Opinion Piece Although the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Greece is no more than 175 billion Euros, all of a sudden on the official State Budget for the year 2015, an amount…
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Greece’s former Finance Minister Yiannis Varoufakis called on Parliament to call for a ceasefire in Syria by way of a formal resolution. Varoufakis, who leads the MeRA25 political party sent a letter…
Greece’s former finance minister and current MP Yanis Varoufakis on Saturday accused French police of “violent” behaviour over a passport check at Paris’ main airport. “You are a disgrace to the French…
Whilst Greece’s main opposition party New Democracy won a decisive victory in the country’s national election after securing 153 seats in Parliament, the most obvious loser was the controversial far-right Golden Dawn…
With more than 99.25% of the European Parliament votes counted on Tuesday night, another big loser from the elections was former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis whose party, MeRA25, lost its single seat…
Following the disastrous results for Syriza in the Euro Parliamentary elections and Tsipras’ announcement of snap national elections, Greece’s former Finance Minister declared his intention on Sunday to run. Controversial former Finance…
Eurogroup’s former President Jeroen Dijsselbloem labelled the handling of the crisis by then Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis as ‘catastrophic’ during a media interview. Speaking to ANT1 television on Monday, Dijsselbloem added the crisis…
In an exclusive interview with TRT World, Greece’s former Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, says he will run for Prime Minister in Greece’s next general election. TRT World’s Imran Garda spoke to the anti-austerity…
by Aggelos Skordas Greece’s former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has announced the formation of a new political party on Monday, promising to bring “realistic hope” to the crisis-stricken country. The controversial economist’s…
Greece’s former controversial and flamboyant finance minister has made a surprise intervention by urging Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to turn his back on the lenders. The Greek Australian academic encouraged Tsipras to…