Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos outlined the contemporary problems that afflict the European integration and underlined the enormous sacrifices of the Greek people that remains a stable partner in the European Union and in the hard core of the eurozone.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' official visit in China started on Monday with the welcoming ceremony in front of the People's Congress, at Tien An Men Square in Beijing.

The Dodecanese island of Tilos will be the first in Greece and the Mediterranean to run completely on renewable energy as of May 2017.