Yanis Varoufakis has gone and annoyed an awful lot of Terribly Serious People by simply stating the truth. The thing is that he's absolutely right in what he says, that Greece was never going to repay ...

In his new book, the former Greek finance minister reveals how Europe's leading powers forced harsh economic policies on his country. If you are not the sort of person who is already likely to read a ...

Greece's outgoing "rock star" Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis was president of the Black Student Union at Essex University while doing his PhD there in the 1980s, according to The Telegraph. The ...

When I first met Yanis Varoufakis in the summer of 2014, he was a highly respected but relatively obscure economist. Back then, the price of one bitcoin fluctuated around $440. Fast-forward three ...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Brash and unrepentant for lecturing Europe on the evils of austerity, Yanis Varoufakis rose to instant hero in Greece when he became finance minister in January. Three months on, ...

This conversation with Yanis Varoufakis was recorded in July 2023. However, it reads like it was made for today. As inflation lingers, market volatility grows, and central banks face mounting pressure ...

Yanis Varoufakis has announced plans to run for office in two countries simultaneously. (AP / Matteo Bazzi) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional ...

Greece's Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has only been in the job three months but in that time he's hardly been off the front page. In the 100 days since his leftwing party came top in the ...

Yanis Varoufakis, the controversial former Greek finance minister, has told CNBC that even a child could see why the Greek bailout was not going to work. "A 10-year-old with some basic mathematics ...