Greek Politician

A German TV presenter 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.

Gold eased below $1,560 an ounce on Tuesday after the failure of Greek politicians to form a government sent the single European currency to four-month lows

Deeply divided over the value of austerity measures, Greece's wrangling politicians have failed to form a new coalition government, leaving only one more meeting with the country's president before new elections are scheduled for June.

Prosenjit Chatterjee's character in Shanghai is based on the life of Grigoris Lambrakis, a Greek athlete who was assassinated in 1963.

Greece is racing to finalize austerity reforms needed for a new euro130 billion ($171 billion) bailout without which it would face bankruptcy in late March. But in a country deep in recession, with unemployment at 19 percent, many politicians and unions oppose more austerity measures.

A German TV presenter 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.

Gold eased below $1,560 an ounce on Tuesday after the failure of Greek politicians to form a government sent the single European currency to four-month lows

Deeply divided over the value of austerity measures, Greece's wrangling politicians have failed to form a new coalition government, leaving only one more meeting with the country's president before new elections are scheduled for June.

Prosenjit Chatterjee's character in Shanghai is based on the life of Grigoris Lambrakis, a Greek athlete who was assassinated in 1963.

Greece is racing to finalize austerity reforms needed for a new euro130 billion ($171 billion) bailout without which it would face bankruptcy in late March. But in a country deep in recession, with unemployment at 19 percent, many politicians and unions oppose more austerity measures.