Dodecanese

A sharp drop in temperature is expected nationwide on Sunday.

Temperatures will range from 9 to 12 degrees Celsius in central and northern regions and 13 to 15 degrees Celsius in the rest of the country.

The weather will be mostly clear, with occasional local clouds over the eastern mainland, Evia, the Aegean islands and Crete, where light rain may occur in the morning.

Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis is set to brief the leaders of Greece's political parties next week regarding key foreign policy issues, according to a statement from the ministry of foreign affairs.

Low temperatures and gusty north winds will be the main features of weather at the weekend as a polar vortex brings a 48-hour heavy winter to the European south as well, forecasters predict.

Greece is witnessing a surge in migrant arrivals via new sea routes, straining resources. Migrants land daily on Gavdos (off Crete) and Rhodes.

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.