Pakistan 2013 End of Ramadan Public Holidays

Sources: Associated Press Of Pakistan (Islamabad) and Pakistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Federal Government of Pakistan has announced changed dates for the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan) public holidays throughout Pakistan for the calendar year 2013. [full story]

Oman 2013 Eid al-Fitr Public Holidays

Sources: وكالة الأنباء العمانية (Muscat) and Omani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Omani authorities, as per the Royal Orders of Sultan Qaboos bin Said, has announced similar dates of the upcoming 2013 Eid Al Fitr (End of Ramadan) non-working public holidays, for the public sector and the private sector of Oman. [full story]

UAE 2013 Eid-al-Fitr Public Holidays

Sources: وكالة أنباء الإمارات (WAM) and UAE bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The UAE Government has announced that the upcoming 2013 Eid Al Fitr (End of Ramadan) non-working public holidays, for the public sector, would begin on August 8, 2013, and last 3 working days. [full story]

Costa Rican Public Holiday August 2

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 August 2 non-working public holiday was an official non-working public holiday, as per the amended public holidays legislation of Costa Rica. [full story]

Trinidad and Tobago Eid Public Holiday Date Accepted

Sources: Trinidad and Tobago Government Portal (Port of Spain) and Trinidad and Tobago bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The president of Trinidad and Tobago's Anjuman Sunnat Ul Jamaat Association (ASJA), Yacoob Ali, has announced that the recently-announced date of Friday, August 9, 2013, as the official date of the upcoming non-working public holiday in Trinidad and Tobago in conjunction with Eid-ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan), was "acceptable". [full story]

Macedonian Public Holiday August 2

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, August 2, 2013, would be a non-working public holiday throughout Macedonia "for all citizens of the Republic of Macedonia" on account of the upcoming "Republic Day" public holiday in Macedonia. [full story]

Singapore 2014 Islamic Calendar Released

Sources: Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS) and Singapore bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore has released its annual official Islamic Calendar to be used in Singapore for the calendar year 2014, in particular for the determination of the dates of Singapore's 2 public holidays based on the Hijra calendar. [full story]

Yemen Weekend Change Next Month

Sources: وكالة الأنباء اليمنية سبأ (Sanaa) and Yemeni bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Yemen has announced that the postponed change in the weekly days of rest (weekends) in Yemen, from the current Thursday/Friday to Friday/Saturday, would occur after the upcoming Eid al-Fitr public holidays. [full story]

Kuwaiti 2013 Eid al Fitr Public Holidays

Sources: الكويت جنة الخدمة المدنية (Kuwait City) and Kuwaiti bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Kuwaiti Head of Civil Service Commission (CSC), Mohammad Al-Roumi, has announced that the extent of the non-working public holidays due to the upcoming Eid Al-Fitr will be four days. [full story]

Dominican Republic Mid-Week Public Holidays Final

Sources: Centro de Informacion Gubernamental (Santo Domingo) and Dominican Republic bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Dominican Republic's lower house of parliament (Cámara de Diputados) has approved by a vote of 96 to 1, a bill recently-passed by the Senate, and which removes the January 6 and 26 annual non-working public holidays from the scope of the law 139-97 which regulates non-working public holidays in the Dominican Republic. [full story]

Spain 2014 Castilla La-Mancha Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Diario Oficial de Castilla-La Mancha (DOCM) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consejo de Gobierno de Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla La-Mancha has published the list of 2014 public holidays (calendario laboral) in Spain's Autonomous Región of Castilla La-Mancha. [full story]

Trinidad and Tobago 2013 Eid Public Holiday August 9

Sources: Trinidad and Tobago Government Portal (Port of Spain) and Trinidad and Tobago bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Trinidad and Tobago's Communication Minister, Jamal Mohammed, has announced that the Cabinet had decided to declare Friday, August 9, 2013, as the official date of the upcoming non-working public holiday in Trinidad and Tobago in conjunction with Eid-ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan). [full story]

Zimbabwe Declares July 31 Public Holiday

Sources: Government of Zimbabwe (Harare) and Zimbabwe bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Zimbabwe's President, Robert Mugabe, has declared Wednesday, July 31, 2013, the recently confirmed date for the upcoming Presidential election, as a one-off non-working public holiday in Zimbabwe, in terms of the Public Holidays and Prohibition of Business Act. [full story]

Maldives July 28 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Male) and Maldives bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Office of the President of the Maldives, Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik , has issued a press communique indicating that Sunday, July 28, 2013, would not be another one-off public holiday in the Maldives, on account that this year's Maldives' Independence Day annual public holiday falling on a weekend. [full story]

Spain 2014 Cataluña Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Diario Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya (DOGC) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Conselleria de Treball de la Generalitat de Catalunya has published the list of 2014 nonworking public holidays (calendario laboral) in Spain's Autonomous Region of Cataluña. [full story]

Mali Public Holiday July 26

Sources: Primature Portail Officiel du Gouvernement du Mali (Bamako) and Mali bank and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Mali has declared Friday, July 26, 2013, as another one-off non-working public holiday to enable the population to go and get their electoral registration cards for the upcoming, July 28, first round of the presidential election. [full story]

Costa Rican Public Holiday July 25

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 once again confirmed that the upcoming día de la Anexión del Partido de Nicoya non-working public holiday would be observed on Thursday, July 25, 2013, as per the amended public holidays legislation of Costa Rica. [full story]

Zimbabwe Mulls July 31 Public Holiday

Sources: Government of Zimbabwe (Harare) and Zimbabwe bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Zimbabwe's Co-Home Affairs Minister, Kembo Mohadi, announced yesterday that the government of Zimbabwe was deliberating on the possibility of declaring Wednesday, July 31, 2013, the recently confirmed date for the upcoming Presidential election, as a one-off non-working public holiday in Zimbabwe. [full story]

Egyptian Bank Holiday July 23

Sources: The Central Bank of Egypt (Cairo) and Egyptian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Egypt's Central Bank has announced that all Egyptian banks would be closed on Tuesday, July 23, 2013, which has been declared a bank holiday in Egypt on account of the upcoming anniversary of the 1952 revolution public holiday. [full story]

Gambian Public Holiday July 22

Sources: Office of the President of the Gambia (Banjul) and Gambia bank and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Gambia's president, Yahya Jammeh, has declared Monday, July 22, 2013, as a non-working public holiday throughout Gambia "in observance of the 19th Anniversary of the July 22nd Revolution". [full story]

Spain 2014 Canaries Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Diario de Avisos (Santa Cruz De Tenerife) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consejo de Gobierno of the regional government of Spain's autonomous region of las Islas Canarias, has announced the official list of 2014 regional non-working public holidays (calendario laboral) in the Canaries Islands. [full story]

Australian State of Origin Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: The Brisbane Times (Brisbane) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Premier of the Australian State of Queensland, Campbell Newman, has ruled-out the declaration of another one-off non-working public holiday to celebrate Queensland's eightth consecutive Stae of Origin championship win. [full story]

Iraqi Public Holiday Tomorrow

Sources: الوكالة الوطنية العراقية للأنباء - نينا (Kirkuk) and Iraqi bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Iraqi Government has declared tomorrow, Thursday, July 18, 2013, as another one-off non-working public holiday due to current and forecast high temperatures. [full story]

Omani 2013 Blessed Renaissance Public Holiday

Sources: وكالة الأنباء العمانية (Muscat) and Omani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Omani authorities have announced a non-working public holiday on Tuesday, July 23, 2013, in Oman for the Blessed Renaissance Day for both the private sector and the public sector of Oman. [full story]

Israeli November 30 National Holiday

Sources: Haaretz (Tel Aviv) and Israel public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministerial Committee for Legislation of the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) has endorsed a proposal to declare November 30 as a national day to commemorate the eviction of Jews from many Arab countries following the creation of the state of Israel. [full story]

Malaysia Could Extend Thaipusam Public Holiday

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Alor Setar) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The State Religion, Indian and Siamese Community Affairs, Human Resources and Tourism Committee chairman of Malaysia's State of Kedah, Mohd Rawi Abd Hamid, has announced that, as promised, the declaration of a new state non-working public holiday for Thaipusam is to be discussed at the weekly meeting of the state executive council on Wednesday, July 17, 2013. [full story]

Spain 2014 Murcia Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Dirección General de Trabajode la Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia (Murcia) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The executive of Spain's autonomous region of La Murcia has released its calendar of official non-working public holidays (calendario laboral) for the upcoming calendar year 2014. [full story]

Nicaraguan Public Holiday July 19

Sources: Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua (MITRAB) and Nicaragua bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Secretary General to the Nicaraguan Minister of Labour, José León Argüello, has announced that Friday, July 19, 2013, would be a non-working public holiday in Nicaragua, but that it would not be accompanied by additional public holidays, as had been hinted at recently, and had in fact happened in previous years. [full story]

Cayman Islands 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Cayman Islands Government Information and Services (Grand Cayman) and Cayman Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Deputy Governor's Office of the Cayman Islands has released a confirmed listing of 2014 non-working public holidays in the Cayman Islands, including, this year, a date to be confirmed for the public holiday for Her Majesty the Queen's birthday. [full story]

Guinea Conakry September 24 Public Holiday Likely

Sources: Commission Electorale Nationale Indépendante de la Guinée (CENI) and Guinea Conakry bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Guinea Conakry's president, Alpha Condé, has issued a decree which finally sets the date for the long-delayed legislative elections in Guinea Conakry on September 24, 2013. [full story]

Iraqi Public Holiday July 14

Sources: الوكالة الوطنية العراقية للأنباء - نينا (Kirkuk) and Iraqi bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Regional Government of the Kurdistan province of Iraq (KRG) has announced that, Sunday, July 14, 2013, would be an official public holiday "in all government departments and institutions on the occasion of the fourteenth revolution of July". [full story]

Nicaraguan Extra July Public Holiday Expected

Sources: Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua (MITRAB) and Nicaragua bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Rosario Murillo, the Nicaraguan government's lead spokeswoman, has issued a communique announcing that her husband, President Daniel Ortega, would soon issue another decree declaring a non-working public holiday in Nicaragua on account of the annual July 19 public holiday. [full story]

Russia Mulls Public Holiday Date Change

Sources: Лента новостей РИА Новости (Moscow) and Russian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A bill has been introduced to the Russian State Duma which would make amendments to the Labor Code concerning national holidays, and in particular change the date of Russia Day from June 12 to a "more significant date in national history". [full story]

Pakistan Bank Holiday July 11

Sources: The State Bank of Pakistan (Karachi) and Pakistani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has declared Thursday, July 11, 2013, as another bank holiday throughout Pakistan on account of the first Ramzan-ul-Mubarak 1434 AH. [full story]

UK Mulls Royal Baby Public Holiday

Sources: YouGov (London) and UK bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). According to a recent poll by the internet-based market research firm YouGov, the UK public is evenly split on whether another one-off public holiday should be declared for the upcoming birth/christening of the child of Prince William and Kate Middleton. [full story]

Spain 2014 Basque Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Boletín Oficial del País Vasco (BOPV) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The executive of Spain's autonomous region of the País Vasco has finally released its calendar of official regional public holidays (calendario laboral) for the upcoming calendar year 2014. [full story]

Zimbabwe Public Holiday July 31

Sources: Government of Zimbabwe (Harare) and Zimbabwe bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court, in a unanimous decision, has confirmed Wednesday, July 31, 2013, as the date of the upcoming Presidential election, which as per the recently-amended Electoral Act, will be a non-working public holiday in Zimbabwe. [full story]

Bhutanese Public Holiday July 13

Sources: Royal Civil Service Commission of Bhutan (Thimphu) and Bhutanese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chief Election Commissioner of Bhutan, Kunzang Wangdi, has issued a communique announcing that Saturday, July 13, 2013, the date of the upcoming second round of the National Assembly Elections, had been declared as one-off additional non-working public holiday throughout Bhutan. [full story]

Solomon Islands Public Holiday July 8

Sources: The Solomon Star (Honiara) and Solomon Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of the Solomon Islands has announced that it had declared tomorrow, Monday, July 8, 2013, as another additional non-working public holiday in the Solomon Islands, on account of this year's 35th Independence Day public holiday. [full story]

Argentina July 8 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Ministerio del Interior (República Argentina) and Argentina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Argentina's Minister of Tourism, Enrique Meyer, has announced that Monday, July 8, 2013, would not be another one-off non-working public holiday in Argentina ("lunes 8 se trabaja de forma habitual"). [full story]

Argentina Votes June 27 Public Sector Holiday

Sources: Honorable Cámara de Diputados de la Nación Argentina (Buenos Aires) and Argentina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Argentina's Congress has approved in its final reading a bill to declare June 27 as a new annual non-working public sector holiday in Argentina. [full story]

Sri Lankan 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: அரசாங்க சேவை ஆணைக்குழு இலங்கை (Colombo) and Sri Lanka bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Sri Lanka's Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs has published in the "Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka", the official list of Sri Lankan public holidays, and full Moon Poya days, for the upcoming calendar year 2014. [full story]

Tongan Public Holiday Amendment Act 2013 Gazetted

Sources: Tonga Ministry of Information and Communications (Nuku'alofa) and Tonga bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The recently-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, have been gazetted. [full story]

Georgian Electoral Public Holiday Moved

Sources: საქართველოს პრეზიდენტის ადმინისტრაცია (Tbilisi) and Georgia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Andro Barnovi, the chief administrator for Georgian President, Mikheil Saakashvili, has announced that the date of Georgia's upcoming presidential election, and thus non-working public holiday in Georgia, had been changed to Sunday, October 27, 2013. [full story]

Swaziland General Elections September 20

Sources: Government of Swaziland Ministry of Home Affairs (Mbabane) and Swaziland bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A spokesman for Swaziland’s Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC), Sabelo Dlamini, has confirmed the date of Friday, September 20, 2013, as the date of the upcoming general elections, a date on which a public holiday is usually declared in Swaziland. [full story]

Macau Grand Prix Public Holidays Announced

Sources: South China Morning Post (Macau) and Macau bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). At a recent press conference, the Macau government has confirmed that 2 days would be declared as non-working public holidays in Macau on account of the upcoming Macau Grand Prix. [full story]

Isle of Man 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Isle of Man Public Services (Tynwald) and Isle of Man bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The  Isle of Man Treasury Finance has officially announced the actual dates of the official non-working public holidays in the Isle of Man for the calendar year 2014. [full story]

Indian Punjab Public Holiday July 3

Sources: Punjab Newsline (Chandigarh) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of the Indian State of Punjab has announced that it had declared a one-off public holiday on Wednesday, July 3, 2013, on account of the Panchayat Elections being held on that day. [full story]

Dominican Republic Mid-Week Public Holidays Push

Sources: Centro de Informacion Gubernamental (Santo Domingo) and Dominican Republic bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Dominican Republic's Comisión de Valores Patrios de la Pastoral Juvenil called on the Cámara de Diputados to unequivocally state, before the end of the current legislature whether it would ratify the Senate bill, passed last month, and 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]

Georgian Electoral Public Holiday October 31st

Sources: საქართველოს პრეზიდენტის ადმინისტრაცია (Tbilisi) and Georgia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Andro Barnovi, the chief administrator for Georgian President, Mikheil Saakashvili, has announced that Georgia will hold its upcoming presidential election on Thursday, October 31st, 2013, meaning that Thursday, October 31st, 2013, will be another non-working public holiday in Georgia. [full story]