Greece's pension plight
Whatever the outcome of the current crisis in Greece, one issue isn’t going away: pensions.
Demographics haven't helped. The number of pensioners has been rising since 2009. That's either because the state has offered incentives to workers to retire as part of efforts to cut wage costs, or because workers themselves rushed to do so before the government raised the retirement age.
Pensioners outside a closed National Bank branch argue with a bank employee.
A pensioner reacts as she tries to enter a National Bank branch in Heraklion on the island of Crete.
A bank manager helps a pensioner after she collapsed while waiting outside a bank in Athens.
A pensioner reacts as she obtains a priority ticket to get part of her pension.
A pensioner argues with an official as he tries to enter a National Bank branch.
A pensioner undergoing oxygen therapy reacts as she tries to enter a National Bank branch.
Giorgos, a 77-year-old pensioner from Athens, waits outside a bank branch.
A pensioner waits to receive part of his pension.
Vallia, a 75-year-old pensioner from Athens, holds on to the door of a branch of the National Bank of Greece.
A pensioner leaves a National Bank branch after receiving part of his pension.
A man waits to receive part of his pension.
A pensioner holds a priority ticket as he stands outside a bank.
