Nepalese Public Holiday September 2

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal has announced that Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014, had been declared as a non-working public holiday throughout Nepal on account of the upcoming annual Gaura Parva festival. [full story]

Russian 2015 Public Holidays Officialized

Sources: Лента новостей РИА Новости (Moscow) and Russian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Russian government has issued an official decree (Government Decree of 27.08.2014 No.860) confirming the earlier-announced draft list of annual non-working public holidays in Russia for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

Spain 2015 Castilla y León Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Castilla y León (Valladolid) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consejo de Gobierno de la Junta de Castilla y León has announced its annual list of official regional public holidays (calendario laboral) in Spain's Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla y León for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

South Korean Substitute Public Holiday September 10

Sources: Yonhap News Agency (Seoul) and South Korea bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The South Korean Ministry of Public Administration and Security has confirmed that for the first time, an additional substitute non-working public holiday would be observed on Wednesday, September 10, 2014, due to the first day of the upcoming Chuseok annual non-working South Korean public holiday falling on a Sunday. [full story]

Kyrgyzstan September 1st Public Holiday Decree

Sources: Кабар - Кыргыз Улуттук Маалымат Агенттиги (Bishkek) and Kyrgyzstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Kyrgyzstan has issued the Governmental Decree No. 489 of August 27, 2014 ("On the transfer of the day") which confirms the earlier announcement that Monday, September 1st, 2014, would be declared as an additional day in lieu non-working public holiday in Kyrgyzstan. [full story]

Moldova Double Christmas Public Holidays Approved

Sources: Agentia Informationala de Stat (Moldpres) and Moldovan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The governemnt of Moldova has approved the change to Moldavian public holidays legislation declaring Western Christmas as a new annual non-working public holiday in Moldova, in addition to the current Orthodox Christmas annual non-working public holiday in Moldova. [full story]

Samoa Considers Public Holidays Bill

Sources: Samoan Ministry Of Commerce, Industry And Labour (Matagaluega o Pisinisi, Alamanuia, Leipa) and Samoan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Samoan Parliament is considering a bill which amends the Public Holidays Act 2008 and would give the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Labour the power to approve or decline a holiday for a private sector company. [full story]

Liberian Public Holidays August 24-25

Sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Monrovia) and Liberian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has issued a proclamation declaring Sunday, August 24, 2014, as a national non-working public holiday in Liberia to be observed across the country on account of Liberia's National Flag Day. [full story]

Cocos (Keeling) Islands 2015 Public Holidays

Sources: Office of the Administrator (Indian Ocean Territories) and Cocos (Keeling) Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Administrator of Australia's Indian Ocean Territories, Jon Stanhope, has signed "Community Bulletin A50-2014 and Gazette 04-2014 for Cocos (Keeling) Islands" which officially gazettes the annual bank holidays and public holidays in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

Christmas Island 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Office of the Administrator (Indian Ocean Territories) and Christmas Island bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Administrator of Australia's Indian Ocean Territories, Jon Stanhope, has signed the "Community Bulletin A49-2014 and Gazette 03-2014 for Christmas Island" which officially gazettes the annual bank holidays and public holidays on Christmas Island for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

New Zealand Mulls Land Wars Public Holiday

Sources: New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Wellington) and New Zealand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). New Zealand Prime Minister, John Key, has announced that he would also consider declaring a new annual non-working public holiday in New Zealand, to mark the historic Maori land wars, if his party was still in government after the upcoming September elections. [full story]

Philippines August 22 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Philippines Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary, Sonny Coloma, has issued an official statement denying new rumours that Friday, August 22, 2014, had been, or would be, declared as an additional non-working public holiday in the Philippines, as it falls between the upcoming annual Ninoy Aquino Day non-working public holiday of the Philippines, and the weekend. [full story]

Cayman Islands 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Cayman Islands Government Information and Services (Grand Cayman) and Cayman Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Deputy Governor's Office of the Cayman Islands has released its listing of the 2015 annual non-working public holidays in the Cayman Islands, including a date to be confirmed for the public holiday for Her Majesty the Queen's birthday. [full story]

Germany 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Deutsche Bundesbank (Frankfurt) and Germany bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The German Central Bank (Deutsche Bundesbank) has published its annual list of the 2015 federal and regional non-working public holidays in Germany. [full story]

Singapore 2015 Islamic Calendar Released

Sources: Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS) and Singapore bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore has released its annual official Islamic Calendar to be used in Singapore for the calendar year 2015, in particular for the determination of the dates of Singapore's 2 annual public holidays based on the Hijra calendar. [full story]

Hungary Adds 11 New National Holidays

Sources: Kormányzat Nemzetgazdasági Minisztérium (Budapest) and Hungary bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Hungarian Defense Minister, Csaba Hende, has announced that the Government of Hungary had decided to declared 11 new annual national holidays, commemorating a variety of historical events, and administered by a newly created National Event Management Office, itself a new department of the Prime Minister’s Office. [full story]

Kyrgyzstan Public Holiday September 1st

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, September 1st, 2014, as an additional day in lieu non-working public holiday in Kyrgyzstan due to the annual Independence Day public holiday of Kyrgyzstan falling on a Sunday in 2014. [full story]

India Adds New Public Holiday In Puducherry

Sources: Government of Puducherry (Saram) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chief Minister of India's State of Puducherry, N Rangasamy, has announced that it had finally decided to declared November 1st as a new annual non-working public holiday in India's State of Puducherry, to mark the "Liberation Day of Puducherry". [full story]

Malaysia Mulls August 22 Public Holiday

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Kuala Lumpur) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Malaysia's Government Cabinet has announced that it had declared Friday, August 22, 2014, as a national day of mourning, and possibly also a one-off non-working public holiday, to coincide with the date when when the first bodies from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 are set to arrive in Malaysia. [full story]

Gabonese Public Holidays August 15-18

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 upcoming annual National Day non-working public holidays in Gabon would be extended by a day with the declaration of Monday, August 18, 2014, as an additional non-working public holiday in the Gabon. [full story]

Guinea Conakry Public Holiday August 15

Sources: guineeconakry.info (Conakry) and Guinea Conakry bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Guinea Conakry has announced that the upcoming annual Assomption feast had been declared as a non-working public holiday in Guinea Conakry would be observed on Friday, August 15, 2014. [full story]

Dominican Republic Public Holiday August 16

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 once again issued a communiqué announcing that, as per the current public holidays legislation, Saturday, August 16, 2014, would be the date of the official annual non-working public holiday in the Dominican Republic on account of the upcoming Día de la Restauración non-working public holiday. [full story]

Timor Leste Public Holidays August 15 and 20

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 declare 2 additional day-off public sector holidays (toleránsia pontu) for the day of the Assumption of Our Lady, and the anniversary of FALINTIL, on Friday, August 15 and Wednesday, August 20, 2014, respectively. [full story]

Venezuelan Bank Holiday August 18

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, August 18, 2014, would be another bank holiday in Venezuela, on account of the annual "Asunción de Nuestra Señora" annual bank holiday of Venezuela. [full story]

Nepalese Public Holiday August 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, August 17, 2014, had been declared as a non-working public holiday throughout Nepal on account of the upcoming annual Shree Krishna Janmastami festival. [full story]

Fiji September 17 Public Holiday Update

Sources: Fiji Ministry of Information (Suva) and Fiji bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Fiji has clarified the scope of the previously-announced Wednesday, September 17, 2014, additional one-off non-working public holiday in Fiji on account of the upcoming general election. [full story]

Costa Rica Confirms August 15 Public Holiday

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 Minister of Labour has once again confirmed that the upcoming August 15 non-working public holiday for Mothers' Day was an official non-working public holiday, as per the amended public holidays legislation of Costa Rica and that its observance would not and could not be moved to another date. [full story]

Malaysian 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Kuala Lumpur) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Malaysia's Cabinet's and the Constitution and Government Relations Department of the Prime Minister's Office have jointly issued the annual official Federal Public Holidays Schedule 2015 and State Public Holiday Schedule 2015. [full story]

Nepalese Public Holiday August 11

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal has announced that Monday, August 11, 2014, had been declared as a non-working public holiday in Nepal in the Kathmandu , Lalitpur and Bhaktapur districts on account of the upcoming annual Gai Jatra festival. [full story]

Isle of Man 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Isle of Man Public Services (Tynwald) and Isle of Man bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Isle of Man Treasury Finance has officially announced the actual dates of the official annual non-working public holidays in the Isle of Man for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

Paraguay Maintains August 15 Public Holiday

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 another communique confirming that, notwithstanding the Decreto presidencial N° 9393, the upcoming Día de la fundación de Asunción Paraguayan annual non-working public holiday would remain on its set date of Friday, August 15, 2014. [full story]

Botswana Public Holiday October 24

Sources: Botswana Press Agency (Gaborone) and Botswana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The president of Botswana, Ian Khama, in his statement at the final session of the 10th Parliament, announced that the date of the upcoming General Election would be Friday, October 24, 2014, and that that date would once again be declared a one-off non-working public holiday in Botswana. [full story]

Romania Mulls Official Bridge Public Holidays

Sources: Senatului României (Bucureşti) and Romanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Romanian Senate is considering a new bill that would automatically declare a bridge public sector holiday in Romania, whenever an annual official non-working public holiday in Romania, falls within 1 day of a nearby weekend (ie. on a Tuesday or Thursday). [full story]

Montserrat Elections September 11

Sources: Government of Montserrat (Brades) and Montserrat bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Montserrat's Premier, Reuben T. Meade, has announced that the date for the upcoming General Elections in Montserrat would be Thursday, September 11, 2014. [full story]

Bolivian August 7 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 Thursday, August 7, 2014, would be observed as an additional optional non-working public sector holiday in Bolivia's capital city of La Paz (tolerancia con suspensión de actividades). [full story]

Spain 2015 Navarra Public Holidays

Sources: Boletín Oficial de Navarra (BON) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Directora General de Trabajo y Prevención de Riesgos de Navarra has gazetted its annual calendario laboral which lists the dates of the 2015 non-working public holidays in Spain's Autonomous Region of Navarra. [full story]

Sierra Leone Public Holiday August 4

Sources: State House Press Secretariat (Freetown) and Sierra Leone bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma, has in turn declared Monday, August 4, 2014, as a one-off non-working public holiday thoughout Sierra Leone, on account of the current Ebola epidemc. [full story]

Spain 2015 La Rioja Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Boletin Oficial De La Rioja (La Rioja) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consejería de Industria, Innovación y Empleo of Spain's Autonomous Region of La Rioja has published its annual list of regional public holidays (calendario laboral) for the upcoming calendar year 2015 in La Rioja. [full story]

Israel 2015 Bank Holidays and Public Holidays Announced

Sources: The Bank of Israel (BOI) and Israel public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Bank of Israel has officially released the list of days in 2015 which will be observed as bank and public holidays in Israel, as part of its annual announcement of the "List of days in 2015 apart from Saturdays, which will be observed as Bank and Public Holidays in Israel". [full story]