ENGLAND (Jon Cothey)
F(HEL) - Den; F(NTH) s F(HEL) - Den; F(Hol) - Bel (FAILED); A(Lon) Stands

FRANCE (Gareth McGorman)
F(IRI) - Lpl; A(Spa) - Mar (FAILED); A(Pic) - Bel (FAILED); A(Par) - Gas; A(Bre) Stands ; F(Mar) Stands

GERMANY (Markus Koivisto - Anarchy!)
A(Mun) Stands ; A(Kie) Stands ; F(Den) Stands (DISLODGED - DISBANDED BY GM)

ITALY (Eric Bedum)
F(Nap) - TYS; F(ION) - Gre (FAILED, DISLODGED TO Alb); F(Apu) - ION (FAILED); A(Ser) s RUSSIAN A(Rum) - Bul; A(Tri) - Tyr; F(Ven) - Tri

RUSSIA (Rob Cook)
A(Nwy) - Swe; F(Swe) - BAL; F(StP) nc - Nwy; A(Vie) - Boh; A(War) - Sil; A(Rum) - Bul; F(BLA) s A(Rum) - Bul; F(Sev) - Arm; A(Bud) Stands

TURKEY (Marc Banyeres)
A(Bul) - Gre (FAILED, DISLODGED TO Con); F(AEG) - ION; F(EMS) s F(AEG) - ION; F(Con) - AEG; A(Smy) Stands

PRESS

ALB-Ber Govt: Grey-listed!

StP Gov't: The Tsarist Government declares it has successfully captured the BBC (Bulgarian Broadcasting Corporation). A commemorative issue of The Sweaty Turk has been produced, featuring:

1) Lead article, from our German correspondent Otto van B. "The Secret of Politics?  Make a good treaty with Russia"

2) p26; latest answers in to our new Russian Mensa competition. Runner-up of last years competition, W. Churchill, concedes early defeat: "I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma".

3) Centre pull-out for housewives  "The English, really a nation of shopkeepers?", by Napoleon Sn.

Con Gov't: Turkish soldiers ponder the Sultan's words from spring 1902 as they do battle with Italian forces.

Autumn 1903 deadline: 19:00 BST, 2nd September 2003.