Greece

Former Finance Minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis has published recordings from 2015 closed-door talks with the Eurogroup on his country’s bailout program to expose the “awful” decision-making of the troika creditors. A trove of audio files recorded between February and...

Hollywood star Pamela Anderson, world famous thanks to her classic Baywatch role, arrived in Athens on Sunday and immediately caused a stir with her views on Greek politics. After she was warmly welcomed to the country with a huge bouquet...

Former Greek Minister of Finance Yanis Varoufakis was selected on Sunday as a candidate of his party Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25) for the European elections in Germany. "I accept (the nomination) because it epitomizes the new trans-national politics...

Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis hailed the referendum of July 5, 2015 as a "celebration of Democracy", to mark its third anniversary. In a series of tweets in both English and Greek, Varoufakis says that "three years ago, today,...

Former Finance Minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis has confirmed he will run for prime minister in the nation’s next general election. "It sounds like a nightmare to become the prime minister of Greece...But then again, it's a dirty job. Somebody...

Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has announced his intention to create a new political party. In a tweet on Thursday marking the third anniversary of SYRIZA in power, Varoufakis said that that "three years ago today the Greeks decided...

Former Greek Finance minister Yanis Varoufakis is notorious for challenging EU officials over the Greek bailout programme and Wolfgang Schaeuble's interview on Skai TV last night opened another chapter in the public duel between the two men. In an open...

Appearing on the TV program BBC This Week, former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis launched a savage attack on the EU, claiming it is destined to fail because the euro is doomed. The BBC’s Andrew Neil asked him what he...

Former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis dismissed reports in the Greek media that he will stand as a candidate in Germany for the European elections in 2019. The leader of the DiEM25 movement claimed that his Euractiv news site interview, was...

At the 60th anniversary summit of the European Union, European leaders celebrated the signing of the Declaration of Rome. Simultaneously the former right hand to PM Tspiras, Yanis Varoufakis along with his wife protested in the central streets of Italy. The ex-Greek...

The Financial Times uploaded mini-interviews with politicians, bankers, business leaders and writers giving tips on how to detox digitally in the sun. It goes without saying that Greece's outspoken former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis was sought out for his...

Greek former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, the man who recently admitted that the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) had agreed to threaten its partners with Grexit, is now urging Britain to avoid a Brexit. The maverick economist is backing support...

New independent AthensLive , the crowdfunded and alternative media outlet, scored its first large scoop in a guerrilla interview with former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis. In his talk, he commented on some of his experiences with the leadership of...

"In February I will make my own party" revealed Yanis Varoufakis in an interview with the Italian site espresso.repubblica.it. The Former Finance Minister spoke of a European movement which will aim towards democratizing the European Union. "I want to prove that...

On Wednesday evening, former Greek Finance Minister and current SYRIZA MP Yanis Varoufakis voted against a bill that turned into law the austerity-filled terms of the new Greek bailout deal Greece and its international creditors had agreed to in Brussels. The...