Mauritius Public Holiday Tomorrow

Sources: Government of Mauritius (Port-Louis) and Mauritius bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). At a press conference, earlier this afternoon, Mauritius' Prime Minister, Navin Ramgoolam, has announced that it had declared tomorrow, Monday, April 1, 2013, as an additional one-off non-working public holiday in Mauritius. [full story]

Sri Lankan Public Holiday April 15

Sources: அரசாங்க சேவை ஆணைக்குழு இலங்கை (Colombo) and Sri Lanka bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Sri Lankan Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs, W.D.J. Senevirathne, has announced that the Sri Lankan Government had finally decided to declare Monday, April 15, 2013, as a one-off additional public holiday throughout Sri Lanka. [full story]

Kenyan Inaugural Public Holiday April 9

Sources: Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (Nairobi) and Kenya bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The head of Kenya's Public Service, Francis Kimemia, has announced that the Government of Kenya will gazete Tuesday, April 9, 2013, as another one-off non-working public holiday in Kenya, on account of the upcoming presidential inauguration. [full story]

Colombia Considers May 12 Public Holiday

Sources: Congresso de la República Cámara de Representantes (Bogota) and Colombia bank and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A bill has been introduced into the lower house of Colombia (Cámara de Representantes) to declare May 12 as a new annual non-working public holiday in Colombia. [full sotry]

Sri Lanka Mulls April 15 Public Holiday

Sources: அரசாங்க சேவை ஆணைக்குழு இலங்கை (Colombo) and Sri Lanka bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Sri Lankan Administration Minister, John Seneviratne, has announced that the Sri Lankan Government was considering declaring Monday, April 15, 2013, as a one-off additional public holiday throughout Sri Lanka. [full story]

Iraqi Easter 2013 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: الوكالة الوطنية العراقية للأنباء - نينا (Kirkuk) and Iraqi bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers of Iraq has announced that Sunday and Monday, March 31 and April 1st, 2013, had been declared official non-working public holidays for Christians. [full story]

Serbian May 2013 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Министарство рада и социјалне политике (Belgrade) and Serbia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Serbian government has confirmed that May 1st to May 6th, 2013, would be official non-working public holidays in Serbia. [full story]

Bolivian Easter 2013 Public Holidays

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social (La Paz) and Bolivian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bolivia's Minister of Labour has announced that the upcoming Easter public holidays in Bolivia would once again begin on the afternoon of Maundy Thursday, with Good Friday (March 29, 2013) having been declared a national public holiday (feriado nacional). [full story]

Macedonian Public Holiday April 1st

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 Monday, April 1, 2013, would be a non-working public holiday for members of the Catholic community in Macedonia on account of the upcoming the second day of Easter annual sectorial non-working public holiday. [full story]

Ecuador Bank Holiday March 29

Sources: Agencia de Noticias del Ecuador y Sudamérica (ANDES) and Ecuador bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ecuador's Association of Private Banks (Asociación de Bancos Privados del Ecuador - ABPE) has announced that banks in Ecuador would be closed for the upcoming Good Friday annual Ecuadoran public holidays on Friday, March 29, 2013. [full story]

Nigerian Easter 2013 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 the Nigerian Government had declared Friday, March 29, and Monday, April 1, 2013, as non-working public holidays to once again commemorate this year's upcoming Good Friday and Easter Monday non-working public holidays, respectively. [full story]

Nepalese Holi Public Holiday March 27

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal has announced that Wednesday, March 27, 2013, had been declared as another non-working public holiday on account of the upcoming Holi festival, but this time for the Tarai region. [full story]

Cyprus Bank Holidays March 26-27

Sources: Kεντρική Τράπεζα Κύπρου (Nicosia) and Cyprus bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Central Bank of Cyprus has announced that it would once more declare two additional bank holidays to be observed in Cyprus so that banks in Cyprus will be on bank holidays until Thursday morning, March 28, 2013. [full story]

New Zealand 2020-2021 Public Holidays Amended

Sources: New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Wellington) and New Zealand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has released a further amended list of non-working public holidays for the calendar years 2020 and 2021. [full story]

Timor Leste Public Holidays March 28 and April 1st

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 additional day-off public sector holidays for Maundy Thursday and Easter Monday, on March 28 and April 1st, 2013, respectively. [full story]

Ukraine Capital Public Holiday March 25

Sources: Київська міська державна адміністрація Офіційний інтернет-портал (Kiev) and Ukraine bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The city state administration of Kyiv, the Ukraine's capital, has announced that due to current snow conditions, Monday, March 25, 2013, had been declared a non-working public holiday in Kiev and the Kiev region (Kyiv and the Kyiv Oblast) for public sector employees. [full story]

Eritrean 2013 Public Holidays Released

Sources: Ministry of Information of the State of Eritrea (Asmara) and Eritrea bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Eritrean government has announced the list of official national and religious non-working public holidays in Eritrea for the calendar year 2013. [full story]

Nepalese Holi Public Holiday March 26

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal has announced that Tuesday, March 26, 2013, had been declared as a non-working public holiday in the capital, Kathmandu, and other parts of the hilly regions, on account of the upcoming Holi festival. [full story]

Lebanon Public Holiday April 1st

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 that the upcoming Western Easter Sunday non-working public holiday, would be observed on Monday, April 1, 2013. [full story]

Suriname Public Holiday March 27

Sources: Kabinet van de President van de Republiek Suriname (Paramarimbo) and Suriname bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Suriname has announced that the upcoming Holi (Holi Phagwa) non-working public holiday would be observed on Wednesday, March 27, 2013, in Suriname. [full story]

Turkey Nevruz Public Holiday Update 2013

Sources: Hürriyet Daily News (Istanbul) and Turkey bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister, Bülent Arinç, has raised hopes that Nevruz would soon be declared a non-working public holiday in Turkey, when he noted yesterday that Nevruz is "not yet an official holiday" in Turkey. [full story]

Bangladesh Public Holiday Today

Sources: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and Bangladesh bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Immediately after this morning's Cabinet meeting, Bangladesh's Cabinet Secretary, Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, announced that the Cabinet had declared a non-working public holiday for today, Thursday, March 21, 2013, "applicable for all institutions including schools and banks", to mourn the death of President Zillur Rahman. [full story]

Cyprus Bank Holidays March 21-25

Sources: Kεντρική Τράπεζα Κύπρου (Nicosia) and Cyprus bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Central Bank of Cyprus has announced that it would once again declare two additional bank holidays to be observed in Cyprus so that banks in Cyprus will be on bank holidays until Tuesday morning, March 26, 2013. [full story]

UAE Ramadan Dates Announced

Sources: وكالة أنباء الإمارات (WAM) and UAE bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The UAE's state news agency WAM, reports on an official announcement by the Sharjah Planetarium at the Department of Culture and Information concerning the dates of the upcoming first day of the Muslim months of Ramadan and of Shawwal (corresponding to the Eid al-Fitr annual public holiday). [full story]

Afghanistan Public Holiday March 21

Sources: آژانس خبرى پژواك (Kabul) and Afghanistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Afghanistan has declared Thursday, March 21, 2013, as an official non-working public holiday in Afghanistan on the occasion of the Afghan New Year ("Nawroz"). [full story]

Venezuelan Bank Holiday March 19

Sources: Superintendencia de Instituciones del Sector Bancario (Sudeban) and Venezuela bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Venezuelan regulatory body for the banking sector, Sudeban (Superintendencia de Instituciones del Sector Bancario) has announced that Tuesday, March 19, 2013, would be another bank holiday in Venezuela, on account of the upcoming "día de San José". [full story]

Cuban 2013 Public Holidays Amended

Sources: Órgano Oficial del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba (Granma) and Cuban bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Cuban government has amended the recently-released list of non-working public holidays in Cuba for the calendar year 2013, by once again adding a public holiday on the date of the upcoming Good Friday holiday. [full story]

Libyan Public Holiday March 19

Sources: المجلس الوطنى الإنتقالى (Tripoli) and Libyan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Libya's ruling National Transitional Council has announced that March 19 would henceforth be a new annual non-working public holiday throughout Libya "to celebrate victory over Moamer Kadhafi". [full story]

Cyprus Bank Holidays March 19-20

Sources: Kεντρική Τράπεζα Κύπρου (Nicosia) and Cyprus bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Cabinet of the Government of Cyprus has announced that the Central Bank of Cyprus would in all likelyhood declare additional bank holidays to be observed in Cyprus on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 19 and 20, 2013. [full story]

Yemen NDC Public Holiday March 18

Sources: وكالة الأنباء اليمنية سبأ (Sanaa) and Yemeni bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Yemeni government has announced that Monday, March 18, 2013, the first day of the upcoming, and much delayed, National Dialogue Conference (NDC), would be a one-off non-working public holiday in Yemen. [full story]

Paraguay Public Sector Holiday March 27

Sources: Presidencia de la República del Paraguay (Asunción) and Paraguay bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Paraguay's President, Federico Franco, has decreed another non-working public sector holiday for Wednesday, March 27, 2013, to let Paraguayan civil servants begin their Holy Week non-working public holidays earlier.. [full story]

Jamaican Bank Holidays 2016-2018

Sources: Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) and Jamaica bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Bank of Jamaica, Jamaica's Central Bank, has released the official list of bank holidays in Jamaica for the calendar years 2016, 2017, and 2018. [full story]

Montserrat 2013 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Government of Montserrat (Brades) and Montserrat bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Montserrat's Office of the Deputy Governor has announced the list of public holidays, and in lieu public holidays in Montserrat for the calendar year 2013. [full story]

Mexico Public Holiday March 18

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 Monday, March 18, 2013, would be a nationwide non-working public holiday (informó a todos los trabajadores que el día lunes 18 de Marzo será inhábil) on account of the commemoration of the birthday of Benito Juarez. [full story]

Germany 2017 Reformation Public Holiday In Rheinland-Pfalz

Sources: Ministerium des Innern für Sport und Infrastruktur (Mainz) and Germany bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The spokesperson (Pressesprecher des Innenministeriums) of Germany's state of Rheinland-Pfalz, David Freichel, has announced that chances were good (Die Chancen dafür stehen nicht schlecht) of Germany's state of Rheinland-Pfalz also declaring 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]

Zimbabwe Public Holiday March 16

Sources: Government of Zimbabwe (Harare) and Zimbabwe bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Zimbabwe's Ministry of Home Affairs has published an Extraordinary Gazette which declares Saturday, March 16, 2013, as a one-off non-working public holiday throughout Zimbabwe to allow every employee time to participate in the upcoming constitutional referendum. [full story]

Venezuelan Public Holiday March 15

Sources: Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias (Caracas) and Venezuela bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Venezuelan government has declared another one-off non-working public holiday on Friday, March 15, 2013, following the death of former President Hugo Chavez. [full story]

New Zealand Public Holidays Bill Passes 2nd Reading

Sources: The Parliament of New Zealand (Paremata Aotearoa) and New Zealand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Mondayisation private members bill proposing that the following Monday be a public holiday when Waitangi Day and Anzac Day fall on a weekend, has passed its second reading in the Parliament of New Zealand. [full story]

Liberian Public Holiday March 15

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 Friday, March 15, 2013, as a non-working public holiday to be observed throughout the Republic of Liberia as a national non-working public holiday marking the 204th Birth Anniversary of Liberia's first President Joseph Jenkins Roberts. [full story]

Nepalese Public Holiday Update March 12

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The leadership of the Sherpa community of Nepal have informed the government of Nepal that its announced public holiday for today, Tuesday, March 12, 2013, on account of the Gyalbo Losar Sherpa festival, was a mistake, as the Sherpa community had already celebrated its New Year (Losar) a full month ago. [full story]

Iranian 2013-2014 Public Holidays Officialized

Sources: وب سایت رسمی مجلس ایران (Majlis) and Iran public holidays (qppstudio.net). The official list of non-working public holidays in Iran for the upcoming Persian year 1392, running from March 21, 2013, to March 20, 2014, has been released. [full story]

Nepalese Public Holiday March 12

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal has announced that Tuesday, March 12, 2013, had been declared as another non-working public holiday on account of the upcoming Gyalbo Losar Sherpa festival. [full story]

Malta In Lieu Public Holidays Bolstered By Election

Sources: The Times of Malta (Valletta) and Malta bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The electoral victory of Malta's Labour Party at yesterday's general elections, which had been expected, means that day in lieu public holidays are very likely to be restored in Malta. [full story]

Germany 2017 NRW Reformation Public Holiday

Sources: Westdeutsche Zeitung (Düsseldorf) and Germany bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Premier (Ministerpräsident) of Germany's state of Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hannelore Kraft, has announced in Parliament that she was in favor of Germany's state of Nordrhein-Westfalen also declaring 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]

Nepalese Public Holiday March 10

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal has announced that Sunday, March 10, 2013, had been declared as a non-working public holiday on account of the upcoming Mahashivaratri Hindu festival dedicated to Lord Shiva. [full story]

Philippines March 8 Public Holiday Update

Sources: Public Relations and Information Bureau of the Philippines House of Representatives (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A year after the Philippines House of Representatives passed House Bill 3962, which declares March 8 an annual non-working public holiday in the Philippines, the bill remains pending in the Philippines' Senate. [full story]

Germany 2017 BW Reformation Public Holiday Update

Sources: Stuttgarter Zeitung (Stuttgart) and Germany bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A spokesperson for the SPD party of Germany's southern state (Land) of Baden-Württemberg has confirmed that a law would be passed declaring 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]

Australian Victoria 2015 Public Holidays

Sources: State Government of Victoria (Melbourne) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The State Government of Australia's State of Victoria has officially announced the list of official non-working public holidays in Australia's State of Victoria for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Kenyan Public Sector Holidays To End Tomorrow

Sources: Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (Nairobi) and Kenya bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The head of Kenya's Public Service, Francis Kimemia, has ordered all civil servants still observing an extension of the previously-announced March 4 electoral public holiday, to be back at work by 8am tomorrow morning. [full story]

Nigeria Votes March 8 Public Holiday Again

Sources: Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Abuja) and Nigerian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Nigerian House of Representatives in Abuja has once again adopted a motion calling on the Federal Government to declare March 8 of every year as public holiday "to celebrate the virtues of the Nigerian woman". [full story]