Dodecanese

Tensions have risen in Ankara following the recent European Commission map related to the EU’s Maritime Spatial Planning Framework, which granted maximum maritime influence to all Greek mainland and island territories.

After a 21-month pause, Turkey has reverted to its old tactics of violating Greek airspace in the Aegean.

Today begins one of the two atmospheric disturbances that will affect our country, with the other expected Saturday. The main feature of the weather today will be showers and occasional thunderstorms possibly locally heavy on the islands of the eastern Aegean and the Dodecanese.

Two atmospheric disturbances will affect our country in the coming days, causing rain, storms, very strong southerly winds, and snow in the mountains, according to the Director of the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (EMY), Thodoris Kolyda.

Increased migrant pressure on the island of Rhodes, as shown in footage published by protothema.gr.

Outside the police station, immigrants, who have arrived on the island from the Turkish coast, have formed an informal camp, waiting for procedures.

A drive has gotten under way to protect an architectural gem on the southeastern Aegean island of Rhodes that has fallen into ruin and been savagely vandalized.

On Sunday, November 10, light rain and a drop in temperature are expected. More specifically, there will be periods of increased cloud cover, with light local showers in Thessaly, Eastern Sterea, Evia, Crete, and possibly Central Macedonia, Southern Ionian, and the Dodecanese. Winds will be from the north-northeast, at 4 to 5 Beaufort, and 6 to 7 Beaufort in the Aegean.

The weather changes next week with showers and a drop in temperatures.

Turkey's response to the activities in recent weeks of Greece's research vessel Aigaio in the Aegean Sea has highlighted the different priority the Eastern Mediterranean has for Ankara. 

There will be no significant change in the weather until Sunday in our country, according to Thodoris Kolydas. As the EMY director says in a post, “the only “strange” – and to be precise – not so common – is the Retrograde Low which from NE Europe is heading southwest. This is caused by the strong anticyclone covering much of Europe. (Video 1)

Coast guard officers have recovered four bodies, believed to be of migrants, in a search and rescue operation off the coast of Rhodes.

The bodies are those of three men and one woman, according to reports.

At the same time, police have found 25 people on the island.