Cruise tourism officials anticipate the number of passengers visiting Greece to increase by about 15% in 2015, in line with the expected tourism figures spike.

Judicial authorities have issued warrant for the arrest of an accomplice of Nikos Maziotis in robberies conducted while the terrorist was still on the lam. According to press reports the identity of the suspect will be made known later on Friday.

The first industrial action at the Cosco facilities at the port of Piraeus has taken placed, with workers staging a work freeze denouncing working conditions.