Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis says in the US even pizza parlours and High Street shops accept bitcoins.

BBC: Digital currency: Brave new world or criminal haven?

After almost deleting the original email from Gabe Newell, Yanis Varoufakis accepted the post as in-house economist for gaming software powerhouse Valve Corporation.

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Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis says that the troika's diagnosis of the labor market is "utterly erroneous" and that the greatest challenge for employers is not a lack of cheap labor but a shortage of demand for their products.

CNN: Greeks pushed to work more to pay debt

Prof Yanis Varoufakis, head of the Department of Economic Policy at the University of Athens, says that Turkey's experience of 15 years ago provides a stark lesson of what might happen if the country were to leave the euro.

BBC: Trying times for Greek families

Day after day, as she received the thousands of Jordanians who came to pay their condolences, the yanis, as it is called in Arabic, framed a spirit for which her husband was renowned: courage with an admixture of warmth and charm.

CNN: Talking with a queen