EU Defence Industrial Push: EU ministers have formally named the first five “projects of common interest” for joint capability work, spanning drones/counter-drones, maritime & seabed defence, space, federated air & missile defence, and eastern-flank surveillance, with an ambition of ~€190bn by 2036 and an initial €325m EDIP funding pot for 2025–2027. Finland & Space Tech: ESA awarded OVHcloud and CGI a 30-month contract to build “Digital EO” infrastructure for storing and processing Europe’s Earth observation data, with deployment in Italy, France and Germany and support from Poland—part of a push for European control of strategic workloads. AI Infrastructure in the Spotlight: KAYTUS launched an OEM AI managed service for data centres, promising faster onsite hardware repairs, while Singapore urged UN members to explore a framework convention for AI safeguards, including shared risk testing and incident reporting. Finland in Diabetes Tech: Tandem Mobi, Tandem Diabetes Care’s automated insulin delivery system, is now available in Finland among 12 countries. Baltic Sea Pollution Research: Researchers across Sweden, Finland, Lithuania and Latvia are tackling pharmaceutical pollution in the Baltic Sea with a “whole life cycle” approach, not just wastewater treatment. Energy & Grid Resilience: Reactive Technologies secured €19m from the EIB to expand GridVerix, real-time monitoring for grid stability as renewables and data centres strain networks. Finland’s AI Startup Funding: Tallinn’s bilt.me raised ~€615k to scale its AI-native mobile app builder. Geopolitics Meets Tech: The Kremlin warned against expanding Starlink use for Ukrainian strikes deep inside Russia, after Finland’s President Alexander Stubb urged Musk to broaden coverage for such targeting. Health Science (Finland-linked): A TEDDY-based study found a gut microbiome development pattern linked to more than threefold higher type 1 diabetes risk in children with high genetic risk.