Australia Declares Christmas Day Public Holiday In ACT

Sources: The Sydney Morning Herald (Canberra) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Industrial Relations Minister for Australia's ACT, Katy Gallagher, has announced that the ACT government had also agreed to declare Saturday, December 25, 2010, as a public holiday. [full story]

Romania January 24 Public Holiday Update

Sources: Senatului României (Bucharest) and Romanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier today, the Romanian Senate approved a draft law which would declare January 24, the anniversary of the reunification of Wallachia and Moldavia, as a new annual legal public holiday in Romania. [full story]

India Declares 2011 Puducherry Public Holidays

Sources: Government of Puducherry (Pondicherry) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of India's State of Puducherry has announced the list of official state public holidays in 2011. [full story]

Lithuania Christmas Eve Public Holiday Update

Sources: Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas (Vilnius) and Lithuanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Lithuanian Prime Minister, Andrius Kubilius, has indicated that he would block the adoption of Christmas Eve as a new public holiday, unless people were ready to cancel another of the current Lithuanian public holidays. [full story]

Philippines To Announce Public Holidays By Mid-December

Sources: Manila Bulletin (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Philippines Presidential Spokesperson, Edwin Lacierda, has announced that the government would try to confirm, or not, the 3 upcoming December public holidays before the end of the month. [full story]

Kazakhstan Declares 2-Day OSCE Public Holidays

Sources: Медиа-портал Gazeta (Astana) and Kazakhstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Kazakhstan has declared a 2-day period of public holidays, on Wednesday and Thursday, December 1 and 2, 2010, in the capital, Astana, on account of the upcoming OSCE summit. [full story]

Vanuatu Announces 2011 Public Holidays

Sources: ANZ Vanuatu (Port Vila) and Vanuatu bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Vanuatu has announced the list of official non-working public holidays in Vanuatu for the calendar year 2011. [full story]

Iran Declares 2 More Pollution Public Holidays

Sources: وب سایتهای ایرنا (Irna) and Iran bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Governor of Iran's capital, Tehran, Morteza Tamaddon, has announced that the government in its Sunday session agreed to declare 2 additional public holidays, on Wednesday and Thursday, December 1 and 2, 2010, due to the expected peak of pollution expected on Tuesday and Wednesday. [full story]

UAE Announces December Public Holidays

Sources: وكالة أنباء الإمارات (WAM) and UAE bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of the UAE has announced the dates for the upcoming National Day public holidays and Islamic Hijri New Year public holiday for both the private sector and the public sector. [full story]

Kuwait Declares December 7 Public Holiday

Sources: الكويت جنة الخدمة المدنية (Kuwait City) and Kuwaiti bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The head of Kuwait's Civil Service commission, Abdul Aziz Al Zibin, has announced that Tuesday, December 7, 2010, would also be a non-working public holiday on account of the Islamic new year of Hijri 1432. [full story]

Lebanon Announces 2011 Public Holidays

Sources: Government Portal for Information and Forms (Republic of Lebanon) and Lebanon bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Lebanon has announced the list of official Lebanese public holidays for 2011. [full story]

Australia Votes Tasman Public Holidays Bill

Sources: Workplace Standards Tasmania (Hobart) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Statutory Holidays Amendment Bill 2010 has been passed by both houses of the Parliament of Australia's State of Tasmania. [full story]

Azerbaijan Announces Year-End Public Holidays

Sources: Azəri-Press Agentliyi (APA) and Azerbaijan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Azerbaijan has announced a 5-day period of non-working public holidays at the end of the year. [full story]

Kuwait Declares Additional New Year Public Holiday

Sources: جريدة النهار (Kuwait City) and Kuwait bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Kuwait's Undersecretary at the Civil Service Commission (CSC), Mohammed Al-Roumi, has announced that Sunday, January 2, 2011, would be an official non-working public holiday. [full story]

Isle of Man Declares Royal Wedding Public Holiday

Sources: isleofman.com (Tynwald) and Isle of Man bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chief Minister of the Isle of Man, Tony Brown, has finally announced that Friday, April 29, 2011, would be a one-off public holiday to celebrate the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. [full story]

Congo Brazzaville Declares November 28 Public Holiday

Sources: Assemblée Nationale de la République du Congo (Brazzaville) and Congo Brazzaville bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The legislative assembly of the Republic of the Congo has passed a law making November 28 a new annual public holiday. [full story]

Maldives Confirms November 27 Working Day

Sources: Maldives President's Office Press Release (Male) and Maldives bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Maldives' President's Office has released a press release confirming that Saturday, November 27, 2010, would be a regular working day. [full story]

Sudan Declares 7-Day Lakes State Public Sector Holidays

Sources: The Sudan Tribune (Juba) and Sudanese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Information Minister of the Lakes State of Sudan, Marik Nanga Marik, has announced that the council of ministers had decided to declare the period from November 25 until December 1, 2010, as public sector holidays to give enough time for officials working in the state government to join their respective community to get registered for the upcoming referendum. [full story]

Australia Declares Additional NT Christmas Public Holiday

Sources: NT Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment (Darwin) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Public Employment Minister of Australia's Northern Territory, Chris Burns, has announced that Saturday, December 25, 2010, would be an official public holiday in the Northern Territory. [full story]

Pakistan Moves To Sunday Weekends

Sources: Associated Press Of Pakistan (Islamabad) and Pakistani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Interior Ministry of the government of Pakistan has announced that, effective next Saturday, the weekends for the public sector would be reduced back to Sundays only. [full story]

Guernsey Considering Royal Wedding Public Holiday

Sources: States of Guernsey (St. Peter Port) and Guernsey bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Commerce and Employment Department of the States of Guernsey (the Guernsey Government) has announced that it is discussing whether Guernsey will also have a public holiday for next year's royal wedding. [full story]

Suriname Maroons Day Public Holiday Flip-Flop

Sources: Dagblad Suriname (Paramarimbo) and Suriname bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Suriname's Secretary of the Interior, Soewarto Moestadja, has announced that the recently-promised, October 10, public holiday for Maroons Day, was not official, yet, and would not be so until a decree or law was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Suriname. [full story]

Isle of Man Considering Royal Wedding Public Holiday

Sources: Isle of Man Public Services (Tynwald) and Isle of Man bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Isle of Man Council of Ministers has announced that it will soon consider whether to also declare an extra bank holiday (aka. public holiday) on Friday, April 29, 2011, on account of the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. [full story]

Scotland Will Declare Royal Wedding Public Holiday

Sources: The Scotsman (Edinburgh) and Scotland bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A spokesman for Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond, has announced that the Cabinet had agreed that Friday, April 29, 2011, would also be a public holiday in Scotland. [full story]

UK Confirms Royal Wedding Public Holiday In 2011

Sources: The Guardian (London) and UK bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The UK's Prime Minister, David Cameron, has announced that the Cabinet had agreed to declare Friday, April 29, 2011, as a one-off public holiday in the UK. [full story]

Iran Declares Pollution Public Holiday Wednesday

Sources: وب سایتهای ایرنا (Irna) and Iran bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Iran’s IRNA news agency has reported that Iranian authorities have declared another one-day public holiday tomorrow, Tuesday, November 23, 2010, in the capital, Tehran. [full story]

Jersey Could Declare Royal Wedding Public Holiday

Sources: The Jersey Evening Post (Saint Helier) and Jersey bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Chief Minister Terry Le Sueur has said that he would like Jersey to also declare a one-off public holiday on the date of the upcoming wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. [full story]

Iraq Declares Eid Ghadir Regional Public Holiday

Sources: أصوات العراق (Baghdad) and Iraq bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Governorate Council of Iraq's Province of Wasit has declared Friday, November 26, 2010, as a public holiday on account of the upcoming Eid Ghadir. [full story]

Hungary Announces 2011 Bridge Public Holidays

Sources: Szociális és Munkaügyi Miniszter (Budapest) and Hungary bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Labour and Social Affairs Ministry of Hungary (SZMM), has released the official list of bridge, and other one-off, public holidays for the year 2011, along with the list of Saturdays that will be regular working days, in compensation. [full story]

UK Could Declare Additional 2011 Public Holiday

Sources: BBC (London) and UK bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, has said that he would like a one-off public holiday declared on the occasion of the wedding of Prince William, tentatively scheduled for the spring or summer of 2011. [full story]

Australian ANZAC Day Public Holiday Update

Sources: Tasmanian Government Media Releases (Hobart) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The proposal by the Tasmanian Government to grant a supplementary public holiday when Anzac Day falls on a Sunday or Easter Monday, has been rejected again by the Tasmanian Legislative Council. [full story]

Macedonia Declares November 19 Public Holiday

Sources: Македонска Информативна Агенцијa (MIA) and Macedonia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Macedonia has declared Friday, November 19, 2010, as the 6th Tree-Planting national non-working public holiday. [full story]

Madagascar Declares November 17 Public Holiday

Sources: Filankevitry ny Governemanta (Mahazoarivo) and Madagascar bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Madagascar has confirmed that the date of the upcoming constitutional referendum, Wednesday, November 17, 2010, had been declared a one-off public holiday. [full story]

Sri Lanka Declares November 19 Public Holiday

Sources: The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Colombo) and Sri Lankan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Sri Lanka has declared a one-off public sector holiday in Colombo on the day of the upcoming inauguration of re-elected President Mahinda Rajapaksa. [full story]

India Announces Haryana 2011 Public Holidays

Sources: Haryana State Government (Chandigarh) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of India's State of Haryana has announced the list of official state public holidays in 2011. [full story]

Guatemala Revises Public Holidays Laws

Sources: Diario de Centro América (Diario público de Guatemala) and Guatemala bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Guatemalan Parliament (Congreso de la República) has passed in its final vote a law that amends the date of Guatemalan public holidays when they fall on a mid-week date. [full story]

Sénégal Declares November 18 Public Holiday

Sources: Dakar Online (Dakar) and Senegalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Senegalese President, Abdoulaye Wade, has declared Thursday, November 18, 2010, the day after the Tobaski public holiday as a one-off additional public holiday. [full story]

Lebanon Bank Holiday On November 18

Sources: Association des Banques du Liban (ABL) and Lebanon bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Association of Banks in Lebanon has announced that Lebanese banks would be closed for one additional day, Thursday, November 18, 2010, on account of this year's Eid al-Adha. [full story]

Gambia Announces Tobaski Public Holiday

Sources: The Point Newspaper (Banjul) and Gambian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The president of the Gambia Supreme Islamic Council (GSIC), Alhaji Momodou Lamin Touray, has announced that Tobaski (the Muslim Feast of Sacrifice) would be observed tomorrow, Tuesday, November 16, 2010. [full story]

Bosnia Announces November 16 Public Holiday

Sources: Federacija Bosna i Hercegovina News (Sarajevo) and Bosnia and Herzegovina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) has announced the date of the upcoming Kurban Bayram (Feast of Sacrifice) public holiday as Tuesday, November 16, 2010. [full story]

Libya Announces Eid Al Adha Public Holidays

Sources: اللجنة الشعبية العامة (Tripoli) and Libyan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Libya's General People's Committee (GPC) has announced that Libya would be celebrating the upcoming Eid Al Adha on Tuesday, November 16, 2010. [full story]

Turkmenistan Announces Gurban Bayram Public Holidays

Sources: Туркменистан золотой век (Ashgabad) and Turkmenistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Turkmenistan's President, Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov, has signed a decree declaring Wednesday to Friday, November 17-19, 2010, as non-working public holidays in connection with the celebration of Gurban Bayram in Turkmenistan. [full story]

Guyana Declares November 17 Public Holiday

Sources: Guyana Ministry of Home Affairs (Georgetown) and Guyana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Minister of Home Affairs of Guyana, Clement J. Rohee, has issued a Notification declaring Wednesday, November 17, 2010, as a public holiday on account of the Eidul Adha. [full story]

Iraq Announces Eid al-Adha Public Holidays

Sources: السومرية نيوز (Baghdad) and Iraqi bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Iraqi government has announced the dates of the upcoming Eid al-Adha public holidays. [full story]

Oman Pushes Back National Day Public Holidays

Sources: وكالة الأنباء العمانية (Muscat) and Omani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Omani authorities have announced that the National Day celebrations and public holidays would be postponed to the end of November and beginning of December, due to their proximity to the Eid al-Adha festival this year. [full story]

Suriname Declares Public Holiday For Id-ul-Adha

Sources: Dagblad Suriname (Paramarimbo) and Suriname bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Vice President of Suriname, Robert Ameeral, has announced another new religious public holiday in Suriname, on Tuesday, November 16, 2010, for the upcoming Id-ul-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice). [full story]

Philippines Promises 2011 Public Holidays Soon

Sources: Manila Bulletin (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr., of the Philippines Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), has announced that Malacañang would soon issue a proclamation listing the regular and special holidays for 2011 "to give the public time to plan ahead their activities". [full story]

Australian Bill To Revise NSW Public Holidays

Sources: Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Premier of the Australian State of New South Wales, Kristina Keneally, has introduced the "Public Holidays Bill 2010" to amend and clarify the status of public holidays in NSW. [full story]

Lebanon Announces November Public Holidays

Sources: الجمهورية اللبنانية - بوابة معلومات ومعاملات الحكومة (Beirut) and Lebanon bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Lebanese Council of Ministers has issued a statement declaring Tuesday and Wednesday, November 16 and 17, 2010, as non-working public holidays on the occasion of the Eid al-Adha. [full story]

Bahrain Announces Eid al-Adha Public Holidays

Sources: وكالة أنباء البحرين (BNA) Bahrain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bahrain's Prime Minister, Prince Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa, has issued a decision that Bahrain’s public sector observe the Eid Al Adha public holidays from Monday to Thursday, November 15-18, 2010. [full story]