North Korean 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: 조선중앙통신 (Pyongyang) and North Korea bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The North Korean government has released the official list of non-working public holidays in North Korea for the upcoming calendar year 2014. [full story]

Malaysian 2015 Islamic Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Kuala Lumpur) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Malaysia's governmental Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia, aka. JAKIM) has published its annual Islamic calendar for the western year 2015 (corresponding to 1436-1437 AH). [full story]

Bangladesh Public Holiday January 5

Sources: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and Bangladesh bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bangladesh's government has declared Sunday, January 5, 2014, as an official non-working public holiday in Bangladesh for the upcoming 10th Parliamentary Elections, as it had done on previous occasions. [full story]

Pakistan New Year 2014 Bank Holiday

Sources: The State Bank of Pakistan (Karachi) and Pakistani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has declared Wednesday, January 1st, 2014, as a bank holiday throughout Pakistan on account of the upcoming Western New Year annual bank holiday in Pakistan. [full story]

Slovenian 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Slovenska tiskovna agencija (Ljubljana) and Slovenia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Bank of Slovenia has announced its annual official list of bank holidays and non-working public holidays in Slovenia for the upcoming calendar year 2014. [full story]

Bahrain New Year 2014 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 also declaring Wednesday, January 1st, 2014, as a non-working public holiday in Bahrain to mark the upcoming Western New Year 2014. [full story]

Morocco 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: وزارة الأوقاف والشؤون الإسلامية (Casablanca) and Morocco public holidays (qppstudio.net). Morocco has released its official list of non-working public holidays in Morocco for the upcoming calendar year 2014. [full story]

Omani 2014 New Year Bank Holiday

Sources: وكالة الأنباء العمانية (Muscat) and Omani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) has announced that the annual bank holiday, observed by all banks operating in the Sultanate of Oman, for the upcoming Western New Year, would be on Wednesday, January 1st, 2014. [full story]

Laos 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: The Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Ventiane) and Laos bank and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Laos has released its official list of 2014 annual non-working public holidays in Laos. [full story]

Macedonian 2014 New Year Public Holidays

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, January 1st, 2014, would be a non-working public holiday throughout Macedonia "for all citizens of the Republic of Macedonia" on account of the upcoming "New Year". [full story]

Bahrain New Year 2014 Bank Holidays

Sources: مصرف البحرين المركزى (Manama) Bahrain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Central Bank of Bahrain has announced that it would declare a bank holiday on Wednesday, January 1st, 2014, to mark the upcoming annual public holiday for the Western New Year 2014. [full story]

Malawi Boxing Day A Public Holiday Henceforth

Sources: Government of the Republic of Malawi (Lilongwe) and Malawi bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Malawi's Principal Officer in the ministry of local government, Christopher Makileni, has announced that the government of Malawi had once more re-instated Boxing day as an annual non-working public holiday in Malawi. [full story]

Thailand 2014 Royal Ploughing Ceremony Public Holiday

Sources: รัฐบาลไทย (Bangkok) and Thailand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Thailand has announced the date of the 2014 Royal Ploughing Ceremony annual non-working public holiday, thus completing the previously-released partial list of official non-working public holidays in Thailand for the upcoming calendar year 2014. [full story]

Kazakhstan 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Қазақстан Республикасының Электрондық үкіметі (Astana) and Kazakhstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Kazakhstan has released its annual official list of non-working public holidays in the Republic of Kazakhstan for the calendar year 2014. [full story]

UAE 2014 New Year Public Holidays

Sources: وكالة أنباء الإمارات (WAM) and UAE bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The UAE government has announced the annual dates for the upcoming Western New Year non-working public holidays in the UAE. [full story]

Kyrgyzstan Extends January 2014 Public Holidays

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 once again decided to declare additional non-working public holidays in January 2014 in Kyrgyzstan to link the upcoming Kyrgyzstan New Year annual public holiday with the subsequent Orthodox Christmas public holiday. [full story]

Malawi Boxing Day Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Government of the Republic of Malawi (Lilongwe) and Malawi bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Malawi government has announced that, despite last year's announcement to the contrary, the upcoming Boxing Day, on December 26, would not be an official non-working public holiday in Malawi. [full story]

Iraqi 2013 Public Holiday December 25

Sources: الوكالة الوطنية العراقية للأنباء - نينا (Baghdad) and Iraqi bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Iraqi Secretariat of the Council of Ministers has once more declared Wednesday, December 25, 2013, as a non-working public holiday on account of the upcoming Christmas Day. [full story]

Libyan Public Holiday December 24

Sources: المجلس الوطنى الإنتقالى (Tripoli) and Libyan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Libya's ruling National Transitional Council has announced that Tuesday, December 24, 2013, would be a non-working public holiday throughout Libya to be observed as the annual Libyan public holiday commemorating the 62nd anniversary of Libya’s independence from Italian rule. [full story]

Nepalese Public Holiday December 25

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal has announced that Wednesday, December 25, 2013, had been declared a non-working public holiday on account of the upcoming Christmas Day annual non-working public holiday of Nepal. [full story]

Turkmenistan Adds December 31 Public Holiday

Sources: Туркменистан золотой век (Ashgabad) and Turkmenistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Turkmenistan's President, Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov, has once again used the powers vested in him by the Labour Code of Turkmenistan, and signed a decree ("On the postponement of day off for the celebration of the New Year") declaring Tuesday, December 31, 2013, as a one-off non-working public holiday "in order to create favorable conditions for the solemn celebration of the New Year and for a good recreation of the population". [full story]

New Caledonia 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Medef Nouvelle-Calédonie (Nouméa) and New Caledonia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of New Caledonia has released its annual official list of non-working public holidays (jours fériés chômés) and bank holidays for the upcoming calendar year 2014. [full story]

Lebanon 2014 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 its annual list of official Lebanese non-working public holidays for the upcoming calendar year 2014. [full story]

Grenada 2014 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 its annual official list of non-working public holidays in Grenada, for the upcoming calendar year 2014. [full story]

Zambian December Public Holidays Canceled

Sources: Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (Lusaka) and Zambia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Zambia's Secretary to the Cabinet, Roland Msiska, has announced that he was withdrawing his announcement of yesterday, that Zambian President, Michael Sata, had declared Tuesday, December 24, and Tuesday, December 31, 2013 as one-off public holidays throughout Zambia. [full story]

Pakistan Sindh Public Holiday December 27

Sources: Associated Press Of Pakistan (Islamabad) and Pakistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chief Minister of Pakistan's Province of Sindh, has announced that Friday, December 27, 2018, would once again be a non-working state public holiday in Pakistan's Province of Sindh. [full story]

Ghana 2013-2014 Year-End Public Holidays

Sources: Ghana News Agency (Accra) and Ghana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ghana's Minister of the Interior, Kwesi Ahwoi, has issued the usual statement setting forth the official non-working public holidays in Ghana for the end of 2013 and the beginning of 2014. [full story]

Nigerian 2013-2014 Year-End Public Holidays

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, as per custom, the Nigerian Government had declared 3, year-end, non-working public holidays in Nigeria for the end of the year 2013 and the beginning of 2014. [full story]

Nicaragua 2013-2014 Year-End Public Holidays

Sources: Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua (MITRAB) and Nicaragua bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Nicaragua's secretary general of the Ministry of Labour, José Guerrero, has announced that MITRAB (Ministerio del Trabajo) had once again declared extended public sector non-working public holidays centered around the Nicaraguan public holidays for Christmas 2013 and New Year's Day 2014. [full story]

Argentina Adds 2013 Year-End Bank Holidays

Sources: Ministerio del Interior (República Argentina) and Argentina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Jorge Capitanich, the Chief of Cabinet of Argentina's President, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, has announced that, in addition to the 4 year-end non-working public sector holidays announced earlier this week, Tuesday, December 24, and Tuesday, December 31, 2013, would be full-day, one-off, bank holidays in Argentina. [full story]

Kuwaiti January 2 Public Holiday Rejected

Sources: الكويت جنة الخدمة المدنية (Kuwait City) and Kuwaiti bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Kuwaiti Civil Service Commission has announced that, in the end, Wednesday, January 1, 2014, would be the only non-working public holiday for the upcoming Western New Year. [full story]

Moldova Adds Christmas Public Holiday

Sources: Agentia Informationala de Stat (Moldpres) and Moldovan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The bill introduced by the government of Moldova, to re-declare Western Christmas as an annual non-working public holiday in Moldova, has been passed by a majority of legislators from the current ruling coalition. [full story]

Macedonian Public Holidays December 21 and 25

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, December 25, 2013, had been declared a non-working public holiday on account of the annual first day of Christmas non-working public holiday for citizens of the Catholic religion in Macedonia. [full story]

Malta Bank Holiday December 26

Sources: Malta Bankers Association (Valetta) and Malta bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Malta Bankers' Association has confirmed that Thursday, December 26, 2013, would be a bank holiday in Malta. [full story]

Zambia Declares December 24 and 31 Public Holidays

Sources: Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (Lusaka) and Zambia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Zambia's Secretary to the Cabinet, Roland Msiska, has announced that President, Michael Sata, had declared Tuesday, December 24, and Tuesday, December 31, 2013 as one-off public holidays throughout Zambia. [full story]

Spain 2014 Navarra Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Boletín Oficial de Navarra (BON) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Spain's Autonomous Region of Navarra has finally gazetted the official annual list of non-working public holidays in Spain's Autonomous Region of Navarra. [full story]

Argentina 2013-2014 Year-End Public Holidays

Sources: Ministerio del Interior (República Argentina) and Argentina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Jorge Capitanich, the Chief of Cabinet of Argentina's President, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, has released the decreto 2111/2013, declaring once again 4, year-end, public holidays for Argentina's public sector, in addition to the previously-announced 2013 and 2014 official public holidays in Argentina. [full story]

Azerbaijani 2014 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 full list of official annual non-working public holidays in Azerbaijan for the upcoming calendar year 2014. [full story]

Qatar Adds December 19 Public Sector Holiday

Sources: قنـا الموقع العربي الصفحة الرئيسية (QNA) and Qatar bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Qatari Emiri Diwan has once again declared Thursday, December 19, 2013, as a one-off public sector holiday to link the annual National Day public holiday in Qatar, with the following Qatari weekend. [full story]

Niger 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Ministère de la Fonction Publique et du Travail du Niger (Niamey) and Niger bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Niger has released the official list of annual non-working public holidays in Niger for the calendar year 2014. [full story]

Serbian 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Министарство рада и социјалне политике (Belgrade) and Serbia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Serbian government has released the list of annual non-working public holidays in Serbia for the upcoming calendar year 2014. [full story]

Swaziland Incwala Public Holiday Friday

Sources: Government of Swaziland Ministry of Home Affairs (Mbabane) and Swaziland bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Swaziland's Minister of Home Affairs, Princess Tsandzile, has announced that the upcoming Incwala annual non-working public holiday in Swaziland would soon be announced as Friday, December 20, 2013. [full story]

Nepalese Public Holiday December 17

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal has announced that tomorrow, Tuesday, December 17, 2013, had been declared a non-working public holiday on account of the upcoming Udhauli festival and Yomari Punhi annual non-working public holiday of Nepal. [full story]

Senegal Magal Public Holiday Gazetted Soon

Sources: Site Officiel du Gouvernement du Sénégal (Dakar) and Senegalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Senegal's Minister of the Interior, Abdoulaye Daouda Diallo, has promised that the recently-passed law declaring the Magal de Touba as a new annual non-working public holiday in Senegal, would be gazetted in time for the upcoming Magal de Touba, which is set to occur next weekend. [full story]

Jordanian Public Holiday December 15

Sources: وكالة الأنباء الأردنية بترا (Amman) and Jordan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier today, Jordanian Prime Minister, Abdullah Ensour, issued a circular decreeing another one-off non-working public holiday in Jordan for tomorrow, Sunday, December 15, 2013, due to freezing weather conditions stemming from a polar front which has snowed-in the country since Thursday. [full story]

Bahrain 2013 National Day Bank Holidays

Sources: مصرف البحرين المركزى (Manama) Bahrain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Central Bank of Bahrain has announced that it would also declare bank holidays on Monday and Tuesday, December 16 an 17, 2013, to mark the upcoming annual National Day and the 14th Anniversary of the accession to the throne of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. [full story]

Romania Extends 2013-2014 Year-End Public Holidays

Sources: Mediafax (Bucureşti) and Romanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Romanian Prime Minister, Victor Ponta, has announced an extended resolution declaring Friday, December 27, 2013, Tuesday, December 31, 2013, and Friday, January 3, 2014, as additional one-off non-working public sector holidays in Romania for the upcoming year-end 2013-2014. [full story]

Timor Leste 2013 Year-End Public Holidays

Sources: Komunikadu Imprensa Sekretaria Estadu Konsellu Ministru Timor-Leste (Dili) and Timor Leste bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Timor Leste has announced that it had once again decided to declare 3 full-day additional year-end public sector holidays (Toleránsia Pontu iha oras loro-kraik nian), this time on December 24, 26, and 31, 2013. [full story]

Bahrain 2013 National Day 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 Monday and Tuesday, December 16 an 17, 2013, as non-working public holidays in Bahrain to mark the upcoming annual National Day and the 14th Anniversary of the accession to the throne of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. [full story]

Germany 2017 Bavarian Reformation Public Holiday

Sources: Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung (Augsburg) and Germany bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government cabinet of Germany's state of Bavaria, has decided to also declare October 31, 2017, as a one-off public holiday (gesetzlichen Feiertag) to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther posting his ninety-five theses on the door of the Castle Church of Wittenberg. [full story]