Thailand Mulls August 11 Public Holiday

Sources: รัฐบาลไทย (Bangkok) and Thailand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The permanent secretary to Thailand's Tourism and Sports Ministry, Suwat Sidthilaw, has announced that he would ask Thailand's deputy chief of the National Council for Peace and Order, Admiral Narong Pipattanasai, to declare Monday, August 11, 2014, as another additional, one-off non-working public holiday in Thailand, to create a four-day period of public holidays leading up to the annual Queen's birthday non-working public holiday, and boost tourism. [full story]

Kenyan Public Holiday June 2

Sources: Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (Nairobi) and Kenya bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Kenyan government has announced that it had declared Monday, June 2, 2014, as another day in lieu non-working public holiday in Kenya for the upcoming Madaraka Day annual public holiday of Kenya which falls on a Sunday in 2014. [full story]

Venezuelan Bank Holiday June 2

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, June 2, 2014, would be another bank holiday in Venezuela, on account of the annual "día de la Ascensión del Señor" bank holiday of Venezuela. [full story]

Bangladesh Shab-e-Barat June 13

Sources: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and Bangladesh bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bangladesh's National Moon Sighting Committee and Religious Affairs Committee has announced that the moon of the month of Shaban had been sighted in Bangladesh's sky earlier tonight and therefore that the upcoming Shab-e-Barat (night of fortune and forgiveness) would be observed on Friday, June 13, 2014, this year to be followed by the corresponding annual non-working public holiday in Bangladesh. [full story]

Malaysia Perak Public Holiday May 29

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Kuala Kangsar) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The chief Minister of the Malaysian State of Perak, Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir, has announced that tomorrow, Thursday, May 29, 2014, had been declared a one-off State non-working public holiday in the Malaysian State of Perak. [full story]

Egyptian May 28 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: The Central Bank of Egypt (Cairo) and Egyptian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Egyptian authorities have extended the voting for the current presidential election to a third day but Egypt's cabinet issued a statement clarifying that Wednesday, May 28, 2014, had not been declared another one-off additional electoral non-working public holiday in Egypt, and would be a normal working day. [full story]

Nicaraguan Public Holiday May 30

Sources: Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua (MITRAB) and Nicaragua bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Nicaragua's Ministry of Labour (MITRAB), through its coordinator for the council of communications, Rosario Murillo, has announced that Friday, May 30, 2014, would once again be a non-working public sector holiday in Nicaragua to mark Nicaragua's Mothers' Day. [full story]

Libyan Elections June 25

Sources: المجلس الوطنى الإنتقالى (Tripoli) and Libyan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Libya's government has announced that it would hold a national parliamentary election on June 25. [full story]

Egyptian Public Holiday May 27

Sources: The Central Bank of Egypt (Cairo) and Egyptian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Egyptian Prime Minister, Ibrahim Mehleb, has announced that Egyptian authorities have declared tomorrow, Tuesday, May 27, 2014, as another one-off additional electoral non-working public holiday in Egypt on account of the second day of voting in the current Egyptian presidential elections. [full story]

Cayman Islands 2014 Public Holidays Updated

Sources: Cayman Islands Government Information and Services (Grand Cayman) and Cayman Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Cayman Islands' Deputy Governor's Office has issued a communique updating the previously-released list of official non-working public holidays in the Cayman Islands for the calendar year 2014. [full story]

Western Australia 2016 Public Holidays Amended

Sources: Western Australia Department of Labour Relations and Commerce (Perth) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of the Australian State of Western Australia has amended it previously-released list of official non-working public holidays in the Australian State of Western Australia for the calendar year 2016, by releasing the official date of the Queen's Birthday non-working public holiday in the Australian State of Western Australia for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Iraqi Baghdad Public Holiday May 25

Sources: الوكالة الوطنية العراقية للأنباء - نينا (Baghdad) and Iraqi bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Iraqi government has declared tomorrow, Sunday, May 25, 2014, as another one-off non-working public holiday in Baghdad. [full story]

Malaysian 2016 Islamic Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Kuala Lumpur) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Malaysia's governmental Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia, aka. JAKIM) has published its annual Islamic calendar for the western year 2016 (corresponding to 1437-1438 AH) and thus the de facto list of Islamic public holidays in Malaysia in 2016. [full story]

Spain 2015 Galicia Public Holidays Announced

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 published its annual official list of regional public holidays (calendario laboral) in Galicia for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

Kazakhstan To Announce One-Off Public Holidays Earlier

Sources: Қазақстан Республикасының Электрондық үкіметі (Astana) and Kazakhstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Kazakhstan's Prime Minister, Karim Massimov, has responded to a letter by Majilis deputy, Olga Kikolenko, who had complained about last-minute announcements of one-off non-working public holidays in Kazakhstan, and announced that he will consider announcing one-off non-working public holidays earlier, possibly even soon for the remainder of 2014. [full story]

Japan August 11 Public Holiday Voted

Sources: 朝日新聞デジタル (Tokyo) and Japan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier today, Japan's upper house of parliament approved the amendment to Japan’s Holiday Act to designate August 11, as a new annual Japanese non-working public holiday, to be known as Mountain Day (Yama no Hi), thus adding one annual non-working public holiday in Japan, beginning in 2016. [full story]

Lebanon Bank Holiday May 25

Sources: جمعيّة مصارف لبنان (Beirut) and Lebanon bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Association of Banks in Lebanon has announced that Sunday, May 25, 2014, had again been declared a bank holiday for all banks and financial institutions of Lebanon, including the Beirut Stock Exchange and the Central Bank of Lebanon, to commemorate "South Liberation Day". [full story]

Russian 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Лента новостей РИА Новости (Moscow) and Russian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation has released its annual "Government Resolution On The Transfer Of Public Holidays in 2015" (Постановление Правительства Российской Федерации «О переносе выходных дней в 2015 году»), which proposes a draft list of official public holidays and bridge holidays in Russia for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

Puerto Rico Public Sector Holidays Reduction Momentum

Sources: Oficina de Recursos Humanos del Estado Libre Asociado (ORHELO) and Puerto Rico bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Office of Training and Advisory Committee on Labor Affairs and Human Resources Administration (OCALARH) of Puerto Rico's government has endorsed the recent proposal by the Governor of Puerto Rico, Alejandro García Padilla, to reduce the number of annual public sector holidays in Puerto Rico. [full story]

Nigerian Public Holiday May 29

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 announced that the Nigerian Federal Government had once again declared Thursday, May 29, 2014, as a non-working public holiday in Nigeria. [full story]

Angolan Public Sector Holidays May 23 and 30

Sources: AngoNotícias (Luanda) and Angola bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Angola has announced that Friday, May 23, and Friday, May 30, 2014, had been declared as one-off public sector holidays (asueto para los empleados públicos) in Luanda Province on account of the current Angolan population census registration drive. [full story]

Macedonian Public Holidays May 23-24

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 Saturday, May 24, 2014, would be a non-working public holiday throughout Macedonia "for all citizens of the Republic of Macedonia" on account of the upcoming "Saints Cyril and Methodius' Day" annual public holiday in Macedonia. [full story]

Argentina Mull June 29 Public Holiday

Sources: Ministerio del Interior (República Argentina) and Argentina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The commission in charge of examining bills proposing new public holidays in Argentina (comisión de Cultura de la Cámara de Diputados) is examining a bill that would declare yet another one-off commemorative non-working public holiday on June 29, 2015, to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the declaration of independence from foreign control ("200 años de la primera Declaración Independentista de la dominación extranjera"). [full story]

Fiji 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Fiji Ministry of Information (Suva) and Fiji bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Fiji Governing Cabinet has approved its annual list of the dates of official non-working public holidays in Fiji for the upcoming calendar year 2015, following a submission by Fiji's Minister for Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment. [full story]

Omani 2014 Prophet's Ascension Public Holiday

Sources: وكالة الأنباء العمانية (Muscat) and Omani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Omani authorities have announced the date of the upcoming 2014 annual non-working public holiday in Oman for the Prophet's Ascension (Al Isra’a Wal Miraj) for both the private sector and the public sector of Oman. [full story]

Malawi May 20 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Government of the Republic of Malawi (Lilongwe) and Malawi bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Malawi's Secretary to the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Kester Kaphaizi, has announced that the government of Malawi had not declared Tuesday, May 20, 2014, as another one-off non-working public holiday in Malawi, despite it being Election Day. [full story]

Solomon Islands 2014 Public Holiday Corrected

Sources: The Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (Honiara) and Solomon Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Director of Civil Affairs Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the government of the Solomon Islands, Robert Farodo, has announced a corrected date for the upcoming Whitmonday annual non-working public holiday in the Solomon Islands. [full story]

Lesotho 2014 Public Holidays Updated

Sources: The Lesotho Cabinet (Maseru) and Lesotho bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Govenment of Lesotho has, in turn, published its annual official list of non-working public holidays in Lesotho for the current calendar year 2014. [full story]

Morocco 2014 Public Holidays Amended

Sources: وزارة الأوقاف والشؤون الإسلامية (Casablanca) and Morocco public holidays (qppstudio.net). Morocco has amended its previously-announced list of non-working public holidays in Morocco for the calendar year 2014. [full story]

Spain 2015 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 its official annual list of 2015 regional non-working public holidays (calendario laboral) in the Canaries Islands. [full story]

Costa Rica World Cup Public Holiday Ruled-Out

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 recently-inaugurated president, Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera, has ruled-out the notion that he would declare one or more one-off non-working public holidays in Costa Rica, to coincide with the upcoming Soccer World Cup, and in particular on June 14, 2014, when Costa Rica faces Uruguay. [full story]

Turkmenistan Public Holiday May 19

Sources: Туркменистан золотой век (Ashgabad) and Turkmenistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Turkmenistan's President, Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov, has once again signed a decree ("to create favorable conditions for the celebrations and good rest of the population") declaring Monday, May 19, 2014, as a one-off non-working public holiday, to reflect the fact that this year's annual public holiday for Magtymguly Pyragy falls on a Sunday. [full story]

Brazil Adds FIFA 2014 Public Holidays

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 São Paulo has announced that it would also avail itself of the terms of the "Lei da Copa" and declare June 12, 2014, the day of the inauguration of the upcoming world cup soccer championship, as a one-off non-working municipal public holiday. [full story]

Kuwaiti Public Holiday May 29

Sources: الكويت جنة الخدمة المدنية (Kuwait City) and Kuwaiti bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Kuwaiti Civil Service Commission has announced that it had declared Thursday, May 29, 2014, as another day in lieu non-working public holiday for the upcoming Israa and Meraj (Prophet's Ascension) annual public holiday. [full story]

UAE Moves 2014 Israa wal Mairaj Public Holiday

Sources: وكالة أنباء الإمارات (WAM) and UAE bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The UAE's Government, through Humaid Al Qatami, Minister of Education, Chairman of the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources, has announced that the annual non-working public holiday for the upcoming Israa wal Mairaj had once again been moved to Sunday, May 25, 2014. [full story]

Puerto Rico Public Sector Holidays Reduction Update

Sources: Oficina de Recursos Humanos del Estado Libre Asociado (ORHELO) and Puerto Rico bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Governor of Puerto Rico, Alejandro García Padilla, has submitted another proposal to reduce the number of annual public sector holidays in Puerto Rico, by combining 4 of the current annual non-working public sector holidays of Puerto Rico into one, the "Día de los Próceres Puertorriqueños". [full story]

Nepalese Public Holiday May 14

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal has announced that Wednesday, May 14, 2014, had been declared as a non-working public holiday throughout Nepal on account of the upcoming annual Buddha Jayanti non-working public holiday in Nepal (Lord Buddha’s 2558th birth anniversary). [full story]

Taiwan Amends Public Holidays Act

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 that, as expected, it had amended Article 5-1 and Article 6 of the Memorial Days and Holidays Act (紀念日及假日實施辦法) to have day in lieu public holidays be automatically declared when an annual Taiwanese non-working public holiday occurs on a weekend, beginning in the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Luxemburg 2015-2016 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Ministère du Travail et de l'Emploi (Luxemburg) and Luxembourg bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Luxembourg Ministry of Labour (Ministère du Travail et de l'Emploi) has issued the list of annual non-working public holidays in Luxembourg ("Jours fériés légaux au Grand-Duché de Luxembourg") for the upcoming calendar years 2015 and 2016. [full story]

Australia 2015 ACT Public Holidays Amendments

Sources: ACT Government Chief Minister and Treasury Directorate (Canberra) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Australia's Capital Territory (ACT) has introduced legislation into the ACT Legislative Assembly which would amend the annual list of non-working public holidays in the ACT by declaring additional non-working public holidays in the ACT for years when Christmas Day, Boxing Day or New Year’s Day fall on either Saturday or Sunday. [full story]

Argentina Capital Public Holiday May 12

Sources: Ministerio del Interior (República Argentina) and Argentina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Argentina's Capital Territory Province of Buenos Aires has declared Monday, May 12, 2014, as a one-off non-working public holiday in the Capital Territory Province of Buenos Aires on account of the 150th anniversary of the city's founding. [full story]

Indonesian 2015 Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Situs Resmi Kementerian Koordinator Bidang Kesejahteraan Rakyat (ANTARA) 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 2015) designating public holidays and collective leave days ("cuti bersama") for the calendar year 2015, for both the private and public sectors. [full story]

Philippines Mull Extended Electoral Public Holidays

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Philippines House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill that would make the Tuesday immediately after election day an additional non-working electoral public holiday in the Philippines. [full story]

Slovakia Mulls October 28 Public Holiday

Sources: Ministerstvo zahranicných vecí Slovenskej republiky (Bratislava) and Slovakia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Members of the the opposition Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ) in Slovakia's Parliament, have proposed making the anniversary of the date of the first Czechoslovak Republic, on October 28, into a new annual non-working public holiday in Slovakia, and in compensation cancelling the September 1st annual non-working public holiday in Slovakia, as has been proposed before. [full story]

El Salvador Mothers' Day Public Holiday Bill

Sources: Asamblea Legislativa de la República de El Salvador (San Salvador) and El Salvador bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). An ARENA member of El Salvador's legislative assembly has introduced a bill that would declare another annual non-working public holiday in El Salvador on May 10, to commemorate Mother's Day (Día de la Madre). [full story]

Dominican Republic Senate Amends Public Holidays

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, República Dominicana (Santo Domingo) and Dominican Republic bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Dominican Republic Senate has finally approved a bill, similar to an earlier one passed by the Lower House of Parliament of the Dominican Republic, which removed 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]

Saint Helena 2014 Ratting Day Public Holiday

Sources: Tristan Times (Tristan da Cunha) and Saint Helena bank and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chief Islander of Saint Helena's region of Tristan da Cunha has declared Friday, May 2, 2014, as the date for this year's annual Ratting Day public holiday. [full story]

Peru May 2 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Ministerio del Trabajo y Promoción del Empleo del Perú (MTPE) and Peru bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Peru's Ministra de Trabajo y Promoción del Empleo, Ana Ethel del Rosario Jara Velásquez, has announced that, once again, contrary to widespread rumours, Friday, May 2, 2014, would not be declared as a one-off non-working public holiday in Peru. [full story]

Togo Public Holiday May 2nd

Sources: Primature du Togo (Lome) and Togo bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Late last night, the Minister of Labour of the government of Togo, John Siabi Kwamé-Kouma, announced that Friday, May 2, 2014, had been declared a one-off non-working public holiday throughout Togo. [full story]