Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday called on office workers to throw sartorial caution to the wind and ditch their ties amid scorching summer temperatures.
Trade unions called Monday for the European Commission to impose maximum temperature limits for outdoor workers, after three people died while on shift in Madrid during last week's withering heatwave.
Hundreds of people were evacuated early Wednesday as firefighters deployed planes and helicopters to fight a surging wildfire in mountainside suburbs north of Athens for a second day.
Over the last few days, words such as "baked", "sizzling" and "scorching" have been used aplenty to describe the weather in England and parts of Europe.
Britain shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered Tuesday amid a heat wave that has seized swaths of Europe and the national weather.