Seated in a wheelchair awaiting him was Germany’s dour and all-powerful finance chief, Wolfgang Schäuble. The personification of fiscal discipline, Mr. Schauble was flanked by several officials, dossiers at the…
BERLIN — The new Greek government’s debt-diplomacy tour of European capitals hit another rough patch on Thursday, as the country’s new finance minister and his German counterpart groped for common…
PARIS — French officials said Sunday they would support the new Greek government’s efforts to get the country back on its feet after five years of crushing austerity, but warned…
By James Mackenzie and Renee Maltezou ATHENS, Jan 31 (Reuters) – New Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, striking a conciliatory note on debt talks after a turbulent start to office,…
Greece will neither seek an extension of its controversial bailout nor cooperate with the so-called “troika” of international creditors, the country’s new finance minister declared Friday, following up on a…
Yanis Varoufakis, a self-described “erratic Marxist,” is the new finance minister of Greece under the just-elected Syriza-led government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. In the coming weeks, Varoufakis will be…
A Greek economist and outspoken bailout critic has been named as finance minister in the country’s new left-wing government. The 53-year-old Yanis Varoufakis was named as Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’…