April 2012 – The Sirocco Times

Blacksands joins Federal Commonwealth

Blacksands, BD, Apr 20 – Sirocco has expanded its territory today with the acquisition of a new Dependency near Auckland, New Zealand. The Blacksands Dependency, located at the small West Coast beach village of Bethells Beach, comprises of two sandy beach areas, a small thicket of trees and »

Friday, 20 April 2012

Auckland tram network passes Premier’s inspection

Brookfield, WS, Apr 18 – Auckland’s small tramway loop in the city’s Wynyard Quarter has passed an inspection by Premier Daniel Anderson today. Anderson made the trip from Brookfield to the Wynyard Quarter, just west of the city centre, this morning especially to catch the tram. »

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

A5 road renamed to North East Passage

Alston, NCD, Apr 16 – Sirocco’s A5 road, known as one of the roughest in the country, has been renamed today after it was discovered it bore the wrong name. Although it was given the name of “North East Passage” when the road was discovered in 2005, Government maps have »

Monday, 16 April 2012

Premier hails technological upgrade as a “major triumph”

Brookfield, WS, Apr 15 – Sirocco’s technology has entered the 2010s with the acquisition of a new, high-speed computer today. The Government’s four-year-old Windows 7 machine, which for some time has suffered worsening performance, has today been replaced by a new custom-built »

Sunday, 15 April 2012

SBC, Sirocco Times join Micronational Press Council

Alston, NCD, Apr 13 – The Siroccan Broadcasting Corporation and the Sirocco Times have both joined the Micronational Press Council as a move of support for other micronational broadcasters and media outlets. The Council, “a self-regulatory body of micronational media outlets”, »

Friday, 13 April 2012

Vice-Premier confirms move to Australia

Ridgelow, JC, Apr 11 – Confirmation was received tonight that Vice-Premier Jesse Coles will be moving to Australia in a few months’ time. The news has come as a shock to Premier Daniel Anderson, who had expected Coles’ departure from New Zealand late this year or in early 2013. »

Wednesday, 11 April 2012

Gotcha!

Alston, NCD, Apr 2 – April Fools! Admit it, we got you good. A socialist party for Sirocco, we knew it’d get you! So why did we do it? We were looking for a great joke to pull on the community besides MicroWiki’s transformation to BoratWiki today. After giving thought to changing »

Monday, 2 April 2012

Sirocco gains socialist party

Alston, NCD, Apr 1 – The Siroccan Federal Party has competition with the formation of the Soviet Party of Sirocco (SPS) early this morning. Relatively unknown Siroccan citizen Rani Lope began talking to Premier Daniel Anderson about forming a second political party at around quarter-past »

Sunday, 1 April 2012