| PIEGEL ONLINE | INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER |
| Compiled on January 16, 2014, 06:03 PM CET |
| THE MAFIA'S DEADLY GARBAGE Italy's Growing Toxic Waste Scandal For decades, the Mafia has been dumping toxic waste illegally in the region north of Naples. Recently declassified testimony shows that leading politicians have known about the problem for years, yet done nothing about it -- even as the death toll climbs. |
| THE BOSNIAN KNOT Conflicts Unchanged in Birthplace of WWI The 1914 assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo came in the midst of a bitter power struggle among major European powers in the Balkans. One hundred years and three devastating wars later, peace still eludes the multi-ethnic region. |
