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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Greece's outspoken Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis described his country's liquidity problems as "insignificant" in a German TV appearance on Sunday.
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.
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.
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.
An offering that rehabilitates the much-maligned German sense of humour is rocking the internet with a searing spoof metal tribute to Greece's formidable new finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, filled with painful moments of self-mockery.
UPDATE: Spiegel reported on Tuesday that Eurozone finance ministers had agreed the details of a financial aid programme for Greece in a conference call.
Update: Top European officials were engaged in furious diplomacy on Friday to build a bridge between fiercely divided Greek and German ministers whose agreement is needed to solve a bitter row over Greece's huge debt.
Berlin reacted harshly to a letter sent from Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to eurozone countries on Thursday, saying that it did not represent an acceptable compromise over Greece's bailout arrangements.
