Yianis Varoufakis

Former Greek Finance Minister Yianis Varoufakis tweeted that the Troika was a ‘para-state’ force of ‘pseudo-technocrats’ responding to the wikileaks revelations about the conversation between Thomsen and Velculescu, Saturday. The self proclaimed ‘erratic Marxists’ said in a couple of Tweets that they were undermining Europe. ‘The unilateral targeting against Thomsen was stupid.

Former Greek Finance Minister Yianis Varoufakis said he was not fired by the Greek PM Alexis Tsipras, but he resigned, in an interview to Bloomberg. ‘When I realised we were not on the right path I decided to leave’, he underlined. ‘I was hoping for a deal that would have ended the Greek crisis’, he pointed out, adding that the Troika did not want the end of the crisis.

Former Greek Finance Minister Yianis Varoufakis said in an interview to the ‘Times’, Sunday that Scottish PM Alex Salmond made a ‘big mistake’ by calling for independence of Scotland, while instating that Scotland would continue to use sterling as its currency.

Danae Stratou, wife of former Greek Finance Minister Yianis Varoufakis, says she and her husband do not feel aggrieved and do not plan to emigrate from Greece.

In an interview to ‘Secret’ magazine, the impressive blonde 51-year-old visual artist says she would do anything for her ‘Yanis’!

Former Greek Finance Minister Yianis Varoufakis said debt relief under the current agreement Greece signed with its EU creditors is ‘a lost cause’, in an interview to site ‘Politico.eu’. The erratic Marxist accuses the Greek oligarchs of being in ‘cahoots’ with the ‘Troika’ (European Commission, European Central Bank and the IMF). He believes Greece will resemble Kosovo in the next 5 years.

Meet “Game of Greece”, a play on the international television phenomenon “Game of Thrones”, as seen by “Die Zeit”, which comes complete with 10 “episodes” dating to the country’s first “covenant” to join the future currency union.

The ‘blame game’ between Greece and its creditors over who was responsible for the break-down of negotiations continues, as Greek citizens are feeling the harsh reality of capital controls and closed banks. ECB President, Jean-Claude Junker accused the Greek government for suddenly leaving the negotiations just as the 2 sides were about to close the deal, reports Politico Europe site.

Konstantina Efthymiou, the charming PR spokesperson for Greek Finance Minister Yianis Varoufakis, stands in the shadows while Greece’s finance chief hogs the spotlight. Proto Thema’s sources point to her as the image maker of the non-conformist academic-turned-minister.

"We are equal partners in the European Union. While sticking to its rules, we, too, have the right to reinforce our relations with any third country, as long as this is in the interest of our country," Nikos Kotzias, the Greek foreign minister, stated in February, one month after the new leftist government of Syriza was elected to power. 

In his interview to Italian television, the Greek Minister of Finance Yianis Varoufakis used lyrics of Beatles song to answer a question about whether Greece continues to ask for money.