@valentinapop

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

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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

France to ban non-union protests, says Macron

French president announces restrictive measures in a bid to avoid rioting and looting this weekend

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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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Nineteen people injured in accident on French side of Channel Tunnel ft.com/content/bdb3cd9f-5a70… via @labboudles

Nineteen people injured in accident on French side of Channel Tunnel

Two airlifted to hospital after bus collides with train at Coquelles

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Germany’s Friedrich Merz vows to fight on: ‘We are the firewall’ ft.com/content/da781749-f146… via @ft

Germany’s Friedrich Merz vows to fight on: ‘We are the firewall’

Defiant chancellor tells the FT he is determined to drive through unpopular reforms and equip Europe for an age of upheaval

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The espresso pot test of Italian capitalism ft.com/content/1eee5ed8-48dd… via @silvia_sb_

The espresso pot test of Italian capitalism

It can be difficult to run companies around the Sunday lunch table

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Marine Le Pen: ‘All the warning signs are flashing red’ ft.com/content/73cfaf41-d3ea… via @khalafroula @labboudles @hallbenjamin

Marine Le Pen: ‘All the warning signs are flashing red’

In a wide-ranging interview with the FT, the far-right leader declares that France is ready to close the chapter on mainstream politics

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Ukraine blindsided by Starlink restrictions and intelligence gaps during Russian attack ft.com/content/37085602-726a… via @ChristopherJM

Ukraine blindsided by Starlink restrictions and intelligence gaps

Moscow ignores Donald Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’ while Kyiv’s forces experience connectivity problems on Elon Musk’s satellite network

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