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[h=1]Show us the money! Pensioners push each other out of the way to collect their cash as Greece finally caves in to creditors' demands... and immediately asks for a hand-out as well[/h]
Tragedy: Pensioners try to enter a bank in Athens this morning after roughly 1,000 branches around the country were ordered to reopen
Scuffles: Desperate pensioners push and shove one another as they try to obtain a priority ticket to enter a bank in Athens this morning
Elbowing in: Late arrivals tried to bypass the first come first served system and push to the front of queues that often snaked around the block
Chaos: Pensioners who do not own ATM cards argue with a bank employee as they line up to withdraw up to 120 from their pension funds
Clambering: Pensioners are given priority tickets by a National Bank branch manager as they wait to receive part of their pensions in Athens
Permission: A bank employee hands out priority tickets to desperate pensioners who plead with him to be allowed inside the building
Scramble: Hundreds fight to obtain get a ticket that allows number to enter inside a bank in Athens earlier this morning
While pensioners without ATM cards fought to be allowed inside, younger Greeks were able to make small withdrawals from cash machines
Fighting: Scores of people push and fight for a ticket allowing them inside a bank in the Greek capital Athens earlier this morning
Pushing: The lucky pensioners who eventually do make it inside the building will be allowed to withdraw up to 120 from the pension funds
Helpless: The vast majority of those in the queue are elderly and need to enter the bank to make withdrawals as they do not own ATM cards
Frail: A woman holds her elderly mother's hand as they walk among the chaos outside banks in Athens earlier this morning
A woman joins the line outside a bank branch to withdraw pensions as a result of capital controls imposed by the Greek government
Shoving: An elderly man clambers over his fellow Greek citizens as he fights to be allowed inside a bank in Athens this morning
Pensioners without ATM cards queue outside a bank to cash up to 120 from their retirement cheques in Thessaloniki earlier today
Giving up: A group of elderly men stand in line outside a bank in Athens earlier this morning, seemingly resigned to not making a withdrawal
Crowds: Pensioners queue outside a National Bank branch, as banks only opened for the retired to allow them to cash up to 120 in Athens
Control: A man talks to a police officer while waiting along with other pensioners in front of a National Bank branch earlier this morning
Anger: Pensioners who do not own ATM cards argue with a bank employee as they line up to enter a bank to withdraw their money
Lost in the crowd: Pensioners who do not own ATM cards line up outside a bank in Athens to withdraw part of their pensions
Upset: A woman looks through a door of a National Bank branch as banks opened only for pensioners to allow their to get their pensions
Carnage: Pensioners who do not own ATM cards line up outside a bank branch to withdraw part of their pensions today
Pensioners without ATM cards queue outside a bank to cash up to 120 euro from their retirement cheques in Thessaloniki earlier this morning
Anxious: Roughly 1,000 banks opened around Greece this morning to allow pensioners to receive a small part of their benefits
Inundated: A National Bank employee is surrounded by desperate pensioners who beg him for priority tickets to enter a branch in Athens
In need of assistance: Police officers help a man to enter a national bank branch in central Athens earlier this morning
Opening the doors: A bank manager allows a small number of Greek pensioners into his branch in central Athens earlier this morning
Lines: Pensioners stand in a queue outside a bank in Athens today, as about 1,000 branches around the country were ordered to reopen
How did it come to this? A woman stands with her head in her hands in a display of total despair outside a bank in central Athens today
A pensioner decides to leave the queue in Athens this morning, apparently without collecting the 120 he would have been able to withdraw
No entry: An elderly woman appears to be arguing with a bank manager who has locked himself in his branch in Athens this morning
Patience: Pensioners who do not own ATM cards line up to enter a bank branch to withdraw part of their pensions in Athens today
Crush: A huge crowd of elderly men and women surge forward in the hope of being allowed to enter a bank and withdraw 120
Desperate: Anxious pensioners plead to be allowed inside the bank after being given priority tickets by a branch supervisor
Squashed: An elderly women pokes her head between two men to argue with a bank employee charged with controlling the unruly crowds
Penned in: An elderly woman waits outside the National Bank branch in Athens this morning, where she hope to withdraw her money
Pensioners are given priority tickets by a National Bank branch manager (left) as they wait to receive part of their pensions in Athens today
Rage: Pensioners who do not own ATM cards argue with a bank employee as they line up outside a branch in Athens earlier this morning
Questioning: A man waits patiently in line as huge crowds descend on Athens' bank this morning in the hope of withdrawing their pensions
Tears: An elderly man who does not own an ATM card appears to break down after leaving the crowds battling to enter an Athens bank
- Chaotic scenes outside Greek banks this morning as hundreds pushed and shoved in the hope of gaining entry
- Greek government ordered 1,000 banks to reopen to allow those without ATM cards to make small withdrawals
- Plan largely affects pensioners, with those who make it inside the banks allowed to take home a maximum of 120
- Queues are snaking around the block in Athens this morning, however, as desperate pensioners fought in queues
- News comes as PM Alexis Tsipras is said to have finally bowed down to his creditors' demands for economic reform
Tragedy: Pensioners try to enter a bank in Athens this morning after roughly 1,000 branches around the country were ordered to reopen
Scuffles: Desperate pensioners push and shove one another as they try to obtain a priority ticket to enter a bank in Athens this morning
Elbowing in: Late arrivals tried to bypass the first come first served system and push to the front of queues that often snaked around the block
Chaos: Pensioners who do not own ATM cards argue with a bank employee as they line up to withdraw up to 120 from their pension funds
Clambering: Pensioners are given priority tickets by a National Bank branch manager as they wait to receive part of their pensions in Athens
Permission: A bank employee hands out priority tickets to desperate pensioners who plead with him to be allowed inside the building
Scramble: Hundreds fight to obtain get a ticket that allows number to enter inside a bank in Athens earlier this morning
While pensioners without ATM cards fought to be allowed inside, younger Greeks were able to make small withdrawals from cash machines
Fighting: Scores of people push and fight for a ticket allowing them inside a bank in the Greek capital Athens earlier this morning
Pushing: The lucky pensioners who eventually do make it inside the building will be allowed to withdraw up to 120 from the pension funds
Helpless: The vast majority of those in the queue are elderly and need to enter the bank to make withdrawals as they do not own ATM cards
Frail: A woman holds her elderly mother's hand as they walk among the chaos outside banks in Athens earlier this morning
A woman joins the line outside a bank branch to withdraw pensions as a result of capital controls imposed by the Greek government
Shoving: An elderly man clambers over his fellow Greek citizens as he fights to be allowed inside a bank in Athens this morning
Pensioners without ATM cards queue outside a bank to cash up to 120 from their retirement cheques in Thessaloniki earlier today
Giving up: A group of elderly men stand in line outside a bank in Athens earlier this morning, seemingly resigned to not making a withdrawal
Crowds: Pensioners queue outside a National Bank branch, as banks only opened for the retired to allow them to cash up to 120 in Athens
Control: A man talks to a police officer while waiting along with other pensioners in front of a National Bank branch earlier this morning
Anger: Pensioners who do not own ATM cards argue with a bank employee as they line up to enter a bank to withdraw their money
Lost in the crowd: Pensioners who do not own ATM cards line up outside a bank in Athens to withdraw part of their pensions
Upset: A woman looks through a door of a National Bank branch as banks opened only for pensioners to allow their to get their pensions
Carnage: Pensioners who do not own ATM cards line up outside a bank branch to withdraw part of their pensions today
Pensioners without ATM cards queue outside a bank to cash up to 120 euro from their retirement cheques in Thessaloniki earlier this morning
Anxious: Roughly 1,000 banks opened around Greece this morning to allow pensioners to receive a small part of their benefits
Inundated: A National Bank employee is surrounded by desperate pensioners who beg him for priority tickets to enter a branch in Athens
In need of assistance: Police officers help a man to enter a national bank branch in central Athens earlier this morning
Opening the doors: A bank manager allows a small number of Greek pensioners into his branch in central Athens earlier this morning
Lines: Pensioners stand in a queue outside a bank in Athens today, as about 1,000 branches around the country were ordered to reopen
How did it come to this? A woman stands with her head in her hands in a display of total despair outside a bank in central Athens today
A pensioner decides to leave the queue in Athens this morning, apparently without collecting the 120 he would have been able to withdraw
No entry: An elderly woman appears to be arguing with a bank manager who has locked himself in his branch in Athens this morning
Patience: Pensioners who do not own ATM cards line up to enter a bank branch to withdraw part of their pensions in Athens today
Crush: A huge crowd of elderly men and women surge forward in the hope of being allowed to enter a bank and withdraw 120
Desperate: Anxious pensioners plead to be allowed inside the bank after being given priority tickets by a branch supervisor
Squashed: An elderly women pokes her head between two men to argue with a bank employee charged with controlling the unruly crowds
Penned in: An elderly woman waits outside the National Bank branch in Athens this morning, where she hope to withdraw her money
Pensioners are given priority tickets by a National Bank branch manager (left) as they wait to receive part of their pensions in Athens today
Rage: Pensioners who do not own ATM cards argue with a bank employee as they line up outside a branch in Athens earlier this morning
Questioning: A man waits patiently in line as huge crowds descend on Athens' bank this morning in the hope of withdrawing their pensions
Tears: An elderly man who does not own an ATM card appears to break down after leaving the crowds battling to enter an Athens bank
