Sakellaropoulou

The President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou has tested positive for COVID-19, according to an announcement on Wednesday.

President Sakellaropoulou has mild symptoms and is in isolation in her house. All of her scheduled activities have been cancelled.

President Sakellaropoulou said it was an honour the receive the Pope

The opening of the Alpbach European Forum - a Forum dedicated to the future of Europe, the climate crisis and the "green" opportunity - will be inaugurated on August 24 by the President of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou, together with the President of Austria Alexander Van der Bellen, at the latter's invitation.

The head of the Roman Catholic Church accepted the invitation of President Sakellaropoulou

The newly sworn-in President of the Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoullou, has chosen to communicate with Greek citizens through a Facebook post on the need to observe the preventive measures taken against the spread of the coronavirus.

Katerina Sakellaropoulos was sworn in today as president of the Hellenic Republic.

The moderate, progressive, rights-oriented jurist is the first woman to hold the country's highest office and was until her election in parliament serving as president (again the first woman) of the Council of State, the country's supreme administrative court.

On Sakellaropoulou's desk, directly behind the speaker, who was giving a long-winded speech, was a picture of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her face stamped on a memorabilia coffee cup. The 86-year-old US Supreme Court judge is a global icon for women's rights and liberal causes generally.

US Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Photo: EPA-EFE/TANNEN MAURY