‘Erratic Marxist’ Varoufakis advising Britain’s Labour Party, Corbyn says
Yanis Varoufakis, the self-described “erratic Marxist” who alienated his euro zone colleagues during his time as Greece’s finance minister, has secured a new role advising...
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Greek ex-finmin Varoufakis launches democracy movement
BERLIN, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Yanis Varoufakis, who as Greece’s finance minister last year tried to defy German-backed austerity policies, launched a pan-European movement in...
Greece’s Varoufakis says euro zone “dangerously close” to “accident”
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said on Thursday the euro zone was “dangerously close” to a state of mind “that accepts an accident,” slamming other...
Greek PM tears into lenders, euro zone prepares for ‘Grexit’ (Update 2)
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accused Greece’s creditors on Tuesday of trying to “humiliate” Greeks with more cuts as he defied a growing drumbeat of warnings...
Wife shields Greece’s Varoufakis from anarchist attack at restaurant
A group of self-styled anarchists threw glass objects at Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and his wife Danae at an Athens restaurant late on Tuesday,...
Greece moves to quell default fears, pledges to meet “all obligations”
By Anna Yukhananov Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said on Sunday that Greece “intends to meet all obligations to all its creditors, ad infinitum,” seeking...
As Greek-German ties erode, Athens complains about Schaeuble ‘insult’ (Updated)
Greece has accused German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble of insulting his Greek counterpart, the latest deterioration in a relationship badly strained by Berlin’s tough line...
Bankrupt magicians have no dignity worth defending
By Loucas Charalambous WHEN GREECE entered the eurozone on January 1, 2001, some analysts were taken by surprise. They all wondered how this country had...
Greek finance minister’s letter to the Eurogroup
The following is the text of Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis’s letter to Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem outlining Greece’s proposed reforms. Dear President of the...
Not even a clairvoyant could guess what Greece wants
By Loucas Charalambous With the tragicomic dimensions it took, the confrontation between the new Greek government and the country’s lenders and partners in the EU...
Different delivery, one message to Greece’s new leaders
By Alessandra Galloni and Ingrid Melander In Paris and Rome, it was sugar coated; in Berlin and Frankfurt unequivocal. But the message from European capitals...
Greece seeks ECB bridging funds, vows to respect EU rules
By John O’Donnell and Jan Strupczewski Greece’s new leftist government appealed to the European Central Bank on Wednesday to keep its banks afloat and vowed...
