Vassilis Kikilias

New center-right Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis appointed his cabinet on Monday afternoon, entrusting most of the key posts to trusted aides. 

Panagiotis Pikrammenos, formerly the president of the Council of State who briefly served as caretaker prime minister at the peak of Greece's economic crisis in 2012, was appointed deputy prime minister. 

A military inquiry into the arrest by Turkish authorities last year of two Greek soldiers on border patrol in northeastern Greece has been "sent to the archive," Defense Minsister Evangelos Apostolakis said on Friday in response to a question from the opposition.

Opposition parties in Greece challenged the government in Parliament and the media on Thursday to offer some explanation about last April's acquisition by Public Power Corporation (PPC) of electricity trader Energy Delivery Solutions (EDS), which is based in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Greece's conservative opposition on Wednesday renewed its criticism of the left-led government's handling of the issue concerning the two Greek soldiers held in Turkey.

Opposition New Democracy on Friday accused the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks (ANEL) coalition of being divided over the issue of the two servicemen detained by Turkey.

Turkish authorities detained the two servicemen last week after they crossed the shared border during a patrol.

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has turned down an invitation to meet with Defence Minister Panos Kammenos so the latter can brief him about the latest developments with Turkey.

New Democracy's shadow minister for defense, Vassilis Kikilias, plans to put Defense Minister Panos Kammenos on the spot regarding a procurements agreement with Saudi Arabia.

The assault and injury of seven people, including three army cadets, on Sunday afternoon near Monastiraki Station in central Athens, was widely condemned by political parties on Monday as an act of fascism.

Officers of the Athens security police on Monday were seeking a group of perpetrators that assaulted and injured a total of seven people, including three Hellenic Army Academy cadets, on Sunday afternoon near Monastiraki Station in central Athens.

Opposition New Democracy's shadow defense minister Vassilis Kikilias said on Friday that although the upgrade of the Hellenic Air Force fleet is indeed "imperative," the parliamentary defense committee must convene to examine the leftist-led government's recent deal with Washington to bring the country's F-16 fighter jets up to standard.