Urho Blom Atte Harjanne Jenni Pajunen Eveliina Heinäluoma Quick Key Points On Sunday, June 13th, new city councils and boards will be elected in roughly 300 municipalities across Finland. Power
A set of three laws concerning the secondary use of healthcare data is making its way through the Finnish Parliament. Surprisingly, it is not clear that Parliament will ask industry leaders for their views on the proposed laws, which could jeopardize Finland’s goal of becoming the world’s leading research ecosystem.
On January 30, the EU established a “transparency and authorization mechanism” for vaccine exports prohibiting the export of Covid-19 vaccines to select destinations outside the EU without prior approval. Amcham has published a statement regarding our concerns towards restricting exports because it may lead to vaccine spoilage and delay the resolution of the current public health crisis.
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EU companies need to monitor and be prepared to address actions taken by the Trump administration on trade with China, Iran, and Russia in the near-term. While a Biden administration is unlikely to remove restrictions in the short-term, expect to see more cooperation on trade concerns with allies in Europe.
It is anticipated that President-elect Biden will immediately implement executive orders undermining President Trump’s policies related to immigration, climate change and management of Covid-19. It is also expected that the Biden-Kamala team will dedicate substantially more attention to data privacy which is significant to international data transfers, particularly in light of the July 2020 Schrems II decision invalidating the EU-US Privacy Shield due to US surveillance concerns.
Finland as a Business Location Barometer 2020 Released Barometer results launched: Key points and highlights Full report released: View and download it now Official press release in Finnish: Read and
The fundamental topics of the current year can be summed up in three points. Corona, corona, corona. Stimulus packages across the world have strengthen the voices of protectionism. However, a lot of liquid assets are available on the local market. But is Finland worth investing?
On June 22nd U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he will suspend processing new applications of H1B, J-1 and L work visas effective June 24th. What does it mean for your company?
Urho Blom CEO, Eurofactsurho.blom@eurofacts.fi WHERE ARE WE? Writing from my home office like many other experts for the last 4 to 5 weeks, I’ve had some time to
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