According to the results of a study conducted by Infobank Hellastat Greek exports rose by 56% during the five year period 2009-2014, with a yearly average of 11.7%.

Wanted fugitive terrorist Nikos Maziotis has been arrested after exchange of gunfire on Mitropoleos street in Monastiraki, downtown Athens, after an operation of the counter-terrorist squad.

Greece's forays into global bond markets will help increase its financing flexibility but the debt-laden country is not out of the woods yet, a senior director at rating agency Fitch told Reuters on Thursday.