Faced with the eurozone debt crisis, a new wave of web entrepreneurs on the continent have been running to an unlikely destination - Estonia. The small Baltic nation has defied the economic downturn and is offering fledgling companies a cheaper and less bureaucratic alternative to Western Europe. Skype is only one example of how companies can find success in the country. Our correspondents Anne Mailliet and Janis Laizans caught up with those looking to follow in its footsteps.
Fighting legend Mike Tyson trades punches for punch lines in his Las Vegas cabaret show. Also on the programme, we discover the story of the portrait as seen through the eyes of Picasso, Matisse and Francis Bacon. Finally, the Estonian group Ewert and The Two Dragons join us in the studio to talk about their new album.
Of all the countries involved in the Second World War, little mention is given to Latvia and Estonia. In 1939, they were invaded and occupied for two years, not by Hitler - but by Stalin's Red Army. With no chance of fighting back by themselves, many soldiers in the Baltic states were forced to join forces with the Germans, leaving a question mark hanging over where their loyalties really lay. Even today, veterans are forced to defend their actions from over 70 years ago.
A hostage drama at Estonia's Defence Ministry building in Tallinn on Thursday ended when a man was detained by police before turning a gun on himself, a ministry spokesman said.
Almost four months after being abducted by armed men after entering Lebanon on a cycling tour, seven Estonians were released in the town of Arsal on Thursday. The men, who are all in the 30s, are now on their way to Beirut.
Seven Estonian tourists biking in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley were kidnapped by masked gunmen and driven off in the back of two vans Wednesday, shortly after entering the country from Syria.
Estonia's centre-right coalition government won out Sunday in the Baltic state's general election after winning a clear majority in parliament with a total of 56 seats, according to results from the national electoral commission.
Estonia becomes the Eurozone’s 17th member on January 1, and the third former communist state to join the single currency. The move is designed to boost the economy, but with the euro in crisis, not all Estonians are convinced it will.
Scores die in Russia as the country suffers tropical temperatures. Violent riots show peace remains fragile in Northern Ireland. In Italy, police arrest 300 people in raids against the Calabrian mafia. And we'll show why the prospect of adopting the euro has boosted the morale of Estonians.
While most countries are limping along with their recovery, Estonia seems to have come out of the economic crisis smiling. Growth is up, unemployment is down - and the Baltic state puts its good luck down in part to the fact it's due to join the euro in January 2011.
