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Added on the 01/01/2022 02:25:00 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Athens greets the new year with fireworks over the Acropolis. IMAGES
Athens celebrates the New Year with fireworks above the Acropolis. IMAGES
Images of tourists leaving the Acropolis in Athens as the key tourist site is closed during the hottest part of the day. Greece is facing its hottest July weekend in 50 years, with temperatures forecast to soar above 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit). IMAGES
Scores of tourists arrive at the Acropolis in Athens to visit before it closes during the hottest hours of the day due to a new heatwave. Like other archaeological sites in the country, the Acropolis, the country's most visited monument, will be closed between midday and 5.30pm (09.00 to 14.30 GMT), a measure that will apply until Sunday. IMAGES
Images of the Greek appeals court in Athens as the court hands a 13-year prison sentence to the leader of neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn for running a criminal organisation. As well as Nikos Michaloliakos, the party's founder -- who received an additional one year for illegal possession of a weapon -- the court has also sentenced five former members of his inner circle to prison terms. IMAGES