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Greece's world-famous archeological site atop the Acropolis Hill will close on midday on Thursday and Friday due to the heatwave gripping the country, the city's Ephorate of Antiquities said Thursday.

The Athens-based Institute of Geodynamics reported that a 4.1-magnitude earthquake occurred in sea area 18 kilometres northeast of the Cretan town of Iraklio on Thursday morning.

Though the tremor was of small duration it was widely felt in the area due to the low focal depth and the noise produced, according to local witnesses.
No injuries have been reported.

Tourists visiting the Acropolis use a parasol to shelter from the sun Tuesday amid the onset of a heat wave. Temperatures are to reach 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 Fahrenheit) in Athens and 41 C (105.8 F) in central Greece Wednesday.

Forest fires have destroyed over 10 hectares of land across Turkey on July 2.

Claims by staff at some of the country's biggest state hospitals that patients are staying in rooms without air conditioning - with a heat wave forecast to hit this week - are just the latest chapter in the sad history of declining infrastructure in Greece.

It will be sunny and hot today. A light south wind will blow. The daily temperatures will rise even further to maximums reaching 34°C to 39°C, in Sofia 34°-35°C. Atmospheric pressure will slowly drop and later in the day it will come closer to the average for the month.

Hopes that a heat wave which baked parts of western and northern Europe last week would slip by Greece were dashed on Monday by the country's National Observatory, which warned of a blast of high temperatures on Wednesday and Thursday.

Europe was bracing itself for a sweltering on June 29 as a deadly heatwave across the continent has sparked record-breaking temperatures, large blazes and pollution peaks.

А number of Western European countries аре experiencing a massive heat wave.

France set a record of 41.9 degrees Celsius, BNT reported.

The temperature was recorded in the Rhône Valley.

Météo France has put in red alerts— the highest weather warning — calling for "absolute vigilance" in four departments in southern France, the Business Insider wrote.

Today, from north to south, a cold front will pass through the country. Even before noon scattered showers possible in northern Bulgaria, by the end of the day also in many areas across the country. More widespread and heavier showers expected in central and eastern Bulgaria.