AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoDigital Identity & Payments: Malta opened a €15.66m procurement for a European Digital Identity Wallet and trust ecosystem, with bids due 3 September, as the EU pushes member states to deliver wallets by end-2026; Semiconductor Security: Trust Stamp Malta was selected for the EU’s IPCEI AST advanced semiconductor programme, aiming to bind device identity to verified humans for hardware security; Digital Euro Pilot: The ECB picked 36 payment firms for a year-long digital euro trial starting in the second half of 2027, testing online and offline payments without legal-tender status; Local Tech Resilience: The PN called for a parliamentary committee hearing after Malta’s eID services reportedly struggled when many students checked MATSEC results, affecting access to MyHealth, eCourts and other systems; Energy Infrastructure: Nexans began horizontal directional drilling for Malta’s second interconnector land-to-sea link, designed to protect the coastline while enabling a ~€300m project; Heritage Science: Heritage Malta and the Eden Leisure Foundation are starting scientific analysis and full-body reconstruction of a St Paul’s Catacombs skeleton using ancient DNA, carbon dating, isotopes and 3D scanning.
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