KING URGES AOSTAN EMPRESS TO COOL RESPONSE King Aldwin VI has today used his visit to a naval base to speak about the current situation in Troyes. With the Seaforthian enclave in Marseilles being the current focus of a series of protests designed to remove Seaforthian influence the Empress of Aosta has given the group "New Real Marseilles" support and sought to circumvent Seaforthian economic measures. King Aldwin VI stated in a statement given at the base, "Troyes has the potential to become a conflict already and with Aotsa emboldening protestors it can only get worse. The city has been peaceful since the end of the conflict in Marseilles and only recently has seen turmoil as agitators stoke fires that did not exist. These flames should not be flamed, ironically by an Empire. I would call on the Empress to end her involvement in the crisis for the sake of Albion stability." Many in Weißenwald have supported the Kings stance with one statement from social media saying "The world needs order and order comes from hierarchies. The Aostan Empress is seeking to topple that and that brings disorder for all concerned."
As of yet there has been no response to the Empress from Seaforth but King Aldwin VI has stated that he would be willing to meet with the King of Seaforth to discuss a way forward as a mediator.
CONSTRUCTION OF LOTHAR VIII BASE BEGINS In 1981 King Lothar VIII travelled to a small corrugated iron and wood building in Hygelac to fulfil a long standing desire to see Penguins in the wild. The King spent three weeks in Hygelac supporting teams from Weißenwald taking various environmental and zoological data. Now just over 40 years later that building is being replaced with a state of the art research base which will bare the current Kings grand-fathers name. The first supplies for construction were flown in today and, with thanks to the Nya Aland research station advisers, will be used in the construction expected to take six weeks. Dr. Matthias Dunelwald is the current leader of the existing team in Hygelac and stated., "When we sought to establish a base we looked at the existing ones, the Alanders have a good track record of work in this region and so we simply went to them and said we'd like the same. Thankfully it comes in prefabricated bits, essentially like flat pack, so construction should be pretty quickly. We are excited about what the future holds for the research teams. We've metaphorically planted a flag in trying to improve the standards of science in the region, we've formulated the Southern Ocean Initiative and now a state of the art base here will open up huge possibilities." Once construction has been completed King Aldwin will visit and officially open the research base.