A smuggler's balloon carrying thousands of contraband cigarettes was found on Estonia's frozen Lake Peipus on Tuesday morning, the Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) said.

With the water level remaining roughly one-and-a-half feet above the 30-year historical average, one of Europe's largest lakes has left experts and locals stunned. According to ERR, the high water ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The ice was like a present that arrived in time for Christmas. Lake Peipus had frozen over earlier than ...

During the summer, the shores of Lake Peipus – the fifth-largest lake in Europe – fill with sunbathers from the Baltic states and beyond, said Oliver Smith in the FT. In the winter, the lake often ...

On Tuesday morning, the Estonian Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) were called into action after receiving reports that a balloon carrying cardboard boxes had been found on the ice covering Lake ...