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Director Costa-Gavras to Take Varoufakis Book to Big Screen

Acclaimed director Costa-Gavras expressed his wish to make a film out of Yanis Varoufakis' book "Undefeated Losers", that was presented on Monday in Athens. The former finance minister presented the Greek edition of his book "Adults in the Room" titled...

Varoufakis Reveals Official Phone Calls Recorded by his Wife

Yanis Varoufakis revealed that his wife Danae Stratou was recording his discussions over the phone at the time when he was negotiating with Greece’s creditors in 2015. In the Greek edition of his book "Adults in the Room", and in...

Satirical Play “Alexis & Yanis” Hits the London Stage (video)

"Alexis & Yanis", “a love story between the Greek prime minister and his finance minister during the negotiations of the Greek debt in 2015,” will hit the London stage October 27-29. Writer, director and protagonist Alexandre Kollatos describes the satirical play...

Varoufakis Causes a Stir with T-Shirt Message to Wolfgang Schäuble

Yanis Varoufakis stole the limelight during a speech at Patras on Wednesday night when he wore a t-shirt depicting a man on a wheelchair tramping over another man accompanied by the slogan: «It’s the economy stupid!» The reference to German...

Eurogroup Chief Arrives in Greece for First Time after Enigmatic Handshake with Varoufakis

Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem is to arrive in Greece on Monday for talks with Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos as a prelude to the third review of the bailout program. The Dutch economist will be accompanied by the head of the...

Varoufakis' DIEM25 Movement May Seek European Parliament Seats in 2019

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...

WSJ: Britain Still has Time to Avoid Repeating Varoufakis' Mistakes in Brexit Talks

Britain must avoid repeating the mistakes made by Greece and Yanis Varoufakis in negotiations with the European Union regarding the Brexit, a Wall Street Journal report says. Writer of the report Simon Nixon says that Varoufakis' book "Adults in the...

New Sensational Details Emerge from Varoufakis Book

The recently released book by former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis continues to cause controversy in Greece. The book, ‘Adults in the Room’, which reveals details of the first seven months of the SYRIZA-led administration in 2015, when Varoufakis was Fin...

Varoufakis Reveals Text Message Exchange with Tsipras on Temporary Grexit

New information is coming to light following the publication of Yanis Varoufakis’ book Adults in the Room: My Battle with Europe’s Deep Establishment. The book will be published in Greece in September. According to excerpts published by Greek newspaper Proto...

Varoufakis: Greek PM Should Apologize to Samaras, Stournaras

"The prime minister should apologize to Messrs. Samaras and Stournaras, or stop these offensive celebrations," former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis said. Varoufakis issued a statement on his personal website after the Greek government announced the issuance of five-year state...