Yanis Varoufakis sidelined from Greek debt talks

Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has reshuffled his team handling talks with European and IMF lenders, a move widely seen as an effort to relegate embattled finance minister Yanis Varoufakis to a less active role in negotiations.

An anti-austerity economist who has angered peers with his brash style, Varoufakis is facing calls to quit after returning from a meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Riga isolated and empty-handed while Athens scrambles to avoid bankruptcy.

Tsipras and senior aides publicly voiced support for Varoufakis at a meeting on Sunday and agreed the finance minister would supervise a new team negotiating a reforms deal with lenders, a government official said.