Greece to Move 2,000 Out of Overcrowded Lesbos Migrant Camp

LENA BECATOROS and MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS / The Associated Press Sep 18, 2018 Those being moved out of the camp, which houses 9,000 people in a facility built for 3,100, will be sent to the mainland so their asylum claims can be examined. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Israeli Warplanes Target Gaza as Militants Fire Rockets, Mortars

JOSEF FEDERMAN / The Associated Press May 29, 2018 The sudden burst of violence is the largest flare-up between Israel and the Palestinians since a 2014 war. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

A Crisis Worse Than Islamic State? Bank ‘Bail-Ins’ Begin

By Ellen Brown / Web of Debt Dec 29, 2015 While the mainstream media focus on Islamic State extremists, a threat that has gone virtually unreported is that your life savings could be wiped out in a massive derivatives collapse. Bank bail-ins have begun in Europe, and the infrastructure is in place in the United States. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Why Putin Let Russia’s Richies Take a Bath

Ivo Mijnssen / Truthdig May 15, 2013 The collapse of the Cypriot banking system reveals much about the complex relationship among ordinary Russians, "offshore oligarchs" and a political system that depends on both. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Bail-Out Is Out, Bail-In Is In

By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Apr 30, 2013 The new rules for keeping the too-big-to-fail banks alive allow for the use of creditor funds, including uninsured deposits, to recapitalize failing banks. In the event of another crisis, access to your money would depend on the security of the FDIC. The question, then, is how reliable is the FDIC? Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Cyprus

Kap, Cagle Cartoons, Spain Apr 22, 2013 Dig deeper

No Money

Kap, Cagle Cartoons, Spain Apr 14, 2013 Dig deeper

Winner Takes All: The Super Priority Status of Derivatives

By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Apr 10, 2013 With taxpayer bailouts no longer an option, a major derivatives crisis could transfer money currently held by state and local governments and citizens -- secured and unsecured, insured and uninsured -- into the hands of derivative claimants. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Cyprus Deal

Tom Janssen, Cagle Cartoons, The Netherlands Apr 8, 2013 Dig deeper

EU Debt Crisis

Luojie, Cagle Cartoons, China Daily, China Apr 2, 2013 Dig deeper

Cyprus Banks

Adam Zyglis, Cagle Cartoons, The Buffalo News Mar 30, 2013 Dig deeper

Cypriot Euro

Christo Komarnitski, Cagle Cartoons, Bulgaria Mar 29, 2013 Dig deeper