Lamia

More wildfires broke out Wednesday in the central mainland of Greece, triggering a precautionary evacuation order for some outskirts of the town of Lamia.

Residents in the northern sections of the central Greek city of Lamia, at Fthiotis region, were ordered to evacuate their homes late afternoon Wednesday, as a fire has crossed the Lamia-Domokos road and is heading to the area of Nea Magnissia, a few miles east of the major city.

An extra budget of 18.3 million euros for Greece's urban buses and intercity coaches (KTEL) was announced by Transport and Infrastructure Minister Christos Staikouras on Friday.

This sizable subsidy also concerns local coach operators in the country's remote regions, he added, speaking at the 29th KTEL annual convention in the city of Lamia, central Greece.

An employee of the Forestry Department of Sperchiada, central Greece, was being treated in hospital on Friday after being brutally attacked by an illegal logger earlier this week.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who is on the island of Tinos with his family, wished Happy Easter to Orthodox Greeks around the world in a post on the social media. Mitsotakis will be attending services on the island during the holiday.

Main opposition leader Alexis Tsipras was spending Easter with his family in Corfu, where he participated in the annual ritual of pot smashing.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday presented a program of 540 projects with a budget of 4.2 billion euros for the region of Central Greece, including key motorway and rail upgrades.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greece's conservative prime minister, is back on the campaign trail after a month-long hiatus following the deadly train collision on February 28.

Health officials said several firefighters and volunteers had been hospitalized with burns. Many settlements meanwhile face electricity problems, while the national road from Athens to Lamia is closed.

Mobile units of the National Organization for Public Health (EODY) will on Thursday conduct rapid antigen tests on the eastern Aegean island of Chios, in Fthiotida, central Greece, in Magnesia, and Thessaloniki, authorities said.

A fully equipped laboratory for the hydroponic cultivation of cannabis was located in the basement of a house in the area of Fthiotida in central Greece, the Hellenic police (ELAS) said on Tuesday.

The basement was raided on Monday by officers of the narcotics unit, who arrested and charged a woman with the illicit cultivation of drugs, trafficking and violating gun laws.