Lebanon 2013 Public Holidays Announced

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 non-working public holidays for the upcoming calendar year 2013. [full story]

Thailand 2013 Royal Ploughing Ceremony Public Holiday

Sources: รัฐบาลไทย (Bangkok) and Thailand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ceremony non-working public holiday, thus completing the previously-released partial list of official non-working public holidays in Thailand for the upcoming calendar year 2013. [full story]

Argentina Public Holiday February 20

Sources: Parlamentario (Buenos Aires) and Argentina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Argentina's Senate has approved into law the bill recently approved by the lower house of Congress (Cámara de Diputados) to declare a one-off non-working public holiday in Argentina on Wednesday, February 20, 2013. [full story]

Mexico Public Holiday December 1

Sources: Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social (Ciudad de México) and Mexico bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Mexican Ministry of Labour (Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social) has announced that Saturday, December 1, 2012, would be another nationwide non-working public holiday (día no laborable en todo el territorio nacional) on account of the upcoming Presidential Inauguration. [full story]

Ghana Public Holiday December 7

Sources: Ghana News Agency (Accra) and Ghana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ghana's Minister of the Interior, William K. Aboah, has declared Friday, December 7, 2012, as a non-working public holiday in Ghana on account of the annual Farmers Day annual public holiday whose celebrations were brought forward this year. [full story]

Kazakhstan Public Holidays December 1-3

Sources: Қазақстан Республикасының Электрондық үкіметі (Astana) and Kazakhstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Kazakhstan has announced that Monday, December 3, 2012, had been declared an additional non-working holiday in Kazakhstan on account of the upcoming new "Day of the First President" public holiday. [full story]

Grenada 2013 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Office of the Prime Minister of Grenada (St George's) and Grenada bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Grenada has released the official list of non-working public holidays in Grenada, for the upcoming calendar year 2013. [full story]

Saint Lucia 2013 Public Holidays Announced

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

Bahrain Arafat Public Holiday Update

Sources: وكالة أنباء البحرين (BNA) Bahrain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bahrain's Labour Ministry Under-Secretary, Sobah Al Dossary, has announced that his ministry had suggested including Arafat Day as a non-working public sector public holiday also for the private sector. [full story]

Azerbaijani 2013 New Year Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Azərbaycan Respublikası Nazirlər Kabineti (Baku) and Azerbaijan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Azerbaijan's Cabinet of Ministers has announced the period of Saturday, December, 29, 2012, to Wednesday, January 2, 2013, as non-working public holidays in Azerbaijan on account of the upcoming "Solidarity Day of World Azerbaijanis" and "Western New Year" public holidays. [full story]

Bangladesh 2013 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and Bangladesh bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bangladesh's government has released a list of official non-working public holidays and bank holidays in Bangladesh for the upcoming calendar year 2013. [full story]

Romania Adds Year-End Public Holidays

Sources: Camera Deputatilor (Bucharest) and Romanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Romanian Government adopted yesterday a resolution declaring Monday, December 24, and Monday December 31, 2012, as additional one-off non-working public holidays in Romania. [full story]

Liberian Public Holiday November 29

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 29, 2012, as a non-working public holiday to be observed throughout the Republic of Liberia as a national non-working public holiday marking the 117th Birth Anniversary of Liberia’s 18th President William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman. [full story]

Dominican Republic 2013 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, República Dominicana (Santo Domingo) and Dominican Republic bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Labour of the Dominican Republic has announced the official finalized listing of non-working public holidays in the the Dominican Republic for the upcoming calendar year 2013. [full story]

UAE 2012 National Day Public Holidays

Sources: وكالة أنباء الإمارات (WAM) and UAE bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The UAE's Minister of Labour, Saqr Ghobash Saeed Ghobash, has in turn announced that Sunday, December 2, 2012, would be the date of the non-working private sector public holiday marking of the upcoming UAE National Day. [full story]

Timor Leste Public Holidays November 27-29

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 2 full-day public sector holiday (Toleránsia Pontu iha oras loro-kraik nian) on Tuesday and Thursday, November 27 and 29, 2012. [full story]

Taiwan 2013 Public Holidays Finalized

Sources: 行政院人事行政局 (Taipei) and Taiwan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Taiwan's Directorate-General of Personnel Administration has released the final official calendar of official non-working public holidays in Taiwan for the upcoming calendar year 2013. [full story]

Nigerian Public Holidays Devolution

Sources: Official Website of Osun State Government (Osogbo) and Nigerian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has made a call for the devolution of the power to declare public holidays in Nigeria to the individual Nigerian states rather than the Federal Government. [full story]

Indian 2013 Maharashtra Public Holidays

Sources: Government of Maharashtra (Mumbai) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of India's state of Maharashtra has announced the days which shall be non-working public holidays for the calendar year 2013. [full story]

Nicaraguan Full Public Holiday December 8

Sources: Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua (MITRAB) and Nicaragua bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Nicaragua's Ministerio del Trabajo (Mitrab) has once again declared a general public holiday (para todos los trabajadores del sector público y privado) on Saturday, December 8, 2012, on account of the upcoming Immaculate Conception (Inmaculada Concepción de María) public holiday. [full story]

Vietnam 2013 Public Holidays Finalized

Sources: Vụ Thông Tin Báo Chí - Bộ Ngoại Giao (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 finalized list of official public holidays in Vietnam for the calendar year 2013. [full story]

Pakistan 2012 Ashura Public Holidays Revised

Sources: Pakistan's Ministry of Interior (Islamabad) and Pakistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Pakistani  Minister of the Interior, Rehaman Malik, has announced that Saturday and Sunday, November 24 and 25, 2012, would be the revised dates of the upcoming non-working public holiday for the Ashura. [full story]

Bosnian Public Holiday November 26

Sources: Federacija Bosna i Hercegovina News (Sarajevo) and Bosnia and Herzegovina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina has announced that Monday, November 26, 2012, would be an additional day in lieu non-working public holiday in Bosnia and Herzegovina. [full story]

UAE 2012 National Day Public Sector Holidays

Sources: وكالة أنباء الإمارات (WAM) and UAE bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The UAE's Minister of Education, Humaid Mohammed Obaid Al Qattami, in his capacity as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources, has announced that Sunday and Monday, December 2 and 3, 2012, would be the dates of the non-working public holidays on account of the upcoming UAE National Day. [full story]

Argentina Additional 2013 Public Holidays Update

Sources: Honorable Cámara de Diputados de la Nación Argentina (Buenos Aires) and Argentina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Argentina's lower house of Congress (Cámara de Diputados) has approved a bill to declare one-off non-working public holidays in Argentina on January 31 and February 20, 2013. [full story]

Hungary 2013 Public Holidays Official

Sources: Kormányzat Nemzetgazdasági Minisztérium (Budapest) and Hungary bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Hungary has finally released the official version of the list of official non-working public holidays in Hungary for the calendar year 2013. [full story]

Gaza Public Holiday November 22

Sources: وكـالــة مــعــا الاخـبـاريــة (Gaza) and West Bank and Gaza bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Hamas Government of Palestine's Gaza Strip has announced that Thursday, November 22, 2012, would be a one-off public holiday to commemorate its recent ceasefire agreement with Israel. [full story]

Pakistan D8 Public Holiday November 22

Sources: Pakistan's Ministry of Interior (Islamabad) and Pakistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Pakistani  Minister of the Interior,  Rehaman Malik, has announced that Thursday, November 22, 2012, would be a one-off non-working public holiday in the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) due to the upcoming D-8 Summit. [full story]

Bahrain 2012 Ashoora 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 circular declaring Saturday and Sunday, November 24 and 25, 2012, as a non-working public holidays in Bahrain to mark the upcoming anniversary of Ashoora. [full story]

Kosovo Amends Public Holidays Legislation

Sources: The Office of the Prime Minister (Republic of Kosovo) and Kosovo bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Kosovo Assembly has approved amendments to the current Law on Official Holidays to include November 28 as a new annual public holiday to commemorate the Flag Day of Kosovo. [full story]

India 2013 Tamil Nadu Public Holidays Released

Sources: Government of Tamil Nadu (Chennai) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of India's state of Tamil Nadu has announced the days which will be non-working public holidays for the upcoming calendar year 2013. [full story]

Omani 2012 National Day Public Holidays Announced

Sources: وكالة الأنباء العمانية (Muscat) and Omani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Oman's minister of the Diwan of Royal Court, Sayyid Khalid bin Hilal bin Saud Al Busaidi, has announced the dates for the upcoming non-working public holidays observed, as usual, after the official Omani 2-day National Day. [full story]

Indian Capital Rules-Out Chhath Public Holiday

Sources: The Hindu (New Delhi) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of India's capital have turned down the request of Municipal Corporations to have Chhath Puja which falls on Monday, November 19, 2012, this year, declared a gazetted public holiday. [full story]

Macedonian Public Holiday November 22

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, November 22, 2012, would be a non-working public holiday throughout Macedonia "for the members of the Albanian community ". [full story]

Czech Republic 2013 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 2013 in the Czech Republic. [full story]

Malaysian Deepavali Public Holiday Extension Ruled-Out

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Kuching) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chief Minister of Malaysia's State of Sarawak, Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud, has announced that Sarawak State would not follow the Federal Territory of Labuan which recently added Deepavali as a non-working public holiday. [full story]

Bangladesh 2012 Ashura Public Holiday Announced

Sources: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and Bangladesh bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bangladesh's National Moon Sighting Committee has announced that it had sighted the New Moon crescent last night and, therefore have confirmed that the upcoming Ashura, and related public holiday, would be observed across the country on Sunday, November 25, 2012. [full story]

Mongolian Public Holiday November 21

Sources: Үндэсний Мэдээллийн МОНЦАМЭ Агентлаг (Ulaanbaatar) and Mongolia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Mongolian General Election Committee has announced that Wednesday, November 21, 2012, the date of the upcoming Local Administrative Elections, would be another one-off non-working public holiday in Mongolia. [full story]

Sudan Adds New Public Holiday

Sources: وكالة السودان للانباء (SUNA) and Sudanese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Sudan's President, Omer Al-Bashir, has issued a presidential decree declaring May 31st as a new annual non-working public holiday in Sudan to commemorate the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD), signed in Doha on May 31st, 2011. [full story]

Chilean January and September Public Holidays Extended

Sources: Tramitación de proyectos (Congreso Nacional de Chile) and Chile bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). In a surprisingly swift manner, the lower house of the Chilean parliament (Cámara de Diputados) overwhelmingly passed (61 to 3 with 5 abstentions) the public holidays amendment bill recently-introduced by Chilean member of Parliament, Ricardo Rincón (DC). [full story]

Belize 2013 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Belize Ministry of National Security (Belmopan) and Belize bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The press office of the Government of Belize has announced the official list of public holidays in Belize for the calendar year 2013. [full story]

Macedonia Tree-Planting Public Holiday November 21

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 declaration of Wednesday, November 21, 2012, as the 10th Tree-Planting national non-working public holiday for the citizens of the Republic of Macedonia. [full story]

Mauritania Hijri 1434 Public Holiday

Sources: الوكالة الموريتانية للأنباء (Nouakchott) and Mauritanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Mauritania's Commission centrale d'observation du croissant lunaire has announced that, as the waxing lunar crescent had not been sighted tonight, the upcoming Hijri 1434 (Islamic New Year) non-working public holiday would be observed, in Mauritania, on Friday, November 16, 2012. [full story]

Morocco Hijri 1434 Public Holiday

Sources: وزارة الأوقاف والشؤون الإسلامية (Casablanca) and Morocco public holidays (qppstudio.net). Morocco's Ministry of Religious Affairs (ministère des Habous et des Affaires islamiques) has announced that, as the waxing lunar crescent had not been sighted tonight, the upcoming Hijri 1434 (Islamic New Year) non-working public holiday would be observed, in Morocco, on Friday, November 16, 2012. [full story]

Algerian Hijri 1434 Public Holiday

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 tomorrow, Thursday, November 15, 2012, had been declared as a non-working public holiday in Algeria on account of the Hijri 1434 Islamic New Year. [full story]

Tunisian Hijri 1434 Public Holiday Tomorrow

Sources: وكالة تونس افريقيا للانباء (Tunis) and Tunisian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The office of the Mufti de la République de Tunisie has announced that, earlier tonight, it had been able to sight the waxing lunar crescent and therefore that the previously-announced upcoming non-working public holiday throughout Tunisia for the 1434 Hijri Islamic New Year would occur tomorrow, Thursday, November 15, 2012. [full story]

Zambian December 31 Bank Holiday Proposed

Sources: The Bank Of Zambia (Lusaka) and Zambia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Head of Public Relations for the Bank of Zambia (Zambia's Central Bank), Kanguya Mayondi, has announced that the Bank of Zambia had requested that the government of Zambia declare Monday, December 31, 2012, as a one-off bank holiday to allow for a smooth transition to the new Kwacha (Zambia's national currency). [full story]

Nepal Sambat Public Holiday From 2013

Sources: The Himalayan Times (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Nepalese Prime Minister, Baburam Bhattarai, has announced that Nepal Sambat New Year would be declared an official non-working public holiday throughout Nepal, starting with the Nepal Sambat year 1134 (November 2013). [full story]

Germany To Add Islamic State Public Holidays

Sources: Die Welt (Hamburg) and Germany bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The German city-state of Hamburg, and its second largest city, has signed an official agreement with its Muslim community which guarantees 3 annual Islamic holidays. [full story]

Bermuda Labour Day Public Holiday Update

Sources: Bermuda Department of Communication and Information (Hamilton) and Bermuda bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A recent Mindmaps poll has been released by the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce, showing that 76 percent of Bermudians support the government's decision to keep the observance of the annual Labour Day public holiday on the first Monday in September. [full story]