Greece

Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis' Diem25 pan-European political movement may seek to enter the European Parliament, as part of a broader effort to overhaul what it calls 'the deep establishment'. The former Greek finance minister, and one of Diem 25's...

Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has launched a new political movement, DIEM25, a pan-European movement for democracy with the aim of democratizing Europe. The launching of DIEM25 took place yesterday at Berlin’s Volksbühne theatre and featured speeches from Barcelona’s...

As the vote for the bill to regulate demonstrations is about to go up for a vote in the Greek Parliament Thursday, there continue to be fierce reactions from the opposition, unions and other sectors of society. Greece's public sector employees...

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...

Greek Speaker of the House Constantine Tassoulas rebuked MeRA25 leader and ex-Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis on Friday for handing an envelope over to him containing a USB of the conversations he had secretly recorded while attending a Eurogroup discussion...

Greece's parliament was sworn in Wednesday after the July 7 elections that saw a broad conservative victory end over four years of leftist rule. Six parties are represented in the new 300-seat chamber: New Democracy with 158 seats, SYRIZA -...

As the Greek national election campaign ends on Friday, the two contenders for the premiership, Alexis Tsipras and Kyriakos Mitsotakis give the last battle before Sunday's polls. While all polls indicate that New Democracy will be the winning party -...

Yanis Varoufakis was the surprise of the recent European parliamentary elections, with his party, called "Democracy in Europe Movement 2025" (DiEM25), coming only a few votes shy of snatching a seat. On Thursday, the eccentric economist announced the candidates who...

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...

Yanis Varoufakis, no stranger to provocative statements, is in the news again following a television appearance in Greece on Monday. Speaking on Skai TV, Varoufakis claimed that investor George Soros had asked Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to fire Varoufakis...

Former Greek finance minister and one-time ally of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Yanis Varoufakis, has claimed Greece's "bankruptcy" has been extended by five more decades. Varoufakis, now a founder of the DiEM25 movement, tweeted in aftermath of the Greek debt-relief...

A new political party launched by former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis on Monday claims it will use debt restructuring to curb the effects of Greece's financial crisis. MeRA25 (an acronym for European Realist Disobedience Front), will be an offshoot...

Former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has revealed that the new political party he is forming in Greece will be called MeRA25. Making the announcement on his personal website, he said that MeRA25 (an acronym for European Realist Disobedience Front), will...

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 reiterated that he had never threatened creditors with a Grexit; and announced his decision to run in the European elections with his party; DIEM25. On Wednesday night's interview on Alpha TV; Varoufakis spoke again about...