The Latest Breaking News from Greece

The Athens Acropolis, Greece's most visited tourist site, was closed to the public during the hottest hours of Wednesday as the season's earliest-ever heatwave swept the country, prompting school closures and health warnings.

Temperatures are expected to soar to 43C on Thursday

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TV presenter Michael Mosley's body found in Greece prompts shock and questions. Ongoing investigation.

The doctor and television presenter was reported missing by his wife last week. Today, a police spokesperson said a body has been found on Symi's rocky coast.

Derided as "Club Med" nations during the European debt crisis 15 years ago, the economies of Spain, Greece and Portugal are now outperforming their northern peers thanks to a rebound in tourism.

Michael Mosley, the British TV doctor who mysteriously disappeared this week, has been spotted on CCTV near his last known location.

The Parthenon marbles are rarely out of the news. Most recently, Turkish officials have rejected claims by the British Museum that British diplomat Lord Elgin was given permission from Ottoman authorities to remove the marbles from the Acropolis in Athens in the early years of the 19th century.

Official says no sign of permit in Ottoman archives, in blow to British Museum, which defends legal right to statuary