Water conservation

Packaging, with increasing population and production, has diversified through centuries; but today, it is predominantly plastic. This makes us come face-to-face with a horrible environmental problem. The only solution is recycling. 

A dead infant was found among recyclable materials at a garbage sorting center in Larissa, central Greece, on Monday.

According to local reports the baby - just a few weeks old - was discovered by an employee at the sorting plant.

The infant was transferred to a morgue, where an autopsy will be conducted on Tuesday.

The historic Yerebatan (Basilica) Cistern, which is Turkey's third most visited spot in Istanbul's historic Sultanahmet district, has been undergoing a comprehensive restoration process for the first time after 500 years. 

"Waste not, want not" has never been more true than in the crisis, and clothing and shoes are no exception when it comes to getting as much use as possible out of everything we buy and consume.

The eighth cistern which was left on Saturday night has been taken out of the village of Hitrino.

Three more cisterns have to be removed on Sunday. This will leave only one cistern which was leaking gas until Saturday.

Prime Minister Borisov expressed hope that residents of the village will be able to return to their homes by Tuesday.

The removal of the dangerous cisterns from the derailed train in Hitrino continues for a fourth consecutive day.

The eighth cistern is expected to be removed on Sunday. It was loaded successfully on Saturday but the operation had to be terminated due to darkness in the evening.

A week after the train accident in Hitrino which killed 7 people, the state of emergency remains in place until the completion of the repair works.

Residents of Hitrino still have no access to their homes but, for certain repair works, volunteers will be allowed in.

The company which owns the derailed train has to remove all dangerous cisterns within 15 days.

Bulgaria's institutions refused to commit to a deadline for the removal of the dangerous cisterns from Hitrino and letting in local residents.

At a briefing earlier on Wednesday, representatives of the Interior Ministry underlined that the most important thing is to avoid putting people's health and life at risk.

Emergency teams are to begin draining the dangerous materials out of several tanks that derailed in Hitrino in northeastern Bulgaria on Saturday morning.

Seven people died after one of the cisterns exploded. Twenty-nine were injured, while dozens of families lost their home after the blast left buildings in a 300m perimeter completely ravaged.

We're all tired. We journalists, those who govern, you the readers, who follow the news and the commentaries - all of us living in this country with all its dead ends. The only real and consistent recycling taking place in Greece these days has to do with speeches, pledges and promises. What follows are denials, recriminations, misconstructions and conspiracy theories.