Bulgaria's Bridge Holidays and Working Saturdays List Updated

The updated list of special "bridge" holidays, and corresponding "working Saturdays" is now available on the Q++ Studio web page for Bulgaria's 2007 public holidays.

Analysis: Bulgaria joins the Philippines and the Ukraine in creating bridge holidays (Mondays or Fridays that become public holidays when the corresponding Tuesday or Thursday is a public holiday) that are compensated for with working Saturdays. Although this idea has not yet been tried in Latin America, it may one day be the solution to the age-old feud, in Latin America, between those who want long weekends (for people to return home and visit their families) and those who insist that fixed date holidays must be observed on the exact date of the holiday (lest they lose any religious or patriotic meaning).