Tourists wear hats and carry umbrellas for protection as they visit the Acropolis during the worst heatwave of the season in Athens, Greece, yesterday. Photo: Getty
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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 the arid countryside.
Couriers, food delivery riders and builders in and around Athens and other regions were ordered to pause work from midday until 5pm yesterday, as the temperature was expected to climb as high as 43C, the labour ministry said.
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