Honduras October Public Holidays Moved

Sources: El Heraldo (Tegucigalpa) and Honduras bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Honduras has officially announced that all 3 of the upcoming October public holidays will either occur on or be moved to the nearest Monday. [full story]

Sint Maarten October 10 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: The Daily Herald (Philipsburg) and Sint Maarten bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Prime Minister of Sint Maarten, Sarah Wescot-Williams, has announced that there were no plans for Sint Maarten to also declare October 10 as a non-working public holiday in Sint Maarten. [full story]

Taiwan 2012 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: 行政院人事行政局 (Taipei) and Taiwan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Taiwan's Central Personnel Administration has published its list of 2012 public holidays, subdivided into: Weekends, Statutory and general national holidays, Particular Parties' Days, and Makeup holidays. [full story]

Nepal Public Holidays For Dashain

Sources: The Himalayan Times (Kathmandu) and Nepal bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal has declared a 5-day period of public sector holidays from Monday, October 3, until Friday, October 7, 2011, inclusively, on account of the upcoming Dashain festival. [full story]

Costa Rican Public Holiday On October 17

Sources: La Nación (San José) and Costa Rican bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Costa Rican Ministry of Labour has issued a press release announcing that the upcoming, October 12, "Día del Encuentro de la Culturas", would be observed as a non-working public holiday on Monday, October, 17, 2011. [full story]

British Virgin Islands Elections November 7

Sources: British Virgin Islands Cabinet Office (BVI) and British Virgin Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The British Virgin Islands' Premier, Ralph O’Neal, has announced that the upcoming general elections would be held on Monday, November 7, 2011. [full story]

Russian Law To Restore Religious Public Holidays

Sources: Лента новостей РИА Новости (Moscow) and Russian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A draft bill has been introduced to the State Duma (Russia's Parliament) to give local authorities the constitutional power to introduce official religious and ethnic non-working public holidays. [full story]

Seychelles Declare Public Holiday On October 1st

Sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Seychelles (Victoria) and Seychelles bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of the Seychelles has declared Saturday, October 1st, 2011, as a one-off public holiday on account of the National Assembly Elections (eleksyon pour Lasanble Nasyonal) that will take place on that day. [full story]

Nigeria Public Holiday On October 3

Sources: Vanguard (Abuja) and Nigerian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Nigeria's Minister of Interior, Emmanuel Ihenacho, has declared Monday, October 3, 2011, as a non-working public holiday to mark this year’s National Day which falls on a Saturday in 2011. [full story]

Curaçao Public Holiday On October 10

Sources: The Daily Herald (Willemstad) and Curaçao bank holidays and public holidays. The cabinet of Curaçao's Prime Minister, Gerrit Schotte, has announced that it had declared Monday, October 10, 2011, as an official non-working public holiday to commemorate the first anniversary of the date when Curaçao gained autonomous country status. [full story]

Spain 2012 Castilla La-Mancha Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Diario Oficial de Castilla-La Mancha (DOCM) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consejo de Gobierno de Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla La-Mancha has published the list of 2012 public holidays in Spain's Autonomous Región of Castilla La-Mancha. [full story]

British Virgin Islands 2012 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: British Virgin Islands Cabinet Office (BVI) and British Virgin Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Cabinet of the British Virgin Islands has approved and announced the list and dates of official public holidays for 2012 in the British Virgin Islands, in accordance with Section 5 of the Public Holidays Act (Cap 199). [full story]

Czech Republic 2012 Public Holidays Announced

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 2012 in the Czech Republic. [full story]

Macedonia Announces September 28 Public holiday

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 that Wednesday, September 28, 2011, would be a non-working public holiday for members of the Bosniak community in Macedonia. [full story]

Russian Supreme Court Cancels Religious Public Holidays

Sources: Лента новостей РИА Новости (Moscow) and Russian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Russian Supreme Court has ruled as unconstitutional the 1992 law establishing non-working public holidays in the Republic of Bashkiria for the Eid al-Adha and the Eid ul-Fitr. [full story]

Dominican Republic Rules-Out September 24 Public Holiday Move

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, República Dominicana (Santo Domingo) and Dominican Republic bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Dominican Republic's Ministry of Labour has announced that the upcoming "Nuestra Señora de Las Mercedes" public holiday would remain on its fixed date of September 24. [full story]

Brazil Public Holidays Law For 2014 World Cup

Sources: Diário Oficial da União (Brasilia) and Brazilian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Brazil has gazetted a law that allows States and Municipalities to declare one-off public holidays whenever a selection game, in 2013, or a FIFA World Cup game, in 2014, occurs in their jurisdiction. [full story]

Ecuador Declares 5-day Public Holidays

Sources: Agencia de Noticias del Ecuador y Sudamérica (ANDES) and Ecuador bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Ecuador has announced an exceptional 5-day public holiday to be observed from Wednesday, November 2, until Sunday, November 6, 2011, inclusively. [full story]

Belize Declares Public Holiday On September 26

Sources: Government of Belize Press Office (Belmopan) and Belize bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Prime Minister of Belize, Dean Barrow, has announced that Monday, September 26, 2011, would be a one-off public holiday to coincide with the upcoming funeral of George Cadle Price, Belize's first Prime Minister after independence. [full story]

Bhutan 6-day Public Holidays For Royal Wedding

Sources: Royal Civil Service Commission of Bhutan (Thimphu) and Bhutan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Bhutan has declared a 6-day period of public holidays to coincide with next month's wedding of Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar and Jetsun Puma. [full story]

Spain Rules-Out Ceuta Ramadan Public Holiday

Sources: El Faro (Ceuta) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The president of the government of Spain's autonomous region of Ceuta has ruled-out the addition of a regional public holiday for the End of Ramadan (el final del Ramadán) in its list of official public holidays for the calendar year 2012. [full story]

Ghana Public Holiday On September 21

Sources: Ghana News Agency (Accra) and Ghana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ghana's Deputy Minister, Kwabena Akyeampong, has announced that Wednesday, September 21, 2011, marks Founder’s Day which will be observed as a non-working public holiday throughout the country. [full story]

Australia Queen's Birthday Public Holiday Update

Sources: The Brisbane Times (Brisbane) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier today, the Premier of the Australian State of Queensland, Anna Bligh, released a discussion paper which suggests moving the Queen’s Birthday non-working public holiday to the second half of the year. [full story]

Indian 2012 Public Holidays In Himachal Pradesh

Sources: The official webportal of the Himachal Pradesh Government (Shimla) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of the Indian State of Himachal Pradesh has issued a notification of public holidays and restricted holidays to be observed in the State of Himachal Pradesh as gazetted holidays during the calendar year 2012. [full story]

Guinea Conakry Elections December 29

Sources: Commission Electorale Nationale Indépendante de la Guinée (CENI) and Guinea Conakry bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Guinea Conakry's electoral commission (CENI) has announced December 29, 2011, as the date of the upcoming legislative elections in Guinea Conakry. [full story]

Falkland Islands Announce Year-End Public Holidays

Sources: Falkland Islands Government Department of Agriculture (Stanley) and Falkland Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Falkland Islands Government has announced the dates of the public holidays and government holidays for December 2011 and January 2012. [full story]

Philippines Considering 2 Additional Public Holidays

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (City of Malolos) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Two separate bills are about to be introduced to the Philppines' Congress which would declare as new annual national non-working public holidays on January 23 and September 15. [full story]

Spain 2012 Public Holidays In Madrid Region

Sources: Consejo de Gobierno de la Comunidad de Madrid (Madrid) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consejo de Gobierno de la Comunidad de Madrid has published the list of official 2012 non-working public holidays in Spain's Autonomous Comunidad de Madrid. [full story]

Brazilian Bill To Move Mid-Week Public Holidays

Sources: Câmara dos Deputados (Brasilia) and Brazilian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A bill has been introduced in Brazil's House of Representatives to deal with fixed-date public holidays that fall in the middle of the week. [full story]

Uruguay Reconsidering October 19 Public Holiday

Sources: El País (Montevideo) and Uruguay public holidays (qppstudio.net). A bill has been introduced into the Uruguayan House of Representatives to restore the annual, October 19, regional non-working public holiday in Uruguay's region of Atlántida. [full story]

Zambia Public Holiday On September 20

Sources: The Office of the President of the Republic of Zambia (Lusaka) and Zambia bank and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Zambian President, Rupiah Banda, has declared Tuesday, September 20, 2011, as a non-working public holiday on account of the upcoming tripartite elections. [full story]

Chile Rules-Out 2012 Census Public Holiday

Sources: Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (INE) and Chilean bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Chile's Census Commission (Comisión Nacional Censal) has announced that contrary to what was done on previous occasions, the upcoming 2012 census would not be accompanied by a one-off non-working public holiday in Chile. [full story]

Mexico Public Holiday September 16

Sources: Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social (Ciudad de México) and Mexico bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Mexican Minister of Labour (Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social), Renato Sandoval Franco, has announced that Friday, September 16, 2011, would be a non-working public holiday (día de descanso obligatorio). [full story]

Mauritius 2012 Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Government of Mauritius (Port-Louis) and Mauritius bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Mauritius has officially gazetted the list of 2012 public holidays in Mauritius that had been announced last spring. [full story]

Honduras Rules-Out September 16 Public Holiday

Sources: La Tribuna (Tegucigalpa) and Honduras bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Honduras' Secretary of State of the Interior (Secretario de Estado en los Despachos del Interior y Población), Áfrico Madrid, has issued a statement ruling-out the declaration of an additional non-working bridge public holiday on Friday, September 16, 2011. [full story]

Chilean Senate Approve September 19 Public Holiday Bill

Sources: Honorable Cámara de Diputados (Valparaíso) and Chilean bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Chile's Senate has in turn approved the recent bill to make the upcoming September 19 public holiday a compulsory non-working day (feriado irrenunciable). [full story]

Saudi Arabian National Day Public Holiday Extended

Sources: وكالة الأنباء السعودية - واس (Riyadh) and Saudi Arabian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Saudi Arabia has extended the upcoming National Day annual non-working public holiday by one day. [full story]

Nicaragua Declares Public Holiday On September 16

Sources: Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua (MITRAB) and Nicaragua bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Nicaragua's Minister of Labour, Jeannette Chávez Gómez, has issued a communique announcing that Friday, September 16, 2011, would be an additional non-working paid public sector holiday to bridge the gap between the upcoming national days public holidays and the weekend of September 17-18, 2011. [full story]

Kenya Declares 2-Day National Mourning

Sources: Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (Nairobi) and Kenya bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Cabinet of the government of Kenya has declared Wednesday and Thursday, September 14 and 15, 2011, as days of national mourning following the recent Sinai fire disaster. [full story]

Brunei Darussalam 2012 Public Holidays Announced

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 official bank holidays and public holidays in Brunei Darussalam during the calendar year 2012. [full story]

Vietnam 2012 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Hanoi) and Vietnamese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of the government of Vietnam has announced the official public holidays in Vietnam for the calendar year 2012. [full story]

Chilean MPs Approve September 19 Public Holiday Bill

Sources: Honorable Cámara de Diputados (Valparaíso) and Chilean bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Chile's lower house of parliament (la Cámara de Diputados) has approved a recent bill to make the upcoming September 19 public holiday a compulsory non-working day (feriado irrenunciable). [full story]

Paraguayan MPs Reject Public Holidays Bill

Sources: Honorable Cámara de Diputados del Paraguay (Asunción) and Paraguay bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Paraguay's lower house of parliament (Cámara de Diputados) has rejected, in its second reading, the current public holidays legislation concerning February 3 and May 14. [full story]

UK Magna Carta Anniversary Public Holiday Bill

Sources: House of Commons Hansard Debates (London) and UK bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The UK's House of Commons has accepted for consideration the "Magna Carta Anniversary (Bank Holiday) Bill", which would designate Monday, June 15, 2015, as a one-off non-working public holiday in the United Kingdom to mark the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta. [full story]

Nepal Declares Public Holiday For Indra Jatra

Sources: The Himalayan Times (Kathmandu) and Nepal bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal has declared Sunday, September 11, 2011, as a non-working public holiday on account of the upcoming Indra Jatra festival. [full story]

Indian Public Holiday For Mannath Padmanabhan

Sources: Press Trust of India (Thiruvananthapuram) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chief Minister of the Indian State of Kerala, Oommen Chandy, has announced that the government of the State of Kerala had decided to declare a , January 2, public holiday for the birthday of Mannath Padmanabhan. [full story]

Venezuela Declares Virgen del Valle Holiday

Sources: Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias (Caracas) and Venezuela bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Venezuela has announced that September 8th, 2011, had been declared a national celebratory holiday (Día de Júbilo Nacional) on account of the upcoming feast for the Virgen del Valle. [full story]

Malaysia Postpones September 10 Public Holiday

Sources: The New Straits Times Press (Kuching) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Malaysia's State of Sarawak has announced that the 90th birthday celebration of Sarawak's ruler, Yang Dipertua of Negeri Sarawak Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Abang Barieng, and it associated state public holiday, would once again be moved, this time from September 10, to September 24, 2011. [full story]

Bahrain 2012 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: وكالة أنباء البحرين (BNA) Bahrain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bahrain's Central Bank has published its list of expected bank and public holidays in Bahrain for the calendar year 2012. [full story]

Nicaragua Declares September 14-15 Public Holidays

Sources: Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua (MITRAB) and Nicaragua bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Nicaragua's Minister of Labour, Jeannette Chávez Gómez, has issued a communique announcing that Wednesday and Thursday, September 14-15, 2011, would be fully-paid public holidays (dichos días son de descanso obligatorio con goce de salario) on account of the upcoming national days public holidays. [full story]