Constant incidents in the Aegean may trigger the involvement of other Balkan countries, the secretary general of the communist KKE party Dimitris Koutsoumbas warned in an interview with Realnews newspaper.

Continuing the polemic rhetoric against Greece, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim warned Greece not to mistake the low key response by Turkey to the “provocations” by Greece as a weakness, according to newspaper Hurriyet.

The extremely bad weather conditions prevailing in Greece in the last days prevented refugees from attempting to cross the Aegean.