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Officially, Greek FinMin Yanis Varoufakis, toasted of late as the world's latest "celebrity economist", will lead a Greek delegation at Thursday's White House reception honoring Greek Independence Day (March 25), an annual affair.

Outspoken SYRIZA MP Rachel Makri adorned the cover of a local lifestyle magazine this week, with an array of “glam shots” inside the covers as well.

Makri, who switched from the rightist-populist Independent Greeks (AN.EL) to leftist SYRIZA before the Jan. 25 election and was re-elected, has often raised eyebrows with her … unconventional style and statements.

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis is due to meet US President Barack Oabama on Thursday, Kathimerini has learned.

"? We are prepared to make all sorts of compromises, we are not prepared to be compromised," was Greek FinMin Yanis Varoufakis' parting shot on Thursday in a Bloomberg TV interview from Paris.

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Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, the man who ruined International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chief Christine Lagarde’s Easter, visited the IMF headquarters in Washington for a meeting at 6 p.m. on Sunday (1 a.m.

Greek crooner Yiannis Parios, known for his love songs, is headed to North America for a tour titled "My Life?" that features several milestones from his long music career.

Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said in Parliament on Thursday morning that it is unacceptable that public opinion is being informed by websites on the negotiation with the partners.

New Democracy deputy Yiannis Voutsis had earlier said that deputies are informed on the government's proposals on the Internet.

Yanis Varoufakis on Wednesday issued his own little prank on the occasion of April Fool's Day to his followers on Twitter, with a message that included a link to an article describing the Greek FinMin's new "ambitious plan" for the salvation of Greek economy: That Greece starts running on bitcoin!

A list of reforms submitted by the Greek government to the Brussels Group reportedly includes the sale of a majority stake in the Piraeus Port Authority as well as the sale of 14 regional airports, two major privatizations tenders that the new leftist government promised to overturn before it came to power.