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  Beijing / Bloomberg Walt Disney Co. employees and guests received a sneak preview of Shanghai Disneyland, as the world’s largest entertainment company gets set for next month’s official opening of its first theme park in mainland China. A trial run for the $5.5 billion Shanghai Disney kicked off recently. Guests are limited to the resort’s employees, partners and stakeholders, ...

  Athens / AFP   Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Athens on Sunday as Greece’s parliament prepared to vote on a controversial tax and pensions overhaul which has sparked mass opposition. Police said almost 15,000 people turned out to march in Athens and the second city of Thessaloniki against the measures demanded by the EU and IMF ...

  Frankfurt / AFP Greece has “basically achieved” the objectives of the reforms required by its creditors and its eurozone partners will begin discussing possible debt relief for the country, according to European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker. “We are now at the time of the first review of the programme (to aid Greece) and the objectives have been basically achieved,” ...

  AFP Eurozone finance ministers hold an emergency meeting on Monday to try to thrash out a difficult deal on fresh reforms for Greece as fears grow of a repeat of last year’s chaotic bailout negotiations. The ministers from the 19 countries that use the euro — the Eurogroup — will also discuss debt relief for Greece, which the International ...

  Bloomberg The U.K. will be safer staying in the European Union, two former chiefs of the country’s security services said, before voters head to the polls next month in an in-out referendum. Cooperation with the 27 other EU members means Britain is better placed to tackle threats ranging from IS terrorism to cyber-attacks by hostile governments, former MI5 chief ...

  FRANKFURT / AP Production of the 500-euro banknote is being discontinued amid concerns it had become too popular among crooks and money launderers. The European Central Bank, the monetary authority for the 19 countries that use the shared currency, made the decision at a meeting. The ECB said it was taking into account concerns that the banknote, which is ...

  ALKESH SHARMA / Emirates Business After beacons and self-automated kiosks, robotics is the next innovative kid on the block that is all set to bombard the world of smart airports in the coming months. Aviation experts maintain that an investment of upto $5 billion is expected to be made in the sector of aviation robotics in next three years. ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Smart Dubai Office (SDO) recently organized an introductory meeting at Dubai Department of Economic Development (DED) as part of its general plan based on working jointly and combining efforts with the founding strategic partners to make a success of the SDO’s initiative aimed at firmly establishing Dubai as the smartest city on earth by ...

  Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business As digitalisation triggers a boom in almost all sectors in the economy, a recent study in the UAE — as part of global survey ‘Mobility, Performance and Engagement’ — stated that the rise in employee engagement can upgrade performance at the workplace with assistance from mobile strategy. According to the survey, access to the ...

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business As the UAE rolls out its happiness movement with the newly-established Ministry of State for Happiness, focus is being shifted towards eradicating negativity, and everyone in the community has a role to play in making this happen, a report in the latest issue of the 999 Magazine says. The 999 Magazine, the official monthly ...