Greek Finance Minister

After week-long coverage of Greece’s political and financial situation in the post-election era, Australian media is estimating that Greece will eventually come to an agreement with the European Union. The Weekend Australian published an article by Henry Ergas where the...

Before he became Greece's new finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis was very outspoken on what Greece needs to do to get out of the crisis. He even produced a documentary showcasing his suggestions about Greece's economy. In the following documentary...

By Eve Geroulis* In 2011 while preparing to deliver a TEDx talk in Athens, I recall thinking I had taken on a Herculean task in addressing the topic of hope in the most hopeless country in Europe. Until I saw...

"The problem with the bailout is that it wasn't really a bailout," Giannis Varoufakis told Bloomberg on Monday, a day before he was sworn in as Greece's new Finance Minister. The 53-year-old economics professor who is now an official member of...

The German magazine Focus published a rather harsh article which states that Greece’s situation is a “hopeless case.” The article continues by saying that Greeks are still living beyond their means, while it also attacks Greek Finance Minister, Yannis...

The Greek Finance Minister, Yiannis Stournaras, had a meeting earlier today with representatives of the Greek farmers union. However, the two parties could not reach an agreement and the union underlined that they will do everything that is within...

This Thursday morning, January 30, the Greek Finance Minister, Yannis Stournaras will meet with representatives of Troika in order to discuss new developments in the economic sector. The meeting will be held at 11am in the presence of a delegation...

Greek Finance Minister, Yannis Stournaras recently spoke to the Financial Times, saying that the small parliamentary majority of the government makes it increasingly difficult to pass hard economic reform measures and asks troika to be more realistic in its...

While Greece is frantically looking for cash everywhere during a crushing economic crisis, the Finance Ministry said it's going to get rid of up to 200 levies designed to raise funds for social security funds and other organizations after...

European Union Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said it’s too early to judge how much extra money Greece will need to plug an emerging hole in its 240 billion-euro rescue program. Rehn said the so-called troika representing creditors...