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Bulletins of the Ministry of Propaganda of the
Principality of Corvinia

BULLETIN NO. 20
April 19, 1998

Further developments in the Reunion Affair

A number of changes have apparently been happening in the Holy Empire of Reunion of late.
In a briefing held for the other ministers last Thursday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Corvinia disclosed the following chronology of events concerning the troubled relationship between Reunion and Corvinia:


November 4, 1997 Diplomatic ties established between Corvinia and the Holy Empire of Reunion.
November 6, 1997 Emperor of Reunion bestows title of "Duke of Logreb" upon HCH the Prince of Corvinia.
January 14, 1998 New Imperial Chancellor Matt Dabrowski, formerly of Lectoria, creates diplomatic incident by issuing a unilateral statement redefining Reunion's diplomatic stance towards Corvinia (and others), in exceedingly undiplomatic terms.
January 17, 1998 Chancellor Dabrowski offers formal (if ungracious) apology to Corvinia, and Corvinia accepts this apology.
February 28, 1998 Following repeated breaches of good diplomatic conduct by Chancellor Dabrowski towards both Corvinia and the friendly nation of Falkenberg, HCH the Prince issues a communique suspending diplomatic relations, for so long as Dabrowski remains in a position of authority in Reunion.
March 13, 1998 An exchange of notes takes place between the newly appointed representative of Reunion, Count Micah Kubic (formerly the King of Zinzenland), and the Foreign Ministry, formalising the suspension of relations.
March 23, 1998 The apparent appointment of one Karl Fischer of Reunion to the title of Count of Logreb, as reported by the Reunian News Agency, causes uproar at court. At the time of the report, this appears to be a deliberate slight, but the affair is later explained as a typographical error by the RNA, Karl Fischer having been created Count of Lotreb.
April 6, 1998 Matt Dabrowski resigns his title as Imperial Chancellor. True to form, Dabrowski had publicly insulted the Premier of Reunion, P. Aguiar, in a Reunian discussion forum. In keeping with an arcane principle of the Reunian justice system, the Emperor of Reunion has chosen to place the office of the Chancellor (hitherto an independent post) under the Premier, and this is so unpalatable to Dabrowski that he has chosen to resign instead.
In his message of resignation, Dabrowski appoints as his successor Count Micah Kubic - though this is apparently not a legal move, Count Kubic later does become Chancellor.
Dabrowski apparently still enjoys the Emperor's confidence, and continues as an Imperial Councillor, among other offices.
April 9, 1998 In a personal message from Emperor Claude to Prince Peter I Ravn, the Reunian Emperor offers reconciliation.
In the reply from His Corvine Highness, it is made clear that this is not possible at the present, given the continued influence of Dabrowski upon Reunion's policies, as well as the lack of conciliatory gestures towards Falkenberg.


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