Prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, said on Sunday he would not accept an extension to Greece's current bailout, setting up a clash with EU leaders - who want him to do just that - at a summit on Thursday.

Greece’s exit from the euro is just a matter of time because no one wants to risk lending money to the country any more, said former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan.

Violence unfolded in a school, in Veria, when the father of a student assaulted and seriously injured the school principal in his office.

French Finance Minister Michel Sapin on Monday asked for the safeguarding of Greece's funding "but within the framework of the "European rules."