Sources: RTL Infos, Kanaal Z and Belgium Public Holidays. After asking for the advice of the CNT (Conseil National du Travail), on how to handle the fact that, in 2008, the May Day public holiday and the Ascension public holiday, both public holidays in Belgium, will fall on the same date (our post of April 23), Minister of Labor, Peter Vanvelthoven, decided to ignore the CNT's advice of declaring a public holiday on Sunday, August 10, 2008, and instead chose to declare the day after the "double-holiday", Friday, May 2, 2008, as a one-off public holiday.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
May 2 Will be a Public Holiday in Belgium Next Year
Sources: RTL Infos, Kanaal Z and Belgium Public Holidays. After asking for the advice of the CNT (Conseil National du Travail), on how to handle the fact that, in 2008, the May Day public holiday and the Ascension public holiday, both public holidays in Belgium, will fall on the same date (our post of April 23), Minister of Labor, Peter Vanvelthoven, decided to ignore the CNT's advice of declaring a public holiday on Sunday, August 10, 2008, and instead chose to declare the day after the "double-holiday", Friday, May 2, 2008, as a one-off public holiday.
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