diff --git a/core-groovy/pom.xml b/core-groovy/pom.xml
index 69833ff74d..82a68f0ff8 100644
--- a/core-groovy/pom.xml
+++ b/core-groovy/pom.xml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     <repositories>
         <repository>
             <id>central</id>
-            <url>http://jcenter.bintray.com</url>
+            <url>https://jcenter.bintray.com</url>
         </repository>
     </repositories>
 
diff --git a/core-groovy/src/main/groovy/com/baeldung/scopes/Scopes.groovy b/core-groovy/src/main/groovy/com/baeldung/scopes/Scopes.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f17b946b1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-groovy/src/main/groovy/com/baeldung/scopes/Scopes.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package com.baeldung.scopes
+
+import java.util.logging.Logger
+
+x = 200
+logger = Logger.getLogger("Scopes.groovy")
+
+def getGlobalResult() {
+    logger.info(x.toString())
+    return 1 + x
+}
+
+def defineGlobalVariable() {
+    z = 234
+    logger = Logger.getLogger("Scopes.groovy")
+    logger.info(z.toString())
+}
+
+logger.info("- Global variable")
+logger.info(x.toString())
+logger.info("- Access global variable from inside function")
+logger.info(getGlobalResult().toString())
+logger.info("- function called to create variable")
+defineGlobalVariable()
+logger.info("- Variable created inside a function")
+logger.info(z.toString())
diff --git a/core-groovy/src/main/groovy/com/baeldung/scopes/ScopesFail.groovy b/core-groovy/src/main/groovy/com/baeldung/scopes/ScopesFail.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d32abfc7ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-groovy/src/main/groovy/com/baeldung/scopes/ScopesFail.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package com.baeldung.scopes
+
+import java.util.logging.Logger
+
+logger = Logger.getLogger("ScopesFail.groovy")
+
+y = 2
+
+def fLocal() {
+    def q = 333
+    println(q)
+    q
+}
+
+fLocal()
+
+logger.info("- Value of the created variable")
+logger.info(fLocal())
+logger.info("- Local variable doesn't exist outside")
+logger.info(q.toString())
+
diff --git a/core-groovy/src/main/groovy/com/baeldung/scopes/ScopesFailNoPrint.groovy b/core-groovy/src/main/groovy/com/baeldung/scopes/ScopesFailNoPrint.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f1fdb45a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-groovy/src/main/groovy/com/baeldung/scopes/ScopesFailNoPrint.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package com.baeldung.scopes
+
+import java.util.logging.Logger
+
+logger = Logger.getLogger("ScopesFailNoPrint.groovy")
+
+y = 2
+
+def fLocal() {
+    def q = 333
+    println(q)
+    q
+}
+
+logger.info(y.toString())