Filothei

The Greek Animal Welfare Society is holding its fourth annual Run With Your Dog event on Sunday, October 1, at the National Bank Woods (Alsos Ethnikis Trapezas - formerly Pikionis Park) in the northern suburb of Filothei. In addition to encouraging people to spend some quality time with their pets, the event is also aimed at raising awareness about the society's activities.

The Finance Ministry is expected by the end of the year to amend the so-called objective values used for tax purposes in four parts of the country: the Athens suburbs of Filothei and Psychico, Neos Voutzas in northeastern Attica and Delphi.

The Council of State, Greece's highest administrative court, has ruled that the ENFIA property tax had been miscalculated in four areas, and was therefore illegal, following appeals by taxpayers. The decision referred to the areas of Psyhico and Filothei in northern Athens, Neos Voutzas, in northeastern Attica, and Delphi.

"The Road to Sparta," a documentary by Barney Spender and Roddy Gibson, premieres at the Athens Adventure Film Festival, which is taking place at Athens College in the northern suburb of Filothei on Sunday, October 23, starting at 12.30 p.m.

Ask most Greeks, and they’ll tell you that the richest Greeks live in Ekali, Kifisia or Filothei in the northern suburbs of Athens. The truth, according to data of the General Secretariat of Public Revenue, is that the wealthy Greeks of the Athens northern suburbs are constantly getting poorer. Hence, the new wealthy Greeks are in Kozani – northern Greece.

Greek businessman Thomas Liakounakis, arrested at his upscale Filothei-Psychiko residence on Monday on charges of bribery and money laundering, was sent to jail pending trial following his 7-hour inquest hearing with investigative magistrate on corruption, Vassilis Bratis.

A well-known Greek businessman and high-profile representative of foreign defense manufacturers was arrested late Monday evening in Athens. Thomas Liakounakos was apprehended by police after an arrest warrant was issued in relation to charges stemming from a case involving a contract with the multinational Ericsson.

Greek authorities incinerated 2.1 tons of heroin at a secret location on Wednesday. The drug was seized during raids on a home in Filothei, northern Athens, and two warehouses in Koropi, eastern Attica, earlier this year.

The 62-year-old director of a fuel company based in Dubai denied on Monday in a Piraeus court that he had anything to do with the Noor One, a ship that transported a ton of heroin to Greece earlier this year.

A 29-year-old Albanian national arrested in a case involving over 1.3 ton of heroin seized by authorities in Attica last week was remanded in custody on Friday.

The suspect, who surrendered to police last week, was expected to be transferred to Halkida Prison later in the day.