estonia was the first former soviet republic to join the euro zone. someone bought a bonnet as president of the talent institute for economics and management he knows only too well the price the a student in government how to pay for overcoming economy problems and meeting the terms required for joining mira was a. risky p.c. it was like everything was done to make it seem that the budget had a very low deficit and prevent inflation all pensions are expensive medical care growth and exercises and the like it is a good thing that we became more attractive for investors started with but actually there are the poorer sections of the population had to pay for all that. member of parliament human lenk agreed to take part in an experiment suggested by journalists on a popular internet site his task was to see how he would survive on a subsistence wage for a month chopping was something of an ordeal for him a link he couldn't afford to spend even one cent above his budget because otherwise he would have ruined the experiment. or lost restored a minimum a sub

one thousand nine hundred nine people in the three soviet baltic republics of lithuania latvia and estonia formed a six hundred kilometer human chain linking the three capitals. and reserve and you and i began my struggle against communism when i was still a college student at the same time i campaigned for a stony as independence which was a logical thing to do and after we had lost our freedom as a result of a pact between two regimes that ism and communism. as a staunch opponent of communism markel our twice held the post of premier after a stone europe claimed independence now he is the country's defense minister. in the soviet union victory in world war two was celebrated on may the ninth mark lara was one of those responsible for instituting a new date for a stone it thinks is a there is marked a new european. style on may eighth but celebrations on the tapes are of an entirely different kind. after we are freedom fighters. sixty six years ago today. on may eighth one thousand nine hundred forty five. a world war two. officially came to an analyst day. by freedom fighters the defense

germany, cyprus, and estonia have become the latest countries to approve new powers for the european financial stability facility. the fund is designed to be able work for the euro at a time of dangerously high debt levels. here in berlin, legislation passed with a strong majority. this is a major boost for angela merkel, especially on the domestic front. >> the chancellor made her way through a crush of deputies to cast her vote. the opposition social democrats and greens back to the bill -- backed the bill. the finance minister said that the vote was about more than putting more money into debt ridden countries. >> if we are to maintain stability for the democratic rule of law, the rules must be set and protected. that is what the german government is determined to do. >> the opposition welcomed his speech they were also hugely critical of merkel. some of them accused her of being slow to support europe. >> this reluctance and these tiny steps taken have cost the german taxpayer a lot of money. they have prolonged the crisis and made it more expensive. for a long time, you have fai

and while the leaders of nations like lebanon and equatorial guinea and estonia were speaking yesterday at the u.n., the magazine "forbes" simultaneously released its list of the 400 richest individual people in america. and some of those people as individuals have a larger personal net worth than the economies of entire countries like, say, lebanon, equatorial guinea, or estonia. some american individual people have more money than some individual entire countries. one of the big headlines out of the "forbes" 400 list this year is for charles and david koch, the koch brothers. their father, of course, invented a way to turn oil into gasoline. they inherited dad's company. and importantly, they did not take it public. it is a private company. which means that anything the company makes redo you understand redounds to them as individuals. their net worth jumping by more than 40% in the past year. the koch brothers are up to $50 billion in personal wealth right now. and that means as of this year charles and david koch as two people have more money than the gdp of sri lanka, slovenia, bul

helsinki johann blackman has published a work which he says proves the soviet troops didn't occupy estonia. i reject the occupation myth regrettably dismay it is the basis of the policy of. backman was deprived of the right to enter a stone year he had visited on many occasions before but when he arrived at the port of talon by ferry he was immediately detained and led to the headquarters of the border service. there i was told that i was no longer allowed to enter east tony because of what they described this entire story and activity stone used prison policies are indicative of an apartheid regime people there are divided into two groups citizens and non-citizens citizens are those who have political and other rights in that society non-citizens are those who are deprived of those rights they hold great passports. only said in tones of minor television channel its programmes often show water official estonian or thirty's tend to ignore. in two thousand and eight was able to worm his way into the confidence of a farmer in the village of. i met with a farm owner about him. he invites frien

in the mid twentieth century estonia was part of the soviet union a friendship the two towns. and even in a threat to single municipality the common infrastructure and transport system a stone eons in russians lived here side by side when a stony achieved independence in one thousand nine hundred one the border along another over liver was reinstated the so-called friendship bridge became a checkpoint with flags of two different states once again flying over the old fortresses. before a stone you know won independence in one thousand nine hundred one the struggle for secession from the soviet union in this republic was exceptionally peaceful. and the country managed to avoid the bloodshed that was characteristic of its baltic neighbors are not fear. that this is the historical wide hall of the parliament. here in. the late summer of one thousand nine hundred ninety one to declare recognition of the three baltic republics yeltsin said here flanked by the chairmen of their parliaments garman off represented latvia last previous from lithuania in early till from a store near yelt

placed 23rd in science and 30th in math behind countries like finland, the slovak republic and estonia. ♪ sunny days >> reporter: but can the muppets really pave the way to m.i.t.? for 30 years researchers have studied something called the sesame effect. they found exposure to the program as a preschooler equals higher achievement in high school. frequent viewers earned better grades in english, math and science and had a higher grade point average than nonviewers. >> when they begin school they're ready for school. they know their numbers. they know a lot of preliteracy skills. you know, they walk in the door and they're ready to learn. >> reporter: "sesame street" has helped kids tackle complex issues before, everything from divorce to race relations. ♪ i love my hair >> reporter: parents now hoping that when it comes to success in science and math -- >> let's engineer. >> reporter: -- elmo might also have the power to change the equation. >> yeah, baby. >> reporter: so does this mean you can just plop your child down in front of "sesame street" for hours guilt free? well, not exactl

just ahead as our special report on post soviet estonia but business news next with kareena well again stay with us for. our welcome to our business out there that's all thanks for joining me here crane says it has achieved significant progress in natural gas talks with russia president thanks again to college met russian leaders late saturday to discuss the terms of gas transit and supplies the parties agreed to hold her as a government meeting in ukraine in october crane claims it was paying too much under the current gas supply deal to change the terms russia says it's prepared to provide a discount but in return was a stake in ukraine's pipeline network company from the national energy security believes if the simplest solution for here. in moscow the problem of. who will do the the problem will be the proper it all this pipeline in my opinion is the most realistic way to give russia at least fifty percent in this pipeline system and russia will give serious discount because it's position to the measure of this from the gas price in ukraine will be the same as in russia now the pri

they recently opened an office in estonia.the pitcher act called for the establishment of the nationwide electronic crimes task force. to bring together multiple components to help investigate and mitigate or prevent attacks on the nation's financial and critical infrastructure. as a former u.s. attorney, i appreciate the expanding role that work closely with the secret service and all of these capacities, particularly as the emerging roles of the electronic crimes task force in fighting cyber crime. the secret service plays the lead role in coordination at special events of national significance. the next secret service will be leading security efforts with the asia-pacific economic cooperation summit in white, the presidential state of the union address, and a significantly to me, both the nato and the g-20 meetings which will be held in we will be looking at a significant international event if there is an effort for palestinian organizations to get recognition. this will be paired with positive relationships with state and

oil shale because estonia has been developing its own oil shale for 90 years. then a company from brazil came to talk to me because they've been developing oil shale for a number of years themselves and yet we're stifled here. the president likes to promote green energy companies like the one that just announced it was going bankrupt last week and which all kinds of money went down the drain. american made energy has been creating jobs for centuries. now, we have american energy sitting on the sidelines under acres and acres of federally controlled life that drive for production and president obama and his liberal allies keep it closed off to play in izz anti-oil agenda at a time when we need energy and energy costs are going off the chart. and it's only getting worse. rather than streamline an overly bureaucratic system the bureau of land management would add a whole new layer of red tape that is duplicative. the western energy alliance recently released a survey that found that $1 billion has already been shift aid way from the rockies and that $3 billion in

the point is and estonia, to mecca but it was an indication of where we are at and where the states maytical resources and the resources are out there but i guess in a different way i think that i call it the awakening and public knowledge i think maybe what is needed is a pattern of security people like to write about it and not do anything about it and although we can't get to 100% we can raise a lot higher without damaging operations. we can do a lot of good if we get out of the left and right and spend our money and actually make the systems more secure.

place 23rd in science and 30th in math behind countries like finland, the slovak republic and estoniang called the sesame effect. they found exposure to the program as a preschooler equals higher achievement in high school. frequent viewers earn better grades in english, math and science and had a higher grade point average than non-viewers. >> when they begin school they're ready for school. they know their numbers they know pre-literacy skills. you know they walk in the door and ready to learn. >> reporter: parents now hoping that when it comes to success in science and math. >> let's engineer. >> reporter: elmo might also have the power to change the equation. does this mean you can plop your child in front of the television and feel guilt-free about watching "sesame street"? not really. researchers say the curriculum is built for 2-year-olds and is a curriculum and you should sit down with your child and talk to them about what they're seeing. sharyn alfonsi, abc news, new york. >> curriculum for 2-year-olds. makes me feel a little behind. >> look us at hanging out with the gang.