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”.
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.
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.
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.
Disturbances have increased since 2022,and Finnair pilots have reported interference especially near Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave on the Baltic Sea coast.
Moscow’s charges against Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas appear to be linked to her government’s push to remove Soviet-era monuments.
Since the start of the war,Lithuania has welcomed more than 74,000 Ukrainians – the largest inflow of refugees in the country’s history.
Keen to escape Australia in August? Here are the countries and cities to visit for their summer,winter or welcoming dry season.
Barcelona is out,Valencia is in. Overtourism,climate change and even war are forcing a rewriting of travel wishlists.
The harsh punishment of human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski and three of his colleagues was in response to protests over the 2020 election result.
Estonia wants Russia “to be unable to continue its ordinary international life also at the level of its citizens,” Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu said.