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ETC and EHTC LAUNCH FULL-SCALE OFFENSIVE
The ETC and EHTC Move to Liberate Colonial Territory

Hammersmith, NoCRER - An ORTHRUS naval task force, of warships belonging to the Elephant and Henrietta Admiralties, and sailing under the Colours of the Engellexic Thaumantic Company and the Engell-Himyar Trading Company, seen entering the North Thaumantic Ocean Area some weeks ago has engaged Al-Kez, an imperial holding territory of the Serenien tributary state of Borovanger.

The news had spread across the entire First Republic in minutes from the opening broadcast, with every Erumpetine Broadcasting Company (EBC) channel currently broadcasting announcing breaking news in order to cut to footage of the ongoing engagement over the Borovangian colony. Many businesses across the SoCRER, and some in NoCRER, have reported closing early for the benefit of their enthusiastic employees, and traffic in many major cities across Elephant and Castle, and Mary-le-Bone have been grounded to a halt for many hours as billboards cut to footage of the Elephant and Henrietta Admiralty assaults.

When contacted regarding the ongoing operation, the EBC Echidna Security Correspondent, Sir Thomas Estdene, initially appeared without words, before concluding that there is no doubt about it. This has to be a premeditated and planned assault to wrestle back control over this contested territory. This could possibly be the largest offensive undertaken by the Engellexic Thaumantic Company and the Engell-Himyar Trading Company since a number of centuries.

The vigour of contest by the Elephant and Henrietta Admiralties comes without any form of prior contact with the Confederation of Borovanger, or their forces in the colony of Al-Kez, during the course of this year, and is being described by tactical experts as a full-scale offensive against the encroachment of Gallian-Germanic imperialist Powers on the independence of the North Thaumantic Ocean.

The offices of press for the Engellexic Thaumantic Company, and the Engell-Himyar Trading Company both remain closed for comment at this point, and the Northern and Southern Congress have both issued full travel advisories for the warring nations of Gallia-Germania, and Al-Kez. The content of the travel advisory includes the warning that any private citizen who ventures into the at-risk areas have no guarantee of safety and will be flagged as a security suspect to the First Republic.

All citizens are being advised to stay clear of the at-risk areas of Gallia-Germania, and Al-Kez, and it has been officially confirmed by the Northern and Southern Congress that they will accept no liability for loss of life or property until such a time as the situation is brought under control.

 

[Great Engellex]

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PIRACY AND SMUGGLER THREAT RAISED IN CONGRESS
Southern Congress and Lord, Lady Governors in Extraordinary Sitting

Rising levels of piracy raids and smuggling activities against agricultural and industrial estates within the northern regions of the SoCRER have been brought up as an urgent matter of concern at the Southern Constituent Republics Congress from representations by the Lord Governors, and Lady Governor, of the Southern Constituent Republics themselves. Questions were also asked about the presence of expansive pirate forward operating facilities and intelligence assessments that the number of these bases could increase.

Meeting at a special sitting of the SoCRER Congress called to discuss Southern Hemisphere-wide security threats and response co-ordination, the Lord and Lady Governors raised a number of questions directly to the Congress, and the Southern President, Lady Seraphina Underwood, who was also in attendance, about the increase in raids by the identified and recognised major pirate and criminal organisations operating within SoCRER. Dismay was expressed at the boldness of the Bloody Momentum, Echidna First, Unwilling Knights of Independent Penzance (UKIP), Lizard Kingdom, and Many-Indentities God strikes on SoCRER mining and resource extraction operations, and some agricultural. On this matter a joint resolution was adopted by the Lord and Lady Governors, with the Southern President, to extend and expand the position of the Agency for the Interception of Dangerous Speakers (AIDS), through a new department, to accommodate the concerns of Congress in this particular area.

The Lord Governors of the Constituent Republics of Otho-Eam and Camden were particularly forceful in raising the issue of the Bloody Momentum and Unwilling Knights of Independent Penzance forward operating bases, and pressed the Southern President to instruct the Lord Guarantor of the Engellexic Thaumantic Company to share intelligence assessments said to indicate a rise in the activities of those two groups, and the number of such bases being established for piracy throughout the Southern Hemisphere, of which the Lord Guarantor of the ETC is widely believed to have experience in acknowledgement of similar developments in ETCOS.

With pirate and smuggling activity dominating the extraordinary sitting, there was only a brief discussion of so-called emergent threats such as revolutionary activity and religious movements. The Southern President reassured the SoCRER Congress that the Meridian was actively monitoring the emergent threat profiles at all times.

 

[Great Engellex]

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PELASGIAN EMPEROR EXPLODED, DEAD
BREAKING :- Borovanger Claims Responsibility; Revolutionary Violence; Lord Protector Threatened

Elephant and Castle, SoCRER - Southern President Seraphina Underwood has officially communicated condolences to the Senate of the Southern Tiburian Empire following the dramatic assassination of Emperor Ioannes VII Laskaris and the Grand Logothete, Lord Theophrastos Anastasiades, in a devastating explosion at the Kastellas Hotel in Pelasgia.

In a statement on behalf of the Southern Constituent Republics of the Engellexian Republic, the Southern President's Office said, the despicable and cruel act of terror through a destructive explosion, and the many deaths and injuries in consequence, are tragedies for the entire global community to consider with careful recognition to the present condition of our international community. We acknowledge with regret the death of the Emperor of the Southern Tiburan Empire and offer the condolences of the Southern Constituent Republics for his and other deaths resulting from this terrible event.

BREAKING NEWS :- The Comité de la Exportación de la Libertad, of the Internal Security Ministry of the Borovangian Confederation, has demonstrated its commitment to revolutionary violence in coming forward to publicly acknowledge its responsibility for the massive explosion, and act of terror against the Southern Tiburan Empire, on the Kastellas Hotel in Pelasgia yesterday, which claimed the lives of scores of people, including the late Emperor Ioannes VII Laskaris, and the late Grand Logothete.

In a prepared statement, delivered to the Lord Protector and the Council of the Republic by a telephone communication, Premier Cuervo of the Borovangian Confederation explained the intricate technical details of the operation, that Engell intelligence confirmed indicated a serious and reliable level of involvement in the atrocity by Saulot, through their sponsoring of the EKKP, and continued to proceed to direct scathing and aggressive political rhetoric toward the Lord Protector and the Engellexian Republic. Admiralty Palace confirmed that Premier Cuervo delivered a promise to undertake a similar operation of terror against the person of his Mightiness the Lord Protector, and the free citizens of the city of Hammersmith.

The Engellexian Republic Parlement has moved swiftly to denounce the attack. In an internationally broadcast statement just minutes after the statement by the Southern President, the Lord Keeper and Speaker of the Senate expressed his condolences to the innocent people of Pelasgia, caught up in the violent politics of an unrestrained revolutionary Borovangian Confederation, and pledged to assist with relief efforts in any measure the Southern Tiburan Empire requested.

 

[Bezonvaux]

Premier Cuervo speaks out at vicious slander propagated by the Republic of Engellex
" I have never condoned any operation on foreign soil nor have I ever directly or indirectly contacted the Lord Protector or any member of the Engellexian regime, these liars are nothing more than a cheap attempt to besmirch the reputation of the Confederation and to dare and blame such an egregious act of terror on the Confederation of Borovanger when the corporate puppets of the Republic continue to rain death and destruction upon the people of Al-Kez is hypocrisy at its finest".

" And I would like to offer the thoughts and prayers of myself and those of the Confederation to the people of Pelagsia and I wish that the people there once again know peace and prosperity".

 

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Southern Tiburan Empire
Imperial Regency Office​

For immediate release - public statement.

To whom it may concern,

The Lord Imperial Regent, Ecumenical Patriarch Damianos I of Propontis, would like to thank Her Excellency, Madam President Underwood, for her kind and thoughtful wishes to our grieving land. His All-Holiness would also like to extend the same courtesy to the Engellexian Republic Parliament, which has proven that the friendship between our great states and nations still stands strong. While the Imperial Authorities are yet unaware of any coordinated plan on the part of Borovanger to carry out this attack, the Imperial Press Agency and the Central State Security Service (YKAK) have noted that Borovanger and the EKKP were in contact at the highest level from the very early stages of the party's participation in the Pelasgian Civil War, potentially including military support. The Empire would be very much obliged to receive any relevant information in the possession of the Engellexian Republic's authorities, pursuant to the investigation of the Crown into the murder of the Tiburian Heads of State and Government at the hand of a faction which was clearly positively inclined towards the Gallian nation in question. Until then, we can make no further comment on these grievous allegations.

Signed and Sealed,

Ἐμμανουὴλ Αὐγέρος τοῦ Γεωργίου

Emmanouel Avgeros, son of Georgios
Secretary of State for the Exterior
Patrician Nobelissimus
Southern Tiburan Empire

 

[Great Engellex]

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SOUTHERN PRESIDENT SPEAKS
Seraphina Underwood Addresses Media at Shipyard Inspection

Henrietta, SoCRER - Southern President Seraphina Underwood gave a public address this morning, made from the yards of Henrietta Shipbuilders in Henrietta, where one of three new advanced aircraft carriers are presently being constructed for the Engellexian Republic Navy.

Attired in a form-fitting high crewneck navy blue dress, with a single run of gold buttons up the front of the dress, Seraphina Underwood was quite decided on a militaristic presidential profile for her inspection of the naval yards. The Southern President gave a candid retrospective of her presidency since the launching of the liberation campaign by the Engellexic Thaumantic Company and the Engell-Himyar Trading Company over Al-Kez, citing the need for unity and hope among the Thaumantic people, with an honest acceptance that the only continuity in the Western and Southern Hemisphere remains the First Republic.

In the statement, which came after an official inspection of the ERN aircraft carrier under construction in Henrietta, Madness of the Duke, which will serve as the new flagship of the Henrietta Admiralty, the Southern President stressed the need for continued vigilance against elements both foreign and continental which seek to destabilize and colonise our Thaumantic Dominion.

Speaking regarding her current term, Seraphina Underwood agreed with questioning from the First Republic Media Group representative, indicating that she felt the First Republic was under the threat of imminent and further assault by Competitor neighbouring Powers within and on the periphery of the Thaumantic region as of that moment of address in Henrietta. Previous commentary by the Southern President during her inspection, would reasonably suggest that those of the Rurikgrad Pact, and Serenierre, were not her primary thought, but the new coalition government in Azraq, that of Natal, and even the Trier Concord; Justice Party leader, Hika Qiltu, the anticipated new Prime Minister of Azraq, infuriated both NoCRER and SoCRER in describing the First Republic as a Western Power, a term usually reserved for those of Gallia-Germania, and in equating the campaign to liberate Al-Kez with imperialism; the Chief Minister of Natal irritated SoCRER especially in his call for a Pan-Himyari summit which excluded the First Republic, but included the affairs of Echidna and the wider Thaumantic; and the Trier Concord fails to hold its own in Gallia-Germania, leaving many in Hammersmith and Elephant and Castle frustrated and questioning the continued toleration of Trier colonialism in the Thaumantic region and the threat it poses to the security and stability of the First Republic.

When asked regarding her decision to support the action by the ETC and the EHTC, in respect of the Borovangian colony of Al-Kez, the Southern President once again reaffirmed her choice, stating that though we must, and do indeed continue to recognise the urgency of stable and secure society as a right all Thaumantic people are equal in demanding, the situation the First Republic - and the Thaumantic was forced to acknowledge at the time required rapid and decisive action to counter the escalating and imminent threat of open warfare against, not just the First Republic, but our - all Thaumantic people.

It remains the most difficult decision of my presidency, and it was made with the greatest interest and security of the Thaumantic people in mind, as the primary concern. The First Republic will not be shy in defending her people, their interests, and those of the Thaumantic. It is sincerely hoped that our Competitors across Europe have understood us, but as I speak with you, I fear they have not.

When questioned on the current economic state of the First Republic, Seraphina Underwood appeared exceedingly confident in her response that the Republic's economy is enjoying a most stable condition, a position that was uncertain given the present state of worldy affairs, and confirmed that both the Engellexian Republic Congress of Trade (ERCT) and the First Lord of the Bank of Aldwych are in agreement that we will see economic growth in the next two quarters.

Following up on her statement, the Southern President offered a rare quip, remarking that should we find ourselves, in the morning, witnessing our Republic being pushed from grace, I do hope we should not find those hands too troubled in their efforts with respect to their own economic positions. Leaving many of the media amused, but unable to immediately relate this remark to a single competing Power, as it so easily can be applied to all, the president was then bombarded with questions regarding her position of Engell foreign policy.

In response to questioning, Seraphina Underwood explained that all friendly banter aside, while as the President of the Southern Constituent Republics I recognise and admire the desire of other leaders to serve their own people, and their own, cultural and political, approach to their sovereign politics, I believe that an understanding is required from both an economic and military standpoint, with the First Republic needing acceptance more than ever before of its own, sovereign sense of continuity and solidarity and identity with the Thaumantic, in order to continue to grow and prosper over the coming decades.

It must be remembered that the Republic is in a quasi-state of war, given ORTHRUS by two Constituent Companies of the Republic - the ETC and the EHTC, and continues to face significant threat from the armed forces of Europe, for they are aligned and aligning against our sovereignty. Lest we forget, that every square inch of territory belonging to the Engellexian Republic has been under the occupancy of a foreign and regressive entity. Direct action by the raw strength of our people - Thaumantic people - changed the situation then, as it does change the situations now. We are able to curb the bloodshed and irrational destruction of our progressive civilisation with swift and decisive intervention from our potent Engellexian Republic Navy, and I say that with a heartfelt gratitude to the women and men that are moved to serve and defend. I thank you for your service.

The Republic must maintain a vigilant but grounded approach to Europe, and we must not permit any form of ideal that they may possess to cloud our collective judgement or falter our stance on any matter. We are the First Republic.

At the conclusion of the address, which lasted roughly thirty minutes, the Southern President was photographed laying a wreath of yellow Southern Roses, native only to Otho-Eam and Camden, on the plinth of the Trident Whale monument in commemoration of the Shared Thaumantic Act that illegalised the hunting and fishing, with exception to few fish species, of every creature in the Thaumantic Ocean and Clarencian Sea, and remembers their unnecessary sacrifice for science, nutrition, war, and commercial greed. Many interpret the demonstration as an intention of the Meridian to pressure the Northern President to directly and actively enforce the law in the North Thaumantic without exception, or distinction to national borders, as permitted by the Act.

 

[Rheinbund]

Aussenministerium
Trier, Eiffelland

We are puzzled about how the Trier Concord can be a threat to the First Republic's interests in the Thaumantic Ocean and the Clarencian Sea. No Trier Concord country borders the Clarencian Sea, and Bourgogne and the Peninsula Republic have been situated on their current locations for centuries. We kindly ask the Government of the SoCRER to indicate why Bourgogne, the Peninsula Republic and the Trier Concord are considered a threat to the First Republic. It is always possible to reach an agreement.

Rüdiger Zimmermann, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Vice-Chancellor

 

[Great Engellex]

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ERN GOGMAGOG LAUNCHED
The New Flagship Carrier of the ERN Launched from Hammersmith

Hammersmith, NoCRER - The Engellexian Republic Navy flagship, and flagship of the Hammersmith Admiralty, ERN Gogmagog, was sighted in the Angelli Channels today, accompanied by a small flotilla of escort vessels from the Hammersmith Admiralty as she traveled across from Hammersmith towards the Blackwall Reach, where it is anticipated the sea trials of the most recent addition to the Republic Navy are due to begin in earnest.

Gogmagog was announced as the new flagship of the Engellexian Republic Navy and officially named by his Mightiness the Lord Protector, Viscount Walter Drake when he visited the HEDC Hammersmith shipyards to ceremonially lay the keel of the warship, as to commence initial construction.

Billed as the most technologically advanced warship in any European fleet, but especially of the Engellexian Republic Navy, details of her capability have remained under close guard given the fact that it was strongly suggested that the Lord Protector himself has expressed keen interest in commanding the flagship in times of Competing Action. All that can be confirmed, the new ship design will accommodate larger numbers of fighter jets, and other aircraft to enhance the proactive ability of the Republic Navy in the Thaumantic Ocean Area.

The warship departed the HEDC Hammersmith shipyards around twelve hours ago, with a strong number of navy enthusiasts waiting to catch images of the extraordinary warship, all 104,600 tons of her, as she made her way toward the Blackwall Reach.

It is expected that the vessel will spend the next two years in sea trials and other operations, testing everything from the construction and durability of her hull, to the performance of her weaponry and engineering and electrical systems before she returns to Hammersmith for her final fitting and formal commissioning.

There is anticipating that from Henrietta, in SoCRER, that the new flagship of the Henrietta Admiralty, ERN Madness of the Duke, is also soon to be launched for the next phase of its journey into the Republic Navy.

 

[Great Engellex]

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FIRST REPUBLIC REACTS TO TRIER ATTACK
Republic Naval Council, Northern and Southern Presidents Respond

Hammersmith, NoCRER - Emergency sessions of the Engellexian Republic Parlement and the Council of the Republic, following revelations of hacking of Engell financial institutions and the grand theft of wealth belonging to the First Republic, has been ongoing throughout the day, with the Engellexian Republic Parlement's Republic Security Community (RSC) in continuing session. A spokesman for the Republic Naval Council stated that, Engellexian Republic Navy forces and fleets have been placed on the highest state of alert since the ORTHRUS campaign.

The spokesperson went on, while the Republic Naval Council is shocked and saddened by the aggressive assault upon the independence and the sovereignty of the Engellexian Republic, our foremost concern is the ongoing security of the Thaumantic Ocean Area and the First Republic. We will remain vigilant and attentive to our primary responsibility during the developing situation. Naturally, the Trier Concord threat is our highest concern at present.

In the NoCRER Congress, the Northern President Anne Siward has expressed her deepest regrets and condolences to the Trier Concord peoples. The Northern President's official statement described the attack and theft by suspected Trier Governments as an event of great importance to the present state of relations existing within Europe, where they will be missed by all Member Governments and Subjects of the Trier Concord. We mourn them, and do commend their spirit.

The Hammersmith Admiralty, the Northern President confirmed, has been placed on alert along the borders of NoCRER and Constituent Company security and naval forces have been notified of the mobilisation for purposes of maintaining the internal security of the First Republic and it's sovereign corporate assets, given the clearest and evident threat from the Trier Concord.

Southern President Seraphina Underwood of SoCRER met with the Southern Congress, Admiralties, and Lord Guarantors before addressing SoCRER and Europe by domestic EBC broadcast from One Meridian. In her remarks, Southern President Underwood praised the Trier Concord as a truly, deeply impressive demonstration of Gallian-Germanic leadership in Europe, that, from those limited interactions, maintained always an urgency in clarity of their position and its purpose, the interests of the Subjects of their Monarchs and, indeed, the Monarchies themselves.

Southern President Underwood went on, of course, we have differed with them and the policies of Gallian-Germanic imperialism on every, many occasion, but I do say that they have been understandably a force of relative positivity in containing, or aligning the concern of the Rurikgrad Pact Member Governments away from the First Republic and the Thaumantic Ocean Area. On behalf of the Southern Constituent Republics of the Engellexian Republic and free Citizens of the Thaumantic, I extend my sincere condolences to the Subjects of the Trier Concord. Elephantine and Henriettan Admiralty forces are reported to have been moved to invasion defence positions throughout SoCRER territorial concerns and ORTHRUS command has confirmed its special reconnaissance forces will be dedicated to monitoring Trier Concord activity and movements.

Emerging from a secure session with the Board of the City of Dulwich Corporation, Lord Guarantor of the CDC, Lady Eglantine Giffard, Duchess of Blackfreres, made some brief remarks to the press in Dulwich, I have consulted with the Board, and representatives from the leading financial institutions of the First Republic, and we have taken the best advice on the security situation. It is our judgement as a Company that the corporations of the First Republic face no threat from Trier Concord aggression any longer. We are truly dismayed at the ability of these imperial entities to assault and penetrate the security of a major Power, and it is always disagreeable when they pursue acts of theft against our Republic wealth. We are most concerned that our enslaved Thaumantic peoples of the Trier colonies not suffer even more during this time of uncertainty in the Trier Concord.

 

[Gunnland]

Officium Legati + Regnum Marpesiae

While it pains Her Majesty to see the contagion of war spread, the reported breach of Engellexian financial security should alarm all commercial nations. The Foreign Office of the Kingdom of Gunnland unequivocally condemns computer attacks that erode the stability of European markets. After this reprehensible incident, we shall redouble our efforts to improve the cybersecurity of Gunnish banks and financial institutions.

Jude mD. MacReddin
Assistant Foreign Secretary

 

[Justosia]

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HRM King Carlos Francisco II, chief representative of the Government Royale expresses his concern at any loss, or potential loss of life. He condemns the shadowy aggression of cyber criminals. We send our love to the good peoples of @Engellex & @Gunnland.

Felipe Alejandro
Royal Palace Foreign Ministry Liaison Department

 

[Pelasgia]

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Pelasgian Empire
Ministry of External Affairs​

Public statement - for immediate release.

To whom it may concern,

The Government of the Pelasgian Empire condemns this most cowardly, reckless and illegal assault on the financial sector of the Engellexian Republic. The Empire shall maintain its neutrality on the matter of the Great War, and we shall not seek to intervene in the resulting conflict between Retalia, Eiffelland and Engellex.

In so far as we are concerned, if these allegations are true, the Dual Monarchy of Trier has acted in a manner wholly unbefitting the honour of Devinely Ordained Crown and the established rules of international policy and war. We shall take this into consideration when reviewing our the remnannts of our nominal membership in the Trier Concord in the proximate future.

In so far as we are concerned, this declaration is not against us, and we shall not respond with one of our own. Our position is the same as on the Trivodnian Question: the armies of the territories which brought this on themselves through reckless disregard for fundemental international legality, which is only founded on the inviolable sovereignty of all states, shall have to bear the consequences of their actions on their own.

We shall maintain our neutrality, and, as we have indicated in the past, we wish for Engellex to be one of our primary trade partners in Himyar as part of our policy of promoting global international trade and free markets across Europe. We will continue our normal trade relations with the Trier Concord, but no specific support can be expected from us by either side in this conflict.

Signed and sealed,

Emannouil Avgiros
Minister of External Affairs
Government of Pelasgia
Senator by Right of Office

 

[Rheinbund]

Aussenministerium
Trier, Eiffelland

We are completely unaware of any hacker attacks against Engellexian banks conducted from Eiffellandian or Retalian soil. Such attacks would never have had the backing of the governments of the Trier Concord. If the hackers were indeed operating from Eiffellandian or Retalian soil, we offer complete cooperation with finding the culprits.

Rüdiger Zimmermann, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Vice-Chancellor

 

[Great Engellex]

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SERIOUS BIOLOGICAL INCIDENT IN VESPER
Biological Assault Involving Measles Upon First Republic Embassy in Vesper

Elephant & Castle, SoCRER - The First Media Group has learned that the Foreign Affairs Joint Committee has been urgently convened for the consideration of the adequacy of a sufficient and proportional response following the breaking news that security and medical personnel attached to an embassy in Vesper, Cantignia, are battling to control a serious outbreak of measles - itself a direct consequence of unreasonable and unprovoked action by government and local authorities of Cantignia.

Initial reports suggest that the entire embassy estate has been placed under the strictest security lock down by Vesper Metropolitan Police and armed personnel of the Land Army, with a complete quarantine cordon in place that has utterly shut down external traffic to and from the embassy estate, including attempted violations made through the imposition of surveillance upon the sovereignty of the diplomatic mission's external communications systems.

The First Media Group has not been able to verify reports at this stage, as it cannot guarantee the freedom and safety of our news reporters in Cantignia. It is understood, however, that the outbreak was caused by infected and contaminated individuals in the local area of Vesper, supposedly a number of citizens of the First Republic are among them, being forced upon the embassy estate and denied the freedom to leave or seek medical attention. With the attempted violations upon diplomatic communications systems considered alongside, this would appear a serious and unusual incident.

Analysis of communicated and released footage, from the embassy, by the Foreign Affairs Joint Committee, would confirm that the embassy has engaged imminent procedures, with emergency strobes and signalling systems having been activated throughout the property of the estate. It was reported by the Foreign Affairs Joint Committee that a number of sensitive areas of the embassy have been adequately sealed off, as security and medical personnel teams fight to control the biological assault, so as to continue the urgent necessities of the diplomatic mission.

The Southern President has not made a public statement on the incident.

The First Media Group will continue to monitor the situation, and report on further developments.

 

[Great Engellex]

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ENGELLEXIAN REPUBLIC WITHDRAWS
Joint Committee Withdraws Diplomatic Status for Cantignia and Sylvania

Hammersmith, NoCRER - An extraordinary development following from the Vesper biological crisis, the Foreign Affairs Joint Committee Chairman, Lord Benjamin Boxer, has publicly addressed a formal withdrawal of the diplomatic status that had until now existed between the Engellexian Republic and the two Occidentian territories of Cantignia and Sylvania, advising that a possible expansion to the situation would see withdrawal of the relationship conferred through a diplomatic status a possibility in respect of Seneca, also. Designation for a succeeding status and relationship between the First Republic and the two, possibly three, territories has not been established or even proposed, culminating in the absolute termination of diplomatic cooperation and recognition from Hammersmith.

Speaking to the position of Cantignia and Sylvania to the Engellexian Republic, Lord Benjamin Boxer said, the exceptions to sensitivities in the dutiful consideration of diplomatic regard by the Engellexian Republic Parlement are without guarantee, they confer no inherited right - for no right was ever established. Historical legacies have been previously interpreted to be enough in the provision of leniency and tolerance to those defining differences, by want of that noble cause of cooperation in the continual progress of civilising the uncivilised. If history has permitted a misinterpretation, an encouraged ideal in an exceptionalism, well, that is terribly unfortunate. There is no exception to the Engellexian Republic, the First Republic.

In recent years, the Foreign Affairs Joint Committee, in agreement with the Council of the Republic, has indicated to Parlement its belief in retreating from its foundational role in the status of international diplomacy for a select number of territories. In the last twenty-four hours, a final determination was made that the Engellexian Republic would indeed act on previous considerations by retreating from those diplomatic relationships long established with Cantignia and Sylvania, for they are not sufficient in furthering the sovereign interest of the First Republic and its citizens; a succeeding diplomatic status will not be established.

Chairman Lord Benjamin Boxer was joined at a special Foreign Affairs Joint Committee press conference by Lord Quintus Durant, of the Southern Constituent Republics Congress, introducing him in a temporary capacity as a new Secretary of the Republic for the Southern Department of the Joint Committee - or Southern Secretary as it has been termed. This was the first public appearance of the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Joint Committee since the biological incident in Vesper, Cantignia; and the first for Lord Quintus Durant outside of SoCRER in an official capacity.

Addressing the new status of Cantignia and Sylvania, Lord Quintus Durant said, the First Republic's ties with the nations and territories of Occidentia have always been close, for the First Republic is a Founder, Inheritor, and Custodian of the greatest cultural legacy in Europe, and its most progressive, forward civilisation. SoCRER has been given the great responsibility of providing the crucial detail of an expertise to an entire continent of Europe, which it itself calls its own. Within the constitutional framework of the Engellexian Republic Parlement, I will endeavour to maintain, regulate and enforce the sovereign interest of the First Republic, as a part of the Foreign Affairs Joint Committee, preserving the peace, the prosperity, and the unique position of our Republic over the Thaumantic Ocean Region. In particular, as Secretary of the Republic for the Southern Department, my initial assistance will be to oversee the effort required to resolve the biological incident crisis in a satisfactory manner. I believe a basis of understanding needs to be achieved.

Chairman Lord Benjamin Boxer and Southern Secretary Lord Quintus Durant declined to take questions as to the present situation of the embassy in Vesper, or the implications of Cantignia's and Sylvania's actions toward citizens of the First Republic. The First Republic Media Group continues to pursue investigative avenues on these related matters.

Following the creation of the Secretary of the Republic office, this marked event terminates the involvement of the Engellexian Republic in the affairs of Cantignia and Sylvania, while catapulting the Southern Constituent Republics to a position of immediate prominence in Occidentia.

 

[Thaumantica]

the Foreign Office

We take no pleasure in finally stating this obvious and absolute fact: Great Engellex is no longer great. Engellex long ago abdicated its patriarchal duty towards its colonies, and now we witness the Twin Republics neglect towards their own citizens; manifold diseases exist among the working classes of Engellex, and the robber baron elite of these Twin Republics would rather nurture its negro human commodity trade then address health pandemics of the very Engellexian stock that conquered the world.

The impeccable health and sanitation regime of the city of Vesper did not produce this Engellpox, this contagion was born in the unwashed cesspools of Londjou & Hammersmith, where the common man is treated like an inconvenient afterthought. We blame and condemn the Twin Republics for not only this physical disease, but the moral rot that pervades everywhere the human commodities exchange drags melanin enriched disease hosts to perform the labor desired and deserved to white Engrllrxic men and women.

Any citizen of the Failed Republics who desire to leave Cantignia may do so, diseased or otherwise. Better still, we offer to take in any white Engellexian citizen of good moral character who has been passed over and left to suffer by a state that has lost its way.

 

[Azraq]

Wasaarada Arimaha Dibada
الخارجية‎ وزارة
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Empire of Azraq requests urgent information from the Engellexic Republics and also the Covenant of Cantignia on the virulence and prevalence of the so-called 'Engellpox' so we can adjust our own public health strategies accordingly. Travellers from Engellex and Occidental nations will be subject to additional sanitation checks upon arrival in Azraq.

 

[Northern Cooperative Unions]

TEKST - WORD FROM PRESIDIUM OF THE COUNCIL OF COOPERATIVES

Although it is not the position of the Council to offer comment on foreign affairs not concerning the Northern Proletarians, the Northern Cooperatives see the present spread of illness to be worrisome for the Proletarian North. The Proletarian North, noting the Republican, albeit liberal nature of the Engellexian peoples, appreciates the dire circumstances that the Republic finds itself in. We will observe the happenings of this situation. It is our hope that the Republic can report on the nature of this illness and steps to be taken to avoid exposure.

Regards,
Council of Cooperatives

 

[Justosia]

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Government Royale de Justosia
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Firstly we would like the good people of Engellex, government & citizen, to know the Holy Kingdom of Justosia is praying for their general health.

We also pray for the general stability & prosperity of your nation. We will be more than happy to reopen our sacred borders to you once you inform us with proper evidence that the contagion has been contained.

Felipe Alejandro
Royal Palace Foreign Ministry Liaison Department

 

[Rheinbund]

A statement from all the Eiffellandian universities with medical faculties, as well as Boehrig Ingelheim A.G. and Schwarzenberg GmbH.

If the disease that recently broke out in the Engellexian embassy of Cantignia is indeed measles, we are highly alarmed. The vaccination against measles has been part of the Eiffellandian vaccination plan since 1976. It can't be different than that Engellex started to vaccinate against measles around the same time. If measles breaks out among a group of vaccinated people, there is something wrong with the vaccines those people received. And then the whole world may have a problem. We offer our assistance in unraveling the structure of the pathogen that caused this outbreak of either measles or engelpox, as well as in finding a cure for this disease and developing a vaccine against it. We urge the authorities of Cantignia and Engellex to accept this offer. We have full confidence in the competences of the Cantignian and Engellexian scientists, but a cure and a vaccine will be found faster if more people work on it and share their observations. In situations like this, it doesn't matter who saves the world.