Sources: الموقع الرسمي للمديرية العامة للوظيفة العمومية (Alger) and Algeria banks holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Algerian public sector ministry (Direction Générale de la Fonction Publique) has announced that Tuesday, July 5, 2011, had been declared as a paid non-working public holiday (journée chômée et payée) on account of the upcoming Independence Day celebrations. [full story]