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According to a report €25 million has been allocated to an income pilot scheme for artists and art workers consisting of a weekly payment of €325, due to begin in March/April 2022. Reportedly the selection method for the project, due to be finalised this month will be a non competitive process with participants chosen randomly. According to the report the payment is not means tested and other benefits will not be diminished.

According to a report several police officers and ethnic Serbs have been injured in Mitrovika, Kosovo when police met resistance in an operation to find smuggled goods.

Kosovo, once part of Serbia and the federal republic of Yugoslavia declared independence in 2008, recognised by 97 out of 193 u.n. members. Reportedly 92% of Kosovars are Albanian, 2-4% Serbs and 2% Bosniacs. Muslims make up 97.4 % of the population. According to archaeological excavations Kosovo was habited by a paleo-Balkan culture. Reportedly Albanians migrated during the Ottoman empire, 1455-1912. The kingdom of Yugoslavia ruled from 1929 when according to reports Albanians became the minority due to land reforms, conflict and migration. The socialist federal republic of Yugoslavia was born in 1963.

Reportedly a Kosovo Albanian group called the Kosovo liberation army, backed by the u.s. and europe fought Yugoslav forces between 1998-99. According to reports nato air raids resulted in up to 1,000 civilian deaths, was followed by a u.n. civil and military presence. Reportedly up to 200,000 fled, Yugoslav forces withdrew, Albanians were repatriated and Mitrovika was divided, Serbs being sent to the north.

According to a report the joint comprehensive plan of action or Iran deal, discontinued in 2018 may be being reconsidered by the Biden administration. The deal which has been controversial involves the selling of enriched uranium. Not in Iran’s interests. According to reports uranium in the soil is essential for the growing of crops etc. Reportedly uranium depleted soil fails to reach the required temperature for life to manifest.

According to a report the u.s. have said they are willing to have diplomatic talks with north Korea. Reportedly Pyongyang is not interested as long as the u.s. maintains policies such as sanctions.

According to reports Japan annexed Korea, ruling for thirty five years until the end of world war 2 when it was divided by the united states and the soviet union. The u.s. administered the south which became the first republic of Korea, a capitalist state; the north became the democratic people’s republic of Korea. Reportedly neither government accepted the border as permanent.

North Korea were denounced by the u.n. security council when, supported by China and the Soviet union they crossed the border, leading to the united nations command, the u.n. presence in South Korea from 1950- present. In 1957 the u.s. and South Korea formed the usfk, still present.

Reportedly the armistice agreement was signed by the u.n., north Korea and the chinese people’s volunteer army. According to a report, in 2011 south Korea who did not sign the agreement said north Korea had violated the agreement 221 times.

According to reports the eu are expected to make an announcement on Wednesday regarding the northern Ireland protocol impasse. The eu have allowed customs officers to conduct their own checks, unprecedented within the single market.

Reportedly, extending the implementation of protocol keeping northern Ireland in the single market coincided with a uk declaration agreeing to comply with eu safety and animal health rules. Reportedly the extended grace period was in order for northern Ireland retailers to adapt their supply chains.

Reportedly, the allied Irish bank is one of the four major banks in Ireland; the others being the bank of Ireland, permanent tsb and the national Irish bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Danish Danske bank. The aib offers life insurance and pensions through Irish life assurance, part of the Great-west Lifeco group, a canadian holding company.

Reportedly, in 2008 the aib and the bank of Ireland accepted €3.5 billion in financial aid from the Irish government. According to the report, other payments to the aib and ebs totalled €20.7 billion. Reportedly, on 17 June 2017 the government announced the stock launch of allied Irish banks might result in bank value of €13.3 billion, the launch took place on 23 June 2017.

Aib shares are currently listed on the Irish and London stock exchange. Reportedly, between 2010-17 they were delisted due to nationalisation. According to a report aib own aib group plc. registered in northern Ireland, it is governed by the financial services authority, uk.

According to reports a meeting is planned in Washington on Wednesday with Israel and Arab delegates to discuss the Abraham accords, Abraham being a common ancestor according to biblical text and the kuran.

Reportedly a component of the plan was Samaria, though the Whitehouse had reservations about annexation, and the focus changed towards normalising relations with the united Arab emirates. According to a report, in 1978 the league of Arab states declared the palestinian liberation organisation to be the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, in 2002 they put forward a proposal for an independent Palestinian state.

Reportedly the u.s. secretary of state who visited the Psagot winery in the Jerusalem mountains on Sunday said, Israel is not an apartheid country and does not occupy Samaria and Judah. According to the report, Israeli law is applied to a third of the territory of Samaria.

According to reports the attack on a Mosque during Friday prayers was Afghanistan’s third attack on religious institutions in a week. Reportedly the Taliban have refused an offer from the u.s. to coordinate on Afghan’s security, according to the report Taliban officials and u.s. representatives are meeting for talks this weekend.

Reportedly the attack which is thought to be the work of a suicide bomb mission, according to Ahelbara sends a clear message to the international community that islamic state are far from defeated, putting more pressure on the Taliban. According to the report, in its claim of responsibility the region’s isil affiliate identified the bomber as a uighur muslim protesting against the deportation of Uighurs.

Reportedly, according to a local official atleast 46 people died and more than 140 were wounded, some critically inside the mosque in Kunduz city, northern Afghanistan. The region was said to have been a sunni stronghold.

According to a report the Baltics aren’t sufficiently interested in joining the eu at present.

Reportedly a Polish court recently superceded an eu ruling concerning Poland’s rights to remove a judge, beginning an infringement procedure. The new disciplinary regime, according to the commission undermines judicial independence of poland’s judges by not offering necessary guarantees to protect them from political control. Why the judge was removed was unknown.

Enrolled countries are known as member states which implies diminished sovereignty. The current president incumbent of the eu commision was deputy leader of the german christian democratic union for nine years before becoming President of the commission. Reportedly an application was made by the eu commission to strengthen eu rule of law, not popular with everyone in 2019.

According to a report, Mr Frost the uk’s Brexit negotiator said in a conservative party conference fringe meeting on Monday that an increased all Ireland trade, and the loss of Irish landbridge road freight across Britain to the european mainland amounted to trade diversion. Reportedly the new protocol resulted in shortages in northern Ireland and may have increased south north trade.