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What is the Rinavan Journal?

The Rinavan Journal (RiJournal, RJ) website is the first and by now the most popular online news media in Rinava with a primary focus on providing foreign and domestic readers an overview of Rinavan affairs within the context of Argic and glubal events.

The non-profit RiJournal Press manages the www.rijournal.com.ri site, created in 2014 by a group of journalists led by Boris Štrgáč and Dávid Hůrka, who remain in charge of it. To give editors financial and journalistic independence from political, economic, or advertising interests, the Journal is financed primarily through subscribers. You can become one of them here!

Edited July 2, 2024 by Rinava (see edit history)

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Rinava set to renew a trade deal with Garindina ahead of ATARA talks

Dávid Hůrka - Friday, 3 May 2024

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The much-awaited renewal of the Garindinan-Rinavan Trade Deal is set to be signed by both nations by the end of the month with “all preliminary talks successfully concluded” as said by the Rinavan Prime Minister, Martin Sidor, after today's meeting with Garindinan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tatyana Kuzmina. Mr. Sidor stated that he will accompany Queen Jelena II to Garindina to sign the finalized agreement.

The original trade deal was signed in 2014 for the duration of 10 years. This signing took place towards the end of the Rinavan isolationist era and was approved thanks to the vital need for Garindinan resources and the ideological closeness of the two governments. The agreement allows the exchange of goods at significantly reduced tariffs, boosting Rinava's export of gold, timber, and luxury goods made from these resources while easing the import of petroleum and heavy industry products from Garindina. The deal also opens Rinavan markets to famous Garindinan buffalo products and alcohol, and at the same time brings Rinavan regional wines and beers to the people of the United Federation. In 2022, Rinava exported goods worth AD$572M and imported AD$7.55B from Garindina alone, making it the Kingdom's largest non-neighboring trading partner.

According to an official source, the renewed deal with Garindina is just a first step in the direction of broader economic cooperation with the rest of Argis. With Garindina being a member of the Argic-Thalassan-Alharun Regional Association, there are talks about the United Federation acting as a sponsor state for Rinava's own ascension to the organization. This lines up with the government's foreign policy as announced by Minister Peter Dvoran, who promised that “Rinava will seek membership in ATARA and CDANA (Council of the Democratically-aligned nations of Argis), and will strive to present applications by the end of the year 2024” in his February press release.

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Edited July 2, 2024 by Rinava (see edit history)

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Uprising rocks southern Welkija; Rinavan PM urges for support for the Welkijan government  

Boris Štrgáč - Monday, 16 December 2024

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Insurgents removing symbols of the socialist government, 16 December 2024, Volkovsk

A violent uprising rocks the southern parts of the Socialist Commonwealth of @Welkija in opposition to the ruling United Workers Party government. The violence erupted on Sunday, 15 December, during an anti-government protest in the city of Volkovsk. According to reports, the protesters were supported by militias from a far-right group, the National Radical Society, who opened fire on the riot police and later stormed the Volkovsk main administrative building. Joined by other malcontent radical groups, this newly formed 'Freedom Front' made a joint statement, proclaiming the socialist government 'illegitimate' and declaring the 'Free Welk Republic'. Overnight, militias loyal to the far-right groups gained control over much of southern Welkija, their last reported activity being several kilometers away from Nowymirsk. 

This development puts the territory claimed by the so-called Free Republic directly next to the western border of Rinava. The relationship between the Kingdom of Rinava and the Socialist Commonwealth of Welkija could be described as lukewarm, due to opposing ideologies and a complicated past. However, an ongoing democratization of both countries seemed to promise a thaw that could bring the two nations closer together. Still, it came as a bit of a surprise, when the Rinavan government promptly issued a statement declaring a strong support for the government of the Socialist Commonwealth. 

"We in Rinava know from our own first-hand experience, that freedom cannot be taken for granted," Martin Sidor, the Prime Minister of Rinava, stated today in his press conference after an emergency meeting of the Cabinet. "The path to reach it is arduous and one stumble is sometimes enough to undo all the progress. It is only right to help the people of Welkija overcome this threat to their freedom. As such, we are reaching towards the government of Welkija to coordinate how best to aid them."

The Prime Minister also urged the glubal community to stand firm with the legitimate government and avoid giving recognition to the insurgence. "The insurgents throw around words like 'Freedom Front' or 'Free Republic' to create an illusion of legitimacy, but a closer look shows us that they are nothing but populist and far-right militias. The wurld should see them as the threat to democracy that they are," he expressed.

The form of the planned Rinavan aid is currently unknown, but non-government organizations and charities are already preparing aid for Welkijans caught in the conflict.

© Rinavan Journal 2024