I am impressed about the secrets and revelations of Numerology, the mystical relationship between numbers and events and the symbolism in occult and pseudomathematic sciences. But if you belong to the crowds of people worldwide wondering why Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis writes his first name with one “n” and …
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Greek request: Varoufakis’ letter to Dijsselbloem (text)
Below is the text of the Greek request, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis sent to Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselbloem. “Athens, February 18, 2015 Dear President of the Eurogroup, Over the last five years, the people of Greece have exerted remarkable efforts in economic adjustment. The new government is committed to a …
Read More »“Varoufakis’ file”: full list of Greek proposals at 2 Eurogroup meeting, Moscovici’s & Dijssebloem’s drafts
Several eurozone finance ministers’ claimed after the Eurogroup meeting on Monday that Greece did not submit any specific proposals. In response to these claims, the Greek side published the s0-called Varoufakis’ file containing the Finance Minister’s speeches in the two eurogroup meetings in February with Greece’s proposals as well as …
Read More »Moscovici’s draft I & II to Varoufakis uploaded on internet
The draft handed out by EU Monetary affairs Commissioner to Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis prior to the Eurogroup meeting has been leaked to the press. In his press conference, Varoufakis said that he would have signed it. But Dijsselbloem had later given him another draft and he described as …
Read More »Varoufakis reveals: “Moscovici gave me a draft I could have signed” (video)”
That’s very serious, what Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis revealed at a press conference in Brussels on Monday during a break of the Eurogroup meeting. “Prior to Eurogroup Moscovici gave me a draft that Greece would be happy to sign,” Varoufakis said adding that Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselbloem withdrew it …
Read More »German SPD official suggests Tsipras should replace Varoufakis
Ha! Germans must have huge resources of inspiration and they will never stop to surprise us. An SPD politician from Merkels’ social-democrat coalition suggested s that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras should replacesFinance Minister Yanis Varoufakis as he apparently creates lots of confusion, German politicians cannot understand. SPD executive board member, …
Read More »Varoufakis: “Cloud of fear over Europe that risks becoming worse than former Soviet Union”
“Europe risks to become worse than the former Soviet union, the USSR,” Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis told Italian State Television Rai 3. In an interview to TV magazine Presa Diretta, the Greek FinMin said that “in recent years Europe is covered by a cloud of fear that threatens to …
Read More »Varoufakis inspires: New video game “SYRIZA MAN vs DR TROIKA”
Forget Packman, Marsman, Fenixman, Superman, Ironman, Spiderman and all the other video games heroes -Man you knew. Forget them together with their super scum enemies. Now it’s the SYRIZA MAN coming and he is going to save the world from the vicious and malicious DR TROIKA. The SYRIZA MAN is …
Read More »Varoufakis-Schaueble: “They agreed to disagree” but things not hopeless- Live blogging from Athens
The crucial meeting between Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis with his German counterpart Wolfgang Schaeuble started at ten minutes ago in Berlin. The meeting takes place in the shadow of European Central Bank decision Wednesday night to stop accepting Greek bonds as collateral for granting liguidity. The ECB decision prompted …
Read More »The Varoufakis Cult: from “Popstar Minister” to “Varou-Funky cocktail”
He is celebrated by international media like a pop icon for introducing a relaxed behavior and a casual fashion style in a clique of tight-lipped, perfectly tucked and dressed in all shades of dark grey fellowmen: the inner circle of yawning-boring looking economists, bankers, finance ministers and traders. With his …
Read More »Varoufakis: “I’m finance minister in a bankrupt country”
“I’m the finance minister of a bankrupt country,” Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis told German weekly DIE ZEIT and ZEIT ONLINE in an interview full of messages and good intentions, just days before his meeting with his German counterpart, Wolfgang Schaeuble on Thursday. He promised “a big reform program” and urged …
Read More »Varoufakis after meeting with Draghi: “It was fruitful, we have excellent communication line”
“We had a fruitful meeting,” Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis told reporters after the meeting with European Central Bank head Mario Draghi. He added that “we have an excellent communication line, which gives me courage for the future.” “Greece put its message at negotiations table” he said further with reference …
Read More »Varoufakis to meet Draghi and Schaeuble, Feb 4-5/2015
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis will meet with European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi and and German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Wednesday and Thursday respectively. The Greek FinMin announced his upcoming appointments in Germany speaking to reporters while in Rome today, Athens News Agency reports. State NERIT TV reported …
Read More »Varoufakis adamant in Paris; French FinMin Sapin did not freak out (lol)
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis met his French counterpart Michel Sapin in Paris. After the bilateral talks, the two men held a joint press conference. The Greek was adamant in his positions: he said that: a new debt deal was needed within months and reiterated that he would not negotiate …
Read More »PM Tsipras, FinMin Varoufakis in consultations race with European counterparts
Telephone lines between Athens and several European capitals went on fire on Saturday with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis calling around to calm down lenders and EU-partners, win allies for the Greek positions and assure that Greece was not in collision course with its creditors. Both …
Read More »Dijsselbloem: “You just killed Troika” – Varoufakis “WOW!” (video, pics)
The joint press conference was concluding, when Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis droped a last bombshell. “…and with this if you want – and according to European Parliament – flimsily-constructed committee we have no aim to cooperate. Thank you.” Varoufakis was referring to the famous Troika, the country’s official creditors …
Read More »Varoufakis tells Dijsselbloem: “Greek gov’t will not negotiate with Troika”
I don’t know what the two finance ministers said behind closed doors, but the press conference run wild. Yanis Varoufakis was very clear: “Greek government will not negotiate with the Troika, only with official parters” he said during a joint press conference with the head of Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem in …
Read More »FinMin Varoufakis: “We don’t need €7bn tranche, we need debt restructure”
“We don’t want the €7 billion. We want to sit down and rethink the whole program,” Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis told New York Times in an interview right after he assumed his new post. Out task “is to restructure the debt and the economy to get the money we …
Read More »FinMin Varoufakis: “Negotiations with creditors won’t be easy” but no need for “duels”
“Negotiations with creditors will not be easy,” but “we will negotiate a new agreement – a bridge between Greece previous programs and the new“” Yanis Varoufakis said in his first speech as the country’s new Finance Minister, while he was receiving his new portfolio by ex FinMin Gkikas Hardouvelis. He …
Read More »New FinMin Varoufakis will continue blogging, despite day job
Greece’s new Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, famous anti-austerity economist, author, writer and blogger with thousands of followers said that he will continue blogging -despite his new day job. In a post uploaded Tuesday morning, just a couple of hours before he sworn-in, Varoufakis wrote: Finance Ministry slows blogging down but …
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