLINES

LOASGANNI PETITION FOR LANGUAGE RECOGNITION IN AKONSTJAAVA PROVINCE
POSSIBLE COAL DEPOSITS ON DAVVEASAARIA
ECF TOURNAMENT KICKS OFF IN SIYANG
VIGILANTE DRESSED AS REINDEER STOPS HEIST IN MANATTOURI

 

[Thaumantica]

Cantigian Transit Authority (CTA)

The CTA offers the same level of cooperation to Saamiland that it has every nation in the world to date. We must and we will offer our resources to find, secure, and evacuate individuals and groups of Saami to ensure their freedom to roam about our country back to their own is respected and upheld. This cannot be done without cooperation from foreign entities and governments however, before searching out this published news story ourselves, describing chaos and potential danger for Saami - we have had no contact with the Democratic Republic of Saamiland.

Let us work together, not against one another, across the globe to find peace for tourists, business folk, and reporters who visited this country under the pretenses of it being called the friendly confines.

Signed by Albert Comeford,
CTA Chief Officer,

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[Free Cities League]

Kongrëk Boganhem

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Kantselerë dez Konglishes Regirdings Boganhemz
Chancellery of the Royal Government of Boganhem
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I, Chancellor of the Kingdom of Boganhem, would like to note some imprecisions in the Saami media's depiction of the events in Boganhem. First of all, 'King Rikhard was assassinated' is not correspondent with the truth, as Rikhard fon Malachor, until 1951, King Rikhard V had been desposed by popular revolt two years before this conflict ended. Since then, the democratic Governments of Boganhem, under auspices from Rikhard V's son, current and legitimate King Robert IV, have fought a bitter guerrilla war with Rikhard's resistance, hiding deep in the mountains of Goddenbergen, near the Saami-Bogan border. Under the current Government, direct military action was taken and, upon the invasion of Rikhard's base in Vodenskove, the former King was killed in a shooting between his men and the Royal Army, not having been target for assassination, as the intention was to bring him to trial. That being said, the only legitimate 'Royal Army' (correction of another imprecision) is the Royal Army that defeated the fierce Rikhardist guerillas in the past weeks, since the defeated army was no army, being nothing but a band guerilla fighters, mercenaries and irregular soldiers. On a final note, no new Government took power in Malachor, but the democratically legitimate Government based in Malachor liberated the oppressed people subject to Rikhard's iron fist.

In another note, the Royal Government wholeheartedly thanks the Saami Government for its availability in cooperating in the process of repatriation of Bogan refugees in Saamiland and all medical and logistical assistance in the war-torn areas are welcome. We hope to continue good relations and cooperation with Saamiland.

The Chancellor of the Royal Goverment of the Kingdom of Boganhem
Erik Strakman

 

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Davvenaasti Aaviisa
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NEWS IN BRIEF

EXPLOSION ROCKS KEATTAMA MINES, 138 CONFIRMED DEAD - Muonaa - ​Early this morning, at 02.47 local time, an explosion was reported in the lower shafts of the Keattama Mining Complex, located about 25 km south-west of Muonaa. The initial explosion occurred in the lowest level of Shaft 14, in an area where approximately 100 men are believe to have been working. The blast collapsed the deepest galleries of Shafts 13, 14, and 16, and caused a fire which quickly spread through Keattama's lower reaches. At least 105 men are missing and believed lost in the explosion, while dozens more are reported dead or injured as a result of the resulting fires and cave-ins, and this count is expected to rise as events unfold.

The fires in Shaft 14 have only been partially contained, according to a Keattama Mining spokesman, and municipal fire brigades from Muonaa and the surrounding area have been deployed to assist those already on the scene. At 07.30 this morning, the Governor of Muonaa Fylka declared a state of emergency for Keattama and it's environs, and appealed to the national government in Aanaari for assistance in dealing with this disaster. A spokesman for President Ooli's administration later expressed his sympathy with the victims of this tragedy and and pledged the full aid of the national government, including the deployment of Saami Armed Forces personnel to assist with disaster relief and search and rescue duties over the coming days. The Governor of Muonaa has also appealed the Saami Congress for monetary assistance to the families of the victims of this disaster.

The impact this may have on the national economy remains to be seen, but Keattama is one of Saamiland's largest producers of coal, and prices have risen over 10% on the Aanaari Stock Exchange since trading opened today. Of perhaps more pressing significance is the impact this disaster will have on the ongoing dispute between the national Coal and Steel Union and several major mining firms, including Keattama Mining over wages and working conditions. The main Keattama Mining facility is expected to remain closed for at least a month, leaving over 4,000 union workers out of work, and the Coal and Steel Union has indicated that it is mobilizing some of these men for ongoing protests in other areas of Muonaa Fylka. Keattama Mining's losses from this disaster are expected to be over $20 million, and will also impact ongoing negotiations.

OTHER HEADLINES

VOUVTATTI TAKES 3RD PLACE IN SIYANG CHESS CLASSIC
DAVVENAASTI AAVIISA APLOGIZES TO BOGANHEM GOVERNMENT OVER MISPRINT IN JUNE ARTICLE
COAL AND STEEL UNION THREATEN TO SUSPEND WAGE NEGOTIATIONS WITH SKF MANUFACTURING
BOGANHEM REFUGEE REPATRIATION NEARING COMPLETION
ELDERLY WOMAN AND NIECE KILLED IN REINDEER-SLEIGH PILEUP OUTSIDE AANAARI

 

[Serenierre]

Grand Council for Diplomatic Affairs

The Empire is most saddened to hear of this tragedy having occurred in Saamiland, our hearts go out to the Saami people and we mourn with them in this time of mourning. To stabilize coal prices, Sikandara is willing to ship additional supplies of coal to it Nordic ally. The Imperial Ambassador to Saamiland will be in touch with the Saami government if the offer is accepted.

 

[Potenza]

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The Grand Duchy sends her regrets to the families, friends and associates of those lost in this tragedy. Our prayers are with the nation today.

Gian Lombardo
Foreign Minister​