The mayor believes that by the time the work is finished, the birthplace of democracy will have shed 3 degrees off of annual ...

Skies in Athens and the south of Greece appeared to be coloured orange and red late on Tuesday. Strong winds had carried dust across the Mediterranean Sea from the Sahara to Greece. Athens and the ...

On a cloudy spring morning in one of Athens' most densely inhabited districts, thousands of fresh saplings dotting a small hilltop park mark a fledgling effort to tackle crippling heat that ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Athens faces severe heat exacerbated by dense urbanization, limited green space (0.96 m 2 per resident), and loss of surrounding forests. Recent tree-planting ...