EU fund should help countries cope with Brexit

According to a report the eu have allocated €5.4 billion to help countries adjust to Brexit. Ireland is believed to have been allocated just over a billion. Reportedly the fund was set up last year in response to the covid pandemic.

Concerns were raised in government reportedly Wednesday that freight from Britain were failing to provide the Brexit required paperwork. According to a Dublin source, currently 70% of British freight are getting immediate clearance.

Mother and baby homes

The cause of the very high mortality rate in Irish mother and baby homes reportedly cannot be determined on examination of the bones, to many peoples’ anger found in unconsecrated graves, probably due to an epidemic. Spanish flu was rampant during 1918 and 19. According to a report a third of the world’s population became infected leading to an estimated 50 million or more deaths globally.

Seemingly the homes existed because there was no financial support from the state for unmarried women who became pregnant, and in cases of a lack of family support mother and baby homes were possibly the only option.

The Romanian language

According to a report a Romanian language channel will be brought to millions of screens via the Politehnica din Buchareşti, university of Bucharest; but is Romanian the original language of Romania? Romania was originally pronounced rumania. The Daco-roman theory was that Romanians are a mixture of roman colonists from the roman era and the inhabitants of a large area including Bulgaria/ Hungary and others. Romanian is an eastern romance language, that is a language of Rome. It was noted as being spoken in Gyor, now part of Hungary, during the 18th Century.

Still in prison

Julian Assange has not been allowed to go free even though a London court has disallowed his extradition to the united states. The British justice system which has been described as a cancer, has denied Assange liberty during and since his political asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy, and according to various reports has denied him civil and legal rights since.

Is Joe Biden all he seems?

The newscaster said one person died during protests which reportedly disrupted the certification of Joe Biden’s victory in Capitol Hill today. According to a source, 70% of Republicans believe the election to be unlawful. Joe Biden who says he is for Ireland and isn’t, was seen on Irish tv before the election saying that democrats will be counting every vote, including those from illegal immigrants. Not known if they did.

British nuclear tests in Australia

British nuclear tests in the south Pacific are a subject of controversy though rarely talked about. According to a report, in 2011 the British supreme court agreed in theory to the idea of compensating military personnel who were involved in nuclear bomb tests during the 1950’s though they had to prove their health problems were related to the nuclear tests. The initial case reportedly consisted of over a thousand ex-military men versus the mod. The soldiers were seeking compensation for health problems such as cancer, skin defects and fertility problems they say were linked to nuclear tests in the south Pacific: A document dated 1956 describes tests using 24 soldiers who were wearing protective clothing being purposely exposed to high amounts of radiation.

According to a report, in 2010 the Australian government paid compensation amounting to Aus $24.2 million to Australian military personnel who took part in a British nuclear testing program.

Reportedly the Australian and British governments spent Aus $108 million decontaminating the Maralinga and Emu sites. According to the report, in 1986 the Australian government paid just Aus $500,000 to indigenous populations for land contaminated during the course of the British testing program. In 1991 the Australian government paid the Maralinga Tjarutju people Aus $13.5 million for displacing them from their land. People living in surrounding areas are also thought to have been affected via airborne radiation. In 2010 the Aboriginal legal rights movement were intending to sue the British government.

Are Mayo meat plants still a concern?

A chicken processing plant in Ballyhaunis is applying for planning permission for a new pipeline from their existing discharge pipe to the River Glore, but worries about covid 19 have arisen since 40% of samples from Mayo meat plants tested positive for corona virus disease during the space of one month, thought to be September to 7th October. No details seemingly published since.

Covid tests

The number of positive covid test results is on the rise in Ireland and doesn’t equate with reported clinical cases. Both regular covid tests use a mucous sample. The rapid antigen test is thought to detect the presence of specific viruses attached to the mucous cells and probably can’t detect the presence of pathogens within the cell. Perhaps the pcr test would but could a positive pcr test result from the detection of antibodies within the cell? Online experts say no. Pcr or polymerise reaction tests seemingly test the probable path of genetic material, ie RNA/DNA reportedly using several controlled heating and cooling cycles. No more details.

The dilemma concerning immunity appears to be that online experts are reluctant to ascertain that the presence of antibodies indicate immunity, yet always have. Some good news is that according to a medical journal, an examination of individuals previously exposed to middle eastern respiratory syndrome, another corona virus, show a level of immunity to covid 19, though many were thought to be unvaccinated.

Romania from ancient times to communism and post 1989

Romania is situated in south eastern europe. It was known for Bran Castle of dracula fame. It is the twelfth largest and seventh most populous country in europe, with 19.3 million residents.

Historically, romans, goths and other tribes invaded. The huns are thought to have invaded around 376. Their empire reportedly crumbled during the fifth Century. According to a report, huns forced a remnant of the population into submission. No details, though later invasions of the bulgars were said to have displaced magyars. All believed to have originated from Bulgaria.

The avar khaginate or Muslim state is believed to have collapsed in the 790’s. The bulgars seemingly became the dominant group. The council of Prelav reportedly legalised Christianity leading to the opening of literary schools. Bulgaria became the spiritual and cultural capital of slavic Europe. The first reported Bulgarian empire was thought to be late 9th Century.

The 20th Century Munich agreement which gave away Czekoslovakia reportedly convinced Carol II that the uk and france could not defend Romania’s interests. He is said to have supplied Hitler who was preparing for a second world war, with oil. Territorial losses to the soviet union, hungary and bulgaria are thought to have contributed to King Carol’s minor son replacing him, under the leadership of general Ion Antonescu who signed a pact with germany, italy and japan. The iron guard reportedly staged a coup against Antonescu but he defeated them. He introduced military rule in 1941, the same year Romania entered the second world war, regaining territory from the soviets.

Romania reportedly accompanied Germany to Bessarabia, Bukovina and Transinitra where more than 160,000 local Jewish people were murdered. According to a report, Hitler placed Transinitra under Romanian administration. Reportedly most Jews living in other areas survived but their rights were curtailed: Germany occupied Hungary during which time 130,000 Hungarian speaking Jews from northern Transylvania were taken to death camps with the support of the hungarian administration.

After the soviet victory in the battle of Stalingrad, 1943, Luliu Maniu, a leader of the opposition to Antonescu reportedly entered into secret negotiations with british contingents who insisted that Romania had to seek reconciliation with the soviet union. According to the report, after a successful soviet offensive the young king Michael I ordered Antonescu’s arrest. He then invited politicians from the national liberals and the peasants’ movement to join the government. Romania then fought with russia against hungary and germany. Stalin however regarded Romania as an occupied country and reportedly instructed the king to make Petru Groza the communists’ party candidate, prime minister.

THE 1947 paris peace treaties followed, and the return of northern Transylvania to Romania. Also according to reports, u.n. recognition of soviet troops in Romania. Georghe Georghe-Dej, previously jailed for agitation became party leader. He and others reportedly forced Michael to abdicate and claimed Romania a peoples’ republic. In 1948, the state began to nationalise private firms and collectivise agriculture. No private business. Some believed to be enemies of the state were transported to be interned in Siberia. This may have lead to a different outlook.

In 1965, Nicolae Ceauşescu came to power. He is believed to have tried to be friends with everyone, though independent. According to a report, Romania’s foreign debt rose significantly between 1977 and 1981, the equivalent of 3 billion to 10 billion u.s. dollars resulting in a growing influence of the imf and the world bank. He resorted to austerity measures in order to pay off the debt, which he did. The effects though were poverty, leading to unrest and a takeover.

The first party to replace Nicolae Ceauşescu was reportedly the national salvation front lead by Ion Lliescu. Protests were said to have degenerated into violence. The nsf who reportedly weren’t believed, didn’t survive and splintered into several political parties. The democratic process was called into question. Emil Constantinescu was elected president in 1996. Lliescu returned to power in 2000. Traian Bâsescu was elected in 2004. During 2017/18 there were massive protests in Romania, said to be involving hundreds and thousands of protestors across the country. A national anti corruption directorate was formed in 2002.

The constitution of Romania is thought to be based on France’s republic. Said to be a multi party democratic system. There was reportedly a seperation of powers into legislative, executive and judicial spheres thought to be 2002. Believed now to be uniform in Europe, but whose directive?

Reportedly, current Romanian protocol is that executive powers are held by both the prime minister and the president. The president is seemingly elected by popular vote, who then appoints the prime minister who appoints the council of ministers. The model is believed to be in place elsewhere in europe, Africa and beyond. Has resulted in a question of government integrity.