Alberto Nardelli
@AlbertoNardelli
Correspondent-at-large for Europe, Bloomberg. Send me news: [email protected] / DMs open, ask for Signal, ProtonMail
NEW: Documents obtained by Bloomberg reveal how Russia has been working with Chinese companies since end 2022 to manufacture and localize the production of drones used against Ukraine bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Zelensky has submitted a draft law to Parliament that prohibits the Prosecutor General from issuing directives to anti-corruption agencies. The agencies have confirmed that the bill RESTORES full procedural powers and guarantees their institutional independence.
Limiting the independence of Ukraine’s anti-corruption agency hampers #Ukraine’s way towards the EU. I expect 🇺🇦 to continue with determination its efforts in combating corruption. That’s why I also met with the heads of #NABU & #SAPO during my visit to Kyiv. @AussenMinDE
⚡️ Update: NABU head asks Zelensky to veto bill destroying independence of anti-corruption agencies. NABU chief Semen Kryvonos warned that the bill recently passed by the parliament threatens Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic integration efforts. kyivindependent.com/bill-subordina…
IRAN SANCTIONS: #EU sanctions a prominent #Iran oil trader & his Dubai-based companies, part of its latest round of measures targeting #Russia over its war against #Ukraine bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @BenBartenstein @AlbertoNardelli
EU to prepare retaliation plan as US trade stance seen to harden bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @AlbertoNardelli
🚨 SANCTIONED: three GRU units and 18 of their military intelligence officers responsible for spreading chaos and disorder on Putin’s orders.
EU’s latest sanctions package includes some of the bloc’s toughest measures so far - a lower oil price cap, restrictions on refined petroleum products, dozens more shadow vessels, sanctions on third country enablers and full transaction ban on many banks bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Top executives at some of Russia’s biggest banks have privately discussed seeking a state-funded bailout if the level of bad loans on their books continues to worsen over the next year bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Italy’s Eni signs first long-term LNG purchase agreement with a US producer 🇮🇹 🤝 🇺🇸 🚢 Venture Global will supply Eni with 2m tons/year of LNG for 20 years from its CP2 project in the US (to start in 2027) 💰 European companies locking in LNG supplies to replace Russian gas
Seeing lots of comments from former officials and experts saying EU should have done this or that in US trade talks and would have got a deal by now. Actual facts at hand, most of these views range between the ill-informed and the delusional. It’s a bit like the Italian saying:…
Missed this yesterday (🎾🦊🏆) but this is a big deal - much of the focus is on Trump’s tariffs and EU-US talks but just as important and consequential is how the EU (and others) are deepening trade ties elsewhere and diversifying away from the US
🆕 A political agreement in the negotiations of the EU-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement: a major milestone toward strong, mutually beneficial trade and investment. Appreciate collaboration with Pak @airlangga_hrt. Looking forward to conclusion in September.
Living in my dream ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Thank you!!! 💜💚 @Wimbledon
Numero uno 🇮🇹 what a performance that was. Incredible mental strength
Just look at what it means to Jannik Sinner 💚 #Wimbledon
Macron says EU should accelerate the preparation of credible countermeasures, mobilising all available instruments, including the anti-coercion mechanism, if no trade agreement is reached with the US by August 1.
Avec la Présidente de la Commission européenne, la France partage une très vive désapprobation face à l’annonce de droits de douane horizontaux de 30 % visant les exportations de l’Union européenne vers les États-Unis à compter du 1er août. Cette annonce survient après des…
North Korea is now supplying as much as 40% of Russia’s ammunition for the war in Ukraine, according to the head of Ukrainian military intelligence bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
(Bloomberg) -- Cars and tariff levels on agriculture have emerged as key sticking points between the European Union and the US as the two sides work toward a provisional trade agreement in the coming days, via @AlbertoNardelli and @europressos. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
New: Chinese firms aim to install ~115,000 advanced Nvidia chips in dozens of AI data centers. Construction is underway. DeepSeek wants to collaborate What’s unclear is how they plan to get hardware that the US has effectively banned from sale to China 🧵bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-…
Russia capitalized on its friendly ties with Beijing to skirt Western sanctions and acquire the know-how and capability to build drones to attack Ukraine bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Turns out, the President of the Campania Region — the one who invited Putin’s friend Gergiev to perform at the festival in Italy — recorded a response yesterday to the complaints and protests against Gergiev’s participation. In an 11-minute video, Vincenzo De Luca @VincenzoDeLuca…