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Declaration signed by 200 organizations, including the UN, World Bank and MEPs, calls for four-day week and end to changing clocks

Experts warn of higher risk of obesity, diabetes and cancer for those living in misaligned time zones

International week-long conference on everyday schedule underway with feminism minister encouraging equal right of time

Relatively little street activity as terraces return in Barcelona and exercise time slots removed in Tarragona

Spanish government to "reinforce" the use of masks in public and say community transmission is almost zero

Festival director says fantasy genre "probably speaks better about reality" than "other, more realistic genres"

Critics say the Catalan working day is inefficient and a waste of free time

64th edition of annual floral event begins on Saturday with 171 displays open to the public in venues all over the city

Catalan civic organization welcomes European Commission's proposal to end decades-old practice, but not entirely

The Timetable Reform Initiative is a Catalan organisation created to achieve more reasonable working hours and greater reconciliation between work and family. Last year, a Catalan Parliamentary commission studied this reform, and this year, the legislative changes will create a timetable law.Last week, the General Secretary of the Commerce Confederation of Catalonia (CCC), Miquel Àngel Fraile, said that Catalan trade is willing to join a “D-Day” to mark the start of the time reform in Catalonia. For the past few weeks, the village of Prats de Lluçanès, in Barcelona region, has been at the forefront of time reform in the hospitality sector with a pilot programme that proposes that restaurant owners advance the opening hours of their establishments.

The region which attracted the fourth-most foreign investment in Europe in 2015 was Catalonia. According to the Financial Times’ FDi Markets report, the Catalan economy attracted €5.224 billion throughout 2015, the highest figure of the data series, which sets Catalonia as the leading region in the Western European area. The sector which attracted most foreign investment was ICT, which according to Catalan Ministry for Business and Knowledge, Jordi Baiget, proves the “traction effect” of the Mobile World Congress for the Catalan economy. Baiget explained this good result as being due to Catalonia’s geographic situation and the neighbouring markets, as well as to its qualified workforce and its solid, diversified and innovative business network. In March, the Financial Times report FDi European Cities and Regions of the future 2016/2017 recognised Barcelona as the best city in Europe for foreign investment.