Banks in cash-strapped Greece opened Monday for the first time in three weeks, however, restrictions on cash transfers abroad will remain in place.
Banks Finally Open in Greece
![The first customers, most of them pensioners, stand in a queue to enter a branch at National Bank of Greece headquarters in Athens, July 20, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8d0fd722-a3af-49a8-8f92-c2f743b94929_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The first customers, most of them pensioners, stand in a queue to enter a branch at National Bank of Greece headquarters in Athens, July 20, 2015.
![Many goods and services become more expensive on Monday as a result of a rise in Value Added Tax approved by Parliament last week. Pictured here, an employee of a supermarket replaces the prices with the new Value Added Tax (VAT) in Athens, July 20, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/368eb458-60e6-4845-81e4-249e4342828f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Many goods and services become more expensive on Monday as a result of a rise in Value Added Tax approved by Parliament last week. Pictured here, an employee of a supermarket replaces the prices with the new Value Added Tax (VAT) in Athens, July 20, 2015.
![A man exits a butcher shop at the main food market in central Athens, July 20, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a560e0f2-b476-413d-908a-05140f03e088_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man exits a butcher shop at the main food market in central Athens, July 20, 2015.
![People sit outside a coffee shop in central Athens, July 20, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/15936691-8934-4036-a887-1b9e879bae29_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People sit outside a coffee shop in central Athens, July 20, 2015.