Bahrain Declares January 20-21 Government Holiday

Sources: Bahrain News Agency and Bahrain public holidays. Earlier today, Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman al Khalifa issued a circular concerning the upcoming Ashura public holiday. The circular confirms the Ashura dates of Friday and Saturday, January 18-19, 2008, but as these fall of the 2 weekly weekend days of Bahrain, Government Ministries and establishments will get 2 extra days off work, on Sunday and Monday, January 20-21, 2008, as compensation.