Saudi Arabia 2014 End of Ramadan Public Holidays Announced

Sources: وكالة الأنباء السعودية - واس (Riyadh) and Saudi Arabian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Saudi Arabia has once again declared a 12-day period of public sector holidays at government and semi official establishments across the country for the upcoming Eid Al Fitr (End of Ramadan). [full story]

Thailand August 11 Public Holiday Request

Sources: รัฐบาลไทย (Bangkok) and Thailand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). As had been expected, Thailand's Tourism and Sports Ministry, has formally asked the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to declare Monday, August 11, 2014, as an 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]

Bangladesh Lailatul Qadr July 25

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 Ramadan had been sighted in Bangladesh's sky last night and therefore that the upcoming Lailatul Qadr (night of destiny) would be observed on the evening of Friday, July 25, 2014, to be followed on the next day by the corresponding annual non-working public holiday in Bangladesh. [full story]

Belarus Public Holiday July 4

Sources: Постановления Совета Министров (Minsk) and Belarus bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Belarus has confirmed that the upcoming, July 12, non-working day, would be moved to July 4, 2014, which will therefore be a non-working public holiday in Belarus to link the annual Belarus Independence Day public holiday with the subsequent weekend. [full story]

Russian 2015 Public Holidays Approved

Sources: Лента новостей РИА Новости (Moscow) and Russian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Russian Federation's Tripartite Commission for the regulation of social and labor relations, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets, endorsed the recently-announced draft list of annual non-working public holidays in Russia for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

Canada Names New NS Family Day Public Holiday

Sources: Province of Nova Scotia (Halifax) and Canada bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Minister of Labour and Advanced Education of Canada's Province of Nova Scotia, Kelly Regan, has announced that the recently voted new annual February non-working public holiday in the Canadian Province of Nova Scotia, beginning in 2015, would be named "Heritage Day". [full story]

Taiwan 2015 Public Holidays Approved

Sources: 行政院人事行政局 (Taipei) and Taiwan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Cabinet of the Government of Taiwan (the Executive Yuan) has approved the recently-announced calendar of annual non-working public holidays in Taiwan for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Ghana Public Holiday July 1st

Sources: Ghana News Agency (Accra) and Ghana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ghana's Deputy Minister of the Interior, James Agalga, has announced that Tuesday, July 1st, 2014, was an annual statutory non-working public holiday in Ghana on account of the upcoming Republic Day annual public holiday. [full story]

Puerto Rico Senate Votes Public Holidays Reduction

Sources: Oficina de Recursos Humanos del Estado Libre Asociado (ORHELO) and Puerto Rico bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Senate of Puerto Rico has passed the Proyecto del Senado 1113 which give legislative form to the recent proposal by the Governor of Puerto Rico, Alejandro García Padilla, to reduce the number of annual public sector holidays in Puerto Rico from 19 to 15. [full story]

Pakistan Bank Holiday July 1st

Sources: The State Bank of Pakistan (Karachi) and Pakistani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced that Tuesday, July 1st, 2014, would once again be a bank holiday throughout Pakistan on the occasion of the annual July Bank Holiday. [full story]

Greece 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: The Bank of Greece (Athens) and Greece bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Bank of Greece, Greece's Central Bank, has released its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Greece for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Indonesian Public Holiday July 9

Sources: Situs Resmi Kementerian Koordinator Bidang Kesejahteraan Rakyat (ANTARA) and Indonesian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Indonesia's Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration, announced that, Wednesday, July 9, 2014, the day of the upcoming presidential election, had once again been declared as a one-off non-working public holiday in Indonesia "so that employees across the country can concentrate on the elections without being burdened by work". [full story]

Spain 2015 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 its annual list of regional public holidays (calendario laboral) for the calendar year 2015 in Extremadura. [full story]

Malaysian State Public Holiday June 26

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Kuala Kangsar) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The State Secretary of Malaysia's State of Johor, State Secretary Datuk Ismail Karim, after consultation with the Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, has declared that Thursday, June 25, 2014, would be a one-off non-working public holiday in Malaysia's State of Johor on account of the same day's JDT winning of the Super League football Championship. [full story]

Kenyan July 7 Public Holiday Bill Dropped

Sources: Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (Nairobi) and Kenya bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The bill to declare July 7 (Saba saba) as a one-off non-working public holiday in Kenya has been dropped, following speaker Thaddeus Rajwayi's comments that the bill would have been DOA due to its unconstitutionality. [full story]

Mongolia Adds December 29 Public Holiday

Sources: Үндэсний Мэдээллийн Монцамэ Агентлаг (Ulaanbaatar) and Mongolia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Mongolian Cabinet has finally decided to declare December 29 as an annual non-working public holiday in Mongolia, to be called "National independence Day". [full story]

Spain 2015 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). The Consell de Govern of Spain's autonomous region of the Balears (ámbito autonómico de las Islas Baleares) has announced its official annual calendar of 2015 regional and national public holidays (calendario laboral). [full story]

Honduras Football Public Holiday June 25

Sources: La Prensa (Tegucigalpa) and Honduras bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Honduras has reversed its earlier decision, and has declared tomorrow, Wednesday, June 25, 2014, as another afternoon public sector public holiday, beginning at 12:30 pm local time, to allow civil servants to watch the World Cup game between Honduras and Switzerland. [full story]

Libyan Public Holiday June 25

Sources: المجلس الوطنى الإنتقالى (Tripoli) and Libyan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Libya's government has finally announced that Wednesday, June 25, 2014, had been declared a one-off non-working public holiday on account of that date's national parliamentary election. [full story]

Spain 2015 Andalucia Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía (BOJA) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consejo de Gobierno de la Junta de Andalucía has published its annual list of non-working public holidays (calendario laboral) in Spain's Autonomous Region of Andalucia for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Nepalese Bhoto Jatra Public Holiday Sunday

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal has announced that the previously-announced regional public sector holiday on Sunday, June 22, 2014, had been extended into a one-off nationwide non-working public holiday throughout Nepal on account of the upcoming Bhoto Jatra. [full story]

Venezuelan Bank Holiday June 23

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 23, 2014, would be another bank holiday in Venezuela, on account of the annual "Corpus Christi" bank holiday of Venezuela. [full story]

Myanmar To Amend Public Holidays Laws

Sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Yangoon) and Myanmar bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security of the government of Myanmar has announced that it is drafting amendments to the 1951 "Leave and Holidays Act" which regulates, among other issues, the list of official annual non-working public holidays in Myanmar. [full story]

Honduras Football Public Holiday June 20

Sources: La Prensa (Tegucigalpa) and Honduras bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Honduras has reversed its earlier decision, and has declared tomorrow, Friday, June 20, 2014, as an afternoon public sector public holiday, beginning at 15:00 (3pm) local time, to allow civil servants to watch the World Cup game between Honduras and Ecuador. [full story]

Kenyan July 7 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (Nairobi) and Kenya bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Kenyan Government's Labour Secretary, Kambi Kazungu, has issued a communiqué denying that Monday, July 7, 2014, would be declared a one-off non-working public holiday in Kenya, as had recently been requested/announced by former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. [full story]

Cambodian Public Holiday July 11

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, Hun Sen, has issued a directive declaring Friday, July 11, 2014, as a one-off national non-working public holiday in Cambodia, on account of the upcoming interment of King Father Norodom Sihanouk, who died in late 2012. [full story]

Dominican Republic Public Holiday June 19

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 confirming that, as per the current public holidays legislation, Thursday, June 19, 2014, would be an official non-working public holiday in the Dominican Republic on account of the upcoming Corpus Christi non-working public holiday. [full story]

Nepalese Public Holiday June 22

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal has announced that Sunday, June 22, 2014, had been declared as a one-off non-working public holiday in Nepal in the Kathmandu, Chitwan, Bardiya and Kailali districts on account of the upcoming Constituent Assembly by-elections. [full story]

Nauru Public Holiday June 20

Sources: The Government of the Republic of Nauru (Yaren) and Nauru bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The president of Nauru has declared Friday, June 20, 2014, as another one-off non-working public holiday in Nauru on the occasion this year's World Refugee Day. [full story]

Bolivian June 19 and 21 Public Holidays

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social (La Paz) and Bolivian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bolivia's Minister of Labour, Daniel Santalla, has once again confirmed that the upcoming Corpus Christi annual non-working public holiday would be observed on Thursday, June 19, 2014, in all sectors of the Bolivian economy. [full story]

UK Rejects New Religious Public Holidays

Sources: YouGov (London) and UK bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has issued its decision on another petition to declare 2 new annual non-working public holidays (aka. bank holidays in the UK), one for the Hindu festival of Diwali, and another one for one of the "Eid" Muslim festivals. [full story]

Cyprus 2015 Bank Holidays Released

Sources: Kεντρική Τράπεζα Κύπρου (Nicosia) and Cyprus bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Central Bank of Cyprus has released its annual official list of bank holidays to be observed in Cyprus for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Honduras Rules-Out June 20 and 25 Football Public Holidays

Sources: La Prensa (Tegucigalpa) and Honduras bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). In a break with his predecessor's frequent declaration of Football non-working public holidays, Honduras' new President, Juan Orlando Hernández, has announced that there would be no one-off non-working public holidays in Honduras, neither on June 20 nor on June 25, and that focus should be on work ("trabajo y más trabajo"). [full story]

Argentina Could Extend June 27 Public Sector Holiday

Sources: Ministerio del Interior (República Argentina) and Argentina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Lower House of the Province of Buenos Aires ("Cámara de Diputados de la Provincia de Buenos Aires") has approved the extension to the Provincial level of last year's Ley Nº 26.876, which makes June 27 an annual non-working public sector holiday in Argentina for the federal public sector. [full story]

Spain 2015 Castilla La-Mancha Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Diario Oficial de Castilla-La Mancha (DOCM) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consejo de Gobierno de Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla La-Mancha, through its spokesperson Leandro Esteban, has published its annual list of regional non-working public holidays (calendario laboral) in Spain's Autonomous Región of Castilla La-Mancha for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Public Holiday June 13

Sources: Government of Antigua and Barbuda (St. John's) and Antigua and Barbuda bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister-elect, Gaston Browne, has announced that as per tradition, he would declare tomorrow, Friday, June 13, 2014, as a one-off post-election public holiday in Antigua and Barbuda. [full story]

Taiwan 2015 Public Holidays Released

Sources: 行政院人事行政局 (Taipei) and Taiwan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Directorate General of Personnel Administration has finally released its official annual calendar of official non-working public holidays in Taiwan for the upcoming calendar year 2015, with the recent changes to the regulations governing non-working public holidays in Taiwan. [full story]

Bolivian G77 Public Holidays June 13-14

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social (La Paz) and Bolivian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Contrary to earlier announcements, Bolivia's President, Evo Morales, has issued a decree declaring Friday and Saturday, June 13 and 14, 2014, as one-off non-working public holidays in the Santa Cruz Province of Bolivia, on account of the upcoming G77+China Summit. [full story]

Nigerian States Declare Public Holiday June 12

Sources: Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Abuja) and Nigerian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The State Governments of the Nigerian States of Oyo, Osun, and Lagos have once again declared Thursday, June 12, 2014, as a one-off non-working public holiday in the Nigerian states of Oyo, Osun, and Lagos. [full story]

Philippines 2014 INC Public Holiday Passes Senate

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

Philippines June 13 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Philippines Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary, Herminio Coloma Jr., has issued an official statement denying new rumours that Friday, June 13, 2014, had been declared as an additional non-working public holiday in the Philippines, as it falls between the annual Independence Day non-working public holiday of the Philippines, and the weekend. [full story]

Indian 2015 Public Holidays Released

Sources: कार्मिक, लोक शिकायत तथा पेंशन मंत्रालय कार्मिक मामलों (New Delhi) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). India's Central Government's Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, has released its annual list of public holidays and restricted holidays to be observed in all the Administrative Offices of the Central Government of India, for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

Argentina June 20 Public Holiday Move Ruled-Out

Sources: Ministerio del Interior (República Argentina) and Argentina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Argentina's Ministry of the Interior and Transportation has issued a statement ruling-out the rumoured move of the upcoming annual "Día del Paso a la Inmortalidad del Gral. Manuel Belgrano" non-working public holiday from Friday, June 20, to Monday, June, 23, 2014. [full story]

Bolivian June 13 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 Ministry of Labour, in conjunction with the Bolivian Ministry of Culture, has issued a statement ruling-out the declaration of Friday, June 13, 2014, as a one-off non-working public holiday in Bolivia, on account of the upcoming G77+China Summit. [full story]

Egyptian Public Holiday June 8

Sources: The Central Bank of Egypt (Cairo) and Egyptian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Egyptian Prime Minister, Ibrahim Mehleb, has announced that the Egyptian Cabinet had declared, Sunday, June 8, 2014, as another one-off non-working public holiday in Egypt on account of the inauguration of president-elect Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. [full story]

Paraguayan Public Holiday June 16

Sources: Presidencia de la República del Paraguay (Asunción) and Paraguay bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Paraguayan head of presidential decrees, Edgar Rodas, has released a communique confirming the date of the upcoming Día de la Paz del Chaco public holiday would be moved to Monday, June 16, in 2014 ("la única festiva que será trasladada durante el corriente año será el 12 de Junio próximo"). [full story]

Trinidad and Tobago Public Holiday June 20

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, through its Communications Minister, Vasant Bharath, has announced that Friday, June 20, 2014, would be another one-off non-working public holiday in Trinidad and Tobago, due to the coincidence of the Feast of Corpus Christi public holiday and the Labour Day annual public holidays of Trinidad and Tobago in 2014. [full story]

Syrian June 3 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: مصرف سورية المركزي (Damascus) and Syrian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier this morning, Syria’s Interior Ministry issued a statement ruling-out the declaration of a one-off non-working public holiday in Syria on Tuesday, June 3, 2014, on the occasion of the upcoming presidential election. [full story]

Macedonian Public Holiday June 6

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, June 6, 2014, would once again be a non-working public holiday for citizens of the Orthodox faith in Macedonia on account of the upcoming annual Friday before Pentecost annual sectorial non-working public holiday. [full story]

Seychelles Bank Holiday June 30

Sources: The Central Bank of Seychelles (Victoria) and Seychelles bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Central Bank of the Seychelles has announced that Monday, June 30, 2014, would be another substitute bank holiday in the Seychelles on account of the annual Independence Day bank holiday and public holiday falling on a Sunday in 2014. [full story]