Madagascar Public Holiday November 2

Sources: Filankevitry ny Governemanta (Mahazoarivo) and Madagascar bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Madagascar's Conseil de Gouvernement has issued a decree amending the previously-declared list of 2012 Madagascar public holidays by declaring Friday, November 2, 2012, as another one-off paid bridge public holiday throughout Madagascar to link the upcoming November 1st public holiday with the following weekend. [full story]

Nicaraguan Public Holiday November 2nd

Sources: Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua (MITRAB) and Nicaragua bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Nicaragua's Minister of Labour, Jeannette Chávez Gomez, issued a radio communique declaring that Friday, November 2nd, 2012, would once again be a full-day public sector holiday ("asueto con goce de salario para todos los trabajadores de las instituciones del sector público"). [full story]

Liberian Public Holiday November 1

Sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Monrovia) and Liberian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has issued a proclamation declaring Thursday, November 1, 2012, as a non-working public holiday to be observed throughout the Republic of Liberia as a national non-working public holiday marking, once again, Thanksgiving Day. [full story]

Panama November 2012 Public Holidays Changes

Presidencia de la República de Panamá (Panama City) and Panama public holidays (qppstudio.net). Panama's President, Ricardo Martinelli, has issued a decree (Decreto Ejecutivo 966 del 30 de octubre de 2012) which announced moved and additional non-working public holidays in Panama for the month of November 2012. [full story]

Australian Queensland Public Holidays Amended

Sources: Department of Justice and Attorney-General (State of Queensland) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Department of Justice and Attorney-General of Australia's State of Queensland has announced the amendments to the Holidays Act 1983 had finally been passed by the Parliament of Queensland, meaning that from 2013 onward, the dates of the Birthday of the Sovereign (Queen’s Birthday) public holiday and of the Labour Day public holiday would be changed. [full story]

Bolivian Public Holiday November 2

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social (La Paz) and Bolivian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bolivia's Ministry of Labour has announced the upcoming fiesta de Todos los Santos annual non-working public holiday would be observed on Friday, November 2, 2012, in all sectors of the Bolivian economy. [full story]

Ghana November 2 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Ghana News Agency (Accra) and Ghana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ghana's Minister of the Interior, William K. Aboah, has issued a communique stating that, once again, the upcoming National Farmers Day, on Friday, November 2, 2012, would not be a not a non-working public holiday in Ghana. [full story]

Gibraltar 2013 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Government of Gibraltar Press Office (Gibraltar) and Gibraltar bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Gibraltar has issued the "Bank And Public Holidays Order 2012" (Ln. 2012/146) which specifies the bank holidays and non-working public holidays in Gibraltar for the upcoming calendar year 2013. [full story]

Timor Leste Public Holiday October 31

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 that it had decided to declare a half-day public sector holiday (Toleránsia Pontu iha oras loro-kraik nian) on Wednesday afternoon, October 31, 2012. [full story]

Mongolian Chinggis Khaan Public Holiday Rejected

Sources: Үндэсний Мэдээллийн МОНЦАМЭ Агентлаг (Ulaanbaatar) and Mongolia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The parliamentary commission on new laws of the Mongolian Parliament has rejected in commission the addition of a new annual public holiday in Mongolia to commemorate the birthday of Chinggis Khaan (Genghis Khan). [full story]

Tongan Public Holidays Clarification

Sources: Tonga Ministry of Information and Communications (Nuku'alofa) and Tonga bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Tongan Ministry of Information and Communications has issued a statement clarifying the status and observance of Tongan public holidays that fall on a weekend as well as of the new public holiday for the official birthday of Crown Prince of Tonga (Tupouto'a ‘Ulukalala). [full story]

Spain 2013 Murcia Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Dirección General de Trabajode la Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia (Murcia) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Spain's autonomous region of La Murcia has finally gazetted its calendar of official public holidays (calendario laboral) for the upcoming calendar year 2013. [full story]

Switzerland Bill To Extend May Day Public Holiday

Sources: Parlement du Canton du Valais (Sion) and Switzerland bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Four members of Switzerland's Valais Parliament, all from the Alliance De Gauche (ADG) party, have introduced a motion to further extend the observance of the May Day non-working public holiday to the Canton of Valais. [full story]

Chilean Bill To Extend September Public Holidays

Sources: Tramitación de proyectos (Congreso Nacional de Chile) and Chile bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Chilean member of Parliament, Ricardo Rincón (DC), has introduced legislation to further extend the September "Fiestas Patrias" annual non-working public holidays in Chile. [full story]

Costa Rican March 8 Public Holiday Update

Sources: La Nación (San José) and Costa Rican bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Costa Rica's Legislative Commission on Gender Equality (Comisión Legislativa de la Mujer) is about to consider legislation that would add a new annual non-working public holiday for International Women's Day on March 8. [full story]

Mongolian Municipal Holiday October 29

Sources: Үндэсний Мэдээллийн МОНЦАМЭ Агентлаг (Ulaanbaatar) and Mongolia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The new administration of Mongolia's capital city, Ulaanbaatar, has announced that from this year onward, October 29 would be abserved as the Ulaanbaatar Citizens’ Holiday. [full story]

Turkmenistan 2012 Kurban Bairam Public Holidays Extended

Sources: Туркменистан золотой век (Ashgabad) and Turkmenistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The recent decree ("On the celebration of Kurban Bairam") declaring 3 consecutive days of non-working public holidays in Turkmenistan on account of the upcoming Kurban Bairam (Feast of Sacrifice) has been extended by one day; Monday, October 29, 2012, hich will also be a non-working public holiday in Turkmenistan. [full story]

Haiti Hurricane Public Holiday October 26

Sources: Communiqués de presse de la Présidence de la République d'Haïti (Port-au-Prince) and Haiti bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Office of Communication of the Presidency of Haiti has announced that Haiti's President, Michel Martelly, had issued an Executive Order declaring Friday, October 26, 2012, as an additional one-off non-working public holiday in Haiti following the recent passage of tropical storm Sandy. [full story]

Turkmenistan 2012 Kurban Bairam 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 ("On the celebration of Kurban Bairam") declaring 3 consecutive days of non-working public holidays in Turkmenistan on account of the upcoming Kurban Bairam (Feast of Sacrifice). [full story]

Iraqi 2012 Eid Al Adha Public Holidays Announced

Sources: الوكالة الوطنية العراقية للأنباء - نينا (Baghdad) and Iraqi bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A media adviser to Iraqi Prime Minister, Ali al-Moussawi, has announced that the Iraqi Council of Ministers had set the dates for the upcoming Eid Al Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) non-working public holidays in Iraq. [full story]

Spain 2013 Ceuta Public Holidays Amended

Sources: Boletín Oficial de la Ciudad de Ceuta (BOCCE) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The legislative assembly of Spain's autonomous region of Ceuta (Ilustre Pleno de !a Asamblea de Ceuta) has aproved an amendment to the recently-released oficial list of 2013 non-working public holidays (calendario laboral) in the Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta, by moving the date of the 2013 Feast of Sacrifice (Pascua del Sacrificio) Muslim public holiday. [full story]

Kyrgyzstan 2012 Kurman Ait Public Holiday Confirmed

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 confirmed that Friday, October 26, 2012, would be the date of the upcoming non-working public holiday in Kyrgyzstan on account of the Kurman Ait (Feast of Sacrifice). [full story]

Cambodia 2013 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Cabinet of Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia (Phnom Penh) and Cambodia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Cambodia's Prime Minister has signed a Royal Government's decree establishing Cambodia's list of official non-working public holidays for the calendar year 2013. [full story]

Oman 2012 Eid al Adha Bank Holidays Announced

Sources: The Central Bank of Oman (Muscat) and Omani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) has announced that the period of Sunday, October 28, until Wednesday, October 31, 2012, inclusively, as the dates of the upcoming bank holidays for the upcoming Eid al Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) bank holidays in Oman. [full story]

Gabonese 2012 Feast of Sacrifice Public Holiday

Sources: Gouvernement de la République Gabonaise (Libreville) and Gabonese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Gabon's Ministre du Travail, de l’Emploi et de la Prévoyance Sociale has announced that the date of the upcoming Aïd El Kebir (Feast of Sacrifice) public holiday, would be observed as a non-working public holiday on Friday, October 26, 2012. [full story]

Bahrain 2012 Eid Al Adha Public Holidays 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 Thursday to Tuesday, October 25 to 30, 2012, as non-working public holidays in Bahrain to mark the upcoming Eid Al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) public holidays for the Islamic year 1433 in Bahrain. [full story]

Ghana 2012 Eidul-Adha Public Holiday Announced

Sources: Ghana News Agency (Accra) and Ghana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ghana's Minister of the Interior, William K. Aboah, has announced that Friday, October 26, 2012, would be a non-working statutory public holiday throughout the country on account of the upcoming Eidul-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice). [full story]

Nigerian 2012 Eid El-Kabir Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Abuja) and Nigerian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Minister of Interior of the Federal Government of Nigeria, Abba Moro, has announced that the Nigerian Government had declared Thursday and Friday, October 25 and 26, 2012, as paid non-working public holidays throughout Nigeria on account of the upcoming Eid El-Kabir (Feast of Sacrifice). [full story]

Kazakhstan Bank Holiday October 25

Sources: Қазақстан Республикасының Электрондық үкіметі (Astana) and Kazakhstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Kazakhstan has announced that Thursday, October 25, 2012, had been declared a one-off additional bank holiday in Kazakhstan. [full story]

Macedonian Public Holiday October 23

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 confirmed that Tuesday, October 23, 2012, would be a non-working public holiday for all citizens of Macedonia on account of the upcoming "Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle Day". [full story]

Bosnian 2012 Kurban Bairam Public Holiday Moved

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 that the previously-announced date for the upcoming Kurban Bajram (Feast of Sacrifice) non-working public holiday had also been moved to Friday, October 26, 2012. [full story]

Bahrain 2013 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 2013. [full story]

Oman 2012 Eid al Adha Public Holidays Announced

Sources: وكالة الأنباء العمانية (Muscat) and Omani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Omani authorities have announced the dates of the upcoming Eid al Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) non-working public holidays for the private sector and the public sector, for the calendar year 2012. [full story]

Aruba 2013 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Office of the Governor of Aruba (Oranjestad) and Aruba bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Aruba has released the official list of non-working public holidays in Aruba for the upcoming calendar year 2013. [full story]

Kosovo 2012 Kurban Bajram Public Holiday Moved

Sources: The Office of the Prime Minister (Republic of Kosovo) and Kosovo bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government cabinet of Kosovo has announced that the previously-announced date for the upcoming Kurban Bajram (Feast of Sacrifice) non-working public holiday had been moved to Friday, October 26, 2012. [full story]

Pakistan 2012 Eid-ul-Azha Public Holidays Extended

Sources: Pakistan's Ministry of Interior (Islamabad) and Pakistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Pakistani  Interior Ministry has announced that the Federal Cabinet of the Government of Pakistan had extended to 4 days of non-working public holidays, the previously-announced period of public holidays for the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha (Feast of Sacrifice). [full story]

British Virgin Islands 2013 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 (BVI) has approved and announced the list and dates of official public holidays for 2013 in the British Virgin Islands, in accordance with Section 5 of the Public Holidays Act (Cap 199). [full story]

Trinidad and Tobago 2012 Divali Public Holiday Announced

Sources: Trinidad and Tobago Government Portal (Port of Spain) and Trinidad and Tobago bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Trinidad and Tobago has announced that Tuesday, November 13, 2012, would be the date of the upcoming Diwali public holiday in Trinidad and Tobago. [full story]

Afghanistan 2012 Eid al-Adha Public Holidays Announced

Sources: آژانس خبرى پژواك (Kabul) and Afghanistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Afghanistan has declared the period of Thursday, October 25, to Sunday, October 28, 2012, as non-working public holidays on the occasion of the upcoming Eidul Adha (Feast of Sacrifice). [full story]

Tunisian 2012 Aïd El-Idha Public Holidays

Sources: وكالة تونس افريقيا للانباء (Tunis) and Tunisian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Tunisia (la présidence du Gouvernement) has announced that the upcoming Aïd El-Idha (Feast of Sacrifice) non-working public holiday throughout Tunisia would be observed on Friday and Saturday, October 26 and 27, 2012. [full story]

Sri Lanka 2012 Hajj Public Holiday Moved

Sources: இலங்கை ஒலிபரப்புக் கூட்டுத்தாபனம் (SLBC) and Sri Lanka bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Sri Lankan Ministry of Public Administration has announced that, once again, the date of the upcoming Hajj public holidays (Feast of Sacrifice) had been changed, this time from its earlier gazetted date of Friday, October 26, 2012, to Saturday, October 27, 2012. [full story]

Spain Rules-Out Ceuta Public Holiday Change

Sources: Boletín Oficial de la Ciudad de Ceuta (BOCCE) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Spain's autonomous region of Ceuta has issued a pre-emptive announcement (un comunicado de prensa para aclarar, ante el "aluvión" de llamadas y preguntas) categorically ruling-out an additional public holiday on Friday, October 26, 2012. [full story]

Kazakhstan May 7 Public Holiday Signed Into Law

Sources: Қазақстан Республикасының Электрондық үкіметі (Astana) and Kazakhstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has signed into law the bill "On Holidays in the Republic of Kazakhstan", which was introduced last month and recently approved by the Senate and which makes May 7 a new annual non-working public holiday in Kazakhstan. [full story]

Macedonia 2012 Eid al-Adha Public Holiday 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 that Thursday, October 25, 2012, would be a non-working public holiday "for the believers of the Muslim religion in the Republic of Macedonia" on account of the upcoming Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice). [full story]

Ugandan 2012 Eid El-Adha Public Holiday Announced

Sources: Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda (Kampala) and Ugandan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A spokesman for Uganda's Ministry of Public Service, Jonas Tumwine, has announced that the government of Uganda had declared Friday, October 26, 2012, as the date of the upcoming Eid El-Adha non-working public holiday in Uganda. [full story]

Nepalese 2012 Eid-ul-Adha Public Holiday

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal has announced that Sunday, October 28, 2012, had been declared as another non-working public holiday across the country on account of the upcoming Bakra Eid/Eid ul Joha (Feast of Sacrifice). [full story]

Kyrgyzstan 2012 Kurman Ait Public Holiday Announced

Sources: Кабар - Кыргыз Улуттук Маалымат Агенттиги (Bishkek) and Kyrgyzstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Religious Department of Muslims of the Kyrgyz Republic has announced that Friday, October 26, 2012, would be the date of the upcoming non-working public holiday in Kyrgyzstan on account of the Kurman Ait (Feast of Sacrifice). [full story]

Jordan 2012 Eid Al Adha Public Holidays

Sources: وكالة الأنباء الأردنية بترا (Amman) and Jordan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Jordanian Prime Minister, Abdullah Ensour, has issued a circular decreeing a 5-day period of public holidays (Thursday, October 25, to Monday, October 29, 2012) for the upcoming Eid Al Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) in Jordan. [full story]

Russian 2013 Public Holidays Approved

Sources: Лента новостей РИА Новости (Moscow) and Russian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Russian Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev, has issued a decree officializing the recent draft RF Government Resolution which specified the list of official public holidays and bridge holidays in Russia for the upcoming calendar year 2013. [full story]

UAE 2012 Eid Al Adha Public Holidays Announced

Sources: وكالة أنباء الإمارات (WAM) and UAE bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The UAE's Federal Government, through its respective ministries, has announced the dates of the upcoming 2012 Eid Al Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) non-working public holidays, as usual in separate announcements for the public sector and the private sector. [full story]