Dodecanese

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.

The government is considering setting up a migrant detention facility on the island of Rhodes to tackle a rise in arrivals from neighbouring Turkey, Migration Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos has said.

A development plan for a mega-yacht repair center on the island of Rhodes was posted for public consultation on Friday, and will remain open to comments until November 11.

The plan, "Development and Utilization of Ship Repair Center and Mega-Yacht Repair Unit," relates to the upgrade of the ship repair center and its expansion in the area of Kanamat, on the Dodecanese island.

Strongyli, the easternmost island in Greece, is poised to receive its first-ever road network. 

Real estate surveyors will decide on the adjustment of "objective values" ​​in 36 zones of 12 municipalities.

They should proceed with the assessment of prices in the municipalities of Agioi Anargyroi-Kamatero, Vrilissia, Halandri, Glyfada (pictured), Piraeus, Ithaca, Karpathos, Loutraki, Symi, Pyrgos, Rhodes and Leros.

There is growing concern in Rhodes due to the presence of hundreds of undocumented migrants on the island’s streets. Photos published by rodiaki.gr show migrants setting up tents in various parts of the city, seeking temporary shelter, even using cardboard boxes.

A long-awaited technical meeting between officials of Greece's port authorities and Turkey's coast guard will take place on November 12 on the island of Chios, after being postponed earlier this year due to tensions between the two nations.