Filothei-Psychiko

A violent incident with fan motives took place in the early morning in the area of Filothei where two groups of young people clashed violently, resulting in one person being injured.

The Greek Police (ELAS) has initiated an internal investigation to determine potential disciplinary actions against officers following the circulation of a video in local media showing the mafia-style assassination of a 54-year-old civil engineer in the northern Athens suburb of Neo Psychiko on July 2.

Documentary video footage of 54-year-old surveyor Panagiotis Stathis being killed in cold blood in his car in Neo Psychiko, on July 2, 2024, sees the light of day.

The 44 year old man accused of the murder of the 54 year old surveyor in Neo Psychiko has been sent to prison with the agreement of the investigator and the prosecutor.

Three youths were robbed by two unknown assailants shortly before midnight on Wednesday in Filothei, a suburb in northern Athens, police said Thursday. 

The two unknown men used a screwdriver to threaten and steal the wallets of the victims and then fled.

The police is searching for the perpetrators.

The contract killing of 54-year-old surveyor Panagiotis Stathis is estimated to have cost up to 100,000 euros, according to officers directly involved in the investigation of the brutal murder in Psychiko.

The end of the thread of the unplanned murder that took place on Tuesday morning (2/7) in Neo Psychiko with the victim of the 54-year-old topographer Panagiotis Stathis attempt to find the executives of Homicide in order to reach the traces of the perpetrator and the perpetrators.

Athens will enforce traffic regulations this Sunday for the 41st Peace Marathon.

Between 8:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., there will be phased disruptions to vehicle traffic, along with no-parking and no-stopping zones on designated avenues and streets in Marathon - Nea Makri, Rafina - Pikermi, Pallini - Gerakas - Anthousa, Agia Paraskevi, Chalandri, and Psychiko - Filothei municipalities.

A suspicious envelope was discovered at the Russian embassy in the northern Athens suburb of Palaio Psychiko on Friday morning.

Upon its discovery, embassy staff promptly alerted authorities. Soon after, members of the EMAK disaster response team and bomb disposal experts from the Greek Police (ELAS) arrived at the scene.

The strong rains and winds across several parts of Greece felled trees and caused power outages.

Among the hardest hit areas were some of Athens' northern suburbs.

In the municipality of Filothei-Psychiko more than 40 trees were toppled and some streets remain closed to traffic, state broadcaster ERT reported.