Qatari sheikhs are buying the Greek islands



year ago PoshSpace talked about trying to get hold of the fashion designer Giorgio Armani's private island in Greece. Recall, then reported that the designer for € 150 million purchased the island of Skorpios in the Ionian Sea. This piece of land put up for sale Athina Onassis, the granddaughter of the famous Greek ship owner Aristotle Onassis. Later Armani denied a report on the acquisition of the island. Rumors that the island sizing Bill Gates and Madonna, also remained without confirmation. Recently, the island of Onassis was a new challenger. Recently, Greece was visited by Bishop of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, in the company of the Prime Minister of the State and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Al Thani Dzhassemom. Ode of the objectives of the visit of dignitaries was the acquisition of two islands in the Ionian Sea. One of them - the same Skorpios. The second interesting Qatari island is three miles to the south. Skorpios, so named because of the resemblance with the scorpion sting, is notable for its previous owner. It is here that Aristotle Onassis in 1968, married the widow of the murdered American leader Jacqueline Kennedy. For his beloved Greek tycoon erected on the island of luxury villa, known as the "Pink House". There are tennis courts and blooming gardens, but most of the land untouched by man, preserving its original beauty.

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