Malaysian Calls For Deepavali Public Holiday Extension

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Kota Baharu) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Malaysia's MIC (Malaysian Indian Congress) has once again asked the Malaysian government to extend the duration of the Deepavali public holiday for 2 days. [full story]

Lebanon Hijri 1435 Public Holiday November 4

Sources: Government Portal for Information and Forms (Republic of Lebanon) and Lebanon bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Lebanon’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani has confirmed that the upcoming Hijri New Year 1435 would be on Monday, November 4, 2013, in Lebanon. [full story]

Australian G20 Brisbane Public Holiday Voted

Sources: Department of Justice and Attorney-General (State of Queensland) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The one-off G20 public holiday announced last June by the Premier of the Australian State of Queensland, Campbell Newman, has been voted into law by the Queensland parliament. [full story]

Omani Hijri 1435 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: وكالة الأنباء العمانية (Muscat) and Omani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Oman's minister of the Diwan of Royal Court, Sayyid Khalid bin Hilal al Busaidy, has announced a non-working public holiday for the employees of the ministries, public authorities and other departments of the State’s administrative apparatus, on the occasion of the upcoming annual Holy Prophet’s Hijra Anniversary 1435. [full story]

Jordanian Hijri 1435 Public Holiday Moved

Sources: وكالة الأنباء الأردنية بترا (Amman) and Jordan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Jordanian Prime Minister, Abdullah Ensour, has issued a circular decreeing a public holiday in Jordan on Thursday, November 7, to commemorate the upcoming annual non-working public holiday for the Hijri New Year 1435. [full story]

Malaysian State Public Holiday November 4

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Kota Baharu) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chief Minister of the government of Malaysia's State of Kelantan, Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad, has declared Monday, November 4, 2013, as another one-off state public holiday in conjunction with the upcoming Malaysia Cup football finals. [full story]

Mongolian Public Holiday November 4

Sources: Үндэсний Мэдээллийн Монцамэ Агентлаг (Ulaanbaatar) and Mongolia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Mongolian government has re-confirmed the date for the upcoming 2013 Chinggis Khaan public holiday as Monday, November 4, 2013. [full story]

Spain Reversing Basque National Public Holiday

Sources: Boletín Oficial del País Vasco (BOPV) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Spain's Basque Parliament has begun debating in commission the recent bill aiming to cancel the October 25 annual non-working public holiday added to the list of Spain's Basque public holidays a few years ago. [full story]

Macedonian Public Holiday November 1

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, November 1, 2013, would be a non-working public holiday for believers Catholic religion in Macedonia on account of the All Saints Day annual sectorial non-working public holiday. [full story]

Bolivian All Saints Public Holiday Update

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social (La Paz) and Bolivian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bolivia's Ministry of Labour has announced that Friday, November 1, 2013, would be observed as a continuous schedule working day (horario continuo) meaning that the upcoming public sector holidays for the November 2 annual public holiday would begin at 4pm on Friday, November 1, 2013. [full story]

UAE Change Hijri New Year Public Holidays

Sources: وكالة أنباء الإمارات (WAM) and UAE bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). In a statement issued by Saqr Ghobash Saeed Ghobash, the UAE's Minister of Labour, the previously-announced date of November 3, 2013, for the upcoming annual Al Hijri New Year non-working public holiday, will not apply to the UAE's private sector, which will instead observe the Hijri New Year 1435 public holiday on Saturday, November 2, 2013. [full story]

Algerian Public Holiday November 1

Sources: الموقع الرسمي للمديرية العامة للوظيفة العمومية (Alger) and Algeria banks holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Algerian direction générale de la Fonction publique has announced that Friday, November 1st, 2013, had been declared a non-working public holiday, on account of the upcoming "fête de la Révolution". [full story]

Senegal Magal Public Holiday Draft Bill

Sources: Site Officiel du Gouvernement du Sénégal (Dakar) and Senegalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Prime Minister of Senegal, Aminata Touré, has announced that her government had finally drafted legislation declaring the Magal de Touba as an annual non-working public holiday in Senegal. [full story]

Montenegro Mulls November 13 Public Holiday

Sources: The Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Welfare of Montenegro (Podgorica) and Montenegro bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Montenegro's government has announced plans to add November 13 (anniversary of the birth of the poet Petar Petrovic II Njegos) to its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Montenegro. [full story]

UAE Hijri New Year 1435 Public Holidays

Sources: وكالة أنباء الإمارات (WAM) and UAE bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The UAE Cabinet has announced the dates for the upcoming annual Al Hijri New Year non-working public holiday for the private and public sectors of the UAE. [full story]

Cambodia 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Cabinet of Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia (Phnom Penh) and Cambodia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Cambodia's Prime Minister has signed the Cambodian Royal Government's sub-decree Nº 487 establishing Cambodia's annual list of official non-working public holidays for the upcoming calendar year 2014. [full story]

Vatican 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Prefettura della Casa Ponitificia (Vatican City) and Holy See/Vatican bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Vatican's Prefecture of the Papal Household has released the annual list of 2014 closed public holidays for the Holy See (aka. Vatican City). [full story]

Czech Republic 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Czech National Bank (Prag) and Czech Republic bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The central bank of the Czech Republic, the Czech National Bank, has announced the twelve annual bank and public holidays for calendar year 2014 in the Czech Republic. [full story]

Thailand Bank Holiday December 30

Sources: ธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย (Bangkok) and Thailand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Bank of Thailand (BoT) has announced that Monday, December 30, 2013, had also been declared an additional, one-off non-working bank holiday for all banks and financial institutes throughout Thailand. [full story]

Turkmenistan Extra Public Holiday October 29

Sources: Туркменистан золотой век (Ashgabad) and Turkmenistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Turkmenistan's President, Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov, has signed a decree ("On the postponement of the day-off of October 27") declaring Tuesday, October 29, 2013, as a one-off additional non-working public holiday on account of the upcoming 22nd anniversary of the independence. [full story]

Latvian 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: LETA News Agency (Riga) and Latvia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Latvia has released its annual official list of non-working national public holidays in Latvia for the calendar year 2014. [full story]

Dominican Republic 2014 Public Holidays Announced

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 announced the official annual listing of non-working public holidays in the the Dominican Republic for the upcoming calendar year 2014.. [full story]

Bolivian November 4 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social (La Paz) and Bolivian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bolivia's Minister of Labour, Juan López, has issued a statement ruling-out the declaration of Monday, November 4, 2013, as an additional non-working public holiday in Bolivia, to compensate the fact that the annual, November 2 public holiday falls on a Satuday in 2013. [full story]

Philippines October 31 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Philippines Government has issued an official statement denying rumours that October 31, 2013, had once again been declared as an additional non-working public holiday in the Philippines.. [full story]

Moldovan 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Agentia Informationala de Stat (Moldpres) and Moldovan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Moldova has released its initial annual official list of non-working public holidays in Moldova for the upcoming calendar year 2014. [full story]

Senegal Mulls Eid Public Holidays Extension

Sources: Site Officiel du Gouvernement du Sénégal (Dakar) and Senegalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A deputy of Senegal's National Assembly, Iba Der Thiam, has submitted a proposal to the government of Senegal which, if approved, would declare the day after the Tabaski (End of Ramadan) public holiday and the day after the Korité (Feast of Sacrifice) public holiday, as additional annual public holidays in Senegal. [full story]

Libyan Public Holiday October 23

Sources: المجلس الوطنى الإنتقالى (Tripoli) and Libyan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Libya's ruling National Transitional Council has announced that Wednesday, October 23, 2013, would be a non-working public holiday throughout Libya to be observed as The Second Anniversary of the Declaration of Liberation. [full story]

Montenegro 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: The Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Welfare of Montenegro (Podgorica) and Montenegro bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Montenegro's Ministry of Labor has its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Montenegro for the upcoming calendar year 2014. [full story]

Spain 2014 Murcia Public Holidays Gazetted

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

Macedonian Public Holiday October 23

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, October 23, 2013, had been declared a non-working public holiday for all the citizens of Macedonia on account of the upcoming Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle annual non-working public holiday in Macedonia. [full story]

Trinidad and Tobago 2013 Divali Public Holiday Announced

Sources: Trinidad and Tobago Government Portal (Port of Spain) and Trinidad and Tobago bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Trinidad and Tobago has announced that Saturday, November 2, 2013, would be the date of the upcoming Divali public holiday in Trinidad and Tobago. [full story]

Kenyan Public Holiday October 21

Sources: Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (Nairobi) and Kenya bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Kenyan Government's Secretary to the Cabinet, Francis Kimemia, has announced that Monday, October 21, 2013, would be a non-working public holiday in Kenya on account of the annual Mashujaa Day public holiday. [full story]

Argentina 2014 Public Holidays Released

Sources: Ministerio del Interior (República Argentina) and Argentina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Argentina's Ministry of the Interior has released the annual official list of non-working public holidays in Argentina for the calendar year 2014 ("Feriados Nacionales y Puentes Turísticos 2014"). [full story]

Honduras Football Public Holiday Tomorrow

Sources: La Tribuna (Tegucigalpa) and Honduras bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Following tonight's qualification of Honduras for the next World Cup, Honduras' President, Porfirio Lobo, has declared tomorrow, Wednesday, October 16, 2013, as another one-off non-working public holiday. [full story]

Trinidad and Tobago Carib Public Holiday

Sources: The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian (Port of Spain) and Trinidad and Tobago bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Carib community of Trinidad and Tobago has also asked for a new annual non-working public holiday to be declared in Trinidad and Tobago to commemorate the Caribs, as the first people to live in Trinidad and Tobago. [full story]

Thailand December 30 Public Holiday Approved

Sources: รัฐบาลไทย (Bangkok) and Thailand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Cabinet of the Government of Thailand has approved last week's proposal by the Secretariat of the Cabinet to declare Monday, December 30, 2013, as an additional, one-off non-working public holiday, to create a five-day period of public holidays around New Year 2014. [full story]

Panama 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Presidencia de la República de Panamá (Panama City) and Panama public holidays (qppstudio.net). Panama's government has released the official list of annual non-working public holidays in Panama for the upcoming calendar year 2014. [full story]

Philippines November 2013 Public Holidays Changes

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) of the Philippines has announced that Friday and Saturday, November 1 and 2, 2013, which had previously been declared as "Special (Non-Working) Days", would instead be treated as "Non-Working Holidays". [full story]

Nepalese 2013 Eid-ul-Adha Public Holiday

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal has announced that Wednesday, October 16, 2013, had been declared as a non-working public holiday across the country on account of the upcoming Bakra Eid/Eid ul Joha (Feast of Sacrifice) annual non-working public holiday of Nepal. [full story]

Pakistan Eid-Ul-Azha Public Holidays Extension Confirmed

Sources: Associated Press Of Pakistan (Islamabad) and Pakistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of the Interior of Pakistan has confirmed the recently-announced extension, from 2 days to 4 days of public holidays, of the upcoming Eid-Ul-Azha (Feast of Sacrifice) public holidays in Pakistan for the calendar year 2013. [full story]

Suriname Public Holiday October 15

Sources: Kabinet van de President van de Republiek Suriname (Paramarimbo) and Suriname bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Suriname has confirmed the list of expected public holidays dates for the calendar year 2013, which lists Tuesday, October 15, 2013, as the date of the bank and public holiday for the upcoming Ied Ul Adha (Feast of Sacrifice). [full story]

Indonesian Bank Holidays October 14-15

Sources: Central Bank of Republic of Indonesia (Jakarta) and Indonesian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Indonesia's Central Bank, has confirmed that Monday and Tuesday, October 14 and 15, 2013, would be bank holidays in Indonesia and that, on those dates, the Indonesian Stock Exchange would also close. [full story]

Puerto Rico October 14 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Oficina de Recursos Humanos del Estado Libre Asociado (ORHELO) and Puerto Rico bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The public sector's human resources department of the government of Puerto Rico (Oficina de Capacitación y Asesoramiento en Asuntos Laborales y de Administración de Recursos Humanos - ORHELA) has issued a statement stating that Monday, October 14, 2013, was not a non-working public holiday in Puerto Rico on account of the annual Día del Descubrimiento de América (Día de la Raza) public holiday. [full story]

Nigerian 2013 Eid El-Kabir Public Holidays Clarification

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 issued a statement that Monday, October 14, 2013, had not been declared as a one-off additional public holiday in Nigeria to link the previously-announced Eid El-Kabir (Feast of Sacrifice) public holidays to the preceeding weekend. [full story]

Pakistan Bank Holidays October 15-17

Sources: The State Bank of Pakistan (Karachi) and Pakistani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has declared Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, October 15, 16, and 17, 2013, as a bank holidays throughout Pakistan on account of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha (Feast of Sacrifice) annual public holidays in Pakistan. [full story]

Gabonese 2013 Eid al Adha Public Holiday

Sources: Gouvernement de la République Gabonaise (Libreville) and Gabonese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Gabon's Ministre du Travail, de l’Emploi et de la Prévoyance Sociale has announced that the date of the upcoming annual Aïd El Kebir (Feast of Sacrifice) public holiday, would be observed as a non-working public holiday on Tuesday, October 15, 2013. [full story]

Spain 2014 Balears Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Dirección General de Trabajo Y Salud Laboral (Govern de les Illes Balears) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Spain's autonomous region of the Balears (ámbito autonómico de las Islas Baleares) has announced its official annual calendar of 2014 regional and national public holidays (calendario laboral). [full story]

Macedonian Public Holiday October 15

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 Tuesday, October 15, 2013, would be a non-working public holiday for the citizens of the Muslim religion in Macedonia on account of Eid-ul-Fitr, the first day of Kurban Bairam, annual sectorial non-working public holiday. [full story]

China Mulls Public Holidays Overhaul

Sources: 中央政府门户网站国务院办公厅 (Beijing) and China bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). China's General Office of the State Council has setup polls on the major Chinese social networks and portals (Sina, Sohu and Tencent) asking for citizen feedback as to the current system of annual non-working public holidays in China. [full story]

Ghana 2013 Eidul-Adha Public Holiday Announced

Sources: Ghana News Agency (Accra) and Ghana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ghana's Minister of the Interior, Kwesi Ahwoi, has announced that Tuesday, October 15, 2013, had been declared as the date of the 2013 Eidul-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) annual public holiday in Ghana. [full story]