Real Estate & Wealth: Palantir CEO Alex Karp reportedly bought a 3,700-acre ranch at St. Benedict’s Monastery near Aspen for $120m, after a 2024 listing price of $150m—an eye-catching deal tied to a Trappist property that shifted from monk-run farming to a modern private retreat. Travel & Connectivity: New Ryanair routes from Manchester are making microstates easier to reach, with San Marino now reachable in about 45 minutes by direct bus from Rimini. EU Payments: EU Economy Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis says Turkey is interested in joining the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), which already covers EU, EFTA, microstates including San Marino, and several candidates. Border Policy: Europe’s Entry/Exit System is expanding across external borders, replacing passport stamps with digital entry/exit tracking—set to complicate summer travel for many non-EU visitors. Aviation & Business Travel: Flexjet inducted its first GVII-G500, with the aircraft gradually replacing G450s; notably, the jet previously operated from San Marino before joining Flexjet’s U.S. fleet. Tech & Data Governance: A report highlights Flock Safety’s camera network surpassing 100,000 deployments as more than 53 cities cancel contracts over alleged data-sharing and access issues.