Egyptian May Bank Holidays Anounced

Sources: The Central Bank of Egypt (Cairo) and Egyptian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). In 2 separate communiques, Egypt's Central Bank has declared 3 banks holidays in the upcoming month of May 2013, when all Egyptian banks, as well as the and Egyptian Exchange (EGX), will be closed. [full story]

Macedonian Public Holiday May 6

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, May 6, 2013, would be another non-working public holiday throughout Macedonia "for all citizens of the Republic of Macedonia" on account of the upcoming "second day of Easter according to the Orthodox calendar" public holiday in Macedonia. [full story]

Lebanon Bank Holiday May 6

Sources: جمعيّة مصارف لبنان (Beirut) and Lebanon bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Association of Banks in Lebanon has announced that Monday, May 6, 2013, had also been declared a bank holiday for all banks and financial institutions of Lebanon, including the Beirut Stock Exchange and the Central Bank of Lebanon, to commemorate Orthodox Easter Monday. [full story]

Ecuador Public Holiday May 1st

Sources: Agencia de Noticias del Ecuador y Sudamérica (ANDES) and Ecuador bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ecuador's Ministry of Tourism (Ministerio de Turismo) has issued a communique re-confirming that the upcoming May 1st, Día Internacional del Trabajo, is a compulsory immovable non-working public holidays in Ecuador ("es inamovible y no será recuperado"). [full story]

South African Public Holidays Review Complete

Sources: South African Press Association (Pretoria) and South Africa bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). South Africa's Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (aka. CRL Rights Commission) has announced that it had submitted a report with recommendations to the president's office, following its review of the list of official public holidays in South Africa. [full story]

Pakistan Bank Holiday May 1st

Sources: The State Bank of Pakistan (Karachi) and Pakistani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced that Wednesday, May 1st, 2013, would be a bank holiday throughout Pakistan on the occasion of Labour Day. [full story]

Australia Mulls Public Holidays Cap

Sources: Department of Justice and Attorney-General (State of Queensland) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Attorney-General of the Australian State of Queensland, Jarrod Bleijie, is back in public holidays news, having confirmed that the federal government of Australia had asked for his input on a proposal to limit the number of public holidays in Australia to 11 in a given year, by dropping the extra public holiday that is declared when Christmas, Boxing Day or New Year's Day fall on a weekend. [full story]

South Korean Public Holidays Changes Postponed

Sources: Yonhap News Agency (Seoul) and South Korea bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The "Substitute Holiday Bill" introduced by the Park Geun-hye administration of South Korea, and which would automatically declare a one-off day in lieu non-working public holiday on the Mondays which follow an annual non-working public holiday falling on a Sunday, did not pass, though it had been expected to, a vote in Commission, and its consideration has been postponed until September 2013. [full story]

Libyan Labour Day Public Holiday Announced

Sources: المجلس الوطنى الإنتقالى (Tripoli) and Libyan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Libya's ruling National Transitional Council has announced that, once again, Wednesday, May 1st, 2013, would be a non-working public holiday throughout Libya. [full story]

Macedonian Public Holidays May 1 and 3

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, May 1st, 2013, would be a non-working public holiday throughout Macedonia "for all citizens of the Republic of Macedonia" on account of the upcoming "Labor Day" public holiday in Macedonia. [full story]

Kyrgyzstan May 2013 Public Holidays Announced

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 May 1, 6 and 9, 2013, had been declared official non-working public holidays in Kyrgyzstan. [full story]

Omani Public Holiday May 2nd

Sources: وكالة الأنباء العمانية (Muscat) and Omani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said has issued a royal directive declaring that, Thursday, May 2, 2013, would be a one-off non-working public holiday in Oman to facilitate the recently-announced change in Oman weekends from the full Islamic weekend to the semi-universal weekend. [full story]

Nigerian Public Holiday May 1st

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 Federal Government had declared Wednesday, May 1st, 2013, as a non-working public holiday in Nigeria. [full story]

Nicaraguan Public Holiday May 1st

Sources: Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua (MITRAB) and Nicaragua bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Nicaragua's new Minister of Labour, Alba Luz Torres Briones, has announced that this year's May 1st non-working public holiday would be limited to Wednesday, May 1st, 2013, and not be accompanied by additional public holidays before or after May 1st as has happened in past years. [full story]

Dominican Republic Public Holiday April 29

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 issued an official communiqué confirming that the upcoming "Día del Trabajo" public holiday will, once again, be moved from its traditional date of May 1st to Monday, April 29, 2013. [full story]

Ukraine May 2013 Additional Public Holidays

Sources: Кабінет Міністрів України (Kiev) and Ukraine bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Cabinet of Ministers of the Ukraine has issued a communique confirming the official list of May 2013 non-working public holidays in the Ukraine, as had been announced late last year. [full story]

No Australian Queensland Public Holiday Monday

Sources: Department of Justice and Attorney-General (State of Queensland) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Attorney-General of the Australian State of Queensland, Jarrod Bleijie, has issued a communiqué annoucing that as per last fall's amendments to the Holidays Act 1983, the Labour Day public holiday, in the State of Queensland, was no longer in May as it had been moved to the first Monday in October. [full story]

Malaysia Terengganu Public Holiday May 5

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Kuala Terengganu) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Following-up on earlier announcements by Kelantan and Kedah, the Chief Minister of Malaysia's State of Terengganu, Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Said, has finally announced that May 5, 2013, had been declared as a one-off state public holiday, in the State of Terengganu, as had recently been suggested, for the upcoming general elections. [full story]

Lebanon Public Holiday May 6

Sources: Government Portal for Information and Forms (Republic of Lebanon) and Lebanon bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The caretaker Prime Minister of Lebanon, Najib Mikati, has announced that the upcoming Orthodox Easter Sunday non-working public holiday, would be observed on Monday, May 6, 2013. [full story]

Ecuador May 2013 Public Holidays

Sources: Agencia de Noticias del Ecuador y Sudamérica (ANDES) and Ecuador bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ecuador's Presidency has confirmed the list and dates of the upcoming non-working public holidays in Ecuador. [full story]

Pakistan Considering May 11 Public Holiday

Sources: Associated Press Of Pakistan (Islamabad) and Pakistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has sent a letter to the Pakistan Minitry of the Interior asking the government to declare the date of the upcoming parliamentary elections, Saturday, May 11, 2013, as an additional one-off non-working public holiday throughout Pakistan. [full story]

Malaysia Kedah Public Holiday May 5

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Alor Setar) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Following-up on earlier announcements by Kelantan and Terengganu, the Chief Minister of Malaysia's State of Kedah, Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak, has declared a one-off public holiday, on May 5, 2013, on the date of the upcoming national general elections. [full story]

Greece Moves May 1st Public Holiday

Sources: The Bank of Greece (Athens) and Greece bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Local sources have confirmed that the previously-announced moving this year's annual May 1st bank holiday to Tuesday, May 7, 2013, would also apply to this year's public holiday and thus to both the private and public sectors of Greece. [full story]

Nepalese 2013-2014 Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal has gazetted the list of official non-working public holidays in Nepal for the Nepalese year B.S.2070 (April 2013-April 2014). [full story]

Cayman Islands Electoral Public Holidays Ruled-Out

Sources: Cayman Islands Government Information and Services (Grand Cayman) and Cayman Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Cayman Islands' Elections Office has announced that, despite current legislation mandating a public holiday on the date of elections and referenda, the dates of the upcoming mobile polling will not be non-working public holidays in the Cayman Islands. [full story]

Philippines Public Holiday May 13

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Philippines Presidential Palace, Malacañang, has issued Proclamation 571, declaring Monday, May 13, 2013, the date of the upcoming national mid-term elections, a another additional special public non-working holiday throughout the Philippines. [full story]

Greece 2013 Bank Holidays Amended

Sources: The Bank of Greece (Athens) and Greece bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Bank of Greece, Greece's Central Bank, has issued a communiqué amending the previously-released list of 2013 bank holidays in Greece, by moving this year's annual May 1st bank holiday to Tuesday, May 7, 2013. [full story]

Costa Rican Public Holiday May 1st

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social de Costa Rica (San José) and Costa Rican bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Costa Rica's Minister of Labour has confirmed that the upcoming Día Internacional del Trabajador non-working public holiday would be observed on Wednesday, May 1st, 2013, as per the current public holidays legislation of Costa Rica. [full story]

Saudi Arabian Weekend Change Progresses

Sources: وكالة الأنباء السعودية - واس (Riyadh) and Saudi Arabian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Following the recent change of Omani weekends to Friday/Saturday, Saudi Arabia's legislative and consultative Shoura Council has approved, by a vote of 83 to 41, Saudi Arabia switching its weekend to Friday-Saturday from its current Thursday-Friday. [full story]

Nigerian State Public Holiday April 26

Sources: The Ekiti State Government of Nigeria (Ado Ekiti) and Nigerian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nigeria's Ekiti State has declared Friday, April 26, 2013, as a one-off state work-free public holiday on the date of the burial of the late deputy governor, Funmilayo Adunni Olayinka. [full story]

South Korean Day In Lieu Public Holidays Update 2

Sources: Yonhap News Agency (Seoul) and South Korea bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The "Substitute Holiday Bill" introduced by the Park Geun-hye administration of South Korea, and which would automatically declare a one-off day in lieu non-working public holiday on the Mondays which follow an annual non-working public holiday falling on a Sunday, is expected to be passed in the National Assembly before the end of the month, according to local media reports. [full story]

Iraqi Public Holiday April 21

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, April 21st, 2013, had been declared a one-off official non-working public holidays following the previous day's local elections which will take place in 12 Iraqi provinces. [full sttory]

Mayotte April-May Public Holidays Clarified

Sources: Directions régionales entreprises, concurrence, consommation, travail et emploi (DIRECCTE) and Mayotte public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Mayotte authorities have issued a communique ("prochains jours fériés - les règles applicables") clarifying the list and observance of the upcoming non-working public holidays in Mayotte. [full story]

Hong Kong 2014 Public Holidays Released

Sources: 香港政府一站通 (HKSAR) and Hong Kong bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has released its official list of 2014 calendar year public holidays to be observed in Hong Kong, in accordance with the Employment Ordinance and General Holidays Ordinance as well as more recent amendments thereto. [full story]

Jordan Public Holiday May 2nd

Sources: وكالة الأنباء الأردنية بترا (Amman) and Jordan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Jordan has announced, via a communiqué issued by Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour, that the upcoming Labour Day public holiday would once again be moved and would, this year, be observed on Thursday, May 2nd, 2013, rather than its traditional date of May 1st. [full story]

Panama May Day Public Holiday Moved To April 29

Presidencia de la República de Panamá (Panama City) and Panama public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Panama has announced that once again the upcoming, Labour Day, non-working public holiday, had been moved, this year from Wednesday, May 1st, 2013, to Monday, April 29, 2013. [full story]

Malaysia Kelantan Public Holiday May 5

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Kota Baru) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chief Minister of Malaysia's State of Kelantan, Mentri Besar Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat, has also declared a one-off public holiday, on May 5, 2013, as had recently been suggested, for the upcoming national general elections. [full story]

Kazakhstan Public Holiday May 10

Sources: Қазақстан Республикасының Электрондық үкіметі (Astana) and Kazakhstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Kazakhstan's Prime Minister, Serik Akhmetov, has signed the "Decree Of The Government To Postpone The Rest Of The Day During The May Holidays" (Правительством принято Постановление о переносе дня отдыха в майские праздники) which declares Friday, May 10, 2013, as an additional one-off non-working public holiday in Kazakhstan, to link the annual, May 9, public holiday, with the subsequent weekend. [full story]

Uruguayan Public Holiday April 22

Sources: Presidencia de la República (República Oriental del Uruguay) and Uruguay bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Uruguay has issued a communique reminding all that Monday, April 22, 2013, was a bank holiday and non-working public sector holiday (sin bancos y servicios públicos) on account of this year's "desembarco de los Treinta y Tres Orientales". [full story]

Malaysian May 5 TRG Public Holiday Expected

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Kuala Terengganu) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chief Minister of Malaysia's State of Terengganu, Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Said, has announced that a one-off public holiday, on May 5, 2013, was expected to soon be declared for the State of Terengganu, as had recently been suggested, for the upcoming general elections. [full story]

Swaziland Public Holiday April 19

Sources: Government of Swaziland Ministry of Home Affairs (Mbabane) and Swaziland bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Swaziland's Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration has announced that Friday, April 19, 2013, would be a non-working public holiday on account of this year's birth anniversary of King Mswati III. [full story]

New Zealand Mondayisation Public Holidays Bill Approved

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

Bhutanese Public Holiday April 23

Sources: Royal Civil Service Commission of Bhutan (Thimphu) and Bhutanese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Election Commission of Bhutan has issued a communique reminding the general public that Tuesday, April 23, 2013, is the date of the upcoming National Council Elections 2013, and as such had been declared a one-off additional non-working public holiday in Bhutan. [full story]

Malaysia Christian Public Holidays Challenge

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Kota Kinabalu) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The High Court of Malaysia's State of Sabah, has been called on to hear a suit challenging the constitutionality of the de-gazetting and abolition of the day following Good Friday, Easter Monday and Christmas Day as state non-working public holidays. [full story]

Guinea Conakry Elections June 30

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 that the long-delayed legislative elections in Guinea Conakry would occur on June 30, 2013. [full story]

Bahamas Public Holidays Amendments Bill

Sources: Government of the Bahamas (Nassau) and Bahamas bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Bahamas' Prime Minister, Perry Gladstone Christie, has introduced legislation in Parliament confirming his earlier announced intent of making Majority Rule a new annual national public holiday in the Bahamas, and of renaming the Labour Day non-working public holiday in honour of the late Sir Randol Fawkes. [full story]

Sri Lankan April 15 Public Holiday Update

Sources: அரசாங்க சேவை ஆணைக்குழு இலங்கை (Colombo) and Sri Lanka bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Sri Lankan Minister of Labour, Gamini Lokuge, has requested that the Sri Lankan private sector also declare Monday, April 15, 2013, as a one-off additional public holiday throughout Sri Lanka. [full story]

Vietnamese April 2013 Public Holidays Extended

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 further amendments to the official list of 2013 non-working public holidays in Vietnam, which extend the dates for the upcoming Hung Kings, Liberation Day, and May Day, annual non-working public holidays in Vietnam. [full story]

Malaysia Mulls May 5 Public Holiday

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Penang) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The caretaker Chief Minister of Malaysia's State of Penang, Lim Guan Eng, has called on the Malaysian states in which Sunday is not a weekly non-working day, to declare Sunday, May 5, 2013, as a one-off non-working public holiday on account of the upcoming general elections. [full story]

Falkland Islands Public Holiday April 17

Sources: Falkland Islands Government (Stanley) and Falkland Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Falkland Islands Government has announced that Wednesday, April 17, 2013, had been declared a one-off non-working public holiday throughout the Falkland Islands to coincide with that day's memorial service for the late Baroness Thatcher. [full story]