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10 things you may not know about Yanis Varoufakis (photos+videos)

1. He writes his name with one n instead of two because of a conflict with a teacher in primary school. He liked seeing it with one n, she kept insisting two. Once she marked down an exam from 10/10 to 8/10 for this reason. When 13, he found a book by Yianis Kordatos who also prefered the one n spelling and that was the end of it?

2. In 1983, he lived in London and had hair?

SYRIZA Wins Greece's Early Election, Official Count Shows

Leftist SYRIZA party is to win 149 out of 300 seats in Greece's Parliament following early elections held Sunday, two seats short of a majority, according to official results cited by Greek news websites.

The figures show a total of seven parties have made it into Parliament, though this has to be confirmed by the electoral commission of Greece.

To Potami chief confident of finances after meeting with BoG governor

Emerging from a briefing on Tuesday by Bank of Greece Governor and Former Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras in Athens, the leader of To Potami, currently polling in third place at 6-7 percent for the January 25 elections, said that the situation with the Greek economy "appears difficult but under control."

Former public revenues general secretary to run with Potami

Former general secretary for public revenues Haris Theocharis is running with To Potami in the January 25 election, it emerged on Wednesday. He is expected to be candidate in the Athens B electoral district in Attica.

Theocharis resigned from his position last year, citing personal reasons.

Drasi leader urges party members to stand with Potami

Theodoros Skylakakis, the head of pro-business party Drasi, announced on Monday that he will be supporting centrist To Potami in the upcoming general elections.

Skylakakis, formerly an MEP, gave a joint press conference with To Potami leader Stavros Theodorakis in which he called for Drasi members to stand with the fledgling party.

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