Yianis Varoufakis

Dijsselbloem says “clean exit” from memorandum for Greece the goal, but supervision will continue…

“We share a common and strong interest in completing the review quickly before the end of year”, said EuroGroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem during the joint press conference in Athens at the Finance Minitry, Monday with Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos.

Varoufakis: Let there be a special inquiry on parallel payments plan

Former Greek Finance Minister Yianis Varoufakis continued his revelations regarding the first 6 months of SYRIZA’s rule in 2015, revealing that Greek PM Alexis Tsipras was totally aware of the plan of a parallel payments system via the Greek online tax system called taxisnet from 2012. In an interview to radio station 9.89 Alpha, Mr.

Schauble to “Ta Nea” newspaper: Greek government decides on mix of policies not me

The German Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schuable claims he is not responsible for the hardships of the Greek people, arguing its was the government of Greece that decided to slash pensions and choose the mix of policies for the country’s fiscal adjustment in accordance to the bailout programme it signed on to.

Regling: Greece would be out of crisis, if it had not gone off the rails in 2015

Director of the European Stability Mechanism Klaus Regling said that Greece would have been out of there crisis in 2015 of the government under then Finance Minister Yianis Varoufakis had not taken the wrong path. In an interview to German newspaper Bild, Mr.

Varoufakis: Schauble wants to control French budget

“Do you have the impression that Schauble cares about Greece? He knows that there is no way the memorandums will succeed in our country. The only thing he wants is to control the French budget”, ex-Finance Minister of Greece Yianis Varoufakis told an audience during the presentation of his new book titled “The Abduction of Europe”.

Varoufakis: Official government line was that country was bankrupt

In an article in newspaper “Efimedida Ton Syntakton”, former Greek Finance Minister Yianis Varoufakis responds to the allegations levelled against him by the governor of the Bank of Greece (BoG), Yiannis Stournaras during his deposition before the parliamentary committee on transparency. In his article Varoufakis calls for the removal of Stornaras from his position as governor.

Bank of Greece Governor blasts ex-Finance Minister Varoufakis before parliamentary committee

The Governor of the Bank of Greece (BoG), Yiannis Stornaras testified before the parliamentary enquiry committee examining the loans to Greek media, Tuesday, causing former Finance Minister Yianis Varoufakis for the harm caused on the Greek economy due to the capital controls imposed in the summer of 2015.

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