US Treasury reporter for Bloomberg News. Formerly in Brussels and most recently
@Bagehots
. ๐ Econ. Greek export. Reach out: vdendrinou
@bloomberg
.net
*Some personal news*
After 7 years covering the EU's many ups and downs, Iโm heading to
@columbia
as a 2021-2022 Knight-Bagehot Fellow at
@columbiajourn
. Will miss Brussels and all the amazing people Iโve met here. Very excited to join the
@bagehots
family & learn from the best!
๐๐ปโโ๏ธtwitter 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!
Wanna do my job? You can apply here! Can be a lot of work but doesnโt get much more exciting - at least for those for us who enjoy the occasional foray into nerdy territory ๐ If youโre thinking of applying and have questions, do reach out!
โI 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,โ
@SecYellen
tells lawmakers
via
@bpolitics
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
In letter to EU finance ministers ahead of next weekโs call, Centeno says "inevitably we will all come out of this crisis with much larger debt levels" โ warns the way they deal with this burden will determine recovery & cohesion of euro area.
Europe needs to assess its โstrategic dependenciesโ after being caught by surprise by radical supply chain changes during the pandemic & the EU is โhighly dependentโ on some 137 products --> here's what's coming up in the EU's industrial strategy update
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
Itโs scenes like this one that make
#TheLastBluff
, the reconstruction of the 2015 showdown between
#Greece
& the
#eurozone
by the formidable โฆ
@v_dendrinou
โฉ & โฆ
@Elbarbie
โฉ, such an enjoyable read. Superb reporting & writing & lots to learn even for eurocrisis veterans.
Mostย EU member states will have enough vaccine supplies to immunize the majority of people by the end of June, according to an internal memo via
@bpolitics
We took a peek at the commission's draft plans for strengthening the international role of the euro. You can read all about them here via
@markets
with
@nchrysoloras
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!
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.
@MehreenKhn
Actually, we calculated that leaders will have to stay until 06h05 to overtake Nice. ๐
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.
Janet Yellen said that the surge in longer-term bond yields is a reflection of a strong US economy, not the jump in government borrowing via
@economics
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
Pfizer/BioNTech to bring forward the delivery of 50 million vaccine doses to the EU to Q2 from Q4 โ a welcome supply boost after J&J news
via
@bpolitics
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
US Treasury Secretary
@SecYellen
said senior economic officials from Russia attending the G-20 are โcomplicit in Putinโs atrocitiesโ & warned that ending the war was the most important thing for the global economy
#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"
The Treasuryโs sanctions office is investigating several US and foreign companies involved in shipments of chips with military applications that end up in Russia -- with
@AlbertoNardelli
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
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.
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!
The strength of the US economy has been a key driver of global economic resilience, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen plans to say Tuesday ahead of meetings with her G-20 counterparts via
@markets
The US and its G-7 allies say theyโre determined to use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine โ somehow. Yet for now theyโre at odds over how to do it without getting into legal or financial jeopardy. with
@AlbertoNardelli
@Alemrome
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.
US House lawmakers overcame partisan animosity Tuesday to pass a temporary government funding bill that greatly lowers the risk of a shutdown via
@bpolitics
Incomplete institutions can only lead to incomplete results, says eurogroup president
@mariofcenteno
speaking about
#euroreform
at the
#IMF
spring meetings
Island Mystery Highlights Uncoordinated U.K. Travel Quarantines - read about the curious case of Serifos, reported by our very own local
@nchrysoloras
via
@bpolitics
Ajay Banga โhas 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,โ
@SecYellen
says
US Treasury Secretary โฆ
@SecYellen
โฉ looking at seized & destroyed Russian tanks and self-propelled artillery earlier today during her visit to Kyiv (๐ธ by ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝโฆโฆ
@DarynaKrasno
โฉ)
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
The Covid-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer and BioNTech prevent more than 90% of infections in a study of tens of thousands of volunteers via
@business
Russia has been suspended from the Egmont Group of financial intelligence units, which shares data on money laundering and terror financing -- with
@AlbertoNardelli
EU fiscal rules are convoluted, lack political ownership, and are difficult to enforce, theย European Commission will say next week, according to a draft of its economic governance review via
@markets
As you digest today's post-Brexit trade deal, take some time to read this by
@IanWishart
on the U.K.โs perennially uneasy relationship with the EU. A lovely - if not a bit bittersweet- read on how Britain slipped away.
The US says itโs stepping up enforcement of the price cap on Russian oil in a new phase for the measure that was imposed by the G-7 after the invasion of Ukraine
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
Some of Europeโs 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
On the vaccine export controls snafu, trade chief
@VDombrovskis
said the EUโs trade services acted โat the request of - and with inputs from - relevant cabinets and services at the Commission"
via
@bpolitics
Even though EU leaders papered over differences on the rule of law and cleared the way for the budget & recovery fund, the dispute has raised questions about the blocโs ability to forge a consensus behind its strategic objectives over the longer term