August 31, 2010

In a decision which only took only 2 hours for the 12-man jury to deliver, a Greenmarkian court found former finance minister Jude Fisher guilty of large scale tax evasion. The guilty verdict carries with it a maximum prison term of 5 years, but the sentence will not be handed down until a sentencing hearing is held sometime next month. The case involved a 2007 share transfer deal to Fisher's adopted brother Joseph US$18 million.

Redonian Government Officials deny accepting bribes from Bluevarian Organized Crime Syndicate

September 5, 2010

In the face of mounting evidence that their previous election campaigns were financed, at least in part, by monies originating from Bluevarian Organized Crime dummy corporations, several prominent Redonian Government officials came forward yesterday in a press conference to deny any knowledge of their illegal funding sources during the runup to the 2008 election. Insiders speculate that the recent weakness of parties and party systems in Redonia has played its part, as the dearth of fee-paying party members and the modest amounts available to candidates from the systems of public election funding has left parties and their candidates heavily dependent on their ability to attract private contributors.

Failing city infrastructure plagues Bluevarian capital of Cyan

September 19, 2010

This could be another tough day for commuters in Cyan. This, after a 15-metre-long concrete slab dropped Sunday from the ceiling of a tunnel along the downtown Kalinka expressway. That prompted transport officials to knock down another unstable beam in the same tunnel yesterday. Amid public pressure yesterday, the Bluevarian government released a pair of alarming inspection reports conducted on the tunnel in 2008 and 2010. The 2008 study warned that the tunnel was in a "critical" general state concerning user safety and it recommended safety work to be done. It also warned that parts of a duct bank could collapse onto passing cars. Cyan's aging road network has forced lane closures on several overpasses and bridges this spring, as engineers scramble to deal with crumbling infrastructure. The closed routes in Cyan have resulted in traffic-congestion nightmares across the city -- even at the oddest hours. Structural engineers say Cyan's woes are a warning for other Bluevarian cities of what could happen when a municipality doesn't have a solid maintenance plan in place -- from the very beginning.

EON terrorists blow up Greenmarkian tanker in the Strait of Hormuz

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