Valentina Pop@valentinapop

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

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Inside the leaderless movement set to govern Serbia ft.com/content/4e09cf90-7395… via @NastyaStognei

Inside the leaderless movement set to govern Serbia

Secretive ‘plenums’, code names based on Teletubbies, and fury over corruption: how student rebels won a parliamentary victory

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Bulgaria votes as Russian attacks in Black Sea reach its shores ft.com/content/b5a519d5-149c… via @mdunai

Bulgaria votes as Russian attacks in Black Sea reach its shores

Moscow-friendly presidential incumbent Iliana Yotova is feeling the heat from liberal rival

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‘Associate member’ spat set to overshadow Canada-EU summit ft.com/content/86a413ed-7303… via @BMoens @IlyaGridneff

‘Associate member’ spat set to overshadow Canada-EU summit

Ursula von der Leyen insists on concept Berlin and other capitals say must be left out of joint statement

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Christine Lagarde to step down as ECB president in February ft.com/content/b9294b91-0eee… via @OlafStorbeck

Christine Lagarde to step down as ECB president in February

Her eight-year term at the helm of the powerful monetary authority was set to end in October 2027

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy opens door to security guarantees for Russia ft.com/content/8ec7d6f2-403a… via @fabrice_deprez @HenryJFoy

Volodymyr Zelenskyy opens door to security guarantees for Russia

Ukrainian president acknowledges Moscow could also receive security guarantees as part of peace deal

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EU pressures allies over looming Ukraine funding crunch ft.com/content/8aba217f-064f… via @paolatamma @HenryJFoy @Sam1Fleming

EU pressures allies over looming Ukraine funding crunch

European Commission forecasts suggest non-EU partners have pledged just €4bn in aid for Kyiv next year, down from €19bn in 2026

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Inside Donald Trump Jr’s Mongolian hunting trip with a Kremlin-linked oligarch ft.com/content/f41fc704-c9e6… via @ft

Inside Donald Trump Jr’s Mongolian hunting trip with a Kremlin-linked businessman

Remote August rendezvous highlights remarkable ties between the US president’s son and a Russian close to Vladimir Putin

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France must appease protesters without extra spending, says finance minister ft.com/content/167fd08f-2f01… via @labboudles @AdrienneKlasa @iankmsmith

France must appease protesters without extra spending, says finance minister

Roland Lescure says government can come up with creative solutions without widening budget deficit

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Germany to tap Ukrainian tech with missile purchase ft.com/content/f9476b15-c2b6… via @laurapitel

Germany to tap Ukrainian tech with missile purchase

Bars strike system would be first offensive weapon developed in Ukraine to be purchased by the Bundeswehr

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Who are the students set to govern Serbia? ft.com/content/c3f29989-747e… via @mdunai

Who are the students set to govern Serbia?

Amorphous Student List movement has yet to nominate a prime minister candidate after Aleksandar Vučić’s election defeat

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France’s Le Pen vows national ‘renewal’ in campaign launch ft.com/content/fd1c3f30-2789… via @labboudles

France’s Le Pen vows national ‘renewal’ in campaign launch

Far-right leader casts herself as only presidential candidate able to restore order and unity

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Serbia’s ex-president Vučić concedes defeat to Student List ft.com/content/546f21f5-22d3… via @mdunai

Serbia’s ex-president Vučić concedes defeat to Student List in parliamentary poll

Election loss marks a dramatic fall from power for strongman nationalist leader as near-record turnout favours grassroots party

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Ukraine seeks to move customs checks inside EU to avoid Russian drones ft.com/content/ab922590-7f73… via @AndyBounds @ian_c_johnston @paolatamma @fabrice_deprez

Ukraine seeks to move customs checks inside EU to avoid Russian drones

Lorries waiting at the border to export agricultural produce into the bloc have become a target for Moscow’s attacks

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Students seek to oust Serbia’s strongman in Sunday vote ft.com/content/26f97311-f72c… via @mdunai

Students seek to oust Serbia’s strongman in Sunday vote

Protest movement seeks to end 14-year rule of Aleksandar Vučić, an ally of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin

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Macron warns some protests will be banned ft.com/content/43f3144f-7aa8… via @labboudles

Macron warns some protests will be banned

French president says labour unions can hold marches on Saturday but not other activists in effort to prevent more rioting

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Germany’s Friedrich Merz warns of ‘intense’ Russian espionage after arrest ft.com/content/6517874d-25b5… via @ft

Germany’s Friedrich Merz warns of ‘intense’ Russian espionage after arrest

German authorities detain Ukrainian national suspected of passing on intelligence about military sites and arms manufacturers to the Kremlin

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US threatens European companies over Starlink restrictions ft.com/content/d1e28d93-8574… via @BMoens @HenryJFoy

US threatens European companies over Starlink restrictions

Ambassador Andrew Puzder warns about ‘devastating’ retaliation if Brussels goes ahead with plans to limit spectrum access for non-EU companies

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Ukraine receives partial intelligence on Russian ballistic missile strikes ft.com/content/a381df3f-a1bf… via @fabrice_deprez

Ukraine receives partial intelligence on Russian ballistic missile strikes

Western allies provided advance warning about only one of two overnight attacks, says Ukrainian air force

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EU vows to maintain Russia sanctions after US pivot ft.com/content/ee6dfd48-fa31… via @ftbrussels

EU eyes more financial support for Ukraine after US pivot

European leaders close ranks around Volodymyr Zelenskyy following Donald Trump’s fuel deal with Moscow

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Trump weighs easing restrictions on Russian and Iranian ‘shadow fleet’ ft.com/content/6dfa9879-589a… via @JamieSmythF @mylesmccormick_

Trump weighs easing restrictions on Russian and Iranian ‘shadow fleet’

A White House desperate to lower fuel costs ahead of US midterm elections could allow such vessels back into global trade

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