Energy Security & Grid Resilience: Elering ran a full black-start test to prove Estonia’s power system can restart in emergency isolation, and said it’s now buying distributed restart capabilities to speed recovery. Agriculture & Biosecurity: Estonia’s hunters are using ministry-purchased drones with thermal cameras to spot wild boar near pig farms and help curb African swine fever risk to domestic herds. Manufacturing & Investment: Luminor granted €1.3m to Hoppekids to acquire Danish children’s furniture assets, shifting production to Latvia’s Saldus region to expand capacity for the EU market. Carbon Policy: The European Commission proposed easing parts of the ETS emissions-reduction path (slower annual cuts and longer free allowances to 2038), while Estonia and other countries push for industry competitiveness. Alcohol Retail Regulation: Estonia’s planned higher alcohol licence fees could reduce outlet numbers and raise prices, with retailers warning costs may be passed to consumers. Digital Economy & Trade: India and Estonia agreed to expand cooperation in digital governance, fintech, cybersecurity and emerging tech, backing early India-EU FTA implementation. Industry Data: Statistics Estonia reported producer price inflation accelerating to 3.8% year-on-year in June, driven mainly by electricity/heat and wood-related costs. Logistics & Production: Allied Biofuels signed a logistics agreement to build SAF/e-SAF export corridors from Uzbekistan to Europe and the UAE. Online Gambling Rules: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania’s cross-border self-exclusion register is reshaping online gambling compliance and platform operations across the Baltics. Mobility/Tech: Starship Technologies withdrew its campus food-delivery robots from UW-Madison, reallocating over 1,200 robots to retail grocery and city delivery across Europe and the US.