German comedian Jan Böhmermann claimed he faked a middle finger gesture by Greece's former finance minister. He actually didn't, but showed how easy media can be manipulated. His dupe has won a top TV award.

The international press is focusing on former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis' admission that Plan B for Greece involved, among other things, “hacking” into Greek taxpayers personal tax codes.

In an interview to Australian radio, former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has described the 86 billion euro bailout deal agreed to by prime minister Alexis Tsipras as ‘a new Versailles Treaty’.