Macedonian Public Holidays September 8-9

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 Sunday, September 8, 2013, had been declared a non-working public holiday for all the citizens of Macedonia on account of the upcoming Independence Day. [full story]

Australia Releases 2015-2017 NT Regional Public Holidays

Sources: Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment of the Northern Territory Government (Darwin) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Australia's Northern Territory has announced the dates of the regional public holidays in Australia's Northern Territory for the years 2015-2017. [full story]

Indian BJP Promises Chhath Public Holiday

Sources: The Times of India (Delhi) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The former President and leader in charge of Delhi for Assembly elections of India's BJP Party, Nitin Gadkari, has promised to declare "Chhath", a key festival of the Poorvanchali community, a new annual non-working public holiday, if it wins the coming Assembly elections in Delhi. [full story]

Indonesian East Java Public Holiday Tomorrow

Sources: The Jakarta Post (ANTARA) and Indonesian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Indonesia's Province of East Java has declared that the date of the upcoming gubernatorial election in East Java, Thursday, August 29, 2013, would be a one-off non-working public holiday. [full story]

Nigeria Considers New State Public Holiday

Sources: The Ekiti State Government of Nigeria (Ado Ekiti) and Nigerian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The governor of Nigeria's Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has announced that his government would consider declaring an annual public holiday in honor of the first military governor of the old Western State, Colonel Adekunle Fajuyi. [full story]

Somalia Declares August 27 Holiday

Sources: SUNA Times (Mogadishu) and Somalia bank and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Somalia's Prime Minister, Abdi Farah Shirdon, has announced that August 27 would henceforth be observed as the National Day of Human Rights in Somalia. [full story]

UAE 2013 Eid Al Adha Dates Announced

Sources: وكالة أنباء الإمارات (WAM) and UAE bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The UAE's Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department (IACAD), has published a calendar containing the dates of the upcoming 2013 Eid Al Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) holidays, starting on Arafat Day on Monday, October 14, 2013. [full story]

Macedonian Public Holiday August 28

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, August 28, 2013, would be a non-working public holiday for believers of the Orthodox religion in Macedonia on account of the upcoming Assumption of Mary annual sectorial non-working public holiday. [full story]

Indonesian 2014 Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Situs Resmi Kementerian Koordinator Bidang Kesejahteraan Rakyat (Jakarta) and Indonesian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Indonesia has issued its annual decree (Surat Keputusan Bersama (SKB) Hari Libur Nasional dan Cuti Bersama Tahun 2014 ) designating public holidays and collective leave days for the calendar year 2014, for both the private and public sectors. [full story]

Bahrain 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: وكالة أنباء البحرين (BNA) Bahrain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bahrain's Central Bank has published its list of expected bank and public holidays in Bahrain for the calendar year 2014. [full story]

Jordan Public Holiday August 27

Sources: وكالة الأنباء الأردنية بترا (Amman) and Jordan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Jordan has announced that Tuesday, August 27, 2013, had been declared a non-working public holiday in Jordan on account of that day's Municipal elections. [full story]

Zimbabwe Public Holiday August 22

Sources: Government of Zimbabwe (Harare) and Zimbabwe bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Zimbabwe's President, Robert Mugabe, has declared Thursday, August 22, 2013, the date of President Robert Mugabe's re-inauguration, as another one-off non-working public holiday in Zimbabwe. [full story]

Pakistan Regional Public Holiday August 22

Sources: Associated Press Of Pakistan (Islamabad) and Pakistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Federal Government of Pakistan has announced that Thursday, August 22, 2013, had been declared a one-off non-working public holiday in 33 districts across Pakistan, on account of that date's by-elections. [full story]

Azerbaijan Public Holiday Moved To October 9

Sources: Azərbaycan Respublikası Nazirlər Kabineti (Baku) and Azerbaijan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Azerbaijan's Cabinet of Ministers has issued a decree moving the upcoming electoral non-working public holiday in Azerbaijan from Wednesday, October 16, 2013, to Wednesday, October 9, 2013. [full story]

Nigerian State Public Holiday August 20

Sources: The Osun Defender (Osun) and Nigerian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The State Governments of the Nigerian State of Osun has declared Tuesday, August 20, 2013, as a non-working public holiday in the Nigerian State of Osun, to celebrate Isese Day (the celebration of world traditional religions). [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 once more been pushed back to October 25, 2013. [full story]

Indian UP Public Holiday August 21

Sources: The Times of India (Lucknow) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh has announced that it had declared Wednesday, August 21, 2013, a non-working state public holiday on account of the upcoming "Rakshabandhan". [full story]

Armenian Public Holiday August 19

Sources: Հայերեն լրատվական գործակալությանը (ARMENPRESS) and Armenian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Armenian Government has confirmed that it had declared Monday, August 19, 2013, as another, one-off, non-working public holiday in Armenia on account of the upcoming Feast of the Assumption of Mary. [full story]

Venezuelan Bank Holiday August 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 Monday, August 19, 2013, would be a bank holiday in Venezuela, on account of the upcoming "Día de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora" (Assumption Day) holiday celebrations in Venezuela. [full story]

Timor Leste Public Holiday August 20

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 on Thursday August 20, 2013, for the "celebrations of the 38th Anniversary of the Armed Forces of National Liberation of Timor-Leste" (FALINTIL). [full story]

New Caledonia August 15 Public Holiday Confusion

Sources: Medef Nouvelle-Calédonie (Nouméa) and New Caledonia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The public sector syndicate of New Caledonia, Medef, has announced that henceforth August 15 would be a regular working day for most of the New Caledonian private sector (branches commerces et industries). [full story]

Indonesian May 1st Public Holiday Confirmed

Sources: The Jakarta Post (ANTARA) and Indonesian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Indonesian Coordinating Minister for People’s Welfare, Agung Laksono, has confirmed that the government plans to add an additional annual non-working public holiday on May 1st, to mark Labor Day. [full story]

Romanian Public Holiday August 16

Sources: Mediafax (Bucureşti) and Romanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Freshly returned from holidays, Romanian Prime Minister, Victor Ponta, announced that Friday, August 16, 2013, had been declared a one-off non-working public sector holiday throughout Romania to link the recently-added August 15 public holiday with the subsequent weekend. [full story]

Pakistan Bank Holiday August 14

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, August 14, 2013, as a bank holiday throughout Pakistan on account of the annual Independence Day public holiday of Pakistan. [full story]

Germany 2017 NRW Reformation Public Holiday Update

Sources: Westdeutsche Zeitung (Düsseldorf) and Germany bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Red/Green coalition government of Germany's state of Nordrhein-Westfalen, has confirmed that it would 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]

Slovakian 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Ministerstvo zahranicných vecí Slovenskej republiky (Bratislava) and Slovakia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Slovakia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has published the official list of calendar year 2014 public holidays and non-working days in Slovakia. [full story]

Costa Rican Public Holiday August 15

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 15 non-working public holiday for Mothers' Day was an official non-working public holiday, as per the amended public holidays legislation of Costa Rica and that its observance would not and could not be moved to another date. [full story]

Indonesia Mulls Public Holidays Revision

Sources: The Jakarta Post (ANTARA) and Indonesian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Indonesian Coordinating Minister for People’s Welfare, Agung Laksono, has announced that Indonesian authorities will soon decide whether to maintain, reduce or do away with the "Cuti Bersama" joint leave public holidays declared annually to extend holidays. [full story]

Paraguay August 14 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Presidencia de la República del Paraguay (Asunción) and Paraguay bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Paraguayan head of presidential decrees has released a communique ruling-out the last-minute declaration of Wednesday, August 14, 2013, the date of the inauguration of President-elect Horacio Cartes, as a one-off non-working public holiday in Paraguay. [full story]

Afghanistan Public Holiday August 19

Sources: آژانس خبرى پژواك (Kabul) and Afghanistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Afghanistan has declared Monday, August 19, 2013, as an official non-working public holiday in Afghanistan on the occasion of the National Day of Afghanistan. [full story]

Spain 2014 Extremadura Public Holidays

Sources: Diario Oficial de Extremadura (DOE) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consejo de Gobierno de la Junta de Extremadura of Spain's Autonomous Region of Extremadura has published the list of regional public holidays (calendario laboral) for the calendar year 2014 in Extremadura. [full story]

Cuban Public Holidays Legislation Changes

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 realeased a draft version of its new Labor Law, which enshrines the one-off religious public holidays declared over the past 15 years. [full story]

Argentina Gazettes June 27 Public Holiday

Sources: Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina (Buenos Aires) and Argentina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Argentina's President, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, has issued Decree 1059/2013 which turns into law the recent bill to declare June 27 an annual non-working public sector holiday in Argentina. [full story]

Dominican Republic Public Holiday August 16

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 a communiqué announcing once again that, as per the current public holidays legislation, Friday, August 16, 2013, will be an official non-working public holiday in the Dominican Republic on account of the upcoming Día de la Restauración non-working public holiday. [full story]

Spain 2014 Galicia Public Holidays Gazetted

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 officially gazetted its recently-released annual official list of regional public holidays (calendario laboral) in Galicia for the upcoming calendar year 2014. [full story]

Bangladesh 2013 Eid-ul-Fitr Tomorrow

Sources: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and Bangladesh bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier tonight, Bangladesh's State Minister for Religious Affairs, Shahjahan Mia, has announced that Bangladesh's National Moon Sighting Committee had determined that the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan), would be observed on Friday, August 9, 2013, tomorrow. [full story]

Nepalese 2013 Eid-ul-Fitr Public Holiday

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier today, the government of Nepal announced in a notice published in the Nepal gazette, that tomorrow, Friday, August 9, 2013, had been declared as a non-working public holiday on account of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan). [full story]

Oman 2013 Eid al-Fitr Public Holidays Extended

Sources: وكالة الأنباء العمانية (Muscat) and Omani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Omani authorities have announced that the period of non-working public holidays, for the public sector and the private sector of Oman, of the upcoming 2013 Eid Al Fitr (End of Ramadan) had been extended by 2 days, to last until Monday, August 12, 2013, inclusively. [full story]

UAE 2013 Eid-al-Fitr Public Holidays Tomorrow

Sources: وكالة أنباء الإمارات (WAM) and UAE bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The UAE's Moon Sighting Committee has announced that Thursday, August 8, 2013, would be the first day of the month of Shawwal, with Wednesday being the 29th and last day of the month of Ramadan, and therefore that Thursday, August 8, 2013, would be the first day of the Eid Al Fitr in the UAE. [full story]

Qatari 2013 Eid Al-Fitr Tomorrow

Sources: قنـا الموقع العربي الصفحة الرئيسية (QNA) and Qatar bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Qatari Crescent Moon Sighting Committee of the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs has announced that Thursday, August 8, 2013, would be the first day of the upcoming Eid Al-Fitr (End of Ramadan), a date on which are based the related non-working public holidays in Qatar. [full story]

Jordan 2013 Eid Al Fitr Public Holidays Tomorrow

Sources: وكالة الأنباء الأردنية بترا (Amman) and Jordan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Jordan's Chief Islamic Justice, Ahmad Hilayel, has declared that Thursday, August 8, 2013, would be the first day of the upcoming Eid Al Fitr (End of Ramadan) and the start of the Jordanian Eid non-working public holidays. [full story]

Saudi Arabia 2013 End of Ramadan Tomorrow

Sources: وكالة الأنباء السعودية - واس (Riyadh) and Saudi Arabian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Following an extraordinary session to consider whether there were reports on sighting the new moon of Shawal, the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced that Thursday, August 8, 2013, would be the first day of the Eid Al-Fitr for the Hijra year 1434H, a date on which are based the related sets of public sector and private sector public holidays in Saudi Arabia. [full story]

Kuwaiti 2013 Eid al Fitr Public Holidays Tomorrow

Sources: الكويت جنة الخدمة المدنية (Kuwait City) and Kuwaiti bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). After tonight's meeting of the Kuwaiti Crescent-Moon Sighting Committee, the Kuwaiti Crescent-Moon Sighting Committee declared that Thursday, August 8, 2013, would be the first day of the Eid Al-Fitr and hence of the upcoming End of Ramadan public holidays in Kuwait. [full story]

Egyptian Eid Public Holidays Tomorrow

Sources: الهيئة العامة للأستعلامات (Cairo) and Egyptian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Egypt's Dar Al-Ifta (House of Fatwa) has announced that Thursday, August 8, 2013, would be the first day of the month of Shawwal and hence the first day of the Eid Al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) non-working public holidays in Egypt. [full story]

Ugandan 2013 End of Ramadan Public Holiday Tomorrow

Sources: Uganda Media Centre, Office of the President of the Republic of Uganda (Kampala) and Ugandan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A spokesman for Uganda's Ministry of Public Service, has announced that the government of Uganda had declared Thursday, August 8, 2013, as the date of the upcoming Eid al-Fitr non-working public holiday in Uganda. [full story]

Uzbekistan 2013 Ramadan Public Holiday Friday

Sources: O‘zA – O‘zbekiston Milliy axborot agentligi (Tashkent) and Uzbekistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, has issued a decree "On Celebrating the Ramazan Hayit Holiday" which declares Friday, August 9, 2013, as the non-working day off public holiday for the upcoming Ramazan Hayit (End of Ramadan). [full story]

Malawi Ramadan Public Holiday Friday

Sources: Government of the Republic of Malawi (Lilongwe) and Malawi bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Malawi's Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has announced that, regardless of the results of the Moon-sighting committee tonight, the date of the upcoming Eid-el-Fitri (End of Ramadan) non-working public holiday in Malawi had been declared as Friday, August 9, 2013. [full story]

Lebanon Bank Holidays August 8-10

Sources: جمعيّة مصارف لبنان (Beirut) and Lebanon bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Association of Banks in Lebanon has announced that the upcoming Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) bank holidays for all banks and financial institutions of Lebanon, including the Beirut Stock Exchange and the Central Bank of Lebanon, would run from Thursday to Saturday, August 8-10, inclusively. [full story]

Gambian Eid Public Holiday August 8

Sources: Office of the President of the Gambia (Banjul) and Gambia bank and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of the Gambia Yahya Jammeh has announced that Thursday, August 8, 2013, would be the date of the upcoming Muslim feast of Eid-Ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan). [full story]

Ethiopian 2013 End of Ramadan Public Holiday

Sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) and Ethiopia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council has confirmed that the upcoming Eid'l Fitr (End of Ramadan) non-working public holiday, would be celebrated in Ethiopia on Thursday, August 8, 2013. [full story]