Sources: الموقع الرسمي للمديرية العامة للوظيفة العمومية (Alger) and Algeria banks holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Algerian government, through its Premier ministère, chargé de la Réforme du Service Public has announced that Thursday, May 1st, 2014, had been declared a non-working public holiday, on account of the upcoming "fête du Travail". [full story]