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Brussels (Belgium), May 24 (EFE) .- (Camera: Leopoldo Rodríguez) Belgium has started a system of tracking potential coronavirus infected, with which it has already managed to identify more than 3,000 people who had been in contact with suspects or diagnosed.FOOTAGE OF TRACKERS.SOUNDBITES OF BART SCHOUPPE, DIRECTOR OF A TRACKING CENTRE.
The EU's landmark curbs on how tech titans do business online kicks in from March 7th. "As of midnight, the gatekeepers are required to prove that they are complying with the DMA (Digital Markets Act)", says Johannes Bahrke, EU spokesperson. Brussels is determined to create a more competitive online field that allows smaller players to flourish by ushering in a list of do's and don'ts for six so-called "gatekeepers" designated by the EU: Apple, Amazon, Google owner Alphabet, TikTok parent ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft. SOUNDBITE
EU Commission spokesperson Anitta Hipper says during a briefing in Brussels that the EU has launched action against Hungary after Budapest passed laws it says are intended to "protect Hungary's sovereignty" and curb foreign influence. SOUNDBITE
Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen hails a "big day for Finland" says as the Nordic nation becomes the 31st member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in a historic shift that drew an angry warning of "countermeasures" from the Kremlin. Moscow's all-out invasion of Ukraine last year upended Europe's security landscape and prompted Finland -- and its neighbour Sweden -- to drop decades of military non-alignment. IMAGES
NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg says that 'Putin has made a big mistake' invading Ukraine, as he arrives at a summit of the alliance in Brussels. SOUNDBITE
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