https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed For the first half of 2015 he was the arch nemesis of the German government. But Greece’s left-wing former Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, revealed on Monday his admiration for Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble. https://www.thelocal.de/20151221/varoufakis-id-consider-voting-for-merkel Mon, 21 Dec 2015 16:09:01 +0100 varoufakis-id-consider-voting-for-merkel A Greek restaurant-owner in Berlin is bringing his homeland's current political crisis to life for customers – by creating a menu based on Greece's financial struggles. https://www.thelocal.de/20150727/dish-of-the-day-the-grexit-platter Mon, 27 Jul 2015 14:17:46 +0200 dish-of-the-day-the-grexit-platter UPDATE: In an editorial to be published in Die Zeit on Thursday, former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis accuses German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble of planning to 'sacrifice' Greece as an example to other eurozone members. https://www.thelocal.de/20150715/germany-maintains-no-to-greek-debt-relief Wed, 15 Jul 2015 16:22:24 +0200 germany-maintains-no-to-greek-debt-relief Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Monday that without the agreement of Greece's creditors at the European Commission, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Central Bank (ECB) there could be no new agreement on bailout funds. https://www.thelocal.de/20150622/europe-meets-for-crucjh-summit Mon, 22 Jun 2015 13:05:58 +0200 europe-meets-for-crucjh-summit Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis told Bild in an interview published on Tuesday he had no plans to present a reform list at a meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Luxembourg on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150616/varoufakis-expect-no-new-reforms-on-thursday Tue, 16 Jun 2015 10:44:02 +0200 varoufakis-expect-no-new-reforms-on-thursday At a lecture in Berlin on Monday evening, Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis implored Germany and the country's other creditors to respect the course laid out by the radical-left Syriza government. https://www.thelocal.de/20150609/varoufakis-asks-patience-for-athens Tue, 09 Jun 2015 10:19:44 +0200 varoufakis-asks-patience-for-athens German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday urged speedy efforts for debt-hit Greece to reach a deal with its international creditors. https://www.thelocal.de/20150519/merkel-and-hollande-urge-speedy-greece-deal Tue, 19 May 2015 17:24:03 +0200 merkel-and-hollande-urge-speedy-greece-deal German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble expressed scepticism on Tuesday about whether Greece would be able to strike a deal with international creditors in the next few days on vital financial aid. https://www.thelocal.de/20150505/europe-faces-uphill-greece-battle-schuble Tue, 05 May 2015 15:46:14 +0200 europe-faces-uphill-greece-battle-schuble Athens will resume talks with its creditors Monday, a Greek government source said, after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke on the phone with Chancellor Angela Merkel. https://www.thelocal.de/20150427/merkel-and-tsipras-have-positive-phone-chat Mon, 27 Apr 2015 10:32:12 +0200 merkel-and-tsipras-have-positive-phone-chat Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said on Wednesday that there was almost no chance of a new Greek bailout agreement when EU finance ministers meet in Riga next week. https://www.thelocal.de/20150416/greece-eurozone-schaeuble-rules-out-greek-bailout-deal Thu, 16 Apr 2015 11:57:23 +0200 greece-eurozone-schaeuble-rules-out-greek-bailout-deal Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, dismissed Greek calls for Germany to pay reparations of €278.8 billion for crimes committed during the Second World War on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150407/greeks-demand-278-bn-war-reparations Tue, 07 Apr 2015 10:21:11 +0200 greeks-demand-278-bn-war-reparations Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis called on German and Greek leaders to calm their rhetoric over his country's bailout programme in an op-ed published in Germany on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150330/varoufakis-begs-for-calm-in-war-of-words Mon, 30 Mar 2015 11:24:33 +0200 varoufakis-begs-for-calm-in-war-of-words Update: After German tabloid Bild reported that Germany's least-favourite Greek minister Yanis Varoufakis was considering resigning, the minister rejected the story on Twitter. https://www.thelocal.de/20150327/bild-varoufakis-contemplating-resignation Fri, 27 Mar 2015 12:57:55 +0100 bild-varoufakis-contemplating-resignation Update: A German TV prankster "admitted" on Wednesday to faking a video showing Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis giving the middle-finger gesture to Germany, after the politician vehemently contested its authenticity - but ZDF television confirmed on Thursday that the confession was itself a fake. https://www.thelocal.de/20150319/tv-prankster-faked-varoufakis-middle-finger Thu, 19 Mar 2015 09:10:49 +0100 tv-prankster-faked-varoufakis-middle-finger Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble boiled over in comments about the Greek government late on Monday night, even as there was news that Chancellor Angela Merkel will seek to reset relations by inviting Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20150317/schuble-loses-cool-in-greek-war-of-words Tue, 17 Mar 2015 09:30:34 +0100 schuble-loses-cool-in-greek-war-of-words Greece's outspoken Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis described his country's liquidity problems as "insignificant" in a German TV appearance on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150316/greece-cashflow-troubles-insignificant-varoufakis Mon, 16 Mar 2015 10:26:18 +0100 greece-cashflow-troubles-insignificant-varoufakis Most Germans now believe that Greece shouldn't stay in the eurozone, a survey published on Friday shows. https://www.thelocal.de/20150313/germany-demands-explanation-of-greece-refugee-threat Fri, 13 Mar 2015 09:41:52 +0100 germany-demands-explanation-of-greece-refugee-threat Update:Greece protested Thursday to Germany over comments by German Finance Minister Wolfgang schäuble deemed "condescending" towards his Greek counterpart Yanis Varoufakis, an official said. https://www.thelocal.de/20150312/varoufakis-germanys-never-trusted-me Thu, 12 Mar 2015 10:00:36 +0100 varoufakis-germanys-never-trusted-me German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble insisted Tuesday that urgent technical talks on extending Greece's bailout would involve the "troika" of creditors, despite claims by Athens that the much-loathed group would play no part. https://www.thelocal.de/20150310/greece-crisis-troika-eurozone-schaeuble-insists-greece-will-answer-to-troika Tue, 10 Mar 2015 18:53:13 +0100 greece-crisis-troika-eurozone-schaeuble-insists-greece-will-answer-to-troika Germany's finance ministry revealed that it had received €360 million in interest payments from Greece since 2010 through its bailout loans to the crisis-stricken country. https://www.thelocal.de/20150305/syrica-greece-crisis-greeks-pay-germany-360m-in-interest Thu, 05 Mar 2015 09:25:18 +0100 syrica-greece-crisis-greeks-pay-germany-360m-in-interest