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The Ministrà dal Cúltură is pleased to announce a new initiative to be launched this month: citizenship milestone certificates!  On its own initiative, the Government is undertaking to honour the longevity of some of our citizens who have been with us for many years, providing them with a signed certificate from His Majesty the King and the Seneschal which can be put on fulsome display in their home.

This is purely a voluntary program, but all citizens who have been Talossans for longer than the set periods will be eligible.  Current plans are to offer these honoraria to citizens who have been with us for more than twenty years, more than fifteen years, and more than ten years.

Please stay tuned for more details, and to see the certificate design revealed!

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on June 06, 2023, 04:23:53 PMConsidering that the TNC have been monopolising recruitment of new citizens right out of the pipeline for most of the last year, I doubt they have a right to complain about the Free Democrats* attempting to redress the balance. In fact, we might consider that doing so openly is more honest and democratic than doing so via private message, where Allà knows what new recruits to the ruling party are being told.

But in any case GV is only providing information, rather than doing a "sales pitch".

(* GV is acting at his own initiative, this is not an "official" FreeDems venture)

First, I think it is strange that you, @Miestră Schivă, UrN are speaking on behalf on @GV when this supposedly has nothing to do with you. You have quite a few talking points lined up for something that is not an "official" FreeDems venture. Where is GV to explain his own actions?

Second and more importantly, as one of the new citizens that you are referring to, who immigrated within the last year, I can say that not once did @Breneir Tzaracomprada or any other member of the TNC approach me to join the TNC before I was a citizen. In fact, when I questioned him about TNC's platform, he refused to discuss it until I had fully immigrated!

On top of all that, I didn't even join the TNC fresh out of immigration, I joined in December of last year. A full 9 months after I immigrated because I wasn't sure I wanted to get involved in the political system at all. What was the reason for the reticence? All of the vitriol I saw spewed by members of the FreeDems! These current antics of flooding terps and spamming immigration threads only furthers my point. You can't even comprehend that someone else is doing well without resorting to cheating, and it's sad.

I ultimately joined the TNC because I saw that it was a force of good and charity in Talossa and I wanted to support its mission and promote its positive outlook for a better, friendlier nation.
In case you were looking for the "secret sauce", FreeDems, there's the recipe. If that seems too incomprehensible or puerile to you, perhaps you just need to take a long look in the mirror.

This is great, I love it!

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on June 06, 2023, 02:18:20 PMThis is very very cool! I am going to share this on our social media as well.

Thank you Distain MinSTUFF, you beat me to it!

@Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB When you have a moment, would you please sticky this post so it doesn't get lost in the shuffle? Thank you!

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Hmmmm... I feel like it lacks the opulence (the "panache" if you will) of the crown, it's also a little dark. I think it could work with some adjusting, I'm just not sure what lol

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Government News

• The Rise and Fall of The Organic Law Party
     May saw the rise of the Organic Law Party.
     Wittenberg thread
     Sadly, this political party was disbanded as quickly as it was organized when its founding member Viteu resigned his citizenship because of what appears to be the catalyst for the foundation of the party in the first place.
     Wittenberg thread
  
• Restoration of Citizenship: Vitxalmour Conductour
     In a turn of good news, Vitxalmour Conductour has reclaimed his citaxhienità!
     Wittenberg thread
  
• Immigration Social Media Ad Campaign
     MinSTUFF and MinImm are planning to join forces and begin a social media ad campaign focused on stimulating the Kingdom's immigration numbers even more!
     Wittenberg thread
  
• Appointment of Grefieir d'Abbavilla
     Congratulations to Üc R. Tärfă, who has just been appointed as Grefieir d'Abbavilla!
     Wittenberg thread
  
• New Legislation Passed in Third Clark
     Six bills were passed into law during the May Clark:
     The Cjovani Ziua Auservada Bill: Wittenberg thread
     Legal Repair Act: Wittenberg thread
     The Second Catchment Area Reform Act: Wittenberg thread
     Ün proxhet per regular els Prüms Diktats: Wittenberg thread
     Ün proxhet per inovar el CRL: Wittenberg thread
     National Skills and Social Connections Survey Act: Wittenberg thread
  

Culture News

• 2023 Talossan Cycling Association Tour 2023 Leg 1
     The 2023 season of TCAT kicked off to much applause and excitement! Which, ever so slowly, mutated into the gnashing and weeping of Ghenna as day-by-day cyclist dropped like so many crumbs from a biscotti, grinding most team's point generation to a screeching halt!
     Check out the aftermath here: Wittenberg thread
  
• CENTRASEIRĂ - Giro d'Italia 2023 Episodes
     If you haven't listened to them already (and why haven't you??) check out Lüc and Glüc's (or Glüc and Lüc's) Centraseiră podcast episodes on TCAT 2023 Leg 1: To Hell and ba... I mean Giro d'Italia!
     Episode 1: Wittenberg thread
     Episode 2: Wittenberg thread
     27 May Watch Along: Wittenberg thread
  
• Talossan Cycling Association Strava Group
     Yet another exciting development from this year's TCAT season, the creation of a TCAT group on the Strava activity tracking and sharing app! (I'm a fat neckbeard so you know I had to google it, but it sounds exciting!)
     Wittenberg thread
  
• Talossaware Store Expanded Shipping
     We can now cover the world with Talossaware! (with the exception of North Korea, Russia, Ukraine, and.... Guadalope?) Our apologies to any Talossans in the diaspora of those countries.
     Wittenberg thread
  
• Talossa Talks: Audrada/Breneir
     Enjoy the newest installment of the series Talossa Talks between Audrada and Breneir!
     The video is on YouTube here
     Wittenberg thread
  
• Pedaling for a Cause: Join the Talossan Flag Ride!
     The MinFor has started a donation drive wherein every $5 (3¤3333 aka a brock-and-a-boudreau) donated will send him peddling through Fundidora Park displaying the bicoloreu! That's not all though, so check out the Witt post for more info!
     On a side note: Though technically unconnected, I can't help but think that this current donation drive was influenced by the wild success of this year's TCAT season.
     Wittenberg thread
  
• Return of Aßociù da Futbol Talossan
     With the glorious return of our friend Mic'haglh Autófil, comes the new season of Futbol Talossan! This year not only sports teams (haha!) from each province, but also from several Talossan organizations! So come root for your favorite!
     Wittenberg thread
     2023 Tornamaintsch dal Qualificaziun: Wittenberg thread
  
• Talossan Book of Cuisine Vol 3 Still Accepting Recipes
     The third volume of the Talossan Book of Cuisine is still collecting recipes! If you can eat it or drink it, then send it to us!
     Wittenberg thread
  
• School of Humans Podcast Update
     The current Seneschal had a conversation with one of the producers of the School of Humans Podcast and will be giving a full interview during his visit to MicroCon this summer!
     Wittenberg thread
  

Immigration News
During Mai XLIV we received 16 (the second highest in recorded Talossan history!) immigration applications from:

• Sandro Eduardo Luan González
• Agustin Gino Del Basso
• Tarun Batra
• Kholod Evgeny
• Szymon Семён
• Rakhmanin Glib
• Mack Patrick
• Emilio Rosas Campos
• Karl-Heinz Meintjes
• Arynov Aryn
• Ruban Alphonse
• Theodosia Bennett
• Michael Perrin
• Tyrsson Silverwolf de Tolemac
• Michael J Bzdawka
• Lord Isreal Christopher Haggerty I

  And we welcome two new citaxhiéns: Naseer Ahmed and þerxh Sant-Enogat!

It makes sense to me, and it's a simple system.

Quote from: Danihel Txechescu on May 11, 2023, 01:44:46 PMThe what of what, now? I thought it was an inner beauty pageant!

And you're the most beautiful of all ;-D

Congratulations Danihel!

After deliberation and design with the petitioner, the attached logos have been approved for the Bureau for Humanitarian Aid & International Development.

I've attached both the SVG and a PNG version.

Quote from: Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP on May 08, 2023, 03:32:10 PMPersonally I might want to add an article before "Developind" as well, but other than that it's perfectly fine. The resulting acronym, BAÞDI, is also very fun to say (BAHTH-dee)!

Thank you for reviewing it for me! BAÞDI is fun to say, it rolls right off the tongue :-D

I would like to translate the name of BHAID into Talossan. Using L'Översteir, I put together the translation below. Please let me know if this is correct or what needs to be corrected. Thank you!

Bureau for Humanitarian Aid and International Development

El Büreu per l'Agüd Þumanitar es Developind Internaziunal

Quote from: Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB on May 05, 2023, 10:12:11 AMI REALLY wish someone had told me that there was a HUGE error in this edition mentioning King Robert instead of King John. I sent the newsletter as I usually do, without proofreading, as this is the government's newsletter.

My sincerest apologies Sir Txec. I had sent the text to you before you, Breneir, and myself had the discussion about the error yesterday.

God forbid this sort of thing happen in the future, but supposing it does, what would be the proper course of action?

Thank you for your assistance, and I sincerely apologize again for the egregious error.

Quote from: Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB on May 04, 2023, 01:21:44 PM

Quote from: Carlüs Éovart Vilaçafat on May 04, 2023, 01:04:51 PMI sent the fancy version to Chancery Communications. It has a table of contents and everything :-D

I will work on sending it this evening. Unfortunately I can't send it from work.

No worries at all! I appreciate everything that you do for us Sir Txec.