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European Council President Charles Michel postponed a summit of the bloc's leaders due this Thursday and Friday to Oct. 1-2 as he went into coronavirus quarantine after being in contact last week with someone who tested positive for Covid-19, his spokesman said.

Another 346 SARS-CoV-2 infections were confirmed in Greece in the last 24 hours, while the total number rose to 15,928, Greek health authorities announced on Tuesday.

Turkey published on Tuesday a new navigational telex (Navtex) reserving the sea area around the Greek island Lemnos, citing alleged violations of the non-militarized status of the island set by the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to talk to French counterpart Emmanuel Macron later on Tuesday, Turkish media reported.

Turkey and Greece stated they are ready to resume exploratory talks to address their contested maritime claims in the eastern Mediterranean and Aegean, the Turkish presidency said, after a call between the leaders of Turkey, Germany and the European Union on Tuesday.

Seven energy ministers will sign the charter of a new Middle East energy forum that will promote natural gas exports from the Eastern Mediterranean to Europe and other markets, Israeli energy officials said on Monday. 

Corporations in Greece can look forward to fresh liquidity of 3 billion euros in working capital through the banks and the Guarantee Fund, in the second phase of loans expected to start next month.

Lampsa Hellenic Hotels issued a statement on Tuesday refuting media reports pointing to the planned sale of its iconic five-star Hotel Grande Bretagne in downtown Athens.

The accounting departments of all private companies in Attica will only have 24 hours after the publication of the decision in the Government Gazette of the obligatory employment of part of their staff in teleworking, probably on Tuesday, to declare which of their employees will be given such status.

When private investment fund CVC Capital Partners started talks about possible investments in Greece in 2016, hardly anyone could have imagined that in less than five years its portfolio in Greece would exceed half a billion euros – which may soon top €1 billion.

There are some painters who have the gift of being able to address many different themes over the course of their careers. Able to balance perfectly between the figure and space, Pavlos Samios is one such artist.

The announcement of this year’s winners of the Yannis Behrakis International Photojournalism Award and the Athens Photo World Award will take a place at a special event at the Dome of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) at 7 p.m. on September 26. 

Athens’ first modern mosque is expected to be delivered at the start of next month, paving the way for its official inauguration later in the year and ending a saga that began 14 years ago.

In an interview to “Kathimerini”, renowned Classics and Military History scholar Victor Davis Hanson says US President Donald Trump, an unpredictable outsider, is the best friend Greece can hope to have in current circumstances.

Ayoub Husseini's struggle to survive and dream of walking again one day have taken a sudden and cruel turn for the worse.