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Tim Judah

@timjudah.bsky.social
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Journalist, writer. Special correspondent for The Economist, reportage for the New York Review of Books. Ukraine, Balkans etc...

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Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
“You could say the astonishing survival of these [frost-resistant miniature banana trees] mirrors the unexpected staunchness with which Ukrainians are facing adversity.” — @AKurkov Thank you, @timjudah.bsky.social and @nybooks.com www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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Gary Rawnsley @garydrawnsley.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
On the 4th anniversary of Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine, I recommend this excellent article by @timjudah.bsky.social in the latest @nybooks.com www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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A Bitter Winter in Ukraine | Tim Judah
Four years after their full-scale invasion, the Russians are trying to freeze Ukraine into submission by relentlessly attacking the country’s energy grid.
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Out and about #Serbia www.economist.com/video/CUAnGZ...
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Video | Can Serbia's youth topple its government?
Engaging analysis on news, economics, politics, science and culture from our journalists. Watch our latest short videos, in-depth interviews and live events on demand.
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
My latest in the @nybooks.com www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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A Bitter Winter in Ukraine | Tim Judah
Four years after their full-scale invasion, the Russians are trying to freeze Ukraine into submission by relentlessly attacking the country’s energy grid.
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Top billing for Serbia here: www.economist.com/briefing/202...
economist.com
How democracies are using autocratic tools to muzzle journalism
As scrutiny of government withers, corruption thrives
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Been talking to Edi Rama: www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Out and about: www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
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Savage drone warfare engulfs Ukraine’s front line
Casualties litter the Donbas amid a bloody Kremlin push
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
www.economist.com/culture/2025...
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A story of occupations, surveillance and exile in Albania
To write her grandmother’s story, Lea Ypi visited the archives of the communist-era secret police
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The Economist @economist.com · 25/08/2025
Sea drones, or Unmanned Surface Vehicles, have transformed the war in the Black Sea and the rivers that flow into it. And the technology that controls the vessels is becoming more sophisticated
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How Ukraine’s naval drones hold Russia’s warships at bay
The never-ending struggle to keep out the Black Sea fleet
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
I have been messing around in boats: www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
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How Ukraine’s naval drones hold Russia’s warships at bay
The never-ending struggle to keep out the Black Sea fleet
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
I have been in Albania. SPAK, its anti-corruption unit is taking down politicians right, left and centre. It is also attacking organised crime. www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
economist.com
Albania’s new anti-corruption unit is taking down bigwigs
Prime Minister Edi Rama is not always amused
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
I have been in Moldova talking to Maia Sandu: Moldova’s election will test its resistance to Russia economist.com/europe/2025/... from The Economist
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Moldova’s election will test its resistance to Russia
Pro-EU President Maia Sandu faces off against disinformation and oligarchs
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
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Ever more Ukrainian women are joining the army
A growing group that is changing society
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
In Kostiantynivka....The sky is saturated with Russian drones, military cars have protective cages built around them and net tunnels have been erected at the entrances to town to protect drivers.
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
I am amazed by how many articles are still published about Albania as a "new" or "hidden" holiday hotspot. Were travel editors really asleep for the last decade? Too many publications rely on free PR trips to promote destinations which means that what is produced is what they want and not reality.
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
@andreasernst.bsky.social interviewed me about European demograhy. It is a topic that is becoming ever more important. www.nzz.ch/pro/europas-...
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«Man kann keinen Menschen bestechen, damit er Kinder bekommt» – nur Einwanderung hilft
Sind verlassene Dörfer und verödete Landschaften ein Osteuropa-Problem? Nein, sagt der Experte Tim Judah. Europa schrumpft insgesamt.
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
I have been out and about with the embattled farmers of Kherson....
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IWM Vienna @iwm.at · 01/07/2025
In this episode of Vienna Coffee House Conversations, host Ivan Vejvoda talks to British journalist and author @timjudah.bsky.social about his new book, 'Life and Fate', which examines demographic changes across Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe in detail: www.iwm.at/europes-futu...
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Discussing European demography with Ivan Vejvoda plus miltech on the battlefield in Ukraine. Also talking about the development of robotisation and automation, insoired by a vist to @iitalk.bsky.social in Genoa. @europesfutures.bsky.social @iwm.at @erstestiftung.org www.iwm.at/europes-futu...
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Europe’s Demographic Reckoning with Tim Judah | IWM WEBSITE
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
www.economist.com/europe/2025/... @economist.com
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Serbia’s Aleksandar Vucic is rattled
Huge demonstrations led by students calling for elections are proving resilient
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IWM Vienna @iwm.at · 08/06/2025
In 'Life and Fate', Tim Judah examines demographic transformations in countries across central, eastern and south-eastern Europe. Published by the IWM and @erstestiftung.org, the volume builds on his 2018/19 Europe’s Futures Fellowship. www.iwm.at/news/new-iwm...
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The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · 25/05/2025
“Trump says that the Ukrainians have no cards to play. He is wrong about that. They may not have as strong a hand as the Russians right now, but they still have plenty of cards, and they plan on having a lot more.” — @timjudah.bsky.social
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Arms Race in Ukraine | Tim Judah
New drone technology is transforming the battlefield in Ukraine—and demonstrating the obsolescence of much Western weaponry.
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The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · 28/05/2025
“All Ukrainians are wondering what the future holds for them. They have lost a fifth of their country to the Russians, and for now there is no prospect of getting any of it back.” — @timjudah.bsky.social
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Arms Race in Ukraine | Tim Judah
New drone technology is transforming the battlefield in Ukraine—and demonstrating the obsolescence of much Western weaponry.
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Drones, the miltech to come, POWs....my latest piece for the series I have been writing for the @nybooks.com on Ukraine since February 2022 - or 2014 going back earlier.
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
The view from out east: www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
economist.com
Ukraine’s fighters fear Russian attacks and Trump’s ceasefire
On the front line they want peace but not at any price
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
economist.com
Putin’s Easter ceasefire gimmick bodes ill for Trump’s peace deal
The Kremlin’s grey-zone war in the Black Sea shows its real intent
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Me talking abut Sumy where I was ten days ago in the very building that was targeted: shows.acast.com/theintellige...
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Bloody Sunday: Russia’s strikes on Sumy | The Intelligence from The Economist
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
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Russia continues to rain down death on Ukrainian cities
Soldiers can hold the line, but drones and missiles are killing civilians
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Back in Ukraine: www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
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Ukraine thinks it can hold off Russia as long as it needs to
Russia may have Chinese volunteers, but Ukraine has drones
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Lane Greene @lanegreene.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
A fascinating piece from the very remotest corner of the United States, Little Diomede in the Bering Strait. www.economist.com/1843/2025/04...
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The Alaskan island on the front lines of the Arctic scramble
The Inuit on Little Diomede are watched over by Russian soldiers. But that’s not their biggest problem in these icy badlands
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Imogen Serwotka and I went to Genoa and Varazze in Liguria in Italy to make this @economist.com podcast on Europe’s demographic destiny. Liguria is the region in the EU with the oldest population. www.economist.com/podcasts/202...
economist.com
Europe’s demographic destiny
The oldest continent is aging fast
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Imogen Serwotka and I went to Genoa and Varazze in Liguria in Italy to make this @economist.com podcast on Europe’s demographic destiny. Liguria is the region in the EU with the oldest population. www.economist.com/podcasts/202...
economist.com
Europe’s demographic destiny
The oldest continent is aging fast
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Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
💬'What makes somebody like Dr. Pétri exceptional? These are moral questions about everybody who lived in Europe, moral questions about everybody today.' Read the interview with @rosiewhitehouse.bsky.social, author of Two Sisters in @timesofisrael.com👇 www.timesofisrael.com/in-nazi-occu...
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In Nazi-occupied French Alps, a doctor risked death to save a Jewish girl. Why didn’t others?
Newly published 'Two Sisters' is a family memoir that goes back and forth in time to examine motivations for resistance and questions of morality in Vichy France
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Rosie Whitehouse @rosiewhitehouse.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
My new book in The Times of Israel! In Nazi-occupied French Alps, a doctor risked death to save a Jewish girl. Why didn't others? www.timesofisrael.com/in-nazi-occu...
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In Nazi-occupied French Alps, a doctor risked death to save a Jewish girl. Why didn’t others?
Newly published 'Two Sisters' is a family memoir that goes back and forth in time to examine motivations for resistance and questions of morality in Vichy France
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
balkaninsight.com/2025/03/20/s...
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Serbia Angered by Defence Pact Linking Croatia, Albania and Kosovo
A defence agreement between Croatia, Albania and Kosovo, calling for joint responses to common security challenges, has drawn a furious response from Serbia, which called it a threatening move.
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
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North Macedonia nightclub fire claims more than 50 lives in Kocani town
As many as 1,500 people were attending a concert in the town of Kocani when the fire broke.
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
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Western unity is still on display in Bosnia — but for how long?
There is a risk that the Balkans will turn into a European security problem once again
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 09/03/2025
Romania’s Central Electoral Bureau blocked Russia-aligned, far-right candidate Călin Georgescu from running in May’s presidential election.
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Far-right frontrunner Călin Georgescu blocked from Romanian presidential race
Trump’s administration has been pressing Romanian officials to allow him to stand in May’s vote.
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Bulagrian spies for Russia: www.ft.com/content/a3be...
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Three Bulgarians linked to Wirecard’s Marsalek found guilty of spying for Russia
Police described case as one of the biggest espionage investigations in UK in decades
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
#Romania www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
economist.com
Romania is caught between Putin, Trump and Europe
Banning a pro-Russian candidate would anger America’s MAGA crowd
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Drama in Romania. Six arrested for plottinga coup. Two had been in Moscow. www.biziday.ro/312629-2/?bi...
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DIICOT a dispus reținerea a șase persoane, nenominalizate, pentru trădare. Sunt acuzate că au complotat cu o putere străină (nu este nominalizată Federația Rusă, dar este menționat faptul că doi dintr...
Deși comunicatul oficial al DIICOT nu nominalizează nicio persoană, el vine a doua zi după ce România a explulzat doi atașați militari ai Federației Ruse
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Maria Avdeeva @mariainkharkiv.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
The way Zelensky was attacked, right in front of the cameras, felt personal in —like a hit on all of us in Ukraine. I was just explaining to @kimbrunhuber at @CNN how that White House meltdown left Ukrainians shocked but more united than ever
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
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After the Bosnian Court Finds Milorad Dodik Guilty, What Next?
Facing a ban from holding office and desperate to cling to power, Milorad Dodik must be prevented from stepping up his dangerous threats of Serb secession from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Trifunovic claimed Dodik was keen on causing trouble in Bosnia but would not try and break up the country and join Serbia. “He pushes things to the edge then stops. He owns the Republika Srpska and would lose out if he joined Serbia, which is owned by Vucic,” he said www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
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Leader of Serbian enclave in Bosnia sentenced for separatist laws
Milorad Dodik has threatened to cut ties with the fragile central government after being banned by a Bosnian court from politics for six years
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Romanians obviously not cowed by Vance: www.ft.com/content/6c60...
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Romania’s pro-Moscow presidential contender quizzed by prosecutors
Far-right candidate Călin Georgescu picked up by police while raids across the country targeted people close to his campaign
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Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
🗞️✍️’[An] evocative and wrenching family history.’ Read the review of #TwoSisters: Betrayal, Love and Resistance in Wartime France by @rosiewhitehouse.bsky.social in @wsj.com👇 www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
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‘Two Sisters’ Review: Help On the Run
When an accident threatened to expose two young Jewish refugees to Nazi forces, they found medical help and sanctuary in an Alpine town.
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autumnlight.bsky.social @autumnlight.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Thank you for your helping me learn more about the history and politics of Russia and Ukraine. @markgaleotti.bsky.social @benjudah.bsky.social @efinkel.bsky.social @bdtaylor-su.bsky.social @radchenko.bsky.social @timjudah.bsky.social @serhii plokhy @yaroslav hrytsak @orlando figes @sheila fitzpatric
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Great review of @rosiewhitehouse.bsky.social Two Sisters in The Wall Street Journal. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
wsj.com
‘Two Sisters’ Review: Help On the Run
When an accident threatened to expose two young Jewish refugees to Nazi forces, they found medical help and sanctuary in an Alpine town.
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Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
balkaninsight.com/2025/02/15/m...
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Mass Protest on Serbia’s Statehood Day; President Stages Counter-Rally
Tens of thousands converged on the city of Kragujevac for the latest in a series of student-led anti-corruption protests, while the Serbian president held a pro-government counter-rally in Sremska Mit...
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