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Justice Minister denies talking about confiscating Goethe Institute in Athens

Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos denied on Tuesday ever talking about confiscating the German state-owned Goethe Institute in Athens.

Noting that not a single Greek citizen -including him- would have wanted this historical educational institute to be seized he denied ever making such a statement.

Pol leader quotes Yanis on 'Grexit': ATMs emptied in 20 minutes; clock turned back decades

"In 20 minutes all of the ATMs will have been emptied dry; poverty will have conquered 80% of (Greek) households," was the way centrist Potami leader Stavros Theodorakis described the repercussions of Greece's exit from the eurozone - the financial markets' bogeyman known as "Grexit".

PM Tsipras to meet Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis on Tuesday

Two days after renowned composer and veteran leftist Mikis Theodorakis released an article urging the Greek Prime Minister to reject a loan extension agreement with eurozone creditors in the wake of an earlier rejection by the German FinMin, a meeting was quickly arranged for a face-to-face meeting on Tuesday morning.

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?

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