Using the various translation tools out there, we can see that the news story behind this site (exhibit A) is thus:

Euro-commission will punish Estonians for the love for the alcoholic the European Commission he wants to punish Estonia, also, for the superfluous warehouse reserves of alcohol. As it reports to Thursday DELFI with the reference to the Estonian publication Eesti Ekspress, according to the estimation of European experts, at the moment of the connection of Baltic republic to THE EUROPEAN UNION on the storages of Estonia there were 1350 tons of the surpluses of alcohol. Penalty for the alcoholic beverages can reach to 10-19 Euro- for every one hundred liters. It is thus far accurately unknown, how much what alcoholic beverages are included in list, but supposedly the sum of penalty can be from three to four million crowns. Estonian officials and producers of alcohol with this posing of the question are not agreeable. Executive director of one of the most important producers of alcohol in the republic of the enterprise “liviko” Of yanek Of kalvi is sincerely astonished by the possibility of penalty and considers conversations about the warehouse reserves of alcohol laughable, since, in comparison with the sugar, this is “pseudo-problem”. Let us recall that THE EUROPEAN UNION already put in Estonia the penalty in 700 million crowns for the surpluses of sugar. According to unconfirmed data, to this can be added new penalty in the size of 328 million crowns for several ten designations of food goods. References on the theme – Estonia will part with its own currency in yr – Lenta.ru, 01.09.2005 – SE was perturbed marginalizatsiyey of Russians in Estonia – Lenta.ru, 15.08.2005 – Estonia is not assembled to change constitution for the Euro- – Lenta.ru, 01.08.2005 – THE EUROPEAN UNION fine Estonia for the surpluses of mandarins and alcohol – Lenta.ru, 05.07.2005

Well, at least they’ve credited me correctly! It also explains where some of those Russian hits on my website comes from… *giggles*

One of the Production Assistants at work, one Fernando Alonso has been getting quite a bit of press really – ITV Central News on Tuesday, article in The Sun today, and all because he gets misdirected fan mail…

Won’t leave me Alonso
By JAMIE PYATT

A MODEST bachelor who can’t drive is being bombarded with lusty letters — because his name is FERNANDO ALONSO like the Formula 1 champ.

Publisher Fernando, 27, lives in Oxford near to the famous racing driver and comes from northern Spain like the star.

But instead of living the life of a millionaire he has one room in a shared house and rides a push-bike. Sexy letters have flooded in from as far as Holland and Spain.

Fernando said: “They say things like ‘I want to get to know you and you are a great driver,’ which is funny as I don’t have a car.

“When I got the first letter I soon realised it was not meant for me. She said she loved me.

“It was from a girl called Astra from Holland. She asked me to ring her.”

Another was from Claire, a pretty 23-year-old, from Suffolk, who said she worked for the Football Association.

Fernando, who scrapes by on £15,000 a year, said: “She said she was a good character and wanted to meet me.”

One girl included a picture of herself in a skimpy outfit.

Fernando moved to Oxford two years ago to improve his English.

He split from Japanese girlfriend Eriko last month but is never tempted to write back seeking romance.

He added: “My ex didn’t understand why they were writing.

“I think they find out that the real Fernando lives in Oxfordshire then look up my address and mix us up.”

The famous Fernando, 24, became the youngest ever F1 champ this weekend at the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Fernando No2 said: “Now he is getting more and more famous, I think I will start getting more and more letters.”

ALONSO
Picture: REUTERS
AGE: 24
LIVES: Oxford
JOB: Formula 1 world champ
WAGES: £3million a year basic
WHEELS: He drives 220mph Renault F1 car

ALONSO
AGE: 27
LIVES: Oxford
JOB: Publisher
WAGES: £15,000 a year
WHEELS: This mountain bike. Hasn’t passed driving test

It must be a slow news week! Still, it’s been giving us alot of ammusement at work!!