Valerie Hopkins

Valerie Hopkins is a journalist based in the Western Balkans. Follow her on Twitter @Valeriein140.
Articles by Valerie Hopkins
A man walks past a mural, vandalized with paint, depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and US President Donald Trump and bearing the Cyrillic letters reading "Kosovo is Serbia", in Belgrade on January 25, 2017. / AFP / ANDREJ ISAKOVIC / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo credit should read ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP/Getty Images)
A man walks past a mural, vandalized with paint, depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and US President Donald Trump and bearing the Cyrillic letters reading "Kosovo is Serbia", in Belgrade on January 25, 2017. / AFP / ANDREJ ISAKOVIC / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo credit should read ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP/Getty Images)

Donald Trump’s Big League Balkans Problem

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Let Them Eat Alexander the Great Statues

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Fortress Europe’s Balkan Outpost

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The Town Dayton Turned Into a Garbage Dump

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Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Balkans

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In the Shadow of Genocide

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Set the Trojan Horse on Fire

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The One Muslim Country That Loves America Is Developing an Extremist Problem

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‘A Reckoning Hasn’t Happened’

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Ukraine’s Do-It-Yourself War

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How to Celebrate a War’s Beginning

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As if Catastrophic Flooding Wasn’t Bad Enough…

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Justice Undone

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