The Greek Newspaper “ΕΜΠΡΟΣ” or “Forward” recently reported of new “States Within a State” in an article by G. Frangou. Not long ago there was a meeting between a Greek University Professor named Tziampiris and the president of Piraeus Bank, Michalis Sallas. They essentially discussed the takeover of Greek agricultural areas, these are places that had owners who are behind on loans... 

Some random Greek island (in this case Lesbos) which along with others such as Kos are now under total migrant siege. An Egyptian billionaire, who has been offering to buy a Mediterranean island to provide refugees with decent living conditions, has identified potential locations and is now in talks to purchase two private Greek islands. Egyptian TV tycoon Naguib Sawiris, whose fortune is worth an... 

The Bulgarian authorities made an official statement, according to which they did not permit two Russian flights with humanitarian aid to Syria over its territory. “We have enough information that makes us have serious doubts about the cargo of the planes, which is the reason for the refusal,” the Bulgarian foreign ministry’s spokeswoman said. The planes thus got to Syria via the... 

The government in Athens has refused a demand by the United States to close its airspace to Russian aircraft ferrying what it describes as humanitarian aid to Syria. “On Saturday, U.S. Embassy [in Athens] appealed to the Greek government with a request to prohibit the flights of Russian aircraft in the FIR Athens. The Greek government refused to do so, in order not to worsen relations with Russia,”... 

A submerged ancient city, found in Greece by an international team of archeologists, dates back to the 3rd millennium B.C. Though the ruins were found underwater back in 2014 as a team of archeologists from the University of Geneva was undergoing diving training in Kiladha Bay in the Argolic Gulf, the actual age of the city was undetermined until now, Le Parisien reported. The group of Swiss and Greek... 

At least 5,000 illegal immigrants arrived in Serbia on Sunday on a journey further west, after neighboring Macedonia’s attempts to forcefully prevent the refugee flow failed. Concerned European leaders have made calls to “radically change” migrant policies, before the EU “loses its soul.” Thousands of refugees – mainly from war-torn Syria, as well as from Africa and... 

Nearly 2,000 illegal Muslim immigrants have reportedly been stranded during a rainy night in a border area between Greece and Macedonia, with hundreds more arriving there in the hope of invading borderless Western Europe. Illegals, mostly from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, who have remained in the no-man’s land at the border area since Thursday, slept the night on Friday in open space despite heavy... 

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has confirmed his resignation and early election plans for Greece in a live address. The move comes after Athens managed to pay a huge chunk of its €3.4 billion debt to the ECB. “The political mandate of the January 25 elections has exhausted its limits and now the Greek people have to have their say,” Tsipras said in a televised address Thursday night. Tsipras... 

Macedonia has declared a state of emergency on its southern and northern borders over a surge in migrants and refugees, the Interior Ministry announced. The country said it would involve the army in confronting the crisis. “We expect the involvement of the army will bring two desired effects – it will increase security among our citizens in the two regions and will allow for a more comprehensive... 

This handout photo made available by public broadcaster ZDF television channel shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) during recording of the “Summer Interview” with ZDF’s Bettina Schausten in a studio in Berlin on August 16, 2015. German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the issue of migrants coming to Europe could become a bigger challenge for the European Union than the Greek debt crisis. Speaking... 

Eurozone finance ministers have finally approved Greece’s third debt bailout after Greek parliament endorsed the rescue package following a tough all-night debate. “New loans of up to €86 billion will be made available over the next three years to Greece,” the European Commission said in a statement on Friday after six hours of talks in the Belgian capital Brussels to nail down the painful... 

The situation in Kos is out of control. A little while ago hordes of illegal immigrants stormed the police station in Kos and injured the police officers, who after the persecution of their colleague are afraid to defend themselves even when their lives are at risk. The joke of a “state” of SYRIZA has plunged the entire Eastern Aegean into chaos and the Greek citizens now live under a regime... 

The United Nations refugee agency says some 224,000 invading migrants and refugees have crossed the Mediterranean to Europe so far this year. William Spindler, a spokesman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said that by the end of July, around 224,000 refugees had arrived in Europe by sea. Spindler also warned that the continent could brace and grapple with a high-scale... 

The United States is reported to be working with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a backup plan to rescue the Greek economy as economists throughout the world queue up to criticize the latest bailout plan as totally unworkable. The sheer folly of the latest bailout plan for Greece was summed up last week by Finland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini who said that, in agreeing... 

The Greek Finance Ministry says it is has started payment of €6.8 billion to creditors after last week’s €86 billion bailout deal was adopted. Banks in Greece have reopened three weeks after the introduction of capital controls. The payments announced on Monday include money owed to the ECB, the IMF and Greece’s central bank, a Finance Ministry official told Bloomberg, who preferred to stay...