EU Budget Fight: EU leaders asked Ireland to propose by October new sources of money for the 2028–2034 budget, as a €2tn plan faces a clash between net contributors cutting spend and beneficiaries warning agriculture and cohesion could lose out. EU Security Split: A summit ended with disagreements over Russia policy and the EU’s role in any peace process, with Estonia’s PM warning the bloc can’t act as mediator without constraining its support for Ukraine. Estonia Policy Watch: Estonia plans “digital identities” for AI agents to keep actions verifiable and auditable, aiming to clarify who is acting and who is responsible. Energy Grid Build-Out: Estonia’s Gulf of Riga offshore wind connection plan is out for consultation, mapping a subsea-to-overhead transmission route to new substations. Baltic Power Storage: Lithuania connected an 80 MW / 186.26 MWh battery storage system to the grid, adding to a growing wave of commercial BESS projects. Legal & Nature: Estonia’s Supreme Court struck down a 2020 wolf hunting quota as unlawful under the Bern Convention. Maritime Green Tech: Klaipėda named “Rasa,” a green hydrogen-powered waste collection vessel built with Estonian-Lithuanian cooperation. Consumer Finance: In the Baltics, leisure spending is increasingly “in-app,” making small payments and renewals easy to miss. Space Tech: An Estonian-built deep-space comet camera (OPIC) departed Tartu for Spain ahead of its mission.