Switzerland 2011 Bank Holidays Announced

Sources: Association suisse des banquiers (Geneva) and Switzerland bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Association suisse des banquiers has published the list of bank holidays for 2011 in Switzerland. [full story]

Australian NT Announces April 26 Public Holiday

Sources: Northern Territory Government (Darwin) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Minister for Public Employment of Australia's Northern Territory, Chris Burns, has announced that a public holiday will be held on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, because ANZAC Day and Easter Monday fall on the same date. [full story]

Taiwan Releases 2011 Public Holidays Draft

Sources: 中國郵報 (Taipei) and Taiwanese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Taiwan's Cabinet-level Central Personnel Administration (CPA) has released a draft calendar of official non-working public holidays in Taiwan in 2011. [full story]

Philippines Likely To Declare September 10 Eid Public Holiday

Sources: Manila Bulletin (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Secretary of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF), Bai Omera D. Dianalan Lucman, has recommended to the government of the Philippines that the date for the upcoming Eid'l Fitr (End of Ramadan) public holiday be declared as Friday, September 10, 2010. [full story]

Antigua and Barbuda Declares August 30 Public Holiday

Sources: Government of Antigua and Barbuda (St. John's) and Antigua and Barbuda bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Overnight, Antigua and Barbuda’s Governor General, Dame Louise Lake-Tack, declared today, Monday, August 30, 2010, a one-off national public holiday to allow residents to clean-up after the passage of Hurricane Earl. [full story]

Czech Republic Announces 2011 Public Holidays

Sources: Czech National Bank (Prag) and Czech Republic bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The central bank of the Czech Republic, the Czech National Bank, has announced the twelve bank and public holidays for calendar year 2011 in the Czech Republic. [full story]

Spain Announces La Rioja 2011 Public Holidays

Sources: Boletin Oficial De La Rioja (La Rioja) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consejería de Industria, Innovación y Empleo of Spain's Autonomous Region of La Rioja has published the list of regional public holidays for 2011 in La Rioja. [full story]

India Declares August 28 Goa Public Holiday

Sources: IBN Live News (Panaji) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The chief minister of India's State of Goa, Digamber Kamat, has announced that tomorrow, Saturday, August 28, 2010, would be a one-off state public holiday in honor of Ravindra Kelekar, who died earlier today. [full story]

Thailand 2011 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: The Stock Exchange of Thailand (Bangkok) and Thailand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The list and dates of the 2011 public holidays in Thailand have been announced. [full story]

Brazil Considering FIFA Public Holidays Bill

Sources: Câmara dos Deputados (Brasilia) and Brazilian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Committee on Education and Culture of Brazil's lower house of Parliament is currently considering a bill introduced by Deputy Felipe Bornier that would declare a public holiday on days when the Brazilian national football team played in the World Cup. [full story]

Vietnam Declares September 3 Public Sector Holiday

Sources: VietNamNet (Hanoi) and Vietnamese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of the government of Vietnam has decided to extend the upcoming, September 2, National Day public holiday by one day on Friday, September 3, 2010, for government employees and State-run organisations.. [full story]

Nigeria Declares Tomorrow Jigawa Public Holiday

Sources: The Punch (Lagos) and Nigerian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Jigawa State Commissioner for Information, Youth and Sports, Alhaji Aminu Mohammed, has announced that the government of the Nigerian State of Jigawa had declared Friday, August 27, 2010, as a regional public holiday to mark the 19th anniversary of the Jigawa state's creation. [full story]

Germany Announces 2011 Public Holidays

Sources: Deutsche Bundesbank (Frankfurt) and Germany bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The German Central Bank (Deutsche Bundesbank) has published a list of the 2011 federal and regional public holidays in Germany. [full story]

South Africa Could Get New Public Holiday In 2011

Sources: Fin24 (Cape Town) and South African bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). South Africa's Statistician General, Pali Lehohla, has been quoted as proposing that the upcoming 2011 national census day should be declared a non-working public holiday. [full story]

Kyrgyzstan Declares August 30 Public Holiday

Sources: АКИpress новости Кыргызстана и Центральной Азии (Bishkek) and Kyrgyzstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Labor Ministry of Kyrgyzstan has announced that the upcoming working day on Monday, August 30, 2010, had been shifted to Saturday, August 28, 2010. [full story]

Brunei Darussalam Announces 2011 Public Holidays

Sources: Brunei Information Department (Prime Minister's Office) and Brunei bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Information Department of Brunei Darussalam's Prime Minister's Office has released a list of public holidays for 2011. [full story]

Solomon Islands Declare August 25 Public Holiday

Sources: The Solomon Star (Honiara) and Solomon Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Early this morning, as expected, the government of the Solomon Islands declared tomorrow, Wednesday, August 25, 2010, as a one-off public holiday on account of the Prime Minister’s Election Day. [full story]

Bangladesh Revises Janmashtami Public Holiday Date Again

Sources: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and Bangladesh bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Bangladesh has announced that it had agreed to change the scheduled date for the upcoming Janmashtami public holiday to September 1, 2010. [full story]

New Zealand Introduces Public Holidays Bill

Sources: New Zealand Parliament (Wellington) and New Zealand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The New Zealand government has introduced The Holidays Amendment Bill, which includes a late amendment in order to clarify the law around the Christmas and New Year public holidays. [full story]

Kuwait To Limit Eid Public Sector Holidays

Sources: Al Watan (Kuwait City) and Kuwaiti bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Kuwait's Undersecretary at the Civil Service Commission (CSC), Mohammed Al-Roumi, has announced that, regardless of the date of the upcoming End of Ramadan, public sector employees would get four days of public sector holidays only for the Eid-Al-Fitr. [full story]

Trinidad and Tobago Declares 2011 End of Ramadan Public Holiday

Sources: The Trinidad and Tobago Express (Port of Spain) and Trinidad and Tobago bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Trinidad and Tobago's Minister of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education, Fazal Karim, has announced that a public holiday would be granted on Friday, September 10, 2010, for the observance of the Eid-ul-Fitr. [full story]

Solomon Islands Considering August 25 Public Holiday

Sources: Solomon Times (Honiara) and Solomon Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Solomon Islands' Police Commissioner, Peter Marshall, has announced that he was in talks with the Ministry of Home Affairs in view of having a public holiday declared for Wednesday, August 25, 2010, the date of the upcoming election of the Prime Minister. [full story]

China Declares August 27 Shenzhen Public Holiday

Sources: 中国日报网 (Shenzhen SEZ) and China bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chinese government has declared next Friday, August 27, 2010, a one-off regional public holiday to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the creation of the Shenzhen special economic zone (SEZ). [full story]

Spain Declares Cantabria 2011 Public Holidays

Sources: Consejería de Empleo y Bienestar Social del Gobierno de Cantabria (Santander) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Gobierno de Cantabria has published the list of 2011 public holidays in Spain's Autonomous Region of Cantabria. [full story]

East Timor Declares FALINTIL Public Holiday

Sources: Governo de Timor-Leste (Dili) and Timor Leste bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Timor Leste has declared Friday, August 20, 2010, the date of the upcoming 35th anniversary of the Armed Forces for the National Liberation of Timor-Leste (FALINTIL) as a one-off public holiday. [full story]

Germany Rejects Additional Regional Public Holidays

Sources: Hessische Niedersächsische Allgemeine (Hannover) and Germany bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The recent bill, introduced by a coalition led by Die Linke, to add 2 regional public holidays in Niedersachsen has been rejected in that Land's parliament. [full story]

Saudi Arabia Declares 16-Day Eid Public Sector Holidays

Sources: وكالة الأنباء السعودية - واس (Riyadh) and Saudi Arabian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Saudi Arabia has declared a 16-day period of public sector holidays for the upcoming Eid Al Fitr (End of Ramadan). [full story]

Solomon Islands Kurukurus 2-Day Public Holidays Rumoured

Sources: Solomon Times (Honiara) and Solomon Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Local media in the Solomon Islands are reporting the the caretaker Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands, Derek Sikua, has called the champion Kurukuru team to tell them that he would soon declare a 2 day public holiday to honour the team's recent win. [full story]

Armenia Declares August 16 Public Holiday

Sources: Armenian News Agency (ARMENPRESS) and Armenian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Armenian government's head of staff, David Sargsyan, has announced that at its session of last night, the Armenian government had decided to declare Monday, August 16, 2010, a one-off non-working public holiday on the occasion of the Day of Commemoration which follows the August 15 Grape Blessing Day. [full story]

Philippines Declare August 30 A Public Holiday

Sources: Philippines Information Services (PIA) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier this morning, local time, Philippines' presidential spokesman, Edwin Lacierda, announced that Monday, August 30, 2010, had been declared a non-working public holiday. [full story]

Kenya Declares August 27 Public Holiday

Sources: Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (Nairobi) and Kenya bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier this afternoon, Kenyan governmental spokesman, Alfred Mutua, announced that the government of Kenya had declared Friday, August 27, 2010, a one-off public holiday to give Kenyans time to witness the promulgation of the new Constitution. [full story]

Philippines Could Cancel August 30 Public Holiday

Sources: Philippines Information Services (PIA) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Philippines' presidential spokesman, Edwin Lacierda, has announced that, in addition to yesterday's cancellation of the upcoming August 23 public holiday, it was also possible that the upcoming National Heroes' Day, on August 30, might also be declared a regular working day. [full story]

Bangladesh Could Extend End of Ramadan Public Holidays

Sources: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and Bangladesh bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bangladesh's Home Minister, Sahara Khatun, has announced that an inter-ministerial meeting had recommended to the government of Bangladesh that it extend the upcoming Eid-ul-Fiter (End of Ramadan) public holidays from three to five days "so that people can avoid traffic congestion and hazards while going to their near and dear ones". [full story]

Saint Helena Declares May 2011 Public Holiday

Sources: St Helena Government (Jamestown) and Saint Helena bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Governor of St Helena, Andrew Murray Gurr, has issued a proclamation declaring Friday, May 20, 2011, as a public holiday in lieu of the annual, May 20, St Helena’s Day public holiday which falls on a weekend in 2011. [full story]

Bangladesh Announces Start of Ramadan

Sources: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and Bangladesh bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). At a meeting of the Bangladesh National Moon Sighting Committee, chaired by the State Minister for Religious Affairs, Shahjahan Mian, it was decided that the upcoming month of Ramadan in Bangladesh would begin tomorrow, Thursday, August 12, 2010. [full story]

Philippines Cancels August 23 Public Holiday

Sources: Philippines Information Services (PIA) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). In an, as of yet unnumbered, proclamation, Philippines President, Benigno Aquino III, has announced that the upcoming public holiday marking the death anniversary of Benigno Aquino Jr would be on Saturday, August 21, 2010, rather than the previously announced date of Monday, August 23, 2010. [full story]

Pakistan Bank Holiday On August 12

Sources: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and Pakistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced that it, and all offices of the SBP Banking Services Corporation, including public debt offices, will remain closed on Thursday, August 12, 2010, which will be observed as the annual bank holiday for the beginning of Ramadan. [full story]

Kenya Moves Constitutional Promulgation To August 27

Sources: The Standard (Nairobi) and Kenyan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Kenyan President Kibaki has announced Friday, August 27, 2010, as the date of the promulgation the new constitution, rather than the previously announced date of August 20. [full story]

Moldova Declares Additional Public Holiday On August 30

Sources: Jurnal (Chisinau) and Moldovan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier this afternoon, the government of Moldova announced that it had declared Monday, August 30, 2010, as an additional one-off non-working public holiday throughout Moldova. [full story]

Philippines Announces Start of Ramadan

Sources: Manila Bulletin (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier tonight, the Philippines National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF), announced Thursday, August 12, 2010, would be the first day of the upcoming month of Ramadan. [full story]

Uganda Declares August 11 Public Holiday

Sources: The Daily Monitor (Kampala) and Uganda bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Uganda's Information Minister, Kabakumba Masiko, has announced that Wednesday, August 11, 2010, had been declared a public holiday to coincide with the funeral of former president Godfrey Binaisa. [full story]

Rwanda Declares August 10 Public Holiday

Sources: Rwanda News Agency (Kigali) and Rwanda bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Rwanda, ministry of labour, has announced that all employees will have a day off from work on Tuesday, August 10, 2010, as the country waits for preliminary results from today's presidential elections. full story

Cocos (Keeling) Islands 2011 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Office of the Administrator (Indian Ocean Territories) and Cocos (Keeling) Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Administrator of Australia's Indian Ocean Territories, Brian Lacy, has signed Community Bulletin A14/2010 which officially gazettes the bank holidays and public holidays for the calendar year 2011 in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. [full story]

Christmas Island Announces 2011 Public Holidays

Sources: Office of the Administrator (Indian Ocean Territories) and Christmas Island bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Administrator of Australia's Indian Ocean Territories, Brian Lacy, has signed Community Bulletin A13/2010 which officially gazettes Christmas Island public holidays for the calendar year 2011. [full story]

Qatar Extends 2010 Eid Public Holidays

Sources: قنـا الموقع العربي الصفحة الرئيسية (QNA) and Qatar bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Qatari Council of Ministers has announced extended Eid al-Fitr public sector holidays for all the government departments, from September 7 to September 18, 2010, inclusively. [full story]

Lybia Announces Ramadan Public Holidays

Sources: المركزالليبي للإستشعار عن بعد وعلوم الفضاء (LCRSSS) and Libyan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Libyan Center for Remote Sensing and Space Science (LCRSSS) has announced that, in Libya, according to astronomical calculations, the upcoming Muslim month of Ramadan will start on Wednesday, August 11, 2010. [full story]

Kenya To Declare August 20 Public Holiday

Sources: The Standard (Nairobi) and Kenyan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Following this past week's constitutional referendum, the Kenyan media are reporting that, "according to impeccable sources", Friday, August 20, 2010, will soon be declared a one-off public holiday to allow Kenyans to witness the promulgation of the new constitution. [full story]

Rwanda Declares August 9 Public Holiday

Sources: Rwanda Minister of Information (Kigali) and Rwanda bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Rwandan government has announced that Monday, August 9, 2010, the date of the upcoming presidential election, would be a one-off non-working public holiday. [full story]

Bangladesh Asked To Change Date Of Janmashtami Public Holiday

Sources: bdnews24 (Dhaka) and Bangladeshi bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad, responsible for the celebrations of the Bangladeshi Hindu community, has urged the government of Bangladesh to bring forward the scheduled date for the upcoming Janmashtami public holiday to September 1, 2010. [full story]

Philippines Could Cancel August 23 Public Holiday

Sources: Manila Bulletin (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Philippines' presidential spokesman, Edwin Lacierda, has announced that recently inaugurated President Benigno Aquino III was considering not declaring a day in lieu public holiday on August 23 on the occasion of this year's Ninoy Aquino Day. [full story]