A renewable energy-based battery station and smart microgrid on the remote Greek island of Tilos has won an EU Sustainable Energy Award in the Energy Islands category.

The capital controls will be soon lifted, State Minister and government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said on Wednesday addressing the conference of the Panhellenic Exporters Association.

Environment and Energy Minister Giorgos Stathakis expressed his certainty that the deal signed with China's State Grid to acquire a 24 percent stake in Greek power grid operator ADMIE will be in favour of the grid?s users, during a ceremony completing the deal in Athens on Tuesday. 

An investigation is underway to find out if and to what extend Turkish citizens asking for asylum have been sent back, Minister for Migration Policy Yiannis Mouzalas said on Tuesday in an interview with radio station 24/7.