Greece shuts Acropolis and tells outdoor workers to down tools as country scorches in extreme heatwave - Tourists have been ...

ATHENS — Greece and the wider Balkans sweltered under the third heat wave of the summer on Tuesday, with laborers barred from work, tourists kept away from the iconic ruins and firefighters battling ...

Situated at Europe’s southernmost tip, Greece, which attracts tens of millions of tourists every year, has always had hot and ...

Greek authorities ordered the partial closure of the ancient Acropolis temple for the second time in less than two weeks on ...

Greece and the wider Balkans is sweltering under the third heatwave of the summer, with labourers barred from work, tourists kept away from the ruins and firefighters battling blazes scattered across ...

Greece on Wednesday announced plans to "urgently" overhaul its water management as temperatures continued to rise during a ...

The Mediterranean country baked in its second major heatwave of the season, with temperatures soaring as high as 41 degrees ...

The Acropolis in Athens, the capital of Greece, is closing temporarily on Tuesday as a heatwave continues to grip the country.

The walkout means that the Acropolis will be accessible to tourists for only four hours a day, from its opening at 8 a.m. until 12 p.m. The site has had about 21,000 visitors a day this summer, up ...

ATHENS, Greece — Authorities closed the Acropolis for several hours Tuesday due to high temperatures as work restrictions remained in effect in other parts of Greece. A Culture Ministry archaeological ...

Visits to the Acropolis of Athens, Greece’s most popular archaeological site, will be capped starting next month at a maximum 20,000 daily and subject to varying hourly entry limits, the Greek ...

ATHENS, Greece — The Acropolis sculptures survived on the ancient hill in Athens for 2,500 years despite war, weather and looting. But their remaining days there are numbered.