AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoLabour Migration: Finland is weighing a points-based labour migration system after a government-commissioned report reviewed models from Canada, Australia, Germany and New Zealand, with Employment Minister Matias Marttinen saying the core principle—employers driving workforce needs—should stay. Telecom & Cities: DNA won a contract to build network and internet services for the city of Oulu, while Telia Finland is transferring part of its data centre services and end-user IT support to CGI, with nearly 250 employees moving. AI & Security Tech: Tampere University launched the SecureSoC project (€6.7m) to develop secure system-on-chip technologies for critical sectors ahead of the EU Cyber Resilience Act. Energy & Industry: Heat pump sales across 21 European countries rose 13% in 2025, and Europe’s push for AI sovereignty and domestic compute continues to gather funding momentum. Business & Markets: Grid.online raised €4m to expand shared last-mile delivery infrastructure, and Finland’s purchasing power story shows prices rising faster than wages in some categories. Regulation & Compliance: Finland fined a streamer for promoting unlicensed offshore gambling to Finnish customers. Geopolitics & Defence: The US Marine Corps tested NATO dispersed air operations by flying F-35Bs from a Finnish highway strip during Exercise Ramstein Flag 2026.
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