Alexander Stubb and Jonas Gahr Støre are parlaying a two-decade friendship into diplomatic power.

The European Central Bank is taking aim at Finland’s plan to require supervisors to promote growth and competition among lenders, warning that the change risks blurring their core responsibility for keeping banks safe and sound.

Finland’s data center boom is gathering pace, with several new projects unveiled since after Alphabet Inc.’s Google announced its biggest-ever European investment in the country last month.

European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn said the Middle East energy shock hasn’t so far spread to other prices or wages, but those impacts can’t be ruled out.

Finland suspects that the homes of several parliament members were unlawfully accessed across a “considerable” number of cases.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb said Donald Trump appears to be focusing more on peace efforts in Ukraine as US negotiators seek a partial cease-fire by winter.

Finnish counter-drone company Sensofusion Plc plans to raise about €300 million ($343 million) in an initial public offering in Helsinki as it seeks funds to accelerate growth amid rising demand for technology to detect and neutralize drones.

Finland risks a wider deficit in public finances than required by the European Union from member states that are in breach of its fiscal rules, according to the Finance Ministry.

Finland said it will join France’s nuclear deterrence initiative intended to strengthen European defenses against an increasingly hostile Russia.

Finland’s prime minister, who convened the meeting, wants to see more funds directed to the region where Russia’s threat is growing

Alphabet Inc.’s Google is spending €13 billion ($15.1 billion) on artificial intelligence infrastructure in Finland, its biggest European investment, as the Nordic country’s cold climate and carbon-free power make it a magnet for data center builders.

Finland finished building 200 kilometers (124 miles) of fence along its border with Russia, strengthening surveillance along the longest stretch of NATO boundary against its main adversary.

Finland’s government agreed on a budget for next year that supports economic recovery while Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s four-party coalition tries to rein in public debt growth.

Some of the Nordic region’s biggest companies and wealthiest investors are working on a proposal to create a single, unified stock exchange.

Finland’s President Alexander Stubb rejected the notion that the US is strong-arming NATO allies with a questionnaire gauging their support for President Donald Trump’s policies.

The US Justice Department is investigating Kone Oyj’s €29.4 billion ($34.4 billion) purchase of rival TK Elevator, putting pressure on a deal that would create the largest elevator manufacturer in the world.

Four years ago, Venla Malinen’s professors assured her that she had made the right decision to study construction architecture in the Finnish city of Kuopio. When she entered the workforce, they told her, there would be more opportunities than she and her classmates could handle.

Europe’s biggest defense challenge is finding enough people to serve in the military and strengthening the public’s willingness to fight on behalf of their countries, Finnish Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen said in an interview.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb called on his fellow NATO leaders to work on providing Ukraine with the means of defending itself against waves of missile strikes by Russia.

Finland, Norway and Latvia agreed to cooperate on the development and possible joint purchases of tracked vehicles from Patria Oyj in the latest sign that European governments are increasingly working to pool orders of defense equipment amid growing threats from Russia.