December 2012
As a monumental year for the micronational community draws to a close, it’s time to reflect on what hit the headlines in 2012. In a year that saw massive cultural growth in Sirocco, the rise and fall of nations and tragedies and successes alike, the Sirocco Times presents its third Year in
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Monday, 31 December 2012
Alston, NCD, Dec 22 – Despite doomsday predictions, the world did not end yesterday for Sirocco, with many noting that very little happened at all. In defiance of the predictions of doomsdayers across the world, citizens in Sirocco stayed awake to see in December 21 at midnight, noting that
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Saturday, 22 December 2012
Alston, NCD, Dec 21 – The Siroccan government has been left scratching its head after allegations by a Melbourne man that the nation has broken British Commonwealth laws despite not having any link with it. Melburnian Lawrence Whiting has accused the government of illegally appointing
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Friday, 21 December 2012
Leestan, Lewisham, Dec 20 – A leading Lewishami politician has said that the former revolutionary Danny Harris should be exonerated of criminal charges, more than two years after he was driven from the USLSSR, reviled as a traitor to socialism and made the butt of jokes by influential
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Thursday, 20 December 2012
Alston, NCD, Dec 19 – A calendar honouring the Atomic Age has today been introduced in Sirocco for a trial run to see if it is feasible to run a dual-calendar system. The Atomic Calendar officially began on 16 July 1945, the date of the Trinity atomic test in Nevada, USA, with years being
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Wednesday, 19 December 2012
Alston, NCD, Dec 19 – It has today been confirmed that the seventh Intermicronational Olympic Games will be held in 2013. Delays and severe inactivity have forced the Siroccan Government to hold the Olympics sometime in January or February next year following few replies of interest by other
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Wednesday, 19 December 2012
Wyvernian military hero Bowie has today died at the age of sixteen.
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Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Hobsonville-Whenuapai, Auckland, New Zealand, Dec 6 – The New Zealand city of Auckland was lashed today by a major storm that claimed the lives of three people after a tornado touched down in the suburbs of Hobsonville and Whenuapai. Three people were killed and seven injured after the
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Thursday, 6 December 2012
You know, I thought The Eternal Principal was quite good. It seems the one of the rules of entertainment is alive and well – you can’t please everyone. While Prsänëa and Zealandia both enjoyed the show, it seems Senya did not. I decided that it is more civil to respond to his
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Saturday, 1 December 2012
The Sirocco Times 