10-02-2026, 03:55 AM
Dorvische Allgemeine Zeitung
Vice State Chancellor announces "New Core Modernization Program".
December, 5709
Vice State Chancellor Piet von Wachter announced a new initiative today with representatives from the Natural Resources Technical Management Corporation, known commonly as the NTVS, regarding Dorvik's role in nuclear power. For centuries the Dorvish have been the so-called "gold standard" in peaceful nuclear power but, according to the Vice State Chancellor, that has become lacking. While the State Chancellor Yannik Kahl has attempted to subvert some criticism for his lack of foreign affairs moves he has not neglected the malaise that has befallen the once noble Kingdom of Dorvik. Announced earlier at a press conference from the State Chancellery, the Vice State Chancellor announced that the Dorvish government would be providing nearly $1.5b to modernize and update the several dozen nuclear power plants and ancillary facilities within the country over the next 10 years. The move comes at a time when the Dorvish government is seeking to lower unemployment and reduce energy costs across the country in the face of growing economic concerns within the Kahl administration.
The program, known as the New Core Modernization Program (Dundorfian: Neues Kernkraft-Modernisierungsprogramm), will be formally launched in January, 5710. Legislation was drafted in the summer of 5708 and was completed and passed by the State Council in late 5709 to fund and launch the program. It will be overseen by the NTVS and the Ministry of Science and Technology as well as an independent commission designed to monitor fraud and waste.
Ben Saudek, who was Foreign Minister from September, 5700 to late 5705 and subsequently Yosefine Nägelein, who served as Saudek's replacement and was ultimately sacked by the State Chancellor earlier this month, has been formally replaced by long-time Foreign Office civil servant, Ida Heisig in the closing days of 5709. The incoming Foreign Minister, a member of the Free Conservative Party, will have her hands full in reshaping Dorvish foreign policy and working towards rebuilding Dorvik's involvement in both the continent and the wider Terran geopolitical sphere.