Education Ministry, experts, students and teachers all say mask requirement during prolonged heat wave makes studies impossible; many schools threaten to close if no change made

Paramedics forced to declare victim dead after finding him unconscious on street and carrying out resuscitation efforts for an hour

Tryouts for Paratroopers Brigade and pilot's course to be held, but under strict safety guidelines, military says

With mercury closing in on 40°C, residents cool off in the sea despite official closure; revelers crowd into parks, plazas instead of bars with little interference from the police

Residents of nearby community of Tslafon told to leave their homes; firefighting plane deployed to help control flames

Temperatures up to 43 degrees Celsius (109°F) predicted in some areas by Saturday; Health Ministry warns the elderly to stay out of the sun

Record-breaking temperatures have 'rewritten climate history'; 2019 is on track to be one of the warmest years

The last four years are the hottest on record, the planet is getting hotter at a rate unparalleled in two millennia, and atmospheric CO2 levels at their highest in 3 million years

Climate scientists warn that searing weather could be the new normal for temperate continent

With summer's second heatwave tormenting continent, climate scientists warn this could become the new normal