Romania May 2 Public Holiday Update

Sources: Mediafax (Bucureşti) and Romanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Romanian Prime Minister, Victor Ponta, has announced that he would most likely "succumb" to the mounting recent pressure to declare another one-off non-working bridge public holiday on Friday, May 2, 2014, to tie the annual May 1st public holiday in Romania with the following weekend. [full story]

French Polynesian 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: E ho'i ana'e tatou i te utuafare (Papeete) and French Polynesian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Council of Ministers of French Polynesia has officially announced its annual list of French Polynesian non-working public holidays for the calendar year 2014. [full story]

Puerto Rico 2015 Public Holidays Announced

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 (ORHELA) has released its annual "Memorando Especial", which lists Puerto Rico's public sector holidays for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

Fiji Public Holiday September 17

Sources: Fiji Ministry of Information (Suva) and Fiji bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Fiji's Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Elections, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, has announced that the next general election would be on Wednesday, September 17, 2014, and has confirmed that that date had been declared as an additional one-off non-working public holiday in Fiji. [full story]

Nepalese Public Holiday March 30

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal has announced that Sunday, March 30, 2014, had been declared as a non-working public holiday in the capital, Kathmandu, and the Valley, on account of the annual Ghode Jatra festival of horses. [full story]

Paraguayan February 3 Public Holiday Stalled

Sources: Honorable Cámara de Diputados del Paraguay (Asunción) and Paraguay bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Senate of Paraguay has rejected the "Proyecto de Ley "Que modifica el artículo 1º de la ley 1.601/00, Que modifica y amplía la Ley 715/95, que a su vez modifica y amplía la ley 08/90, por la cual se determinan los feriados de la República" which was passed last year by the lower house of Paraguay and which would have declared February 3 as a new annual non-working public holiday in Paraguay. [full story]

Rwanda 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Rwanda Bureau Of Information and Broadcasting (ORINFOR) and Rwanda bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Rwanda has released its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Rwanda for the calendar year 2014. [full story]

Western Australia 2014 Public Holidays Updated

Sources: Western Australia Department of Labour Relations and Commerce (Perth) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Western Australia has updated its list of annual non-working public holidays in the Australian State of Western Australia for the calendar year 2014, with the release of the list of non-metropolitan local authorities which will celebrate the Queen’s Birthday public holiday on an alternative date. [full story]

Bermuda 2016-2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Bermuda Department of Communication and Information (Hamilton) and Bermuda bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Bermuda, has released its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Bermuda for the calendar years 2016-2017. [full story]

South Australia March Public Holiday Move Blocked

Sources: The Australian (Adelaide) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). South Australian Independent MP, Geoff Brock, has decided to support the minority State Government in its refusal to move the annual Adelaide Cup Public Holiday, back to May, thus ending the hopes of returning the Adelaide Cup Day public holiday to May, for the froreseeable future. [full story]

Romania Mulls May 2 Public Holiday

Sources: Mediafax (Bucureşti) and Romanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Romanian associations for the promotion of tourism (Asociatia de Promovare Litoral-Delta Dunarii si Federatia Asociatiilor de Promovare Turistice din Romania) has asked the Romanian government to amend the previously-announced list of official non-working public holidays in Romania for the calendar year 2014, with the declaration of another one-off non-working bridge public holiday on Friday, May 2, 2014. [full story]

Puerto Rico Mulls Public Sector Holidays Reduction

Sources: Oficina de Recursos Humanos del Estado Libre Asociado (ORHELO) and Puerto Rico bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Puerto Rican senator, María Teresa González, has submitted another proposal to sharply reduced the number of annual public sector holidays in Puerto Rico for the upcoming fiscal year 2014/2015. [full story]

Bolivian Public Sector Holiday March 19

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social (La Paz) and Bolivian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bolivia's Ministry of Labour (Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social) has announced that the upcoming March 19 (Día del Padre) would be another half-day non-working public holiday for Bolivian public sector employees who are fathers ("para todos los padres de familia de la Administración Pública"). [full story]

Venezuelan Bank Holiday March 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 Wednesday, March 19, 2014, would be a bank holiday in Venezuela, on account of the annual "día de San José". [full story]

Suriname 2015 Public Holidays Amended

Sources: Kabinet van de President van de Republiek Suriname (Paramarimbo) and Suriname bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Suriname has amended its recently-released list of non-working public holidays in Suriname for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Taiwan Extends 2015 Public Holidays

Sources: 行政院人事行政局 (Taipei) and Taiwan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Taiwanese Ministry of the Interior has announced the terms of the expected changes to the rules governing Taiwanese annual non-working public holidays that occur on a weekend, beginning in the calendar year 2015. [full story]

US Virgin Islands 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: The Governor's Office (St. Croix) and British Virgin Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Governor of the US Virgin Islands, John P. de Jongh, Jr., has released the annual official list of non-working public holidays in the US Virgin Islands for the calendar year 2014. [full story]

Nepalese Public Holidays March 16-17

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal has announced that Sunday, March 16, 2014, had been declared as a non-working public holiday in the capital, Kathmandu, and other parts of the hilly regions, on account of the upcoming annual Holi festival. [full story]

Philippines 2014 INC Public Holiday Voted

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Philippines House of Representatives has passed House Bill No. 364, which declares July 27 a special non-working public holidays in the Philippines to commemorate the centennial of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC). [full story]

Brazil FIFA 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Ministério do Planejamento, Orçamento e Gestão (Brasilia) and Brazil bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Municipal Government of the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro has announced that it would avail itself of the terms of the "Lei da Copa" and declare 3 one-off non-working municipal public holidays in June and July 2014. [full story]

Spain 2015 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 its annual list of 2015 nonworking public holidays (calendario laboral) in Spain's Autonomous Region of Cataluña. [full story]

Panama Mulls May Day Public Holiday Move

Presidencia de la República de Panamá (Panama City) and Panama public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Panama, through its Secretaría de Prensa de Estado, has announced that it is considering once again moving the upcoming, Labour Day, non-working public holiday, this year, from Thursday, May 1st, 2014, to Monday, May 5, 2014. [full story]

Sri Lankan Public Holiday March 29

Sources: அரசாங்க சேவை ஆணைக்குழு இலங்கை (Colombo) and Sri Lanka bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Labour and Labour Relations of the government of Sri Lanka has announced that Saturday, March 29, 2014, would be a one-off non-working public sector holiday in Sri Lanka in view of the Western and Southern Provincial Council Elections. [full story]

Afghanistan Public Holiday March 11

Sources: آژانس خبرى پژواك (Kabul) and Afghanistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Afghanistan's ministry of labor and social affairs has declared tomorrow, Tuesday, March 11, 2014, as a one-off non-working public holiday throughout Afghanistan. [full story]

Sweden Mulls March 8 Public holiday

Sources: Dagens Nyheter (Stockholm) and Sweden bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Sweden's Green party spokesperson, Gustav Fridolin, has proposed that Sweden declare International Women's Day (IWD) as a non-working public holiday (red day) in Sweden. [full story]

Iranian 2014-2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: وب سایت رسمی مجلس ایران (Majlis) and Iran public holidays (qppstudio.net). The annual official list of non-working public holidays in Iran for the upcoming Persian year 1393, running from March 21, 2014, to March 20, 2015, has been released. [full story]

Malta Midweek Public Holidays Bill

Sources: Malta Department of Information (Government of Malta) and Malta bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The chairperson of Malta's Alternattiva Demokratika party has submitted a bill that would move mid-week non-working annual public holidays in Malta to the nearest Monday or Friday. [full story]

Japan Mulls August 11 Public Holiday

Sources: 朝日新聞デジタル (Tokyo) and Japan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Japan's Parliament is considering a bill that would declare a new annual non-working public holiday in Japan, on August 11, just before the annual Obon festival. [full story]

Kyrgyzstan Public Holiday March 10

Sources: Кабар - Кыргыз Улуттук Маалымат Агенттиги (Bishkek) and Kyrgyzstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Labor, Youth and Migration of Kyrgyzstan has announced that the Government of Kyrgyzstan had declared Monday, March 10, 2014, as an additional day in lieu non-working public holiday in Kyrgyzstan due to the annual Women's Day public holiday of Kyrgyzstan falling on a Saturday in 2014. [full story]

Malta 2014 Bank Holidays Announced

Sources: Malta Bankers Association (Valetta) and Malta bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Malta Bankers' Association has released its annual list of bank holidays in Malta for the calendar year 2014, dates when banks in Malta will be closed in addition to the previously-announced 2014 general non-working public holidays in Malta for the calendar year 2014. [full story]

Kazakhstan March 2014 Public Holidays

Sources: Қазақстан Республикасының Электрондық үкіметі (Astana) and Kazakhstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Kazakhstan has announced that Monday, March 10, 2014, had been declared a day in lieu non-working public holiday in Kazakhstan to compensate the annual Women's Day public holiday of Kazakhstan falling on a weekend in 2014. [full story]

Ghana 2014 Independence Public Holiday

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 Thursday, March 6, 2014, had once again been declared a statutory non-working public holiday in Ghana on account of the upcoming annual Independence Day public holiday. [full story]

Nauru Public Holiday March 10

Sources: The Government of the Republic of Nauru (Yaren) and Nauru bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The president of Nauru, Sprent Dabwido, has declared Monday, March 10, 2014, as an additional day in lieu non-working public holiday in Nauru on the occasion of International Women’s Day, which falls on a Saturday, this year. [full story]

Nepalese 2014-2015 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 its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Nepal for the Nepalese year B.S.2071 (April 2014-April 2015). [full story]

Timor Leste Public Holiday March 5

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 grant an additional day-off public sector holiday (Governu deside fó toleránsia pontu iha loron 5 fulan Marsu tinan 2014) for Ash Wednesday, on Wednesday, March 5, 2014, to to all employees of ministries, departments and State agencies including all State institutes and bodies. [full story]

Ecuador Bank Holidays March 3-4

Sources: Agencia de Noticias del Ecuador y Sudamérica (ANDES) and Ecuador bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ecuador's Association of Private Banks (Asociación de Bancos Privados del Ecuador - ABPE) has announced that banks in Ecuador would be closed for the 2 upcoming days of previously-announced Carnival public holidays on Monday and Tuesday, March 3 and 4, 2014. [full story]