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Journalist and producer Irakli Helimishadze, who resigned last month as Director of ERT, Mktvartvelo's state-owned radio and television network, is set to become the new Deputy Head of Communications of ATI-TV, a private commercial television channel. ATI-TV, which was launched last year, it is owned by Sakin Media. ATI-TV is considered a left-leaning television channel. The hiring of Helimishadze does not exactly come as a surprise, giving that he started his career as journalist in Dazverva, second largest newspaper in Mktvartvelo, which is also owned by Sakin Media.

"We are honoured to welcome Mr. Helimishadze to our family", ATI-TV stated in a public statement, "who during his career has shown a great deal of professionalism and independence. We are certain he will contribute to increase the quality and growth of our television".

Helimishadze headed ERT for about a year, after he was appointed on September 2022. Helimishadze's resignation or dismissal was rumoured for weekend, following the resignation of Prime Minister Bidzina Samkharadze three months ago, during which administration he had been appointed. Helimishadze was replaced by broadcaster and attorney Levan Sharikadze, who headed Tsikhadishe Radio from 2016 to 2020. Tsikhadishe Radio is also a state-owned radio station, although it is operated by Mktvartvelo's Armed Forces, independent from ERT broadcasting network.

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Stage 5 results

1 - Natela Iludidze (MKTkom) 3:32:49
2 - Helmar Johanser (Världens ormar) + 00:00
3 - Seo Hye-mi (Kommuna Ladies) + 00:00
4 - Tsuneko Hijikata  (Higanbana) + 00:00
5 - Ivonette Rubio (Eyrie Racing) + 00:00
6 - Chihaya Lei (Phoenix Cycling) + 00:00
7 - Greta Reinhardt (Gamsbärte 1890) + 00:00
8 - Katerina Shvets (Pelagiya-Semelberg) + 00:00
9 - Evi Papadimitriou (Exiles SC) + 00:00
10 - Misato Futagawa (Higanbana) + 00:00
11 - Sammy Lawson (Phoenix Cycling) + 00:00
12 - Efthymia Papaioannou (Exiles SC) + 00:00
13 - Emma Asserssen (MKTkom) + 00:00
14 - Sygnyr Mydland (Kommuna Ladies) + 00:00
15 - Darja Pasternak (Pelagiya-Semelberg) + 00:00
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DNF - Alecto Corythia (Naukles)
DNF - Selini Andreas (Naukles)

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General classification

1 - Sammy Lawson (Phoenix Cycling) 14:17:35
2 - Tsuneko Hijikata (Higanbana) + 00:14
3 - Samanta Santana (Eyrie Racing) + 00:26
4 - Chihaya Lei (Phoenix Cycling) + 00:27
5 - Thora Bjerknes (Kommuna Ladies) + 00:28
6 - Aleksandrina Chaykovsky (Pelagiya-Semelberg) + 00:30
7 - Olivia Bylund (Världens ormar) + 00:42
8 - Gianna Marinos (Exiles SC) + 00:53
9 - Darja Pasternak (Pelagiya-Semelberg) + 00:56
10 - Koralia Georgiou (Exiles SC) + 01:00

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Points classification

1 - Katerina Shvets (Pelagiya-Semelberg) 78 points
2 - Evi Papadimitriou (Exiles SC) 69 points
3 - Seo Hye-mi (Kommuna Ladies) 64 points
4 - Tsuneko Hijikata (Higanbana) 63 points
5 - Natela Iludidze (MKTkom)  62 points

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Youth classification

1 - Samanta Santana (Eyrie Racing) 14:18:01
2 - Thora Bjerknes (Kommuna Ladies) + 00:02
3 - Aleksandrina Chaykovsky (Pelegiya-Semelberg) + 00:04
4 - Olivia Bylund (Världens ormar) + 00:16
5 - Darja Pasternak (Pelagiya-Semelberg) + 00:30

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Team classification

1 - Världens ormar 50:56:38
2 - Kommuna Ladies + 00:07
3 - Pelagiya-Semelberg + 04:48
4 - Exiles SC + 05:42
5 - Phoenix Cycling + 07:10

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Mktvartvelo, 2.10.2023



While the newcomer Team to the international Stage from Neu Uburzis had managed to score an early Stage victory, so far further success has not been achieved. Worse even, they lost who had been considered their strongest rider so far, Elsa Schwarzbach, when she couldn't finish the Race at Stage 2 already.

According to the Teams trainer, it was a simple case of mismanaging resources when you try to push yourself farther than you can, being quoted with:

"Elsa didn't want to disappoint everyone back at home, and at the first half of the race, gave her all. Unfortunately she pushed herself way to far, exhaustion catching her a little of guard. It might seem like a beginners mistake to those from the outside, but remember, we are exactly beginners on the international stage. None of us had participated in an event as large as these. Lessons will have to be learned, and expectations adapted. I just ask to not hound Elsa, she's miserable enough right now. The Team hopes for the best when the later stages are where Astrid should really be able to shine, as we get into the hard mountains at the end. Those are jsut her thing, much like the mountains back home."

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Föningen, 2.10.2023



Amidst the passing of Comet NR-2013 the in recent Years growing Cult of Divinity has released a Press Statement that their Oracle Sleepers had visions in the reconstructed Noniam Temple at Föningen.


The Initial small cult has grown in size since the opening of the Empire to the larger world due to their believes in Divine Mantling, where a mortal Human can become the host of a greater Divine. due to their ideals strongly disagreeing with most of the other cults, they traditionally had little impact on our society. Only with us getting in contact with Nations like Lodija, that claim Divine Monarchies, has the cult gained traction again. Their High Priest has claimed in the Past that he believes several of International Key Figures where 'Avatars' of the Divine aspects of the Universe.


Several of the younger members of the Cult have now spent the Night sleeping in the recently rebuild Temple during the Comet being visible above Neu Uburzis. The Cult Priests have then come together this morning and made a list of claims that the children and young adults had gained several Visions about the current state of Mundus. According to the Cult, the Visions have revealed the following:



The Kingdom of Lodija is currently graced by an Avatar of Femininity in the form of their current Queen, her Opposite being considered King Haydar of the Royal Seleucid as Avatar of Masculinity.


Emperor Orion is currently host to the Aspect of Renewal


King David Ironside of East Moreland, according to the cult, is the Avatar of Endurance


Jinny Denman as possessed by the Aspect of Delusion


and finally, they claim that Reverend Mother Erin McGregor is the Aspect of War.




the Palace has already released a statement that while everyone may believe as they wish, they denounce any claims of the Emperor being any kind of supernatural being.

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AJK defeated SK Midtenstadt on penalties to win the women's Juglander Supercup after a 1-1 draw in extra time. The Supercup is the final pre-season tournament in which the champions of the Juglander league and cup face each other for the trophy.

SK Midtenstadt were clearly the favourite after they beat AJK by 6-1 in the Intercup final a few weeks ago. However, this time AJK showed a stronger consistency in defense with a 5-2-2-1 formation.

Goalkeeper Tsminda Nemsadze, in her official debut match, became the unexpected hero of the night. Still, the match did not start exactly well for her, as a mistake after a weak shoot by a SK Midtenstadt attacker led to Eugenia Martwyn to score the first goal in the match in the first minutes of the match. SK Midtenstadt had clear changes to score another goal for the next minutes, which probably increased the fear between AJK fans that a similar result than they suffered in the Intercup final could be about to repeat. However, SK Midtenstadt players failed to score another goal during the first half, which ended with that 1-0 score.

AJK surprised SK Midtenstadt with an early goal in the beginning of the second half. SK Midtenstadt had clear chances to score a winning goal, but the lack of effectiveness of their players this time, as well a number of saves by Nemsadze led the match to end with a 1-1 draw. During the extra time, both teams have their chances to score but they failed again to score during the last thirty minutes, leading the trophy to be decided in the penalty knockout.

AJK defeated SK Midtenstadt on penalties by 4-3, with Nemsadze saving one of the penalties, giving AJK their first title since 2018.

"We are happy to give the fans a trophy after this long time", AJK midfielder Funakoshi Yuki midfielder declared. "We did our best and showed that what we saw in the previous match it was not our true level", she added in reference to the Intercup final. "We will do our best so we can win more trophies at the end of the season. We are highly motiviated and we hope that this is our year".

This weekend, AJK and SK Midtenstadt will start the season of the Juglander women's football league, along the other six Juglander teams. "It is disappointing after all the chances we had during the match", SK Midtenstadt Eugenia Martwyn declared, "but there is no time to regret it. I can only think in the next match, as we want to continue to make history with this club".

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Queen Natalya today has opened the Royal Preparation Academy, a new educational institute which has been dubbed by many as the "Princess Factory". The Academy is located in Gaia and this year will be accepting 36 noble women at University level for a new course dubbed "International Leadership Studies" that will take in areas of study in economics, politics, history, disaster management and international relations. The Academy is designed to help prepare any future heir to the throne after Queen Natalya raised the age of inheritance of the throne from 18 to 21 in order to bring more stability to the throne on the death of the monarch. The school will also feature a variety of programmes to encourage sport, the arts and cultural pursuits on a beautiful campus that was once the property of the Hamsik family but was seized following the end of the recent civil war. The initial course supervisor is Dr.Maddie Howard of East Moreland who greeted the Queen and her entourage as they arrived. Queen Natlaya spoke with the first intake saying, "While I am hopeful of being on the throne for many years it is important we remember we are a Queendom, for a long time we allowed women to become those responsible for a narrow field and they were out of the Conclave for decades because of how Queen Sonya in her old age became hoodwinked. That's over. I intend for noblewomen to feature prominently during my reign and I want to equip them not to just look after family business while men run states, cities or even the Conclave. The 36 who make up the first class of the Academy are blazing a trail for that and will be our future ambassadors, Ministers or even Lord of the Conclave. While I am exceptionally grateful that Professor Howard has taken this role I believe it will be a one year role. She is the kind of bright, intelligent, beautiful and sophisticated woman we want the Academy to produce and we are lucky to have her but this project will eventually need to be run 100% by Lodjains only utilising global experts like Dr.Howard when it adds significantly to our offering."

The school will welcome 16 years olds in 2024 and offer Lodjian higher exams before those achieving well progressing onto degree level. One of those beginning this year is 18 year old Sabina Volkov, a cousin of Queen Stasya of East Moreland, the well connected student said. "I'm excited to have this chance to learn here. They've acquired an amazing roster of tutors, the lessons look very interesting and the facilities are out of this world. While the media may call this the "Princess Factory" it is nothing like that. To me this is an opportunity to get a degree from what will become a leading institute and as a result I'll be positioned to have an exciting career and if the Queen wills it a chance to be of service to the Queendom. I can't wait to get started."

Some though have criticised the Academy concept with one saying "If Queen Natalya was serious about making it easier to move between being a Pleb and a Patrician then why didn't they open the school to both classes. Imagine the leg up attending would have made to a Pleb, it would be life changing and inspire so many to know that they can become anything they set their mind on." Meanwhile the Lord of the Conclave  , Lubos Kubik, defended the decision saying, "It will eventually become the case that the future Queen will have to have been educated here. The class sizes are always going to be limited and we want as wide a pool as possible. Only a patrician can inherit the crown and so that naturally sets the field of who we can accept."

High Priestess Arina Maksimov blessed the facility and those attending for their first day and said "I'm thrilled that the Goddess will, a long time from now, have a well prepared, well educated and cultured protector to be her Guardian. This school is an amazing idea and will be a beacon in many ways for our nation. I'm hopeful that while its aim is to prepare diplomats, government officials and the like some may also consider entering the Priesthood as we always need a new generation to keep our faith strong. Its especially telling that this opening coincides with the comet NS-2013 arriving overhead. It shoots off into the heavens lighting a path in darkness, something of a good omen as this is what we hope this school will do."