Greek finance minister Yiannis Stournaras faced tough questions from his eurozone counterparts at a summit in Brussels on Monday over dragging reform implementation.

"The government is reaching its end main opposition (SYRIZA) party leader Alexis Tsipras said on Thursday in a discussion in parliament on banking scandals.

The troika will not be back to Athens before the 27 January Eurogroup meeting, with finance ministry officials stating their wish to travel to travel along in order to conclude an agreement, which has been in the pipeline for over six months.