Estonia
The lush life of the crypto-bet billionaire who dodged an Estonian kidnap plot
Tim Heath is the little known billionaire who saw off a kidnapping attempt in Estonia, but to his mates in Australia the burly, punting-mad former Scotch student is warmly known as “Beef”.
- by Sarah Danckert
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Australian gaming billionaire ‘beat up’ in failed Estonian kidnap plot
The men allegedly posed as painter-decorators, wore hi-vis vests and entered the stairwell of an Old Town apartment building where Tim Heath lives.
- by Rob Harris
Forget the Med: Europe’s new, surprising, summer holiday hotspot
It’s easy to forget there are beaches in Europe beyond those fringing the Mediterranean Sea. But a change in weather patterns is driving a shift in attitudes.
- by Sarah Marshall
Rare editions of Russian author’s books are vanishing from libraries around Europe
Authorities paint a picture of a network of associates, some blood relatives, travelling across Europe by bus with library cards sometimes under assumed names to scout rare Russian books.
- by Rachel Donadio
GPS jamming prevents Finnish airline landings
Disturbances have increased since 2022, and Finnair pilots have reported interference especially near Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave on the Baltic Sea coast.
Meet the European prime minister Putin wants locked up
Moscow’s charges against Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas appear to be linked to her government’s push to remove Soviet-era monuments.
- by Rob Harris
Zelensky receives rock star treatment in Vilnius ahead of NATO summit
Since the start of the war, Lithuania has welcomed more than 74,000 Ukrainians – the largest inflow of refugees in the country’s history.
- by Rob Harris
Late winter escapes: The world’s best places for an August holiday
Keen to escape Australia in August? Here are the countries and cities to visit for their summer, winter or welcoming dry season.
- by Brian Johnston
The new bucket list: The places to add (and the ones to remove)
Barcelona is out, Valencia is in. Overtourism, climate change and even war are forcing a rewriting of travel wishlists.
- by Chris Leadbeater
‘A farce’: Belarusian court jails Nobel Peace Prize winner for 10 years
The harsh punishment of human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski and three of his colleagues was in response to protests over the 2020 election result.
- by Yuras Karmanau
Estonia to ban Russians, Latvia deems Russia ‘terrorist’ state
Estonia wants Russia “to be unable to continue its ordinary international life also at the level of its citizens,” Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu said.
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