Ukraine Freedom Day Holiday Canceled

Sources: Кабінет Міністрів України (Kiev) and Ukraine bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovych, has signed a decree which abrogates the annual, November 22, Freedom Day holiday, which had once been a non-working public holiday in the Ukraine. [full story]

Macedonian January 2012 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Министерство за труд и социјална политика (Skopje) and Macedonian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Macedonia's Ministry of Labour and Social Policy has announced the list of non-working public holidays in Macedonia for the upcoming month of January 2012. [full story]

Togo Public Holiday January 2

Sources: Primature du Togo (Lome) and Togo bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Togo has announced that Monday, January 2, 2012, had been declared a one-off non-working public holiday in Togo. [full story]

Iraq Declares December 31 Public Holiday

Sources: الوكالة الوطنية العراقية للأنباء - نينا (Baghdad) and Iraqi bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Iraq's Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki, has declared tomorrow, Saturday, December 31, 2011, as a non-working national public holiday, to be named "Iraq Day". [full story]

Turkmenistan January 2 Public Holiday

Sources: Туркменистан золотой век (Ashgabad) and Turkmenistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Turkmenistan's President, Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov, has signed a decree declaring Monday, January 2, 2012, as a one-off non-working public holiday in connection with the upcoming celebration of the Western New Year in Turkmenistan. [full story]

Micronesia January 2 Public Holiday

Sources: Yap State Government (Colonia) and Federated States of Micronesia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The governor of Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia, Sebastian Anefal, has announced that Monday, January 2, 2011, would be an additional non-working public holiday throughout Yap State. [full story]

Pakistan Bank Holiday January 2

Sources: The State Bank of Pakistan (Karachi) and Pakistani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has declared Monday, January 2, 2012, as a one-off bank holiday. [full story]

Congo Brazzaville Public Holiday January 2

Sources: Compte rendu du Conseil des Ministres de la République du Congo (Brazzaville) and Congo Brazzaville bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of Congo Brazzaville, Denis Sassou N'Guesso, has announced that Monday, January 2, 2012, would be a one-off non-working public holiday throughout the Republic of the Congo (Congo Brazzaville). [full story]

Peru 2012 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Diario Oficial El Peruano (Lima) and Peru bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Peru has issued an executive order (Decreto Supremo No. 099-2011-PCM) declaring 8 additional public sector holidays in Peru for the calendar year 2012. [full story]

Spain 2012 Public Holidays In Navarra

Sources: Boletín Oficial de Navarra (BON) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Directora General de Trabajo y Prevención de Riesgos de Navarra has finally published the list of 2012 public holidays in Spain's Autonomous Región of Navarra. [full story]

Samoa 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Samoan Ministry Of Commerce, Industry And Labour (Matagaluega o Pisinisi, Alamanuia, Leipa) and Samoan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Samoan Ministry of Commerce, Industry And Labour has released an updated list of the non-working public holidays in Samoa for the calendar years 2012-2013-2014. [full story]

Syria 2012 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: مصرف سورية المركزي (Damascus) and Syrian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Syrian government has announced the dates of official Syrian bank holidays and public holidays for the calendar year 2012. [full story]

Jordan January 1st Public Holiday

Sources: وكالة الأنباء الأردنية بترا (Amman) and Jordan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Jordanian Prime Minister, Awn Khasawneh, has issued an official communiqué declaring Sunday, January 1st, 2012, as an official non-working public holiday on the occasion of the upcoming Gregorian New Year holiday. [full story]

Paraguay Bank Holiday Friday

Sources: Presidencia de la República del Paraguay (Asunción) and Paraguay bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Paraguay's Central Bank (Banco Central del Paraguay) has announced that Friday, December 30, 2011, would be a bank holiday throughout Paraguay. [full story]

Bangladesh January 5 Public Holiday in Comilla

Sources: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and Bangladesh bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Bangladesh has declared a one-off regional non-working public holiday in Comilla City Corporation (CCC) areas on account of the upcoming mayoral election on Thursday, January 5, 2012. [full story]

Belarus Announces 2012 Public Holidays

Sources: АСБ Беларусбанк (Minsk) and Belarus bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Belarus has released the list of official public holidays in Belarus for the calendar year 2012. [full story]

Timor Leste 2012 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Press Release Government Of Timor-Leste (Dili) and Timor Leste bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Timor Leste has announced the list of official public holidays in Timor Leste for the upcoming calendar year 2012. [full story]

Vietnam 2012 Tet Public Holidays Extended

Sources: Vụ Thông Tin Báo Chí - Bộ Ngoại Giao (Hanoi) and Vietnamese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Vietnam's Prime Minister, Nguyen Tan Dung, has agreed to a request by the Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs to extend the upcoming 2012 Tet, Lunar New Year, non-working public holidays to cover 9 days. [full story]

Bahrain 2012 New Year Public Holiday Announced

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 circular declaring Sunday, January 1st, 2012, as a public holiday to mark the upcoming Western new year. [full story]

Chilean January 2 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Tramitación de proyectos (Congreso Nacional de Chile) and Chile bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Chile's Minister of Labor, Evelyn Matthei, has announced that the government of Chile will reject the declaration of an additional one-off public holiday on Monday, January 2, 2012, as per the bill recently introduced in the Chilean Senate to compensate the fact that the upcoming New Year's Day public holiday falls on a Sunday. [full story]

Sudan 2012 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: وزارة رئاسة مجلس الوزراء - الأمانة العامة (SUNA) and Sudanese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Secretariat General of the Sudanese Council of Ministers of the Republic of Sudan has released the list of official non-working national public holidays in the Republic of Sudan for the upcoming calendar year 2012. [full story]

Uzbekistan Additional Public Holiday January 2

Sources: O‘zA – O‘zbekiston Milliy axborot agentligi (Tashkent) and Uzbekistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, has signed the Resolution "On moving day off from Saturday, 31 December 2011, to Monday, 2 January 2012", which declares Monday, January 2, 2012, as a one-off non-working public holiday in Uzbekistan. [full story]

Brazil 2012 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Ministério do Planejamento, Orçamento e Gestão (Brasilia) and Brazil bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Federal Government of Brazil, through its Ministério do Planejamento, announced the official list of 2012 Brazilian public holidays in yesterday's Diário Oficial da União (portaria número 595). [full story]

Cuba Public Holiday December 30

Sources: Órgano Oficial del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba (Granma) and Cuban bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Cuba's Ministry of Labor has announced that Friday, December 30, 2011, had also been declared a national non-working public holiday throughout Cuba. [full story]

UAE Public Holiday January 1st

Sources: وكالة أنباء الإمارات (WAM) and UAE bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The UAE's Labour Minister, Saqr Ghobash Saeed Ghobashi, has announced that Sunday, January 1st, 2012, would be a non-working public holiday for the private sector in the United Arab Emirates. [full story]

Kyrgyzstan January 2012 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Кабар - Кыргыз Улуттук Маалымат Агенттиги (Bishkek) and Kyrgyzstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Labor, Employment and Migration of the Kyrgyz Republic has announced that the government of Kyrgyzstan had declared 5 additional non-working public holidays in January 2012. [full story]

Hong Kong Public Holidays Amendments Gazetted

Sources: 香港政府一站通 (HKSAR) and Hong Kong bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has gazetted the General Holidays and Employment Legislation (Substitution of Holidays) (Amendment) Bill 2011 which was recently approved by the Hong Kong Legislative Council and which change change the day in lieu substituted when certain Hong Kong non-working public holidays fall on a Sunday. [full story]

Indian Karnataka Public Holiday Tomorrow

Sources: The Hindu (Bangalore) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chief Minister of India's State of Karnataka, D V Sadananda Gowda, has announced that his Cabinet had declared tomorrow, Monday, December 26, 2011, as a one-off state public holiday as part of the mourning measures decreed following the death of former Karnataka Chief Minister S Bangarappa. [full story]

Mauritius January 3 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Government of Mauritius (Port-Louis) and Mauritius bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Mauritius' government has finally announced that it would not declare Tuesday, January 3, 2012, as a one-off non-working public holiday in Mauritius. [full story]

Ecuador January 2 Public Holiday Gazetted

Sources: Periódico Digital del Gobierno de la Revolución Ciudadana (Quito) and Ecuador bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ecuador's President, Rafael Correa Delgado, has finally issued a decree declaring Monday, January 2, 2012, as a one-off non-working public holiday in Ecuador. [full story]

Dominica Declares 2 Year-End Public Holidays

Sources: Dominica News Online (Roseau) and Dominica bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of the Commonwealth of Dominica, Nicholas Liverpool, has signed a proclamation declaring Tuesday, December 27, 2011, and Monday, January 2, 2012, as non-working public holidays in Dominica. [full story]

Barbados 2011 Year-End Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Barbados Government Information Services (BGIS) and Barbados bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Barbados has issued a statement specifying that the upcoming Christmas public holidays would be observed on Monday and Tuesday, December 26 and 27, 2011. [full story]

South Sudan 2011 Year-End Public Holidays

Sources: Government of South Sudan Ministry of Labour, Public Service and Human Resource Development (Juba) and South Sudan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of South Sudan has announced extended nationwide non-working public holidays for the upcoming Christmas Day public holiday. [full story]

Argentina February 27 Public Holiday Gazetted

Sources: Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina (Buenos Aires) and Argentina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Argentina's President, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, has signed into law the recently-adopted Ley Nº 26.721 which declares a one-off additional non-working public holiday in Argentina on Monday, February 27, 2012. [full story]

Libya December 24 Public Holiday Restored

Sources: وكالة أنباء الشرق الأوسط - أ ش (MENA) and Libyan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The interim ruling National Transitional Council has ordered that December 24 be restored as an annual non-working public holiday in Libya, to mark Independence Day, effective immediately. [full story]

Bolivian 4-Day Public Sector Holidays Declared

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social (La Paz) and Bolivia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bolivia's Secretary of Labour, Giovanna Maldonado, has announced her Ministry had also decided to declare December 27-30, 2011, inclusively, as one-off public sector holidays throughout Bolivia. [full story]

Sri Lankan December 26 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: அரசாங்க சேவை ஆணைக்குழு இலங்கை (Colombo) and Sri Lanka bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Public Services Commission of the Government of Sri Lanka has announced that there would be no additional public holiday on Monday, December 26, 2011, to compensate the fact that the upcoming Christmas Day public holiday falls on a Sunday. [full story]

Kuwait 2011-2012 Year-End Public Sector Holidays

Sources: الكويت جنة الخدمة المدنية (Kuwait City) and Kuwaiti bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Kuwaiti Civil Service Commission has announced a 3-day period of public sector holidays for the upcoming end of 2011 and 2012 Gregorian New Year. [full story]

Cameroon Public Holiday December 26

Sources: Présidence de la République du Cameroun (Yaoundé) and Cameroon bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of Cameroon, Paul Biya, has declared Monday, December 26, 2011, as a one-off public holiday in Cameroon to compensate the fact that the 2011 Christmas Day public holiday falls on a Sunday. [full story]

Mexico 2012 Bank Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Diario Oficial de la Federación (Ciudad de México) and Mexico bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The official list of the dates of Mexican 2012 bank holidays (los días en que las instituciones de crédito deberán cerrar sus puertas y suspender operaciones) have been gazetted in the Diario Oficial de la Federación. [full story]

Russian Religious Public Holidays Ruled Constitutional

Sources: информации Вестника Кавказа (Bashkortostan) and Russian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Russian Supreme Court has finally issued a ruling on the constitutionality of individual Russian Federation Republics declaring regional religious public holidays. [full story]

Jordan December 25 Public Holiday Declared

Sources: وكالة الأنباء الأردنية بترا (Amman) and Jordan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Jordanian Prime Minister, Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh, has issued an official statement declaring Sunday, December 25, 2011, once again as an official non-working public holiday on the occasion of the upcoming Christmas Day holiday. [full story]

Taiwan January 2012 Public Holidays Confusion

Sources: 中國郵報 (Taipei) and Taiwanese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) and Central Personnel Administration (CPA) are at odds concerning the recently-announced January 2 and 3, 2012, one-off public holidays. [full story]

Kenya December 27 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (Nairobi) and Kenya bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Kenyan Government spokesman, Alfred Mutua, has issued a statement declaring that Tuesday, December 27, 2011, would once again not be a non-working public holiday throughout Kenya, as had been widely rumoured. [full story]

Bolivian Year-End Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Agencia Boliviana de Información (La Paz) and Bolivia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bolivia's Secretary of Labour, Giovanna Maldonado, has announced that the previously-announced declaration of Monday, December 26, 2011, and Monday, January 2, 2012, as one-off non-working public holidays throughout Bolivia, had been officially gazetted. [full story]

Chilean January 2 Public Holiday Bill

Sources: Tramitación de proyectos (Congreso Nacional de Chile) and Chile bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A bill has been introduced in the Chilean Senate's Comisión de Gobierno Interior y Regionalización which would also declare Monday, January 2, 2012, as a one-off public holiday to compensate the fact that the upcoming New Year's Day public holiday falls on a Sunday. [full story]

Nigeria 2011-2012 Year-End Public Holidays Declared

Sources: Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Abuja) and Nigerian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Nigeria's Minister of Interior, Patrick Abba Moro, has issued a press statement declaring 2 additional, one-off public holidays to compensate, once more, the fact that both the upcoming Christmas Day public holiday and the upcoming New Year's Day public holiday fall on a Sunday in 2011 and 2012 respectively. [full story]

Ghana 2011-2012 Year-End Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Ghana Government Portal (Accra) and Ghana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ghana's Minister of the Interior, Benjamin Kunbour, has issued a statement setting forth the official non-working public holidays in Ghana for the end of 2011 and the beginning of 2012, in view of the fact that both the upcoming Christmas Day and New Year's Day fall on a Sunday. [full story]

St. Kitts and Nevis January 2012 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Office of the Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis (Basseterre) and St. Kitts and Nevis bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Cabinet Secretariat in the Office of the Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis has announced that Monday and Tuesday, January 2 and 3, 2012, had also been declared as official non-working public holidays in St. Kitts and Nevis. [full story]

Romanian Bank Holiday January 3

Sources: Banca Naţională a României (Bucureşti) and Romanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The National Bank of Romania (BNR) has announced that Tuesday, January 3, 2012, would be a non-working bank holidays and financial sector holiday (zi bancara nelucratoare). [full story]