Estonia’s Defence Readiness & Civil Protection: Tallinn installed its first modular public shelter in the city center (Juhkentali 10), using a reinforced-concrete design already used in Ukraine, with officials testing usability and public awareness before any wider rollout. Ukrainian Tech & Counter-Drone Push: Airbus Defence and Space and Alta Ares agreed to integrate counter-drone interceptors into Airbus command-and-control networks, aiming to speed up detection-to-interception for mass UAV threats. Local Defence Industry Expansion: EDGE Group launched “EDGE Europe” in Paris, setting up a French head office and a Bordeaux engineering/manufacturing hub to build sovereign defence capability faster, including via stakes it already holds across Europe (notably Milrem Robotics in Estonia). Energy Storage Supply Chain: Estonia’s Zirgu BESS (100 MW/200 MWh) is set to be the first European-scale battery storage project with key components manufactured in Europe, with LG Energy Solution supplying batteries (Poland), and inverters from Spain’s Power Electronics. Food & Dairy Industry: E-Piim Tootmine’s bankrupt assets are moving to public auction in August, with cheese factory lots in Paide/Põltsamaa and Järva-Jaani, as operations continue at reduced capacity. EU Policy Watch: The European Commission has started infringement steps against 20 member states for late transposition of the EmpCo Directive on environmental claims, targeting greenwashing and requiring substantiation. Health Tech in Tallinn: Arima Genomics will present AMP Europe data in Tallinn showing Hi-C sequencing can detect lymphoma rearrangements missed by high-coverage whole-genome sequencing.