Greek FM blames Athens' creditors for 'terrorism'

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis accused Athens' creditors of ‘terrorism’ in an interview published on Saturday, a day before Greeks vote in a high- stakes referendum on their bailout.“What they're doing with Greece has a name -- terrorism,” the blunt-spoken Varoufakis told the Spanish El Mundo daily. “What Brussels and the troika want today is for the 'yes' (vote) to win so they could humiliate the Greeks.”

“Why did they force us to close the banksIJ To instill fear in people. And spreading fear is called terrorism,” he said, referring to the IMF, European Central Bank and European Union. After failing to reach a deal with its creditors last weekend on an extension of its bailout programme Greece's radical leftist Government closed the country's banks and imposed capital controls until July 6.