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FT Edit @ftedit.ft.com · 22/09/2026
A Kremlin-backed fintech company used old-fashioned money laundering to bypass western sanctions and funnel almost $7bn through major international banks, including Standard Chartered, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank. Read today's excusive investigation 👉 ft.trib.al/POYpdNe
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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Hackers who claim they were behind a data breach at Revolut have threatened to sell the confidential records of hundreds of customers to other criminal groups unless the British online bank pays a ransom of $3mn within 24 hours. www.ft.com/content/d1f2...
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Hackers demand Revolut pay $3mn ransom after data breach
Group calling itself iamnotavillain threatens to sell customers’ confidential records to other criminals unless UK fintech pays within 24 hours
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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Big day at the FT - celebrating the 80th birthday of the great Martin Wolf. He has been with the FT for 39 yrs and will be here for a few more years yet. What people might not know is what an incredible colleague he is -so supportive and interested in all colleagues. He wants to hear from everyone
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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
the Revolut hack story is quite something www.ft.com/content/97f3...
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 23/07/2026
EU fines Google €890mn in test of Trump’s threats to protect Big Tech ft.trib.al/RtWnUYF
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EU fines Google €890mn in test of Trump’s threats to protect Big Tech
EU competition chief says it is bloc’s ‘duty to defend rule of law’ while delivering ‘strong message’ to search giant
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Henry Foy @henryjfoy.ft.com · 15/07/2026
💥 Top scoop from @bmoens.bsky.social - Brussels has drawn up fresh Google fines and the threat of periodic penalties - to be publicised next week - as the EU’s Big Tech enforcement increases as.ft.com/r/d2deedaa-3...
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Brussels prepares fresh Google fines as Big Tech enforcement increases
Decisions will test whether the EU can police digital markets without reigniting tensions with Washington
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 16/04/2026
FT exclusive: The EU is planning the biggest relaxation of its rules on corporate mergers in decades as Europe faces increasing pressure to build global champions capable of taking on US and Chinese rivals ft.trib.al/ef5F9XD
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Barbara Moens @bmoens.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Deep dive in the transatlantic censorship debate. In Brussels, the US' attacks have been met with disbelief and anger. For Silicon Valley, the spat presents opportunities and risks to appease both the US and European regulators. With @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/37d4...
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The transatlantic battle over free speech
EU efforts to regulate the digital sphere are under attack from the Trump administration and, increasingly, Silicon Valley
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Gideon Rachman @gideonrachman.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
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jomulcaire.ft.com @jomulcaire.ft.com · 04/12/2025
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EU launches antitrust probe into Meta over WhatsApp AI policy
[FREE TO READ] Brussels concerned US tech giant’s business terms may prevent competition from third-party AI providers
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Alice Hancock @alicemhancock.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
The US has come back to the EU with even more demands that it water down its green rules, particularly targetting the landmark due diligence law and sustainability reporting rules. www.ft.com/content/678f... with @henryjfoy.ft.com @andybounds.bsky.social
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US demands EU dismantle green regulations in threat to trade deal
Washington wants American companies to be exempted from rules such as having to draw up climate transition plans
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 23/09/2025
🔺 EXCLUSIVE: The Kinahan cartel has been implicated in the transportation of Russian crude oil, helping the Kremlin evade international sanctions and sustain its wartime economy in Ukraine
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How the Kinahans helped Russia to evade oil sanctions
Front company set up by the Kinahan cartel to operate MV Matthew also operated a tanker that was used to smuggle Russian crude
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Alice Hancock @alicemhancock.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Brussels is a town of lanyard wearers. But what to do with them once they're used? www.ft.com/content/0d44...
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The ‘lanyard class’ of Brussels
It’s a sign of the times that something once used to keep knives secure now carries an official name card
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 15/07/2025
Trump asked Zelenskyy if Ukraine could hit Moscow, say people briefed on call on.ft.com/4nUFPmu
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Donald Trump asked Volodymyr Zelenskyy if Ukraine could hit Moscow, say people briefed on call
US president encouraged Ukrainian leader to step up deep strikes on Russia
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Henry Foy @henryjfoy.ft.com · 08/07/2025
Then @alicemhancock.bsky.social reveals how Brussels is planning to ringfence hundreds of billions of euros in EU farming subsidies despite efforts to redirect its next budget towards other objectives, such as boosting Europe’s defence and economic competitiveness. on.ft.com/44BBRpK ⬇️
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EU to ringfence billions of farming subsidies
[FREE TO READ] Brussels reworks plans to protect direct income for farmers in new budget after pressure from industry
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Henry Foy @henryjfoy.ft.com · 08/07/2025
Some great EU stories on @financialtimes.com this morning... Rotterdam port, Europe's biggest, tells @andybounds.bsky.social that it's already setting aside quayside space for warships and military cargo, and modelling supply disruptions in case of war with Russia on.ft.com/405vUQA ⬇️
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Europe’s biggest port readies for potential war with Russia
Rotterdam has started reserving space for Nato supply ships and planning military exercises
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jomulcaire.ft.com @jomulcaire.ft.com · 23/04/2025
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EU fines Apple and Meta total of €700mn for antitrust violations
[FREE TO READ] Relatively modest penalties issued as officials try to avoid escalating tensions with White House
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Alice Hancock @alicemhancock.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Europe Express, our Brussels-based Europe newsletter, has won best newsletter at World Association of News Publishers awards 🎉 Huge h/t to @henryjfoy.ft.com @lauramdubois.ft.com who put in the real hard graft to make it happen. Sign up here >> www.ft.com/europe-express
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Europe Express
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Alice Hancock @alicemhancock.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
NEW: The EU is trying to find legal ways that *don't* involve sanctions that will allow companies to break long term gas deals with Russia but avoid paying heavy compensation to Moscow. Scoop with @andybounds.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/1c12...
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EU explores legal options for ending Russian gas deals
Brussels says invoking ‘force majeure’ clause would allow contract termination without penalties
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 14/04/2025
Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...
Old mobile phones and keyboards. Overlaid text reads: FT Exclusive: EU issues US-bound staff with burner phones to avoid espionage
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Paola Tamma @paolatamma.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
NEW💥: UK floats a new defence funding vehicle by a European "coalition of the willing" to jointly purchase and stockpile weapons, the treasury wrote in a paper we saw. By recording capital purchases on its books it would create fiscal headroom. Via @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/93d7...
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UK floats plan for joint European fund to ‘stockpile’ weapons
‘Supranational’ vehicle would purchase for participating states at more favourable borrowing rates
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Alice Hancock @alicemhancock.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Great scoop from @andybounds.bsky.social @henryjfoy.ft.com & Marton Dunai EU probes BYD car plant in Hungary over unfair Chinese subsidies, a highly sensitive move given current state of relations with Budapest @financialtimes.com on.ft.com/4kCWwRD
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EU probes BYD plant in Hungary over unfair Chinese subsidies
[FREE TO READ] Investigation comes as Viktor Orbán has attracted large Chinese investments to his country
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RTBF info @rtbf-info.be · 19/03/2025
La SNCB, la STIB, et De Lijn quittent quittent le réseau social X
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La SNCB, la STIB, et De Lijn quittent quittent le réseau social X
La SNCB, la Stib et De Lijn ont annoncé mercredi qu'elles quittaient X dans des publications simultanées à 10h00 sur ce...
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Follow the Money @ftm.nl · 13/03/2025
Luxe reizen, cadeaus en mogelijk contant geld in ruil voor publieke steun voor Huawei. Belgische autoriteiten verdenken de lobbyisten van het omkopen van Europarlementariërs. FTM onthult hoe Huawei via slimme connecties en gerichte lobbycampagnes in Europa invloed vergaarde. #HuaweiGate
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Hoe Huawei’s lobby voor 5G ontspoorde
Ooit was de Chinese telecomgigant Huawei verzekerd van een plek in Europese telefoonnetwerken en broekzakken. Maar het succes verbleekte toen Europa zich zorgen ging maken over mogelijke spionage. In ...
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Tom Bolsius @tombolsius.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
🚨BREAKING🚨 Huawei lobbyists are suspected of paying bribes to Members of the European Parliament. Belgium’s federal police have raided Huawei’s EU office as well as the homes of its lobbyists. Around 15 former and current MEPs are “on the radar” of the authorities. More on @ftm.eu
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Huawei targeted in new European Parliament corruption probe
Chinese tech giant Huawei is at the centre of a new corruption case in Europe’s capital. On Thursday, Belgian police raided the homes of its lobbyists, Follow the Money and its media partners Le Soir ...
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Barbara Moens @bmoens.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
EU pushes forward with enforcing AI Act even as Donald Trump threatens retaliation over treatment of Big Tech. Brussels is set to issue guidance on the new rules today. With @henryjfoy.ft.com and @melissahei.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/b4e1...
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EU pushes forward with enforcing AI Act despite Donald Trump’s warnings
Brussels set to issue guidance on banned uses of AI, even as US president threatens retaliation over treatment of Big Tech
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Alice Hancock @alicemhancock.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
If you understand any of these you probably live and work in Brussels: LULUCF, JL, PEC, TTE, PPWR, EDIP, FAC, GAC, SYSPER…… Are all these EU acronyms really useful or not? on.ft.com/3WDQUMx
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Acronyms are the EU’s 25th language
[FREE TO READ] Europe’s unofficial lingua franca is a plethora of shorthand that even ministers struggle to understand
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Alice Hancock @alicemhancock.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Holy shit! Brussels raises stink over Dutch poo protectionism (to make biogas) Dispatch from ⁦Andy Bounds www.ft.com/content/b917... @financialtimes.com
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Brussels raises stink over Dutch manure protectionism
Netherlands challenged over plan to restrict use of biogas not made from domestic dung
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