18-03-2015 13:48 via news.yahoo.com

'Varoufakis problem' weighs on Greek debt talks

By Jan Strupczewski and George Georgiopoulos BRUSSELS/ATHENS (Reuters) - With incendiary interviews, an undiplomatic demeanor, a celebrity photo shoot and an obscene finger gesture, Yanis Varoufakis is becoming part of Greece's debt problem rather than the solution, or so his euro zone partners believe. Many Greeks regard their new finance minister as a breath of fresh air, a man who has told his colleagues in the Eurogroup a few home truths about the futility of forcing austerity policies on an
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