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WINTER GAMES TARGETS SET FOR 2025
As the 2023 Winter Games have come to a close Queen Hildegard visited the final day to watch the closing of the ceremony with a warning to those nations who took part. "Weißenwald have yet to enter the fold of the Winter Games community, next year we will and we intend fully to dominate the games. We are a nation born literally with ice in our veins and skis on our feet. There is no reason why we should not top the medal table despite our relative small size. Our national championship produces two or three people per event that could push the medal winners all the way. By 2025 we'll have to top the table and I believe that this should take place in Reinsberg. Unlike many nations we would not have to do much to prepare." The Queen was a member of the national youth team in her teenage years and only gave up donwhill skiing because of an ACL injury. She has since taken a keen interest in promoting involvement in winter sports. The Queen also announced that a significant investment will be made into Summer sports, "While we don't get the sunshine many nations enjoy we will hopefully compete in the Summer Games, we have very little chance of ever hosting such an event, after all the average Weißenwaldian doesn't even known what beach volleyball is yet alone play it."
The Games also saw the royal family begin their first international diplomatic steps. During the Games Queen Hildegard was in the royal box with King David of East Moreland. During watching the games it was agreed that the King and Queen will host the East Moreland monarch in the coming weeks. The Queen said "I was pleased to have been able to meet King David. While we were both at the Games to enjoy the spectacle we spoke also about the lack of diplomacy between our nations. It is something we shall look to move on in the next few weeks. We also are keen to form closer bonds with our neighbours."
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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.
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RESEARCH BASE OPENED
Yesterday marked a land mark moment in the scientific history of Weißenwald. Following months of construction of prefabricated pods the King Lothar VIII Research Station has been completed and was officially opened by King Aldwin VI. The station will feature permanent facilities capable of housing up to 12 scientists as well as workshops for maintaining equipment and conducting a wide range of experiments ranging from monitoring the weather to historic climate research. King Aldwin flew into the base early in the morning and was given a guided tour of the facility before conducting an official opening. Once the station was opened the King hosted a webchat with around 100 schools in Weißenwald that allowed students to ask questions about the work scientists do as well as the way the base will operate. The King then was taken out to see the penguins that reside near the station before returning to the station for an evening "banquet." The King then stayed the night at the base before leaving this morning. During his stay the King said, "My grand-father became the first monarch of Weißenwald, and I think maybe in the whole of Mundus to visit Hygelac. In 1981 he had a dream of seeing Penguins in person and it saw him spend several weeks out here enthralled by the beauty. The teams then risked great hardships to research this icy wilderness but the work they undertook was important. My grand-father always spoke fondly of the experience and had it not been for his failing health I am certain he would have spent much more time on the southern continent. We as a nation have a deep connection to the Southern ocean, the snow and ice that we reside in and so it makes sense we have a station here committed to preserving the wilderness as we learn as much as we can. I am delighted this project is now up and running and hope that along with our fellow Southern Ocean Initiative members we can have many successful years here. This short visit confirmed to me why my grand-father fell in love with Hygelac and while I may not have his desire to spend so much time here I will certainly be back at some point."
The King was joined on his trip by his sister Princess Elke who will stay on at the base until the weekend. Over the coming days she will be taking trips to visit further Penguin colonies as well as go whale watching.
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