AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoSubsea Security for Europe: The European Commission launched a €40m call to boost repair capacity for submarine communication cables and funded new regional cable hubs in the Baltic (€5.8m) and Mediterranean (€3.3m), aiming for near real-time threat detection and faster coordinated responses—Italy will coordinate the Mediterranean hub with Cyprus, Greece and Malta. Malta Digital Identity: Malta’s MITA published a tender for online identity verification software to plug into the government authentication service, with a €310,000 contract value and a July 22, 2026 deadline; it also noted separate maintenance work for biometric self-service kiosks used by Residency Malta. Blockchain in Finance: Chainlink joined a working group with European and South Korean banks to explore stablecoins for FX settlement via “Project Pangea,” testing euro- and won-denominated stablecoin swaps using onchain settlement tech. AI Policy and Ethics: The European Commission told EWTN News that Pope Leo XIV’s AI vision aligns with EU principles already reflected in the AI Act and other tech rules, even as Parliament moves to ease parts of AI Act obligations. Malta in the Spotlight: A Malta-linked story also emerged around identity and biometric services, while the week’s wider tech agenda kept returning to regulated infrastructure and trust. Local Tech Industry Signals: Digitain appointed Dario Jurčić as chief commercial officer for Europe and Africa, overseeing commercial operations across hubs including Malta.
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