Eight Arrested for Hijacking Arctic Sea Cargo Ship

Eight men have been arrested for hijacking an Arctic sea cargo ship. The hijackers are mostly from Estonia and are charged with raiding the Russian ship disguised as police. The cargo ship is being investigated to understand their motivations. Russian prosecutors have charged...

Madonna's Manager Throws Away Gift From Estonia's First Lady

On August 4, 2009, Madonna performed in front of 80,000 spectators in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, as part of her Sticky and Sweet tour. The concert was attended by Estonia's Presidential couple. Touched by the performance, the first lady of Estonia Evelin Ilves decided...

280-pound Australian Teenager To Fight For Sumo Wrestling Title

A 14-year-old girl will become the youngest Australian to participate in the world wrestling sumo championships this month in Estonia. Samantha-Jane Stacey, otherwise known as "Sammy Sumo", is considered a favourite to win the junior women's heavyweight division Stacey took...

Russian Smugglers Build Vodka Pipeline

A group of enterprising smugglers have been accused of creating a pipeline to transport one of Russia's great natural resources: vodka. A group of 11 Russians and Estonians face several years of jail time after...

House price crash goes global

No production, no income, no money to pay overpriced homes with no re-sell guarantee.A new economy model will look for other colateral than real estate, knowledge to medium sized production replaces homes. The...

A look at Georgia's Cyberwar

The ongoing hostilities and violence in Georgia have been well reported; we see photos and videos of soldiers and tanks and bombings.  But the attacks are not limited to physical targets, a cyberwar has also...

Estonia torments ethnic Russians with rotten food

Why to blame Estonia, if it is Finns who send the rotten food? Because the food is actually OK, but with biased arguments, it can be used to harm Estonia, which seems to be targeted by Russians all the time.Well,...

iPhone comes to Estonia

Since August, 22 Estonians will be able to buy modern gadget iPhone 3G. "The proposal iPhone 3G - our next step of strategic importance in the development of the market for mobile data transmission, which will...

41 Million+ Credit Card numbers hacked!

Eleven people including an informant of the Secret Service have been charged for stealing more than 41 million credit and debit card numbers. These people have also been charged with identity theft for the act. It...

Estonia just one step away to finnish WWII fight

At least the last 17-years in modern history of Estonia the World War II still plays big role. Historical, political and ethnical debates, disputes and real fight, like it was in April, 26th last year, let us...

Fear and Loathing in Sillamea: A Message from Narva, Estonia

A message from Sergei of Narva, Newspaper Editor: "Hello all. Giovanni. I read your story with a great interest, just because I'm leaving next door to Sillamae. Well, if I'll try to step inside any guarded...

Estonian Pair First to Swim the Gulf of Finland

A swimming duo from Estonia have officially become the first to swim the 55 km stretch of the Gulf of Finland   "TALLINN - A pair of Estonians on Saturday became the first to swim the Gulf of Finland, a...

Lithuania's LEO roars ahead

The Lithuanian Electricity Organization (LEO LT), a holding company set up to invest in Lithuania's next nuclear power plant and international energy infrastructure, has formally begun operations. 

Record number take UK citizenship

This is all about stats, according to BBC news story, UK has issued recorded number of citizenship last year.Just look at the figures, which say all about the story at a glance."A record 164,635 people were granted British citizenship last year, government figures have...

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,077

Apart form economic loss, USA has lost thousands of military personnel in Iraq War. There is no sign of any let up in US casualty and as war continues there the figure will soar." As of Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at...

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