Valentina Pop

@valentinapop

FT Europe news editor. Made in Transylvania. The name is real.

London, England

Joined June 2009

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Valentina Pop@valentinapop · 3 h

What have the US and EU agreed on trade? ft.com/content/85c561… via @alicemhancock @paolatamma

valentinapop's tweet card. Most exports from bloc to face 15% tariffs while European market will open to more American imports

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Valentina Pop@valentinapop · Jul 7

Bankers and lawyers have warned that Liechtenstein’s Russia-linked “zombie trust” crisis risks contagion into the country’s broader financial sector, including major banks. ⁦@mruehl⁩ on.ft.com/45SkSBX

valentinapop's tweet card. Hundreds of entities in legal paralysis in the principality after US sanctions trigger wave of director resignations

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Valentina Pop@valentinapop · Jul 7

Western officials fear that Russia can exploit the tensions to stir up trouble in Europe’s backyard; and that if Dodik is not faced down, Bosnia faces a fresh chapter of instability. ⁦@AlecuRussell⁩ ⁦@mdunai⁩ on.ft.com/4lgi8mL

valentinapop's tweet card. Trouble is brewing again in the ethnically divided state, exactly three decades after the Srebrenica massacre

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Valentina Pop@valentinapop · Jul 5

‘Not a sin to swim’: Pope Leo reclaims papal summer holidays via ⁦@AmyKazmin⁩ on.ft.com/3TWjhUo

valentinapop's tweet card. [FREE TO READ] New pontiff embraces traditional retreats, papal attire and lodgings in break with Francis

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Valentina Pop@valentinapop · Jul 1

Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte warned last month that Moscow could be ready to use force against the alliance “within five years”. “Let’s not kid ourselves, we are all on the eastern flank now,” Rutte said. ⁦@rmilneNordic⁩ ig.ft.com/russia-eastern…

valentinapop's tweet card. With US support for transatlantic security faltering, Nato nations are fortifying the eastern frontier with Russia

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Valentina Pop@valentinapop · Jun 29

Europe jolted into action by the Putin shock, the Xi shock and the Trump shock ⁦@fromTGA⁩ on.ft.com/3Gns5PW

valentinapop's tweet card. [FREE TO READ] Timothy Garton Ash on the shocks that fuelled a populist challenge — and how the liberal centre could yet hold

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Valentina Pop@valentinapop · Jun 27

Italy and Spain slam France over proposed migration pact with UK via ⁦@lauramdubois⁩ on.ft.com/3ZULfn4

valentinapop's tweet card. [FREE TO READ] Rome and Madrid fear they will have to take back asylum seekers who cross the Channel

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Valentina Pop@valentinapop · Jun 27

Germany’s Social Democrats face mutiny over Russia ft.com/content/fc4963… via @ChassNews

valentinapop's tweet card. Finance minister and party leader Lars Klingbeil confronts internal dissent rooted in Willy Brandt’s ‘Ostpolitik’

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Valentina Pop@valentinapop · Jun 26

Merz ‘delusional’ over US sparing German cars in EU trade deal ft.com/content/05f486… via @HenryJFoy @AndyBounds @alicemhancock @KanaInagaki

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Valentina Pop@valentinapop · Jun 26

Pedro Sánchez at risk as Nato gamble sparks Donald Trump’s ire via ⁦@barneyjopson⁩ ⁦@HenryJFoy⁩ on.ft.com/45HKmSr

valentinapop's tweet card. US president threatens Madrid with extra tariffs after Spanish prime minister rejects 5% defence spending target

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Valentina Pop@valentinapop · Jun 26

Kyiv’s sleepless nights under fire via ⁦@fabrice_deprez⁩ ⁦@ChristopherJM⁩ on.ft.com/4lsMVfL

valentinapop's tweet card. City suffers barrages lengthier and more intense than at any point during war

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Valentina Pop@valentinapop · Jun 26

Ursula von der Leyen faces no-confidence vote over Pfizergate via ⁦@AndyBounds⁩ ⁦@alicemhancock⁩ on.ft.com/4l2uzCB

valentinapop's tweet card. Far-right motion relating to pandemic scandal threatens to derail European Commission president’s second-term agenda

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Valentina Pop@valentinapop · Jun 25

Trump changes tune on Zelenskyy and Putin via ⁦@ChristopherJM⁩ on.ft.com/44cXOLK

valentinapop's tweet card. US president says Ukraine head is ‘very nice’ after their sideline chat at Nato summit, but is dismayed at Russian leader for not ending war

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Valentina Pop@valentinapop · Jun 25

Ukraine to set up war tribunal with Council of Europe ft.com/content/61e42c… via @lauramdubois @ChristopherJM

valentinapop's tweet card. Special court will have jurisdiction over Russian officials who planned and carried out the full-scale invasion in 2022

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Valentina Pop@valentinapop · Jun 25

Donald Trump with Nato ‘all the way’ after questioning mutual defence pact ft.com/content/e55f27… via @HenryJFoy @ChassNews

valentinapop's tweet card. President had sparked alarm when he previously said US commitment to Article 5 ‘depends on your definition’

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Valentina Pop@valentinapop · Jun 25

Donald Trump compares US strikes on Iran to atomic bombing of Hiroshima ft.com/content/500be2… via @ft

valentinapop's tweet card. CIA says strikes ‘severely damaged’ Tehran’s atomic programme

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Valentina Pop@valentinapop · Jun 24

EU readies retaliatory tariffs to secure better trade deal with Trump ft.com/content/3d336a… via @AndyBounds @pmdfoster

valentinapop's tweet card. German chancellor backs more muscular approach ahead of July talks deadline

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Valentina Pop@valentinapop · Jun 24

Nato’s Rutte says Donald Trump is committed to alliance if Europe pays more ft.com/content/ce9eb7… via @HenryJFoy

valentinapop's tweet card. US president releases flattering message that also hails ‘truly extraordinary’ Iran strikes

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Valentina Pop@valentinapop · Jun 24

Russia bets on unjammable drones to gain ground in Ukraine via ⁦@fabrice_deprez⁩ on.ft.com/4kVQGdZ

valentinapop's tweet card. Moscow deploys more attack aircraft controlled via hair-thin fibre optic cable to make large gains during summer offensive

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Valentina Pop@valentinapop · Jun 23

Germany to boost defence spending at faster rate than France or UK via ⁦@ChassNews⁩ on.ft.com/4lptNPT

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