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Viktoria Dendrinou

@v_dendrinou

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US Treasury reporter for Bloomberg News. Formerly in Brussels and most recently @Bagehots . Greek export. Opinions my own.

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@v_dendrinou
Viktoria Dendrinou
6 months
Janet Yellen ordering In-n-out before heading to the airport to greet Xi Jinping
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*Some personal news* After 7 years covering the EU's many ups and downs, I’m heading to @columbia as a 2021-2022 Knight-Bagehot Fellow at @columbiajourn . Will miss Brussels and all the amazing people I’ve met here. Very excited to join the @bagehots family & learn from the best!
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Columbia Journalism
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. @Bagehots , the largest mid-career business journalism fellowship, announces its 2021-22 Fellows: @ahmed , @AnujChopra , @MihirDTweets , @v_dendrinou , @estherfung , @lailakearney , @shurufu , @christopherotts , @coryweinberg and @Kzalan . Read more:
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Viktoria Dendrinou
3 years
Peak homesickness on this most uncharacteristic Athenian day
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Heavy snowfall covers Athens in a white blanket
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Viktoria Dendrinou
3 years
The world has administered 1 billion Covid shots in just 150 days. Here’s what happens next. via @bbgvisualdata
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Viktoria Dendrinou
1 year
🙋🏻‍♀️twitter friends, this is my first week back at @business after a brief (ish) academic sabbatical. Super excited to now be covering the US Treasury out of DC. Reach out for tips, ideas, or just to say hi!
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@v_dendrinou
Viktoria Dendrinou
3 years
Wanna do my job? You can apply here! Can be a lot of work but doesn’t get much more exciting - at least for those for us who enjoy the occasional foray into nerdy territory 🙈 If you’re thinking of applying and have questions, do reach out!
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Viktoria Dendrinou
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“I can reassure the members of the Committee that our banking system remains sound & that Americans can feel confident that their deposits will be there when they need them,” @SecYellen tells lawmakers via @bpolitics
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Viktoria Dendrinou
9 years
"Democracy not available in the EU," says sign in No protest #Greferendum http://t.co/Spx8LKXBQT
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Viktoria Dendrinou
9 years
Stop what you're doing & read part 2 of @davidenrich 's superb story on the unraveling of libor mastermind Tom Hayes http://t.co/tWFFclQgm8
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Viktoria Dendrinou
5 years
Habemus book!
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Eleni Varvitsioti
5 years
After more than two years of exhaustive and exhausting (!!) research and writing, our baby is almost out! Here's a sneak peek of our book "The Last Bluff" featuring the top-secret plan for a catastrophic Grexit with all the spicy details! @v_dendrinou
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Viktoria Dendrinou
9 years
#Greek results (40.7% of votes) Syriza 35.8%(148) ND 28.4%(78) GD 6.4%(17) Potami 5.8%(16) KKE 5.4%(15) Pasok 4.9%(13) IndGreeks 4.7%(13)
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Viktoria Dendrinou
3 years
Χρόνια πολλά 🇬🇷💙
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Viktoria Dendrinou
4 years
In letter to EU finance ministers ahead of next week’s call, Centeno says "inevitably we will all come out of this crisis with much larger debt levels" – warns the way they deal with this burden will determine recovery & cohesion of euro area.
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Mário Centeno
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The #Eurogroup will meet on 7 April to act on the #EUCO Leaders’ mandate and deliver proposals to reinforce our EU policy response to #Covid19 .
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Viktoria Dendrinou
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👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Lucky @FT ! No better person to work with.
@Elbarbie
Eleni Varvitsioti
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So happy, proud and humbled to be part of the amazing @FT team as of today! Will be covering exciting stories from #Greece and #Cyprus .
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Europe needs to assess its “strategic dependencies” after being caught by surprise by radical supply chain changes during the pandemic & the EU is “highly dependent” on some 137 products --> here's what's coming up in the EU's industrial strategy update
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Viktoria Dendrinou
3 years
How @VDombrovskis , the EU's trade chief (and once laser scientist!), is at the sharp end of efforts to rebuild the transatlantic alliance via @bpolitics
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Viktoria Dendrinou
4 years
Humbled Greeks Show the World How to Handle the Virus Outbreak
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Viktoria Dendrinou
5 years
No praise could make us happier than this from the eurocrisis queen 👑
@gksteinhauser
Gabriele Steinhauser
5 years
It’s scenes like this one that make #TheLastBluff , the reconstruction of the 2015 showdown between #Greece & the #eurozone by the formidable ⁦ @v_dendrinou ⁩ & ⁦ @Elbarbie ⁩, such an enjoyable read. Superb reporting & writing & lots to learn even for eurocrisis veterans.
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Viktoria Dendrinou
8 years
Greek Bailout Retraces a Contentious and Dangerous Route – The Short Answer via @WSJ by @MMQWalker
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Viktoria Dendrinou
4 years
Greek lawmakers elect country’s first female head of state via @bpolitics
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Viktoria Dendrinou
2 years
You'll be so missed. The hardest working person I know, the most supportive colleague I could have asked for, and the most impeccable news judgement out there. Onwards and upwards!
@nchrysoloras
Nikos Chrysoloras
2 years
Personal news: I am leaving journalism to try something different. I would like to thank Bloomberg and Kathimerini for giving me the opportunity to earn a living in this wonderful, wonderful job for 15 years. It's been an honour. Updates about the next step coming soon.
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Viktoria Dendrinou
4 years
I’m personally more than happy with second place on this one 😱
@EUCouncilPress
EU Council Press
4 years
@MehreenKhn Actually, we calculated that leaders will have to stay until 06h05 to overtake Nice. 😉 The 2000 Nice summit started at 09h45 am on Thu 7/12 for the 'European Conference' ( #EU15 plus accession candidates + others) and lasted until 05h30 am on Monday 11/12.
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Viktoria Dendrinou
10 years
EU clears shipping alliance that will control around 40% of cargo on world's top routes http://t.co/AKxQVLkZ20
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Viktoria Dendrinou
4 years
Getting there slowly. So, so slowly.
@bpolitics
Bloomberg Politics
4 years
EU edges toward massive stimulus package with new proposal
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Viktoria Dendrinou
4 years
Quarantine week two, on to book two. Very excited to finally get my hands on Dark Towers by @davidenrich
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Viktoria Dendrinou
3 years
If you're going to read one story today, make sure it's this disturbing but important investigative piece by the amazing @StephanieBodoni & @GavinFinchBBG on the EU's powerful lending arm Harassment Allegations and Fear Haunt European Investment Bank
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Viktoria Dendrinou
4 years
Leaders reach a watershed deal in the long, uncertain process of EU integration. Here's how it happened via @bpolitics
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Viktoria Dendrinou
10 months
US Treasury Secretary @SecYellen meeting with her counterpart, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, in Beijing
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Viktoria Dendrinou
5 years
End of an era: last joint #EUCO press conference by @JunckerEU & @eucopresident
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Viktoria Dendrinou
4 years
White smoke!!! And at a dignified hour..
@LuisRego_
LuisRego
4 years
Meeting ended with ministers clapping. Press conference in 15 minutes
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Viktoria Dendrinou
5 years
So excited about this! 🎉👏🏻👏🏻
@aspeciale
Alessandro Speciale
5 years
Ci siamo, inutile nascondersi: @jrandow e io abbiamo lavorato per due anni, parlato con decine e decine di persone, per raccontare la storia di Mario Draghi alla BCE. Il risultato esce domani per @RizzoliLibri . Lo trovate nelle migliori librerie oppure qui
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Viktoria Dendrinou
1 year
US Treasury Secretary @SecYellen said senior economic officials from Russia attending the G-20 are “complicit in Putin’s atrocities” & warned that ending the war was the most important thing for the global economy
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Viktoria Dendrinou
8 years
This is bigger than eurovision, really..
@ElodieLamer
Elodie Lamer
8 years
#Dijsselbloem says "millions are watching" the public session of #Ecofin live-streamed. #Ecofun
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Viktoria Dendrinou
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#Greece has completed 108 out of 110 prior actions, according to compliance report. Outstanding items include Hellinikon & e-auctions.. report says number of auctions conducted to date "relatively limited" & geographical coverage "remains modest"
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Viktoria Dendrinou
9 years
Greece's Debt Due: What Greece Owes When -- incredible graphic by @charlesforelle @pat_minczeski @elliot_bentley http://t.co/czV2r66Ka7
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Viktoria Dendrinou
4 years
Latest from ongoing EUCO: Lagarde Tells EU Leaders GDP May Fall up to 15% on Coronavirus
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Viktoria Dendrinou
3 years
Apply for the @bagehots fellowship! You'll meet amazing people, learn a ton about how businesses work and have a lot of fun (and Excel training) along the way! Oh, and a year in NYC isn't too bad either. Reach out if you have questions.
@Bagehots
Knight-Bagehot Fellowships
3 years
Business journalists: Take your reporting further. Gain the skills to tackle bigger, more important stories. Applications now open for the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship Class of 2022-23. Come join us!
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Viktoria Dendrinou
5 years
My amazing colleagues @aspeciale & @jrandow have written THE book on Mario Draghi, out next month. For a sneak preview, read a small excerpt here: What does the future hold for Mario Draghi back at home? via @BW
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Viktoria Dendrinou
9 years
European Commission publishes latest proposal to #Greece -different version to the one Greeks will vote on next week
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Jean-Claude Juncker
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In the interest of transparency and for the information of the #Greek people. http://t.co/jmKNqSlyET
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#Tsipras says biggest priority is for #Greece to regain it's lost decency - crowds chanting
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Viktoria Dendrinou
4 years
Genuinely thought this day would never come! Welcome to Twitter Jonathan @Stearns_Bxl !
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Viktoria Dendrinou
9 years
And on a more poetic note, this from Slovak finmin Kazimir on #Greece :
@KazimirPeter
Peter Kažimír
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Following latest developments, listening to #Greece govt officials one can wonder how quickly can caterpillar turn into butterfly #Eurozone
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Viktoria Dendrinou
8 years
International Skating Union on thin ice, says EU competition regulator via @WSJ by @nat_droz
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Viktoria Dendrinou
4 years
And now - hopefully - they can outlive this eurogroup 🙏🏻🌱🌿🎍
@MatinaStevis
Matina Stevis-Gridneff
4 years
As I wait for what seems set to be (and feels) the millionth *&^#% eurozone crisis all-nighter of my career, I reflect on the most useful thing I did today, and it was watering @v_dendrinou 's plants. So there's that.
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Viktoria Dendrinou
9 years
Greek PM Tsipras says tonight's result is not a mandate for rupture with Europe, but one for a strengthened negotiating position for Greece
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Viktoria Dendrinou
6 years
Incomplete institutions can only lead to incomplete results, says eurogroup president @mariofcenteno speaking about #euroreform at the #IMF spring meetings
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Viktoria Dendrinou
1 year
Ajay Banga “has the right leadership and management skills, experience living and working in emerging markets, and financial expertise to lead the World Bank at a critical moment in its history,” @SecYellen says
@business
Bloomberg
1 year
BREAKING: Biden will nominate former Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga in a surprise pick to be the next president of the World Bank
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Viktoria Dendrinou
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US Treasury Secretary ⁦ @SecYellen ⁩ looking at seized & destroyed Russian tanks and self-propelled artillery earlier today during her visit to Kyiv (📸 by ⁦⁦⁦ @DarynaKrasno ⁩)
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Viktoria Dendrinou
4 years
EU fiscal rules are convoluted, lack political ownership, and are difficult to enforce, the European Commission will say next week, according to a draft of its economic governance review via @markets
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Viktoria Dendrinou
7 years
Europe needs to breathe with both its lungs, eastern & western @JunckerEU says in #SOTEU - live stream here
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Viktoria Dendrinou
4 years
As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread across Europe, it's clear that the steps governments must take to slow it down will be costly for the economy. So what measures is the EU examining to help cushion this impact? - with @nchrysoloras
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Viktoria Dendrinou
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Russia has been suspended from the Egmont Group of financial intelligence units, which shares data on money laundering and terror financing -- with @AlbertoNardelli
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Viktoria Dendrinou
7 years
Trump’s victory shakes Europe’s geopolitical order - 2nd vote this year to do so after #Brexit by @StephenFidler1
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Viktoria Dendrinou
3 years
As you digest today's post-Brexit trade deal, take some time to read this by @IanWishart on the U.K.’s perennially uneasy relationship with the EU. A lovely - if not a bit bittersweet- read on how Britain slipped away.
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Viktoria Dendrinou
8 years
Amazing reconstruction of the events leading up to and during Friday's failed coup by @DionNissenbaum @wsjemre et al
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Viktoria Dendrinou
5 years
Habemus euro reform deal. After 16 hours of talks (or so), has to be the longest #eurogroup in years.
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Viktoria Dendrinou
8 years
Graphic: What trade deals might look like post-Brexit, in charts via @WSJGraphics
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Viktoria Dendrinou
4 years
European Economy Faces Deeper Scars Amid New Virus Restrictions via @markets
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Viktoria Dendrinou
3 years
The Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine appeared to stop the vast majority of recipients in Israel becoming infected, providing the first real-world indication that the immunization will curb transmission of Covid via @business
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Viktoria Dendrinou
9 years
#Greek results (73.1% of votes) Syriza 36.1%(149) ND 28.1%(77) GD 6.3%(17) Potami 5.9%(16) KKE 5.4%(15) Pasok 4.8%(13) IndGreeks 4.7%(13)
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Viktoria Dendrinou
3 years
Some of Europe’s biggest tech companies are calling for a 100 billion-euro fund to help create regional champions in green technology, science-driven startups and other new industries by @nat_droz
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Viktoria Dendrinou
9 years
Do they come with copies of "Reforms for the completion of the current program and beyond" & "Preliminary DSA" ?
@nstamouli
Nektaria Stamouli
9 years
#Syriza posters supporting #no already hung in the streets of #Athens , "no for democracy and dignity" #Greece #Greferendum
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Viktoria Dendrinou
1 year
US Treasury Secretary @secYellen makes unannounced trip to Kyiv
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Viktoria Dendrinou
7 years
U.K. Needs to Wake Up to Brexit Dangers, Top EU Lawmaker Warns via @bpolitics
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Viktoria Dendrinou
3 years
White smoke at last! EU leaders resolved a standoff with Hungary and Poland that had threatened to delay a historic $2.2 trillion budget and stimulus package via @bpolitics
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Viktoria Dendrinou
8 years
@SpiegelPeter @EU_Commission and that worked out so well for the campaign side it supported.
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@v_dendrinou
Viktoria Dendrinou
8 years
Interested in working at our Brussels bureau? Have a look at this. Not gonna lie, the coffee is sub-par. But the team is pretty darn great.
@gksteinhauser
Gabriele Steinhauser
8 years
Want to work in the coolest office in Brussels & do some great journalism for @WSJ ? Deutschsprachler bevorzugt.
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Viktoria Dendrinou
8 years
Cyprus position clear: discussion on opening frozen accession chapters can only begin when Turkey fulfills obligations, says @Christodulides
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Viktoria Dendrinou
3 years
On the vaccine export controls snafu, trade chief @VDombrovskis said the EU’s trade services acted “at the request of - and with inputs from - relevant cabinets and services at the Commission" via @bpolitics
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Viktoria Dendrinou
7 years
Greek court rules against extraditing eight Turkish soldiers via @WSJ by @nstamouli
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Viktoria Dendrinou
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