
“Spanish lawmakers want to shift the country back a time zone and impose more healthy, family-friendly working hours: a tricky job in a land known for siestas and late-night partying. A report recently approved by parliament called for Spain to turn back its clocks, jumping west an hour to the same time zone as Britain and Portugal. Ignacio Buqueras, chairman of the commission that drew up the report, said Spain needs a ‘rational timetable… eight hours for work, eight hours for rest and eight hours for other activities’.”
Related posts:
Apple pays Swiss rail $21million over clock dispute
Bitcoin store opens in Calgary
German Finance Minister Says ‘Great Uncertainty’ About US Debt
Bank of China New York opens Queens branch
Deutsche Bank's Opaque Loans From Brazil to Italy Hide Risk
Veteran Sacramento Sheriff’s Deputy Arrested For Child Molestation
Greece should defy the gunboat creditors
Shanghai Futures Exchange To Begin Gold/Silver Night Trading
Young Americans may dodge health law
Feds mobilize against additional hits on their pocketbooks
AFP: Bitcoin price bubble soars to record as investors grow nervous
Bitcoin Ready To Go Mainstream With First U.S. Exchange
NHS hospital spends £1.3million on fleet of Swiss robot workers
Soldiers suspected of plotting to kill Obama face death penalty
Iraq Kurds reach out to Baghdad to fight surging al Qaeda