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Kalistan joins Equifund; new MoCo Factory under construction in Addisjah
Kaliburg, Ananto
May 2, 5366


Urban Renewal goes ahead in Sulari, creating new green belts

Sulari:
The first round of urban renewal is completed, and while the city remains at a net negative for single occupancy and family units, it is estimated that approximately two thirds of the population which has been displaced by urban renewal demolition has found permanent housing in the new residential blocks downtown. Services for the new population are coming online, as seven elementary schools and two high schools have been opened to instruct the children of the relocated families. "We expect to either build or rehab homes for the remaining dislocated families within two years, but there is also the fact that many of those who have not returned to Sulari have simply settled elsewhere in the Republic, so it is also highly likely that we will have many apartments and row houses opened when we are finished with the housing stock renewal part, and this will attract people from other regions in the Republic to Sulari," said Mike Greenwood of the Suldanor NSP. This trend of intense internal migration has accompanied renewal in the majority of the cities of Mainland Kalistan, and by the time renewal and vertical development is completed, the character of Kalistan's neighborhoods is expected to be dramatically altered. But the process continues in Kalistan's cities, despite resistance from landlords and developers, who have, for the most part been cut entirely out of renewal and have been forced to move capital into new development in various exclaves across the Mainland.

Kaliburg:
The Ministry of Defense announced today that Kalistan has joined the international weapons research and development Consortium Equifund. The Ministry issued the following statement:

"Joining Equifund allows Kalistan to not only share our own military technology with a wide array of nations across the globe, but also gain access to the research of large nations, including our major partners in Lourenne. This both sets the stage for continued modernization across Kalistan's armed forces, but bolsters our non-aligned credentials, by allowing us to help arm the smaller powers of the world with modern weapons, and deliberately undermine the advantage larger powers have by deliberately picking and choosing which nations to arm and which to prey on. We also wish to open partnership with smaller states to offer training and technical assistance in an explicit attempt to balance the power of the one or two major power of this world who use things like internatonal institutions to enforce their national interest over the face of the planet."

The accession to the Equifund does not require collective security action on Kalistan's part, and the possibility that it might led Kalistan to delay joining the international weapons cooperative.

Addisjah:
Construction at MoCo's new Addisjah plant is well underway and is expected to be completed in two years. MoCo Spokesman Janice Alvares said, in a short conference on the progress of the plant: "We have laid the foundation for the main plant. The plant will have five main lines, which will allow retooling to meet foreign buyers' specs, while not disrupting production on other models. The plant is expected to employ as many as 7000 people from the Addisjah area, and will provide good, high paying jobs which will improve the lives of the people of Addisjah." The site was chosen for proximity to Lodamun, who is expected to be the primary purchaser from the factory. Other concerns were highlighted, such as environmental impact. "MoCo is committed to clean prodution," said Alvares, "and we want to make it clear that our factory will be a net Carbon Negative operation, as production will be offset by energy saving practices, as well as mass transit within the plant itself."