More than 120,000 people have applied for participation in the financial aid programme of the Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity.

"Grexit is not an option," European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said during his speech at the University of Leuven in Belgium adding that this would cause important dangers in Europe.

The government is waiting for the name of a minister said to have siphoned 80,000 euros out of Greece to an account in Luxembourg in March.