Nikos Romanos’s appeal against a decision denying him leave from prison to attend university classes has been rejected by the deputy prosecutor of the Supreme Court, Vasiliki Theodorou.

The EU had considered extending the current bailout by six months to mid-2015, a document obtained by Reuters showed last week. But Athens had said it was only willing to consider extending the unpopular programme by a few weeks.

PM Antonis Samaras has announced that Stavros Dimas will be the government's nominee for new President of the Republic.