Yanis Varoufakis

Greek Finance Minister Yianis Voaroufakis has turned into a symbol of hope for many austerity-stricken Greeks and other Europeans that have seen their quality of life degrading as a result of EU's austerity-driven policies. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was...

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis told reporters on Wednesday he had a "fruitful" meeting with ECB’s chief Mario Draghi in Frankfurt. “We had a fruitful conversation,” the Greek FinMin told reporters immediately after the conclusion of the meeting that focused...

The European Central Bank is unwilling to raise Greece’s Treasury bill issuance ceiling from the current 15 billion euros to 25 billion euros, according to a report in the Financial Times. The financial newspaper cites two European officers involved in...

Eurozone finance ministers are "likely" to hold an extraordinary meeting in Brussels on February 11, on the eve of the European Council, to find a common solution concerning Greece’s request to relieve its debt, a source close to the...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' meeting with his Italian counterpart Matteo Renzi in Rome was concluded in a positive climate a few minutes ago and the two Premiers proceeded with a joint press conference, underlining Greece 's need of reforms....

The markets took a breather today, following the Greek government’s decision to abandon its request for a “haircut.” It also opened the way for meetings between Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and ECB President Mario Draghi as well as with German...

The government's firm position is that the Greek debt is not sustainable and that is the reason why its write-off is required, government spokesman Gavriil Sakellaridis on Tuesday told ANT1 TV. Sakellaridis stressed that the government has not changed its...

France's Finance Minister Michel Sapin warned Athens against any attempt to play Paris off against Berlin over Greece's debt crisis, saying a Franco-German agreement is key to striking a deal that would help Greeks and ensure they meet their commitments,...

  "Syriza had 22 days to make history. This is how they did it," says director Theopi Skarlatos describing her latest documentary "Greece: The End of Austerity?" "We followed Syriza's activists, candidates and leadership from the waterfront, to remote mountain villages, to...

The Greek public debt will become sustainable, said Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis after comments that followed his interview with the Financial Times, where he said that Greece will not ask for a debt write-off but will seek to replace the debt with new bonds. Varoufakis...