Exports of agro-food products grew around 30 pct since 2012, despite a deep recession in the country, offering evidence that the sector remains one of the most significant and most dynamic export sectors of the Greek economy, Dr Kyriakos Loufakis, president of the Federation of Northern Greece Exporters (SEVE) said on Wednesday.

Independent Greeks (ANEL), the junior coalition partner, voted against a provision that will speed up the construction of a mosque in Votanikos, an area outside Athens, during a debate in the relevant parliamentary committees on Wednesday.

Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said Munich Re's insurance subsidiary Ergo, which completed the acquisition of Greece’s ATE Insurance on Tuesday, must prove in practice that the move will ensure existing jobs and create new ones.

Alternate Minister for Migration Policy Yiannis Mouzalas denied on Wednesday that he said Europe “definitely needs a ‘Plan B’ for the refugee and migration issue” during an interview with German newspaper "Bild".