Macau Grand Prix Public Holidays ?

Sources: The Macau Daily Times (Macau) and Macau bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A professor at the University of Macau's Institute for the Study of Commercial Gaming, Davis Fong, has suggested that the Government of Macau consider declaring non-working public holidays in Macau to coincide with the upcoming 60th Macau Grand Prix Formula 1 racing event. [full story]

Ecuador 2014-2015 Public Holidays Released

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 listing the dates of Ecuador's non-working public holidays for the calendar years 2014, and 2015. [full story]

Zimbabwe 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Government of Zimbabwe (Harare) and Zimbabwe bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Zimbabwe's Home Affairs Co-Ministers, Kembo Mohadi and Theresa Makone, have issued the annual announcement of the dates for the 2014 non-working public holidays in Zimbabwe in terms of the Zimbabwe Public Holidays and Prohibition of Business Act (Chapter 10:21). [full story]

Brazilian Mid-Week Public Holidays Update

Sources: Portal de Notícias do Senado Federal (Brasilia) and Brazilian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A 2009 bill which would move to the next Monday any fixed-date Brazilian public holiday that falls on a Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday-Friday, has been reinstated and will be considered by the Committee on Education, Culture and Sports (EC). [full story]

Pakistan Bank Holiday July 1st

Sources: The State Bank of Pakistan (Karachi) and Pakistani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has declared Monday, July 1, 2013, as a bank holiday throughout Pakistan. [full story]

Ghana Public Holiday July 1st

Sources: Ghana News Agency (Accra) and Ghana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ghana's Minister of the Interior, Kwesi Ahwoi, has has announced that Monday, July 1st, 2013, was a statutory non-working public holiday in Ghana on account of the upcoming Republic Day annual public holiday. [full story]

Guatemalan Public Holiday July 1st

Sources: Diario de Centro América (Diario público de Guatemala) and Guatemala bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Guatemalan Minister of Labour, Carlos Contreras, has announced that Monday, July 1st, 2013, had been declared a one-off non-working public sector holiday in Guatemala on account of the upcoming Army Day public holiday (Día del Ejército), which falls on a Sunday this year. [full story]

Suriname Public Holiday July 1

Sources: Kabinet van de President van de Republiek Suriname (Paramarimbo) and Suriname bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Suriname Raad van Ministers ( Council of Ministers) has announced that Monday, July 1st, 2013, would be a one-off non-working public holiday throughout Suriname to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the emancipation of slaves (150 jaar Afschaffing van de Slavernij). [full story]

Rwanda Announces July 2013 Public Holidays

Sources: Rwanda Bureau Of Information and Broadcasting (ORINFOR) and Rwanda bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Rwanda, through its Minister of Sports and Culture, Protais Mitali, has released a communique reminding the population of Rwanda that both Monday, July 1, 2013, and Thursday, July 4, 2013, will be non-working public holidays throughout Rwanda to commemorate Independence Day and Liberation Day respectively. [full story]

Qatari Public Holiday Tomorrow June 25

Sources: قنـا الموقع العربي الصفحة الرئيسية (QNA) and Qatar bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier this morning, Qatar's Emiri Diwan announced that tomorrow, Tuesday, June 25, 2013, had been declared as a one-off non-working public holiday in Qatar on account of the power handover by the emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani to his son Crown Prince Sheikh Tamim. [full story]

Greece 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: The Bank of Greece (Athens) and Greece bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Bank of Greece, Greece's Central Bank, has released the list of official non-working public holidays in Greece for the calendar year 2014. [full story]

Colombian May 12 Public Holiday Update 2

Sources: Congresso de la República Cámara de Representantes (Bogota) and Colombia bank and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Last spring's bill to declare May 12 as a new annual non-working public holiday in Colombia has been approved in its second reading in the lower house of Colombia (Cámara de Representantes). [full story]

Spain 2014 Galicia Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Diario Oficial de Galicia (Santiago de Compostela) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Spain's Autonomous Region of Galicia (Consejo de la Xunta de Galicia) has published its annual official list of regional public holidays (calendario laboral) in Galicia for the upcoming calendar year 2014. [full story]

Tongan Public Holiday Amendment Act 2013

Sources: Tonga Ministry of Information and Communications (Nuku'alofa) and Tonga bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Tonga's Legislative Assembly has passed amendments to the Public Holidays Act of 2013, changing the rules used to determine the date of observance of the Tongan non-working public holidays for the Birthday of the reigning Sovereign of Tonga and for the Birthday of the Heir to the Crown of Tonga. [full story]

Fiji 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Fiji Ministry of Information (Suva) and Fiji bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Fiji Governing Cabinet has approved its annual list of the dates of official non-working public holidays in Fiji for the upcoming calendar year 2014, following a submission by Fiji's Minister for Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment. [full story]

Romanian May 10 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Mediafax (Bucureşti) and Romanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Commission tasked with revising the Romanian Constitution has submitted a draft for approval to the Romanian Parliament which rules-out the addition of a new annual non-working public holiday in Romania on May 10. [full story]

Fiji Public Service Day June 25

Sources: Fiji Ministry of Information (Suva) and Fiji bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). In a joint announcement by Fiji's permanent secretary for the Public Service Commission, Parmesh Chand, and the permanent secretary for Information, National Archives and Library Services, Sharon Smith Jones, as well as the permanent secretary for iTaukei Affairs, Savenaca Kaunisela, it was announced that Public Service Day would be celebrated in Fiji on June 25, 2013. [full story]

Macedonian Public Holiday June 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 that Friday, June 21, 2013, would be a non-working public holiday for believers of the Orthodox religion in Macedonia on account of the upcoming Orthodox Friday before Pentecost annual sectorial non-working public holiday. [full story]

Malta National Day Holidays Reduction Update

Sources: The Times of Malta (Valletta) and Malta bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Malta's Prime Minister has promised that the proposed short listing of the number of national day holidays in Malta 5 to 2 would not affect the number of official non-working public holidays in Malta. [full story]

New Zealand 2017 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 year 2017. [full story]

Indian 2014 Public Holidays Released

Sources: कार्मिक, लोक शिकायत तथा पेंशन मंत्रालय कार्मिक मामलों (New Delhi) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). India's Central Government's Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, has released its annual list of public holidays and restricted holidays to be observed in all the Administrative Offices of the Central Government of India, for the upcoming calendar year 2014. [full story]

Mauritius 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Government of Mauritius (Port-Louis) and Mauritius bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Cabinet of the Government of Mauritius has released its approved its annual list of the official non-working public holidays in Mauritius for the upcoming calendar year 2014. [full story]

Brazilian July 2013 Rio Public Holidays Confirmed

Sources: Câmara Municipal do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro) and Brazilian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The municipal council of the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro (Cámara de Concejales de Río de Janeiro), has approved by a vote of 33 to 5 the earlier-announced plans to declare 4, one-off, non-working public holidays in July 2013, to alleviate traffic congestion during the upcoming visit of Pope Francis and the Jornada Mundial de la Juventud (JMJ). [full story]

Malaysian State Public Holiday June 30

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Kota Baharu) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Deputy Chief Minister of the government of Malaysia's State of Kelantan, Menteri Besar Datuk Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah, has declared Sunday, June 30, 2013, as another one-off state public holiday in conjunction with the upcoming Malaysian FA Cup final. [full story]

Dominican Republic Mid-Week Public Holidays Law Amended

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, República Dominicana (Santo Domingo) and Dominican Republic bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Dominican Republic's Senate has passed into law a bill which amends articles 2 and 4 of law 139-97 which regulates the moving of the dates of mid-week non-working public holidays in the Dominican Republic. [full story]

Costa Rican March 8 Public Holiday Update

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social de Costa Rica (San José) and Costa Rican bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A 2008 bill to reform Article 148 of Costa Rica's Labour Code by adding International Women's Day, on March 8, as a new annual non-working public holiday, has finally moved to the plenary commission. [full story]

Solomon Islands Public Holiday June 14

Sources: The Solomon Star (Honiara) and Solomon Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The private secretary to the Governor General of the Solomon Islands, Nigel Maezama, has announced that the Government of the Solomon Islands had declared Friday, June 14, 2013, as a non-working public holiday in the Solomon Islands. [full story]

Mongolian Public Holiday June 26

Sources: Үндэсний Мэдээллийн МОНЦАМЭ Агентлаг (Ulaanbaatar) and Mongolia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Mongolian General Election Committee has announced that Wednesday, June 26, 2013, the date of the upcoming Mongolian Presidential Election, would be another one-off electoral non-working public holiday in Mongolia. [full story]

Bangladesh Shab-e-Barat June 24

Sources: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and Bangladesh bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bangladesh's National Moon Sighting Committee and Religious Affairs Committee has announced that the moon of the month of Shaban had not been sighted in Bangladesh's sky yesterday and therefore that the Shab-e-Barat (night of fortune and forgiveness) would be observed on Monday, June 24, 2013. [full story]

Australia Adds 2014 Brisbane Public Holiday

Sources: Department of Justice and Attorney-General (State of Queensland) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Premier of the Australian State of Queensland, Campbell Newman, has announced that Friday, November 14, 2014, had been declared a one-off non-working public holiday because of the G20 Leaders Summit. [full story]

Spain Basque National Public Holiday Update

Sources: Boletín Oficial del País Vasco (BOPV) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Last month's bill to remove the recently-added October 25 "Día del País Vasco" annual non-working public holiday from the calendar of official regional public holidays (calendario laboral) of Spain's autonomous region of the País Vasco, has started moving along the legislative path in the Parlamento Vasco. [full story]

Nigerian State Public Holiday June 12

Sources: Vanguard (Abeokuta) and Nigerian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The State Governments of the Nigerian States of Oyo, Osun, Ogun, and Lagos have declared once again Wednesday, June 12, 2013, a non-working public holiday. [full story]

Madagascar 2013 Electoral Public Holidays Moved Again

Sources: Filankevitry ny Governemanta (Mahazoarivo) and Madagascar bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Madagascar's President of the Independent National Electoral Commission for the transition (Cénit), has announced that the dates for the first round of the upcoming presidential election in Madagascar had been pushed back to August 23, 2013. [full story]

Nepalese Public Holiday June 7

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal has announced that Friday, June 7, 2013, had been declared as an additional non-working public holiday in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal on account of the upcoming Machhindranath Jatra. [full story]

El Salvador Fathers' Day Public Holiday Update

Sources: Asamblea Legislativa de la República de El Salvador (San Salvador) and El Salvador bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A member of El Salvador's legislative assembly, Claudia Ramírez, has introduced a bill to restrict to the public sector only the observance of last fall's declaration of a new annual public holiday in El Salvador for Fathers' Day. [full story]

Canada 2015 BC Public Holidays Announced

Sources: The Government of the Province of British Columbia (Victoria) and Canada bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Canada's Province of British Columbia has released the official list of public holidays in British Columbia for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Azerbaijani June 2013 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Azərbaycan Respublikası Nazirlər Kabineti (Baku) and Azerbaijan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A spokesperson for Azerbaijan's Cabinet of Ministers, Akif Ali, has announced the list of official non-working public holidays in Azerbaijan for the month of January 2013. [full story]

Germany 2017 Reformation Public Holiday In Saarland

Sources: DPA (Saarbrücken) and Germany bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Premier (Ministerpräsidentin) of Germany's state of Saarland, Hannelore Kraft, has announced that the Saarland State Government would create the necessary conditions for October 31, 2017, to also be a one-off non-working public holiday throughout Saarland. [full story]

Japan Mulls Mountain Day Public Holiday

Sources: 朝日新聞デジタル (Tokyo) and Japan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Japan's Tochigi Prefecture is spearheading an effort to create a new annual public holiday for landlocked Japanese regions, to be called Mountain Day. [full story]

Kuwaiti Public Holiday June 6

Sources: الكويت جنة الخدمة المدنية (Kuwait City) and Kuwaiti bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Kuwaiti Civil Service Commission has announced that it had declared Thursday, June 6, 2013, as a non-working public holiday for the upcoming Israa and Meraj (Prophet's Ascension) annual public holiday. [full story]

Peru 2013 Public Holidays Amended

Sources: Diario Oficial El Peruano (Lima) and Peru bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Late last night, the government of Peru issued an executive order (Decreto Supremo N° 062-2013-PCM) which amends the previously-announced list of public sector holidays in Peru for the calendar year 2013. [full story]

Omani 2013 Prophet's Ascension Public Holiday

Sources: وكالة الأنباء العمانية (Muscat) and Omani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Omani authorities have announced the date of the upcoming 2013 non-working public holiday in Oman for the Prophet's Ascension (Al Isra’a Wal Miraj) for both the private sector and the public sector of Oman. [full story]

Suriname Public Holiday June 5

Sources: Kabinet van de President van de Republiek Suriname (Paramarimbo) and Suriname bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Suriname Raad van Ministers ( Council of Ministers) has announced that it had decided to declare Wednesday, June 5, 2013, as a one-off non-working public holiday throughout Suriname to commemorate the 140th anniversary of the arrival of indentured "Hindustani" workers. [full story]

Nepalese National Day Public Holiday Changed

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal has announced that, after a recent meeting of the Cabinet, May 28, had been formally chosen as the date of the annual National Day non-working public holiday in Nepal. [full story]